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The Farizon SV is a new all-electric large van that launched in the UK market in 2025. It’s quite an interesting entrant because it’s designed specifically for Europe and backed by the Geely group - the same parent company as Volvo, Polestar, LEVC and Lotus.
Front-wheel drive, single electric motor 170 kW / 230 bhp. The SV features a drive by wire system which means no mechanical link between controls and wheels (steering, braking, throttle all electronic).
Claimed benefits: better energy efficiency, shorter braking distances and more flexible packaging.
SV UK pricing is £45,000–£56,000 + VAT depending on spec. There are three battery options depending on size: 67 kWh (LFP), 83 kWh (LFP), 106 kWh (NMC). Range is claimed between 177 miles and 247 miles.
There are a variety of configurations to choose from, my test van happens to be the L1 H1.
SV Payload: up to 1,390 kg
Cargo volume: up to 13 m³
Towing: up to 2,000 kg braked
Low loading height: 550 mm
The Farizon SV is available in 1 highly specified trim level. Unlike rivals, most features are standard:
360° camera
Large infotainment screen (~12.3")
Heated & ventilated seats
Heated steering wheel
Wireless Apple CarPlay
Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)
Payload monitoring system (built-in “weighing scale”)
Pros
Strong payload and cargo space
Competitive range for the class
Very high standard equipment
Innovative tech platform
Cons
Infotainment screen can feel unresponsive
Interior materials not as premium as some rivals
Driving experience is competent but not engaging or dynamic.
The main competition for the Farizon SV is Ford E-Transit / E-Transit Custom, VW ID.Buzz Cargo and the Renault Trafic E-Tech.
The Farizon SV is essentially, a high-spec, tech-heavy electric van aimed at fleets and trades who want a lot of equipment and decent range for the money. Its biggest differentiator is that drive-by-wire platform, which could become a big deal if it proves reliable long-term.
#farizonsv #electricvan #vanreview
Front-wheel drive, single electric motor 170 kW / 230 bhp. The SV features a drive by wire system which means no mechanical link between controls and wheels (steering, braking, throttle all electronic).
Claimed benefits: better energy efficiency, shorter braking distances and more flexible packaging.
SV UK pricing is £45,000–£56,000 + VAT depending on spec. There are three battery options depending on size: 67 kWh (LFP), 83 kWh (LFP), 106 kWh (NMC). Range is claimed between 177 miles and 247 miles.
There are a variety of configurations to choose from, my test van happens to be the L1 H1.
SV Payload: up to 1,390 kg
Cargo volume: up to 13 m³
Towing: up to 2,000 kg braked
Low loading height: 550 mm
The Farizon SV is available in 1 highly specified trim level. Unlike rivals, most features are standard:
360° camera
Large infotainment screen (~12.3")
Heated & ventilated seats
Heated steering wheel
Wireless Apple CarPlay
Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS)
Payload monitoring system (built-in “weighing scale”)
Pros
Strong payload and cargo space
Competitive range for the class
Very high standard equipment
Innovative tech platform
Cons
Infotainment screen can feel unresponsive
Interior materials not as premium as some rivals
Driving experience is competent but not engaging or dynamic.
The main competition for the Farizon SV is Ford E-Transit / E-Transit Custom, VW ID.Buzz Cargo and the Renault Trafic E-Tech.
The Farizon SV is essentially, a high-spec, tech-heavy electric van aimed at fleets and trades who want a lot of equipment and decent range for the money. Its biggest differentiator is that drive-by-wire platform, which could become a big deal if it proves reliable long-term.
