ELMS Urban Delivery is all about affordability – Roadshow [CNET]

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This battery-powered commercial van should be a screaming deal for businesses that don’t care about fripperies or fashionable styling.

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This is the ELMS Urban Delivery commercial van.

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All about affordability, this van has no niceties. 

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The Urban Delivery is fitted with a 41-kWh battery pack that provides about 110 miles of range. 

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At 186 inches long, the Urban Delivery is approximately the size of a Ford Transit Connect.     

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This van rolls on a 120-inch wheelbase and weighs a claimed 3,133 pounds.

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As for cargo space, it clocks in at a generous 157 cubic feet. The Urban Delivery’s maximum payload is 2,100 pounds. 

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At its core, the Urban Delivery is a Wuling design from China, though ELMS reworks them significantly for US duty.

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Aside from this van, ELMS is also working on a Class 3 chassis-cab truck. 

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The ELMS Urban Delivery starts at around $34,500 before any EV incentives.     

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For more photos of the ELMS Urban Delivery commercial van, keep clicking through this gallery.  

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