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By Jonathan Crouch

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Toyota's Proace Electric is the Japanese brand's version of a shared Stellantis Group mid-sized LCV design, but it now comes with a smarter look and a longer driving range from the 75kWh battery. Charging times are competitive and although there's just a single body shape, load area practicality is generally uncompromised by the full-battery powertrain and there's a class-leading warranty.

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It took Toyota until 2021 to launch an electric vehicle in the UK. Surprisingly, it wasn't a car. And even more surprisingly, it wasn't a Toyota-engineered product either. But the Proace Electric mid-sized van is well worthy of your attention, especially in this updated form. Like a conventional diesel Proace, it shares its design with rival Stellantis Group models. What's on offer here is basically the same as you get with the Citroen e-Dispatch, the Peugeot E-Expert, the Vauxhall Vivaro Electric and the Fiat E-Scudo. We say 'basically the same' because there are some key differences here. On the good side is a 10 year Toyota warranty that embarrasses the 3 year packages you get from this Proace Electric model's cousins. Not so good is the single body height option, but you do get a choice of two battery packs. Let's take a closer look.