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New e-Dispatch now arrived at home. Tech issues..

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My e-Dispatch finally made it over from France and onto my driveway this week. I’ve oBly had a short drive and so far so good.

The one real let down is the tech.

Sadly there is no option to set the charge condition or deferral of the pre conditioning from the driver interface. It has to be done via the MyCitroen app. This is my first stumbling block. Whatever network the modem uses has poor coverage in my area and I’m struggling to connect to the van most of the time. Which is really quite daft. Unfortunately there’s no way to see what network connection the van uses or what it’s strength is. There also no option to hotspot it. So far I’m a little disappointed with the interface and the app. I mean seriously, you’d have thought Citroen would have had the app properly translated into English rather than the poor auto-translation they have used. It really is a bit haphazard.

Anyhoo. I’ve already waited a week for Citroen UK to comeback to me on this so thought I’d reach out here to see if anyone knew more about the network provider. I’m hoping I can put a femtocell in maybe?
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I saw Sussex Campervans have posted this:

They may be worth contacting to see if they'd fit seats for you. Presumably, they intend to start using them as a conversion base vehicle, must be confident about dropping the battery and anchoring rock and roll seats.
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How about trying Peugeot/Vauxhall as they are 'the same' vans. 'I'm thinking of buying... and thought I 'd ask about...'
Anyone know who fits the racks that British Gas use, as they've bought/are buying vans and are fitting racking to them, which presumably is similar to what you'd need to fit seats.
I think the guy in the British Gas van video is picking it up from the rack installers, I think they were called bri-star maybe?

I've decided to go for the medium length Peugeot e-expert crew cab 75kWh as I don't want risk having the panel van and then not being able to fit seats or finding someone to take it on. Plus I don't know how much hassle it is with insurance companies and the DVLA regarding adding extra seats.

As a side note, it looks like none of these vans have heated seats, which seems, to quote The Princess Bride, "inconceivable!". Or perhaps they're just not listed for some odd reason, despite listing things such as a laminated windscreen. All a bit odd.
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Yeah, I think on all the e-life, e-traveller etc spec they're an option or included but not on the vans so if you want the 75kWh pack you're a bit scuppered. I've now ordered the Peugeot crew cab with a fair few options, the crew cab is only available at professional level, not the top tear Asphalt. I'll remove the bulkhead and see if I can remove one of the three back seats, fit a pop top and custom build some cabinetry. If the seats are really problematic I guess I'll at least have some decent fixings for after market removable seats. Such a shame they didn't make the larger battery version of the e-traveller available over here, would have saved so much messing around... and cash too probably! I reached out to a few companies about fitting seats in the panel van version and they either didn't know or weren't interested. Perhaps in a year or two there'll be a few more people around to do installs. I'll report back when it arrives, I was told that delivery will likely take until August though. I'll have a 2015 e-nv200 24kWh tekna rapid plus up for sale then too!
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