MILAN – Fiat has launched a full-electric version of the Ducato medium van – Europe's best-selling light-commercial vehicle -- as the sector starts to shift from diesel powertrains in response to changing emissions and pollution standards.
Battery-electric van sales will see a “huge jump” this year, said Eric Laforge, head of Fiat Professional light-commercial vehicles for Europe.
Fewer than 3,000 full-electric medium vans were sold in 2020, he said.
Laforge, speaking at an online event to launch the E-Ducato, as it is called, said that within five years up to 25 percent of light-commercial vehicles sold in Europe could be battery electric, and in 10 years that figure could reach 80 percent.