#farizonsv #electricvan #vanreview
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00:00Hello, hello and welcome back to Thomas Talks Cars and today I'm bringing you
00:03not a car, this is a Verizon SV. As you can see it's a panel van, a commercial vehicle,
00:11the first one that's on the channel. It's fully electric and in this video I'm going to give you
00:14a walk around tour of the car, show it's like an interior, then get on the road for a drive
00:18and see what it's like on UK roads. Now I have got my handy notebook with me today,
00:23purely because I have such a short period of time with this vehicle and the weather has been against
00:28me. I am filming about back of five on a Friday and this is the first time since I've had
00:33a vehicle
00:34that it's not raining, snowing or sleet. So this is a ground up all electric vehicle. It's made by
00:39Geely, which is the parent company. Those are the guys that own Lotus, Polestar, Volvo, London Taxi
00:45Company. They even make their own Geely such as the EX5 and this Verizon brand was established in
00:512016 in China and this is the first vehicle that Verizon are bringing to the UK, kind of spearheading
00:58the brand's entry into the UK commercial van market. Now it's available with three batteries,
01:04would you believe it or not? A 67 kilowatt and an 83 kilowatt hour LFP battery or a 106 kilowatt
01:11NMC battery are your three options. It's built on the GXA-M platform. It's also available in a variety
01:18of configurations. This is the kind of standard generic one, which is L1H1. I'll put some overlays
01:25on the website. You can get it up to the L3, slightly taller, slightly longer. Cargo space in
01:30this car is 6.95 metres cubed and it can take a payload of up to 1,350 kilograms. That
01:38all depends
01:38on the battery configuration. Now we're also told this van is independent dual wishbone suspension
01:45up front and it's the first time being available on an electric van. So that is the main things
01:52to worth note on the exterior. The length of this vehicle is 4.99 metres, height 1.98 and
01:59the width is 1.98. Again that's going to vary depending on the size of the vehicle. This
02:04one is the L1H1. Top speed 83 miles per hour, 0-60 in 12 seconds. At the power output you're
02:12looking at around 231 PS or 170 kilowatts and newton metres of torque at 336 and they claim
02:2012.2 metres turning circle. All that power goes to the front wheel. So this is a front
02:25wheel drive van. Now we'll go start off with the exterior styling of this vehicle. You're
02:30going to notice it's got this kind of, well, platypus front end which is mimicking and reminds
02:36me of something like a Fiat Multipla. I've heard from other car journalists that the
02:41reason the headlights are up here is to do with like if you damage this part you can continue
02:46on with your journey because your headlights aren't damaged and it's going to spend less
02:49time off the road. I'm not 100% sure how true that is but that is what I've heard in
02:53the
02:53grapevine. This one is finished in bamboo green which is a rather nice colour. Her Verizon badge
02:59illuminates as well as your LED lights up front which are adaptive and they've got full beam.
03:04Parking sensors, yes sorry I'm saying that, I've just been driving this car. Parking sensors,
03:10I have a 360 camera. The SV only comes in one trim in the UK and it's what we see
03:15is what
03:15you get. You can choose your paint colour and the length but in terms of spec they all pretty
03:19much come with your heated seats, heated steering wheel, ventilated seats, these 16-inch steel wheels
03:26with the hubcaps which are kind of futuristic and yeah it all looks not too bad. We've got
03:30your 360 camera, part of that's going to be under your camera here on the mirrors but
03:35yeah it kind of says what it does on the tin. The front end of the van is where it's
03:39going
03:39to stand out and look a little bit different and looks a little bit electric. Charge flaps
03:43up here at the front here. You've got your CCS Type 2 and just so I'm not getting it wrong,
03:48our charging capacity is up to 140 kilowatts, that's 20-80% in 36 minutes. So that's worth
03:59mentioning in terms of charging the vehicle and you're looking just over 200 miles of range.
04:06As configured, I think I've seen just around 40 miles of 20% battery so that's going to be
04:13getting us around 200 miles in the new world. Let's have a look at the rear of the van.
04:18Now this kind of rear three-quarter angle, it just is a panel van. This green colour I
04:23can imagine a florist or something going for it. Of course you can get your whites and there's
04:27a whole bunch of other colours available to you. Let's see if I've wrote any of them down.
04:34I'll overlay the images for the green but I've got bamboo green, brocade gold, ink black and
04:40jade white as well as porcelain grey and pale blue. They're all about £550 plus VAT. The
04:47towing pack is £400 plus VAT and I think it tows up to about a tonne from memory. I haven't
04:54wrote that down here but it's about a thousand kilos. And they're saying the SUV can claim
05:0060 miles per hour, 62 miles per hour to stopping to zero in 39 metres which is compared to the
05:0545 metre class average. Now the rear of the vehicle, it looks pretty much like a regular
05:11panel van back here. We've got dead locks here which you can put in. Well that's not important
05:16but that's where you can lock the van. There we go. You can go in and put your little locks
05:19in there and it's got the split opening doors. I do believe this has got the optional 270 degree
05:27doors. As standard it's 180 degrees but you do pay £300 plus VAT for the 270 degrees doors
05:35in the back of the van. And you can get Euro pallets in the back of here. So, for those
05:40that are important because they're carrying things in the back of your vehicle, this is
05:46what your interior of the L1 H1 looks like. We do have your vehicle to load on the side
05:51which is up to 3.3 kilowatts. That's behind this little panel on the right hand side here.
05:59And it illuminates and we've got three sockets so you can put various things plugged into
06:04there. If you're on site, whatever it may be, you have that capacity just there. But
06:10yeah, overall inside it is just kind of what you see and expect from inside your panel van.
