Das Internet verändert die Welt. Auch den Verkehr. Weil immer mehr Menschen online bestellen und sich die Sachen ins Haus liefern lassen, gibt es augenscheinlich immer mehr Lieferwagen, die durch unsere Städte wuseln. Diese Kategorie Fahrzeug bis zu 3,5 Tonnen Gesamtgewicht ist von den verkauften Einheiten her gut fünfmal größer als die der schweren Lastwagen über 16 Tonnen, denen auf der IAA Transportation in Hannover das Hauptaugenmerk gilt.
In der EU kamen im ersten Halbjahr 2024 rund 151.000 große Lkw auf die Straße, dem stehen fast 840.500 Lieferwagen gegenüber. Kein Wunder, dass immer mehr Hersteller dieses Feld für sich entdecken und mitmischen wollen.
Neue Fabrik in Hwaseong
So hat Kia die schon in Las Vegas im Januar erfolgte Ankündigung, mit elektrischen Lieferwagen ins Geschäft einstiegen zu wollen, präzisiert und für Ende 2025 den Europastart des PBV angekündigt. Versprochen werden sieben Jahre Garantie bis zu einer Laufleistung von 150.000 Kilometer. In Hwaseong in Südkorea wird eigens eine neue Fabrik gebaut, die eine Jahreskapazität von bis zu 300.000 Einheiten haben soll. Für 2027 wurde zudem der größere PBV 7 angekündigt, der in der Kombiversion bis zu neun Sitzplätze bietet. Auch dieses Modell steht in Hannover. PBV steht für „Platform Beyond Vehicles“.
At the same time, Kia’s parent company Hyundai surprised everyone at the trade fair with the announcement that it would be offering a small, electric commercial vehicle together with Iveco in the future. The “eMoovy” will be marketed as an Iveco, combining Hyundai’s platform based on an EV chassis with an Iveco body. The battery will have a capacity of a good 75 kWh and will use 800-volt technology. The partnership is intended to accelerate the transition to environmentally friendly commercial vehicles and support the expansion of sustainable mobility in Europe.
The keyword for Stellantis
Delivery vans are doing relatively well in this respect. The share of electric vehicles in sales is currently 5.6 percent. And practically every manufacturer or brand also has an electric van on offer. That is the keyword for Stellantis. If you take Opel, Fiat, Citroen and Peugeot together, they are the clear market leaders in Germany. Stellantis’ large delivery van, which has its historical origins in the Fiat Ducato, is available with the corresponding badge – and now also as a Toyota with the name Pro Ace Max.
Not everyone has yet noticed that Toyota has been working with Stellantis in the commercial vehicle sector for some time. At Opel, the large car is called the Movano, and the fuel cell version is premiering in Hanover. The small, electric Opel Rocks, of which there is now a cargo version for urban delivery services, even fits into the up to 13 cubic meter loading space. The Opel Combo E has also been freshly redesigned.
Counterpart to the VW ID Buzz
Renault is traditionally strong in the delivery van segment. The company is delighted that the large Ducato competitor Master was named “International Van Of The Year” at the trade fair and is also attracting attention with the Renault Estafette Concept study. Renault was on the market with the Estafette from 1959 to 1980, and now a new version of it is to be purely electric, as a counterpart to the VW ID Buzz, so to speak.
The Estafette is about as long as a long Kangoo, but significantly higher. Like the classic model, it not only has round headlights, but also the engine and drive at the front. It is said that this all-rounder for tradesmen and small business owners will be on the market in two years.
The Maxus brand, which has already had some success in Germany and Europe, focuses on more classically designed vehicles and is rather quiet about the fact that it belongs to the Chinese SAIC group. The largest in the fleet is the “Deliver 9”. The “Deliver 5” competes with the VW Transporter.
Last but not least the new VW bus
Which brings us to the topic: And last but not least, there is the new VW Bus, or Transporter, or Bulli. In Hanover, the home of VW Commercial Vehicles, the successor to the VW T6.1 is celebrating its debut, and will again be available in a variety of versions and variants. VW is talking about the seventh generation, which will be available as a diesel and petrol vehicle with hybrid technology and as a pure electric vehicle. But at its heart, the “New Transporter” is no longer a pure VW product. It is the result of a collaboration with Ford and is also built in Turkey.
In contrast, the VW Multivan, of which the camper model “California” recently debuted, is technically a different vehicle on a platform related to the Golf and Passat. And it is still a pure VW. This is of course especially true for the electric VW ID Buzz, for which VW now offers a larger battery (86 kWh) and more power and all-wheel drive in the GTX. Also new is the ID Buzz Cargo Pure with a net price of 42,170 euros. VW has now finished the plug-in hybrid model for the Multivan with a large battery (19.7 kWh).
Our favorite at the trade fair, however, was the small Nextem Orca. Nextem also comes from China. The four-meter-long charging flea can charge up to a ton and is said to be “unrivaled cheap” in its class. The battery has a capacity of 33 kWh and the power is up to 30 kW (40 hp). A range of 200 kilometers is promised. The Chinese manufacturers are still holding back in the truck sector – this also applies to the large ones. Quite different from passenger cars. In Hanover, it didn’t look as if that would change.
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