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,

Originally Posted by Hunter595

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,

Yeah I went to the launch in Dunedin. Complete waste of time. The towing range would t even get you to town and back towing down here. Not withstanding there are no charging stations

Hey OP

Thanks for posting and I like to hear about new tech that I don't own, esp your experience of what it is like day-to-day

Originally Posted by Happy Jack

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

Friend has a Tesla ,drove to Blenheim from Christchurch with range to spare in July with heater on etcTried with a trailer last week, range decreased by about 42%... Be aware

Originally Posted by DemocKot

Friend has a Tesla ,drove to Blenheim from Christchurch with range to spare in July with heater on etcTried with a trailer last week, range decreased by about 42%... Be aware

surprised it didnt break down, they are awfully badly made with huge reliability issues

Originally Posted by gonetropo

surprised it didnt break down, they are awfully badly made with huge reliability issues

done 370000km in 13 months not a problem of any sort , no rattles etc anyway faultless they come to his house for service rotate tyres etc .to be honest I am impressed .any software updates done over wifi.maybe he is lucky.

Originally Posted by DemocKot

done 370000km in 13 months not a problem of any sort , no rattles etc anyway faultless they come to his house for service rotate tyres etc .to be honest I am impressed .any software updates done over wifi.maybe he is lucky.

That’s 937km per day average, every day for 395 days?


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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