Mercedes-Benz eVito arrives Down Under

Mercedes-Benz Australia’s battery-electric model onslaught has continued with the premium German brand’s Vans division today releasing local pricing and specification details for its 2022 Mercedes-Benz eVito line-up.

The two-pronged zero-emission delivery van and people-mover line-up starts at $89,353 plus on-road costs for the eVito Van and $116,115 for the eight-seater Tourer, both of which are “available, in limited quantities, to order now”.

A Mercedes-Benz Vans Australia spokesperson confirmed to carsales that stock has in fact arrived and is now readily available, meaning the luxury brand is the first major car-maker to offer either a zero-emissions people-carrier or an electric mid-size commercial van in the local market.

Those nominated asking prices comfortably make the electric Vitos the priciest members of their respective model families, with the Van starting some $16,068 upstream of the dearest diesel variant, while the Tourer carries a huge $45,427 premium over its internal combustion counterpart.

Starting with the cheaper and probably more popular eVito van, power and torque are rated at 85kW/360Nm courtesy of a front axle-mounted electric motor which draws current from a 60kWh battery pack.

Mercedes-Benz is quoting a projected range of up to 262km on the NEDC cycle, based on a combined energy consumption figure of 27.36kW/h per 100km.

Stacking the van up to its maximum 882kg payload will no doubt have some negative impacts on the range, so it’s lucky a DC fast-charger will charge the battery from 10-80 per cent in around 35 minutes, says Benz.

A full charge from an 11kW AC wall box takes a claimed 6.5 hours.

The eVito Van’s cargo bed measures 2398mm long, 1709mm wide (excluding wheel-arches) and 1392mm high, yielding a total volume of 6.0m3 accessible via sliding side doors and barn rear doors.

Standard equipment highlights include adaptive cruise control, a reversing camera, 7.0-inch touch-screen with voice control, Bluetooth, smartphone mirroring, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, heated and powered side mirrors, window tinting, fabric seat upholstery and heated front seats.

Headline safety features meanwhile comprise blind spot assist with rear cross-traffic alert, lane keeping assist, active brake assist, active parking assist, crosswind assist, sound generator, rollover mitigation, load adaptive control, enhanced understeer control and acceleration skid control.

Sharing the same underpinnings but fitted with a significantly more powerful motor, the eVito Tourer offers a 2:3:3 seating configuration, develops 150kW/385Nm and can cover up to 421km thanks to its bigger 90kWh battery.

The larger-capacity battery inevitably takes longer to charge both at home (10 hours) and using a DC charger (45 minutes from 10-80%) but the trade-off is obviously the superior range.

Predictably the eight-seater is far more lavish in its standard equipment list, which boasts things like climate control with pre-entry climatisation, folding seats, 17-inch alloy wheels, leatherette upholstery and a carpeted floor.

Both eVitos are covered by a five-year/250,000km warranty (eight years/160,000km for the battery) and have 40,000km/12-month service intervals.

How much do the 2022 Mercedes-Benz eVito vans cost?
Van – $89,353
Tourer – $116,115
* Excludes on-road costs

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