Thread: Full Electric LDV ute

I got my new work Ute on Tuesday, a fully electric LDV double cab, I have done 500 kms in it since I picked it up in Auckland.First impressions are ok, drives good, has a real range a tad over 300kms, I charged it at just under the 300 kms as I was heading out the back of Huntly and didn’t want to take the risk. The green ethos fits the company I work for, hence the electric Ute.
Has all the features you would expect for a budget Ute, has apple car play, but no GPS .
I charged it today for free on a fast charger, went from 30% to 94% charged in 35 minutes.
Will take a bit of getting used to, but enjoying it so far.

well at least you will be able to store a small generator on the back of it for those "oh shite" moments.....

Certainly requires thinking about charging places before getting out of town,

Have you tried towing with it, be interesting to see what that does to the range.

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

Have you tried towing with it, be interesting to see what that does to the range.

likewise with a load in the tray

I will give it a go towing over the holidays but it’s only rated to tow 1 tonne, I believe it will probably halve the range,

Towing: "range, what range?"

In all honesty it will be interesting having someone on here to give their account of how a Battery ute works out

It will be, I would have one if it could do what I need it to. Its annoying that we as users and workers of the outdoors are penalised to help pay for townies to drive shopping cart sized EV's

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

It will be, I would have one if it could do what I need it to. Its annoying that we as users and workers of the outdoors are penalised to help pay for townies to drive shopping cart sized EV's

yes happy jack the rot of Jacinda is setting in lol lol lol

Wonder how it will handle a river crossing ?

Not cheap are they even after jacindas rebate.

Call it what it is, a "battery powered ute" just like a battery powered drill, which go flat at the worst possibly time. That's why I tend to use my corded drills mostly and also why I'm buying a new petrol powered line trimmer for Xmas instead of a battery operated trimmer. I'd hate to think what a EV car owners monthly power bill would be.

Originally Posted by Three O'Three

Call it what it is, a "battery powered ute" just like a battery powered drill, which go flat at the worst possibly time. That's why I tend to use my corded drills mostly and also why I'm buying a new petrol powered line trimmer for Xmas instead of a battery operated trimmer. I'd hate to think what a EV car owners monthly power bill would be.

I use battery powered tools now, all Makita with 4 spare batteries, bugger the corded variety, I could electrocute myself

Originally Posted by chainsaw

Wonder how it will handle a river crossing ?

I think we all know the answer there

I saw it reviewed in an auto mag a year or so ago. Its a ute in looks only. Even a poorly maintained gravel road has the potential to do catastrophic damage to the drive train: The big ol electric motor hung down to the bottom of a conventional diff in the photos I saw. And no guards or skid plates. Just the motor

Originally Posted by Maca49

I use battery powered tools now, all Makita with 4 spare batteries, bugger the corded variety, I could electrocute myself

Oh just think of it as a mains powered defibrillator 😅