Same van, different badges: the Stellantis medium electric van siblings

Walk into a UK Vauxhall, Peugeot, Citroen, Toyota or Fiat dealer and ask for their medium-size electric van. You will be sold a different badge of the same vehicle. The 0brands here all rebadge the Stellantis EMP2/STLA Medium platform: same battery, same motor, same body shell, same dimensions, same cargo volume. Even the load-through bulkhead is identical (Stellantis call it "Moduwork", Vauxhall call it "FlexCargo" - it is one part).

So why does the price spread across these 0 brands hit thousands of pounds, and which badge should you actually buy? Three rows decide it: standard AC on-board charger kW, vehicle warranty years and service interval. Everything else genuinely is the same van.

The three differences that actually matter

1. Standard AC on-board charger (the 11 kW story)

Stellantis ships the EMP2 Medium electric van with a 7.4 kW single-phase on-board charger as the base spec. Every brand then chooses whether to upgrade the standard fit to the 11 kW three-phase OBC, or leave it as a cost option.

• Vauxhall Vivaro Electric ships the 11 kW three-phase charger standard on every trim. That is genuinely Vauxhall's spec advantage versus its Stellantis cousins.
• Peugeot e-Expert, Citroen e-Dispatch and Toyota Proace Electric ship the 7.4 kW unit standard. The 11 kW OBC is a circa £400 option.

Why it matters for fleet: a 75 kWh pack on a 7.4 kW wallbox takes around 11 hours to fill from flat. On a 3-phase 11 kW wallbox it takes around 7 hours 30 minutes. If your depot is single-phase only, the difference is academic. If you have 3-phase available, Vauxhall just saved you a £400 option box per van.

2. The Toyota warranty (10 years if you service annually)

Toyota covers the Proace Electric under Toyota Relax: 10 years or 100,000 miles, as long as you service it at a Toyota dealer every year. The Stellantis brands all offer 3-year warranties. Over a 7-year fleet hold, the Toyota effectively comes with an extra four years of powertrain cover.

The catch: Toyota only sells the Proace Electric in Icon trim (the entry trim) and only in the Medium body, only as a Panel Van. No XL, no Crew Van, no Sport equivalent. Warranty-first buyers get a narrow lineup.

3. The Citroen plate quirk (why it appears to have less payload)

Citroen specifies a lower N1 plate on the e-Dispatch than Peugeot does on the mechanically identical e-Expert, which makes the Citroen look like it has materially less payload on the spec sheet. It does not - it is the same chassis, just with different paperwork. A fleet customer can specify the heavier plate at order time.

Trim name decoder (they mean the same thing)

Stellantis brands all run a roughly two-tier trim ladder on the medium van EV: an entry trim with basic infotainment and a top trim that adds satnav, dynamic surround view, body-colour styling and in some cases load-through bulkheads. Vauxhall adds a third top-of-range Limited Edition slot called GS. Across the badges, the trims map like this:

What is genuinely identical across every badge

If you are weighing one badge against another, these are the rows you can ignore. Every brand has the same answer:

• Battery: 75 kWh NMC (69 kWh usable). The 50 kWh entry battery has been dropped across all four brands for MY26.
• Motor: 100 kW (136 hp), 270 Nm, FWD, single-speed.
• WLTP range: 219 mi combined headline (194-230 mi spread depending on configuration).
• DC fast charging: 100 kW CCS, 5-80% in ~45 minutes.
• Towing: 1,000 kg braked, 750 kg unbraked.
• Wheelbase: 3,275 mm on both M and XL bodies (the XL gains its 350 mm entirely from rear overhang).
• Cargo volume: 5.3 m³ M Panel Van / 6.1 m³ XL Panel Van / 3.2 m³ M Crew Van / 4.0 m³ XL Crew Van.
• Battery warranty: 8 yr / 100,000 mi to 70% capacity.
• Cargo dimensions, door apertures, ground clearance, turning circle: all identical.

Buyer-fit recommendations

Translating the deltas above into "which badge should I sign for":

• You want the lowest entry price: Peugeot e-Expert Professional or Citroen e-Dispatch Enterprise. They are typically within £10 of each other.
• You charge at depot from 3-phase: Vauxhall Vivaro Electric. Standard 11 kW OBC saves ~3.5 hours per full charge versus 7.4 kW.
• You hold vans 6+ years and warranty matters: Toyota Proace Electric Icon Medium 75 kWh. The 10-year Toyota Relax warranty (annual servicing required) is unmatched here.
• You need a Crew Van or chassis cab: Skip Toyota - they only sell the Panel Van Icon 75 kWh. Any of the other three brands will sell you Crew Van M/XL bodies.
• You want the showiest trim: Peugeot Sport (M body only) or Vauxhall GS Limited Edition. Citroen and Toyota do not offer an equivalent top-spec trim.
• You do not care about any of the above: Whichever brand's dealer is closest and most flexible on price. You are buying the same vehicle.

Why this exists

Stellantis owns Peugeot, Citroen, Vauxhall and Opel; the EMP2 / STLA Medium van platform is built at the Hordain plant in France and rebadged with each marque's grille, headlights and interior trim. Toyota has a long-running platform partnership with Stellantis on commercial vehicles (initially for the Proace City and Proace) which is why the Toyota Proace Electric is also a member of this family despite Toyota being independent.

Fiat sells the matching E-Scudo on the same platform, but the UK lineup is reduced versus the rest of the family. When it lands in this catalogue we will add it as the fifth column above.