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The What Van? Road Test: Renault Kangoo E-Tech (2022)
Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Load bay
Access to the cargo bay – complete with LED lighting – is by means of a sliding door on each side or through asymmetric twin back doors. The narrower of the two is on the offside.
They can be swung through 90° or through 180° if you release the stays, and open to reveal a load bay with 10 tie-down points. A 12-volt power point is positioned near the offside rear door.
A plastic full-height bulkhead is fitted, presumably for the sake of lightness. While it looks robust enough, as traditionalists we tend to favour a steel partition.
The bulkhead bulges backwards, and restricts access (albeit modestly) through the side doors.
Our demonstrator’s cargo area was comprehensively timbered out, with plywood protecting most of the areas vulnerable to damage, including the floor and the wheel boxes. Plastic panels help protect the doors.
At just 608kg, payload capacity is considerably below that of the cheaper equivalent diesel model, but braked towing capacity is a healthy 1,500kg.
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