The Canoo Multi-Purpose Delivery Vehicle (MPDV for short) is a line of
battery electric delivery vans produced by
Canoo, the first of which was unveiled in December 2020. There are three planned models, the MPDV1 and the taller MPDV2, both sharing the same wheelbase and platform as the earlier
Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle, and the MPDV3, which will use an enlarged version of the same platform.
History
Canoo announced it had developed the Multi-Purpose Delivery Vehicle in December 2020; although ostensibly designed as a work van to haul cargo, Canoo also touted the potential customization possibilities of the slab-sided vehicle.
The price is expected to be comparable with conventional work vans powered by internal combustion engines.
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Preorders opened in January 2021. Prior to the MPDV, Canoo first had announced the similarly-sized Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle for passengers in 2019, using the same Canoo Multi-Purpose Platform. The Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV) is a cargo-specific variant of the Lifestyle Vehicle intended for fleet operation, and the LDV received several notable orders in 2022, including 4,500 for retailer ]Walmart
Walmart Inc. (; formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquarter ...
and 3,000 for fleet management
Fleet management is the management of:
* Commercial motor vehicles such as cars, vans, trucks, specialist vehicles (such as mobile construction machinery), forklifts, and trailers
* Private vehicles used for work purposes (the 'grey fleet')
* Av ...
company Zeeba. Walmart began testing LDV prototypes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area starting in summer 2022.
Limited quantities of the MPDV were scheduled to start becoming available in 2022;[ an initial production target of 1,000 Canoo vehicles was to be filled by contract manufacturer ]VDL Nedcar
VDL Nedcar is an automotive manufacturing company in Born, Netherlands. Since December 2012 it has been owned by the Dutch industrial conglomerate VDL Groep. Previous owners were Mitsubishi Motors and Volvo Cars. The company had its origins in ...
while Canoo was completing its "Mega Micro" factory in Pryor, Oklahoma, but Canoo later announced that early low-volume production will occur at its Bentonville, Arkansas
Bentonville is the tenth-largest city in Arkansas, United States and the county seat of Benton County. The city is centrally located in the county with Rogers adjacent to the east. The city is the birthplace of and world headquarters locatio ...
headquarters / research & development facility instead.
Design
Compared to the rounded Lifestyle Vehicle (LV) which was the first vehicle announced by Canoo, the MPDV has an angular, faceted style that ''Dwell'' has likened to the Tesla Cybertruck
The Tesla Cybertruck is an upcoming battery electric light-duty truck announced by Tesla, Inc. in 2019. Three models have been announced, with EPA range estimates of and an estimated time of 2.9–6.5 seconds, depending on the model.
T ...
. It was designed by Richard Kim, who previously had designed the LV.
Platform
The Canoo Multi-Purpose Platform that underpins all its vehicles is a skateboard chassis that carries battery modules within the perimeter frame, protected on bottom and top by a belly panel and the vehicle cabin floor; the modules form part of the frame's structure, helping to stiffen it and lowering overall weight by approximately 15% compared to peer designs.
Powertrain
As initially unveiled, the MPDV1 and MPDV2 shared a single-motor, front-wheel drive
Front-wheel drive (FWD) is a form of engine and transmission layout used in motor vehicles, where the engine drives the front wheels only. Most modern front-wheel drive vehicles feature a transverse engine, rather than the conventional longitu ...
arrangement, with the permanent-magnet traction motor providing and of torque.2170 battery
This is a list of the sizes, shapes, and general characteristics of some common primary and secondary battery types in household, automotive and light industrial use.
The complete nomenclature for a battery specifies size, chemistry, terminal ...
cells and have the potential to use 4680 battery or pouch cells. With 2170 cells, the energy density is 195 W-hr/kg. The traction battery operates at a nominal 400 V.[
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Cargo
Cargo volume aft of the front bulkhead is estimated to be for the MPDV1[ The MPDV2 will have an interior ceiling that is tall, while the ceiling of the MPDV1 will be instead.][
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References
External links
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* {{youtube , id=IRY9p9qHKgA , title=Canoo Multi-Purpose Delivery Vehicle Reveal
Cars introduced in 2020
Electric vans