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Canoo to launch new vans in the UK in 2025.

Craig Cheetham, contributor
Thu, 26 Sept 2024

American electric van maker Canoo is to launch in the UK in 2025.

The Canoo model range comprises the Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV) electric van pictured above. It has already successfully been used by NASA, Walmart and US Mail – and is available in two sizes named LDV190 and LDV130. There's also a pick-up.

The company exhibited its futuristic models at the CV Show in Birmingham in April 2024 and will open its new UK head office at the Bicester Motion automotive campus in Oxfordshire in October 2024, making it the company’s first European HQ.

A number of demonstrator vans will also arrive in the UK at the same time, all right-hand-drive because Canoo already makes vehicles in this format for the US Mail Service.

Canoo says it will take a "customer-centric" approach to entering the UK market, including pilots followed by a rollout of vehicles and will work directly with customers.

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What MoT class does a Ford e-Transit require?

I am trying to find out what MoT class a Ford e-Transit 390 comes under? The gross weight is 3900kg but I have had different service centres say variously class 4, class 7 and HGV?
The Department for transport allows a derogation for electric vans, meaning those weighing up to 4.25 tonnes are treated in the same way as diesel vans with a GVW of up to 3.5 tonnes, allowing for the extra battery weight. This applies to both licensing and MOTs, meaning an e-Transit 390 requires a Class 7 MOT.
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