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As we all know, the
has Italian roots. Despite featuring a 3.6-liter, 24-valve
Pentastar V6 with 280 horsepower, the ProMaster was born a humble
Ducato over a decade ago, the Ducato’s roots stretching far into the past. There was even been a rebadged
version of the Ducato in the early ’80s, so badge engineering isn’t a strange concept when it comes to this line of vans. Nevertheless, the mother company has come up with a Ducato that’s not propelled by the Pentastar or a European
engine: the 2020 Ducato facelift will come with a fully electric powertrain in Europe.
The Ducato Electric is the first
from Fiat Professional, the work vehicle division. Earlier, there have been natural-gas-powered versions, which continue to form a part of the model palette, but a BEV Ducato is unprecedented.
Still, or perhaps for that reason, Fiat is taking small steps when electrifying its van lineup: The Ducato Electric will at first be made available to “major clients” via pilot projects, which means trusted Fiat customer fleets will function as beta testers for the van, most likely only in Europe. No technical details are available yet, either, making the Ducato something of a Mystery Machine. These fleets, some of which have already helped to develop the EV van, can pre-order the Ducato Electric this year with the vehicles delivered in 2020.
Even if the van’s availability has a touch of ’90s EV uncertainty, Fiat says there’s “no compromise” in the van’s load-carrying capacity and performance. We also expect more information to trickle out in the near future, and given how handy a silent yet torquey van is in some use cases, perhaps the Ram version will also get officially electrified at some point. Aftermarket solutions,
, already exist.
from Autoblog http://bit.ly/2WMFUdW