Stellantis has rolled out updates to its industrial van vary throughout all its manufacturers, together with Citroen, Fiat Skilled, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, and Vauxhall.
All 12 of those up to date compact, medium and enormous industrial vans are carefully associated and share a variety of widespread parts. The primary variations are styling and the badge on the grille.
The one Stellantis industrial autos which are presently offered in Australia are the Fiat Ducato, in addition to the Peugeot Accomplice, Knowledgeable, Boxer, and E-Accomplice. The latter solely launched domestically earlier this 12 months.
“We’re delighted to see the worldwide reveal of the refreshed electrical Peugeot mild industrial car (LCV) vary,” mentioned a Peugeot Australia spokesperson.
“Peugeot Australia is happy to advise that the E-Knowledgeable confirmed to reach within the native market in 2024 would be the refreshed vary, and as now we have just lately launched the E-Accomplice, data concerning the arrival timing and specification of the globally revealed mannequin might be shared sooner or later.
“At this stage, the E-Boxer stays into account for the Australian market.”
Fiat Australia on the hand mentioned it’s not making any bulletins on the up to date Ducato and E-Ducato at this stage.
Citroen hasn’t provided any mild industrial autos in Australia since 2018 and at this stage it’s unsure if any might be returning with the replace.
Peugeot
The French carmaker has detailed updates for its electrical industrial vans, in addition to its combustion-powered industrial vans.
The Peugeot Accomplice and E-Accomplice, Knowledgeable and E-Knowledgeable, and Boxer and E-Boxer have all obtained refreshed grille, headlight and bumper designs.
Accomplice/E-Accomplice
The compact E-Accomplice continues to be powered by a single electrical motor producing 100kW of energy and 270Nm of torque. It’s additionally fed by a 50kWh battery pack, although claimed vary is now as much as 330km in response to preliminary WLTP testing (up from 258km).
There at the moment are three ranges of regenerative braking out there within the E-Accomplice, which may be activated utilizing paddles positioned behind the steering wheel.
The E-Accomplice continues to be provided in two totally different lengths – standard- or long-wheelbase. Solely the latter is obtainable in Australia.
The combustion-powered Accomplice however continues to be provided with a variety of carryover turbocharged petrol or diesel engines. Solely the 1.2-litre turbocharged three-cylinder petrol engine is obtainable right here in the intervening time with outputs of both 81kW and 205Nm or 96kW and 230Nm, relying on the configuration.
Knowledgeable/E-Knowledgeable
The mid-sized Peugeot E-Knowledgeable remains to be powered by a single electrical motor producing 100kW and 260Nm. It’s fed by a 50kWh battery pack, although now presents a claimed vary of as much as 350km in response to preliminary WLTP testing (up from 330km.)
Just like the E-Accomplice, the E-Knowledgeable now comes with three ranges of regenerative braking that may be cycled via utilizing paddles behind the steering wheel.
The plug-in hydrogen gasoline cell model of the E-Knowledgeable is now able to a claimed vary of greater than 400km in response to preliminary WLTP testing. The pre-update mannequin has a claimed WLTP vary of 400km.
The E-Knowledgeable continues to be provided in quite a few totally different configurations together with standard- and long-wheelbase vans, in addition to a standard- or long-wheelbase Combispace individuals mover.
The combustion-powered Knowledgeable however continues to be provided with a variety of carryover turbo-diesel powertrains.
All present fashions are powered by a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel producing 110kW and 370Nm. That is mated to both a six-speed guide or eight-speed automated transmission, relying on the configuration.
Boxer/E-Boxer
The massive Peugeot E-Boxer van now comes with “fully new electrical parts”, together with the electrical motor and battery pack.
The only electrical motor now produces 200kW and 400Nm of torque, which is up 109kW and 50Nm in comparison with the pre-update mannequin.
There’s now additionally a 110kWh battery pack (up from 75kWh), with a claimed vary of as much as 420km in response to preliminary WLTP testing. The pre-update mannequin has a claimed WLTP vary of 248km.
The E-Boxer now has three driving modes that may be chosen on the dashboard, in addition to 4 ranges of regenerative braking that may cycled via with paddles behind the steering wheel.
There proceed to be quite a few totally different configurations the E-Boxer may be had in, together with short- and long-wheelbases, in addition to panel van and cab-chassis physique types.
The combustion-powered Boxer however continues to be powered by a 2.2-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine that’s out there in three totally different tunes. A brand new eight-speed automated transmission is accessible on the 2 extra highly effective tunes.
The Peugeot Boxer is presently solely provided in Australia with the 121kW tune, six-speed guide transmission and the long-wheelbase panel van physique model.
Fiat
Just like the Peugeot vans, all of the up to date Fiat industrial vans obtain revamped exterior styling.
Solely the Ducato is obtainable domestically in the intervening time, with the Doblo and Scudo getting axed from the native vary in 2018 and 2015, respectively.
Ducato/E-Ducato
The Fiat E-Ducato is basically a rebadged Peugeot E-Boxer, with it sharing all the identical updates.
These embrace the extra highly effective single electrical motor with 200kW and 400Nm, the bigger 110kWh battery pack, in addition to the longer claimed vary of 420km in response to preliminary WLTP testing.
Along with the brand new electrical parts, the E-Ducato now receives a 10-inch touchscreen infotainment system, 7.0-inch digital instrument cluster, electrical park brake, keyless entry and push-button begin, wi-fi telephone charger, twin USB-A and USB-C chargers, 230-volt energy outlet, in addition to a heated windshield.
There are additionally a variety of latest superior driver help techniques (ADAS) together with autonomous emergency braking, lane departure warning, lane centring, adaptive cruise management with cease & go, site visitors jam help, site visitors signal recognition, in addition to a reversing digital camera.
The combustion-powered Ducato however continues to be powered by a 2.2-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine that’s out there in three totally different tunes. An eight-speed automated transmission is accessible on the 2 extra highly effective tunes.
The Fiat Ducato is presently solely provided in Australia with the 130kW tune which is mated to a nine-speed automated. Medium-, long-, and additional long-wheelbase van choices can be found.
Different manufacturers
The remainder of the up to date Stellantis industrial vans from Citroen, Opel, Vauxhall, in addition to Ram have alterations which are similar to these on the corresponding Peugeot vans.
The Ram ProMaster EV is technically the model’s first electrical car (EV), with it set to go on sale within the North America by the tip of 2023.
It will likely be adopted by the Ram 1500 REV in late 2024. This electrical pickup is confirmed to be coming to Australia at an as-yet unspecified time.
