2024 LDV eDeliver 7 confirmed for Australia; diesel to follow

January 2024: eDeliver 7 pricing announced

The electric LDV eDeliver 7 is now available in Australia with short-wheelbase low-roof, medium-wheelbase low-roof, and medium-wheelbase high-roof forms.

September 2023: eDeliver 7 confirmed for Australia

The 2024 LDV eDeliver 7 mid-size van is locked in for Australia.

LDV Australia has confirmed the Chinese-built eDeliver 7 will be initially offered as an electric-only model when it arrives in the fourth quarter of 2023, or the first portion of 2024.

"Worst case Q1 2024, but it could be Q4 this year," said LDV Australia's general manager, Dinesh Chinnappa.

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The electric eDeliver 7 – known as the Maxus V70 in its home market – will be offered in short-wheelbase low-roof, medium-wheelbase low-roof, and medium-wheelbase high-roof form. Local pricing and features will be detailed closer to the eDeliver 7's launch.

It will offer a 77kWh standard-range battery, aiming for over 300km in driving range. Overseas, it has a WLTP-rated 310km driving range, and there's an 88kWh longer-range battery good for a claimed 382km.

Both are powered by a front-mounted 150kW/330Nm electric motor, with a 120km/h top speed – or 90km/h in eco mode – and a circa-12-second 0-100km/h time.

With the full-size eDeliver 9 electric van priced from $99,990 before on-road costs, the eDeliver 7 will likely be priced between $85,000 and $95,000 plus on-roads – undercutting the $92,990 eT60 ute to become LDV's cheapest electric vehicle.

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LDV's Australian arm expressed interest in combustion-engined versions of the Deliver 7 mid-size van down the track but is yet to confirm a date.

The Chinese-market version of the Deliver 7 is offered as a panel van or people carrier, with a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine and an automatic transmission.

It has a reported fuel consumption of 7.4L/100km, and is said to ride on a 'new' architecture shared with the electric van.

LDV said in January that the new mid-size van would be offered in internal combustion and all-electric form with three roof height variations.

With recent success in the large van category, where the LDV Deliver 9 outsold the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter for the first time in two decades, the Chinese brand hopes to "have the same impact" in the smaller segment.

VFACTS new-car sales data reveals the long-running Toyota HiAce (4409) dominates the mid-size van segment year-to-date, followed by the LDV G10 (2485), the soon-to-be-replaced Ford Transit Custom (2164), and the Hyundai Staria Load (1742).

"We expect our new mid-size van will replicate the success of the Deliver 9 and shake up its respective segment," Chinnappa said in January.

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Enhanced safety and driver assistance

Autonomous emergency braking (AEB) will be required for the eDeliver 7 to be sold in Australia, potentially life-saving technology that the G10 and V80 both currently lack. All new vehicles sold here after March 2025 will require AEB.

Just like in the United Kingdom, Australian eDeliver 7's will be equipped with 'level two' driver-assist tech. This includes lane-keep assist, lane departure warning, adaptive cruise control, traffic sign recognition, driver fatigue monitoring, door opening warning, and six airbags, as well as AEB.

Blind-spot and rear cross-traffic alerts, high-beam assist, a 360-degree camera, and emergency calling are also standard in the UK.

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The 2024 LDV eDeliver 7 electric mid-size van is due in Australia in the fourth quarter of this year, or in early 2024. The diesel variant is expected to follow at a later date.

It will face competition from the all-electric Ford E-Transit Custom, due to arrive in Australia sometime in 2024, joined by the next-generation diesel model.

Below: The current 2023 LDV G10 and LDV V80 mid-size vans

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