busnews.com.au April 2018 ABC^41confirmed a promising amount
of interest in Australia and
New Zealand.
“It will launch in Europe first
and following that it will be
released for other markets if
there is adequate demand,”
Mercedes-Benz Vans Australia and
New Zealand PR and corporate
communications manager Blake
Vincent said. “We expect there
to be significant interest in both
Australia and New Zealand.
We already regularly receive
enquiries about electric vans from
major fleet companies, who are
looking to improve efficiency and
sustainability in their operations.
The new Sprinter must
be more than the sum
of its parts.“Initially only one electric van
was planned, but now both
Sprinter and Vito will be available,
which only strengthens the
potential and our interest in
launching locally.”
Mercedes-Benz Vans global
CEO Volker Mornhinweg
emphasises the importance
of connectivity in modern
commercial vehicles and says the
Sprinter sets a new standard for
commercial vehicles.
“In the logistics and transport
world of the future, adaptability to
specific needs and the changing
expectations of customers will
be a defining success factor,”
Mornhinweg said.
“Just building a good vehicle is,
therefore, not enough. The newSprinter must be more than
the sum of its parts.
“With new connectivity
services, a new telematics
generation and an
unprecedented number of
variants, it is a comprehensive
system meeting an enormous
range of commercial transport
requirements. This means
that the new Sprinter achieves
precisely what its preceding
generations demonstrated
before: it sets new standards.”