Vans, electric or otherwise, aren’t really known for their dynamic abilities (although they are better than you may think if you've never driven one), since none are designed with high speed cornering in mind. They are big, tall and quite heavy, which means that if you were to push one around a twisty road and drive it quickly, the laws of physics would protest in every single direction and the likelihood of the vehicle ending up on its side would increase dramatically.
Their unsuitability for anything other than load lugging makes them amusing to watch when professional drivers really try to drive them as if they were sports cars. That’s why this EV van dogfight video where the Mercedes-Benz eVito battles it out with an ABT-badged electric Volkswagen Transporter has to be great entertainment, right?
Both vehicles are very evenly matched in terms of performance, although the VW is quicker to sprint to 100 km/h (62 mph), needing just 17 seconds for it; the Mercedes needs over 19 seconds to complete the sprint - imagine what the acceleration is like when either of these two vans is fully-loaded...
