Volkswagen e-Transporter Medium Van

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The Volkswagen Transporter has a long and storied past, but this new e-Transporter probably marks the most fundamental shift in the model’s history.

For the first time, the Transporter is offered from launch as either a diesel-powered van or a fully electric model, and it does so on a platform developed by Ford, sharing its underlying architecture and much of its technology with the Transit Custom.

It’s part of the continuing agreement between the two manufacturers, which has seen Volkswagen take the Ranger and Transit Custom and turn them into the Amarok and Transporter, while Ford has taken the Caddy and badged it as a Transit Connect.

In the case of the e-Transporter, both vans are built alongside one another in Turkey, emerging from the same production line with near-identical mechanical foundations.

Volkswagen has made a concerted effort to preserve its own identity, though, with a distinctive exterior design, unique interior detailing and a trim structure designed to appeal to existing Transporter buyers.

The question is whether this new electric Transporter can hold its own against rivals such as the Mercedes-Benz eVito, Farizon SV, Peugeot e-Expert, Vauxhall Vivaro Electric and Toyota Proace Electric — or whether it simply mirrors the E-Transit Custom too closely for comfort.