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Right now the only minivan that's even remotely electric is the PHEV Chrysler Pacifica, and it only gets a few dozen miles on battery only. As a father of 4, I'd welcome any newcomer in the minivan space.

Most people don't realize that a minivan is better than a truck, SUV, or crossover for the blend of efficiency, people-moving, luxuries, and cargo capacity for anyone with more than a kid or two!



First principle analysis strongly suggests Tesla is definitely working on minivan/peoplemovers and cargo vans. In terms of broad clusters of vehicle types, you have:

Personal vehicles: sports cars, small sedans, large sedans, and SUVs. Tesla has 5 offerings in this category (S, 3, X, Y, Roadster).

Utility vehicles: pickups, utes, trucks. Tesla has one forthcoming offering in this category (Cybertruck).

Heavy transport: Semitrailers, 18 wheelers, freight haulers, road trains. Tesla has one forthcoming offering in this category (Semi).

Light transport: Minivans, peoplemovers, cargo vans, “Maxi Taxis”, mailtrucks/delivery vans. Tesla has no forthcoming offering in this category as of yet. All of their previous offerings synergize well with development of this category, and the advantages of Tesla-style electric vehicles have a lot of comparative advantage in this category.


Does the Volkswagen ID.Buzz count? Or not yet, since it's still upcoming?


Still upcoming? Have seen several of them on the roads here in Norway


My neighbour has a Mercedes eVito van which does something like 200 miles in practice.




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