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By Jonathan Crouch

Ford's E-Tourneo Courier MPV is probably the small family EV you should be choosing but hadn't considered. Jonathan Crouch takes a look.

Ten Second Reviewword count: 31

Ford's E-Tourneo Courier brings the market for small van-based electric MPV is right up to date. It's practical affordable to run and surprisingly stylish. Put this one down as surprisingly likeable.

Backgroundword count: 131

Ford has been slow off the mark bringing electric cars to market. Even this one, the E-Tourneo Courier, arguably isn't really a car but a passenger-carrying MPV version of the E-Transit Courier van. Still, it's undeniably a very thoroughly engineered product and is far more practical for family use than most sensibly-sized EVs. Considering its origins, it also looks surprisingly un-LCV-like. The Tourneo Courier also comes with a 1.0-litre EcoBoost petrol engine, but even that fossil fuelled version is based on the all-electric platform that undergirds this BEV variant. Ford wants us to see this new model line as 'fun and fuelled by a restless need for adventure'. You might merely see it as an alternative to the small van-based MPVs produced by Stellantis Group brands like Vauxhall, Citroen and Peugeot.

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Obviously you'll have to have an auto (the usual EV 1-speeder) if you choose the E-Tourneo Courier. This model has a 134bhp electric motor mounted on the front axle. There's no dual motor AWD version. Expect a battery size around 54kWh and a range of around 200 miles - about 37 miles more than rival Citroen e-Berlingo or Peugeot e-Rifter competitors. Top speed is 90mph and there's 290Nm of pulling power. Smooth, efficient all-electric journeys are enabled by the E-Tourneo Courier's selectable one-pedal driving mode. And the most comprehensive suite of advanced driver assistance systems in class  also helps makes light work of daily driving and longer road trips. Drivers can select from Normal, Eco and Slippery drive modes. If you really decide you really don't want to be limited by the EV charging network, and there's a 1.0-litre EcoBoost mild hybrid petrol version with 123hp which can also be ordered with a 7-speed dual clutch auto.

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