Mercedes eVito EV Charging Cable

Three versions, and the Tourer is not the van with windows

The 2019 to 2020 eVito panel van carries 41 kWh usable. From 2020 it grew to between 60 and 66 kWh. The eVito Tourer is a different proposition again: it uses the EQV's 100 kWh pack with 90 kWh usable, so it is not simply a panel van with seats and its range is far greater.

Every one of them ends up at 7.4 kW on a single phase supply. The 41 kWh van caps there by design whatever it is plugged into; the later vans and the Tourer carry 11 kW three phase chargers that a single phase supply turns into 7.4. A 32A cable is therefore right across the board.

One thing to check before buying a used 41 kWh van

The 2019 to 2020 eVito has no DC socket at all. Not a slow one, none: rapid chargers cannot be used, and every kilowatt hour it ever receives comes down the Type 2 lead. On a working vehicle that is worth knowing before you commit to a route, and it makes a spare cable a reasonable thing to keep in the back.

The later vans took 50 kW DC as standard with 80 kW optional, and the Tourer offers 80 and 110 kW, so the constraint applies only to the earliest ones.

How long a full charge takes

The calculation is the battery over the delivered kW, uplifted 13 per cent for charging losses, quarter hour rounded. The miles column uses 3.5 miles per kWh, which holds up in winter as well as summer. Columns are the original panel van, the later panel van and the Tourer. The Tourer at 90 kWh is a fourteen hour single phase charge, which puts it firmly in overnight territory.

The front bumper port changes how you park

The eVito's charge socket is on the left, at the front bumper, which is unusual: most vans put it on a flank. Several independent sources agree on that position, though one places it on the side between the doors, so it is worth a look at your own vehicle.

If it is at the front bumper, then nosing the van straight up to the charge point is by far the best case and 5 metres will often reach on a 5.1 metre van. Reversing in is the worst case, because the lead then has to travel the entire length of the vehicle. On a yard where vans park as they arrive, 10 metres removes the argument. Choose on the real distance from inlet to charge point, not the distance on the drawing, and never buy it tight.

How these cables are built

IEC 62196-2 construction, CE marked, IP55 sealed and tested from -30C through to +50C.

The three pin unit is IEC 62752 compliant, CE marked, IP67 against water and rated -30C to +60C. It carries a two year manufacturer's warranty, ships free on next working day delivery, and can go back inside 30 days.

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Mercedes eVito charging cable questions

What cable does an eVito need?

A 32A Type 2 to Type 2 cable. Every version draws 7.4 kW from a single phase supply, whether by its own 7.4 kW cap or by stepping an 11 kW three phase charger down to one phase.

Can the early 41 kWh eVito rapid charge?

No. The 2019 to 2020 van has no DC socket at all, so the Type 2 cable is the only way it charges. Later vans took 50 kW as standard with 80 kW optional.

Is the eVito Tourer the same as the panel van?

Not for charging. The Tourer uses the EQV's 100 kWh pack with 90 kWh usable, far more than the panel van's 60 to 66, so it takes about fourteen hours on a single phase supply rather than ten.

Where is the charge port?

On the left, at the front bumper, according to most sources. That makes nose-in parking the best case for cable length. One source places it on the side, so it is worth checking your own van.