Ford E-Transit 2025 Review

The 2025 Ford E-Transit 420L BEV Mid Roof we’re reviewing here is $104,990 plus on-road costs. Prestige paint (Moondust Silver or Magnetic grey) will set you back an additional $700, while choosing a hue from Ford’s wide Special Vehicle Options paint range costs $1400.

A single front-passenger seat (instead of dual) is $150, while having the additional side sliding door (on the driver’s side) costs an extra $1000.

The E-Transit is about the same dimensions as the diesel Transit 350L RWD, and similar to the LDV eDeliver 9 and Mercedes-Benz e-Sprinter, which currently are the Ford’s only direct competitors. There’s also the Mercedes Benz e-Vito, Peugeot E-Expert or Volkswagen ID Cargo to consider if you want an EV van but don’t need as much load capacity.

Ford says the carrying capacity is 11 cubic metres and the maximum payload is 1611kg. The Mid Roof load space measurements (length x width x height) are 3533mm x 1784mm x 1786mm. The overall height of the Mid Roof is 2522mm, so it’s too tall for most multilevel car parks, while the overall length of 5981mm and 2474mm width (including side mirrors) also limit its city friendliness. But most buyers will be well aware of these limitations for this size of commercial vehicle.

Like its ICE sibling, servicing for the Ford E-Transit is scheduled for every 12 months or 30,000km, whichever comes first, while Ford Australia is yet to announce servicing costs.

The E-Transit is backed by Ford’s five-year/unlimited-kilometre warranty, plus coverage of eight years/160,000km for its battery and high-voltage electrical components.

The 2025 Ford E-Transit is a vehicle that is simple to get in and out of and to get driving, even if you’re not used to this class and size of vehicle. Yes, accounting for cut-in around corners with its lanky 3750mm wheelbase and checking for height clearance (due to the high roof) even when parking on a treelined street is part of the deal with any van like this, but the mirrors and rear camera are excellent.

The cargo area is easy to access, with a large single nearside sliding door and rear vertical-split glazed rear doors that fold to 270 degrees. There are also 10 tie-down points, a durable plastic floor liner, sound deadening internal wall liners and a steel bulkhead with window.

While moving house is not exactly its everyday intended use, the E-Transit was pressed into service with about 50 boxes and all sorts of clutter that ended up with the mound of stuff reaching to the cargo area ceiling and an estimated 800kg payload. De-cluttering is next on the agenda…

The multiple trips to load, close the van and lock it, then doing the opposite at the other end of the move, was instructive. The large strong grab handle just inside the sliding door in the cargo area was very useful for climbing in and out while the bumper step at the rear barn doors made the step up much easier there too.

Once on the road, the ride smoothed out (although it’s not incredibly harsh even when unladen), aided no doubt by the suspension’s semi trailing arm design.

Performance for a large, heavy van is quite good – it isn’t in the same league as the smaller Volkswagen ID Buzz Pro, but it’s responsive and swift even with a load onboard. With worthwhile amounts of instant toque from the electric motor it really works well in the urban shuffle; no turbo-diesel lag here.

The hard plastic floor liner in the 2025 Ford E-Transit’s cargo area was on the smooth and slippery side, and if you’re doing multiple stops (and you’re especially tall) the climb in and out of the cargo area can get a bit much. This is not out of the ordinary for one of these larger commercial vans.

While not everyone is a fan of digital dash displays, the 2025 Ford E-Transit’s main dials being analogue seems a bit old school here.

Range is the bigger issue; we saw a range showing of just more than 200km with mostly urban runs. Yet with an average consumption displayed of 24kWh/100km and the E-Transit’s 68kW useable battery, theoretically we’d be out of juice in 283km.

With Ford’s claimed fast-charge time on a 115kW DC charger of 34 minutes, the E-Transit could potentially cover 400km or so of delivery distance in a day with a recharge during a lunch break. For AC charging (three-phase at 11kW) from zero to 100 per cent, it takes eight hours.

This is an intriguing EV commercial that has plenty of tech and performance that could really combine well on short-hop jobs. However, clearly it isn’t suitable for longer hauls and leasing costs would need careful consideration to see if the business case stacks up for buying this EV over the diesel Transit equivalent.

2025 Ford E-Transit 420L BEV Mid Roof at a glance:
Price: From $104,990 (plus on-road costs)
Available: Now
Powertrain: Single permanent magnet synchronous motor
Output: 198kW/430Nm
Transmission: Single-speed automatic
Battery: 68kWh lithium-ion
Range: 230-307km (WLTP)
Energy consumption: 22.3kWh/100km (WLTP)
Safety rating: Not tested

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