Toyota, are you seeing this? 2024 LDV eDeliver 7 electric van arrives with an ABN price under $60K, ready to take on Toyota HiAce and more!

Chinese brand LDV has beaten mainstream players such as Toyota in the race for an electric ute and now this time it’s done it again with an electric HiAce rival van - the LDV eDeliver 7 - with ABN prices starting from $59,990, before on-road costs.

The eDeliver 7 will come with a choice of a 77kWh battery offering a range of up to 318km (WLPT) and a 88kWh battery with up to 362km (WLPT).

Both variants have one 150kW/330Nm electric motor driving the front wheels.

That entry price will get you into the short-wheelbase (SWB) low-roof model with the 77kWh battery and then it steps up to an ABN price of $61,990 for the long-wheelbase (LWB) version.

The 88kWh LWB low-roof variant is $64,990 for ABN holders and rises to $66,990 for the LWB high roof.

Standard features are identical across the range with all variants boasting LED headlights, proximity unlocking, air conditioning, power windows, heated front seats, and a 12.3-inch media display with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

Standard safety equipment across the range includes AEB, adaptive cruise control, lane keeping assistance, blind spot warning, rear-view camera, plus front and rear parking sensors.

The eDeliver7 is covered by LDV’s five-year/160,000km warranty, along with an eight-year/250,000km battery warranty.

The eDeliver7 comes with capped-price servicing for six years/90,00km for a total of $1166.10.

“With the all-new eDeliver 7, LDV set out to overcome the challenge of creating a commercially viable electric van for Australia,” says LDV’s General Manager Dinesh Chinnappa,.

“We have observed the success of aggressively priced, feature-packed passenger EVs that have arrived in the Australian market recently and have worked relentlessly with our partners in China to achieve the same outcome in our next commercial EV.

“The result has outdone even our expectations. In the all-new eDeliver 7, LDV has developed an electric van that can not only challenge the strongest competitors in terms of driving experience, safety, functionality and a commitment to reduced emissions, but do so at a price that reduces the cost of EV entry for businesses across Australia. Put simply, here is a mid-size van that doesn’t cost the earth.”

The eDeliver 7 joins LDV’s van line-up slotting in under the larger Deliver 9 van which is also available as an electric variant the eDeliver9.

Short-wheel base eDeliver 7 variants measure 4998mm end to end, while the long-wheel base is 5364mm.

Payload capacity ranges from 1175kg for the LWB high roof to 1350kg for the SWB low roof.

The electric van market is growing fast and already includes Peugeot’s E-Partner in the smaller van segment, while Mercedes-Benz’s eVito is on sale now as a rival to the LDV, starting at $91,051 before on-road costs. Ford’s E-Transit sits in the segment above, but the E-Transit Custom will hit Australian shores this year.