06:14It is worth mentioning the height into the van as well on the back. It can fit a Euro pallet
06:19as we mentioned. And I believe the millimetres I've wrote somewhere on the back of this van
06:28is 550 millimetres is the load height. So it's got quite a load height to go in inside the
06:34back of the van. And the top of this van does have like a fabricate material on it. But yeah,
06:39it's lined with a flooring at least. And yeah, it's pretty much all right. Charging cables
06:44are back here. And we've got a lot of lights to illuminate ourself in the back of the van.
06:49Not much more else to say. Opening doors and it can tow and you can load stuff. So that is
06:58this particular SV. The side door is where things get interesting on this panel van. Now this is where
07:05things get exciting because we've got a sliding door, which I'm told is a metre on the door,
07:13which is open on the L1H1. It's slightly larger on it. But if you open the front passenger door,
07:19because the seatbelt is on the passenger door itself, we have no big pillar in the way. So
07:24there's a little bit more room to go in and load from the side there. Again, that's semi-unique to
07:29this
07:29van that Verizon are saying so you can go in and load inside the van. And that is apartment class
07:35leading as well. So I don't know if I've got any particular other mentions to mention in here.
07:41One metre sliding door, we've mentioned. And yeah, rear cargo wheel and no pillar so we can get the
07:47wide loads on the side. So yeah, that's worth mentioning there. So we've got quite a fun
07:50bit of kind of pillar there. But go ahead and jump inside. We do have tie down hooks and stuff
07:56on the
07:57back there. But yeah, that is the L1H1 SV van on the side there. Let's have a quick look on
08:03the
08:03interior since we are going to be talking about the cabin before it gets too dark.
08:07All right, you join me in the front cabin of the Verizon SV. Now, first thing off the bat,
08:14the quality feels pretty much up on par with other vans in this segment. As standard, you do get a
08:21whole
08:21host of kits. We've got electric steering wheel, which is electronic, sorry, heated steering wheel.
08:26The steering wheel itself only goes up and down. That is my gripe. It doesn't come towards the
08:31driver. So it only goes up and down here. We do have two buttons for your window switch,
08:36mirror controls and door locks on the card here. Drive mode selector and charging things are on the
08:41right hand side as well as your fog lights. Some buttons on the steering wheel, hill descent
08:46control, cruise control on the left, volume control and that on the right hand side. You can even
08:50change the little screen and the digital gauge in front of you there. A couple of configurations
08:55to it, but not too many. And then we've got your geisha lights are up on the column. So you're
08:59down for drive, up for diversion, and then P for park. It does have 360 cameras, which is quite nice
09:04and that kind of frees up space in the centre. Some physical buttons here for like recirculating air,
09:10AC, your fan speed, your temperature, pops up your parking brake hold there. Cubbies, so kind of
09:17cup holders, one in the air drawer. Two USB, sorry USB-C and USB-A power outlets and then a
09:22little bit
09:23of storage down below there and then another power outlet down there. We do have a glove box.
09:28Yeah, it's a decent size. There's a high-vis, there's your owner book in there. There's no storage
09:33up above that you get maybe in a transit van. Same thing in the centre. There's no bit that pulls
09:37down
09:38that you see in a transit van, but we do get an armrest, which is not too bad. And yeah,
09:43unlike some of the
09:44other vehicles, there's no like three pin socket in between the seats that we've seen in other
09:48competitor vehicles. And yeah, everything's controlled for the screen. That is a little
09:52bit annoying. Your heated seats are always like one swipe, two pushes, and then you have to hit
09:59co-pilot or driver's seat and then you can link them up for your heated and ventilated seat and then
10:04you can hit low, medium or high. It's worth mentioning every time you come into the vehicle
10:08that it does turn them back off and you have to go back into the screen. I haven't found a
10:15way to
10:15keep that going, which is a bit frustrating. Just because when it is like three degrees, four degrees
10:20like today, you're trying to get into the van and yeah, it's, you're constantly fighting to go into
10:26screens. Same thing for your driver assistance. That comes back on as well every time. So you hit the
10:30little van button, either intelligent driving or the DMM alarm, turn off some of the systems there.
10:36The visibility out front's not too bad. We've got the gaily on the glass there, probably to remind
10:41you what kind of vehicle you're in. And they've got a big sun visor there, which has been handy
10:46today for the low sun. I will mention, because this is an all-sing and all-dancing high-spec fan,
10:52I was expecting a digital rear-view mirror up here. Again, I keep going about the transit,
10:56just because I've seen that on the electric transits, that you kind of look up and it looks
11:00like through the bulkhead so you can see behind you. We don't have that here, which is a bit of
11:04a shame.
11:04As I mentioned, there's no storage there. But under the seats, I am told, you can put things
11:10inside there, which if I wanted to put my bag, I could put them inside these little cubbies. It is
11:14all stamped with gaily in there. So both seats there have a little bit of storage as well.
11:19The floor's kind of lined and then the seat itself, I can pull the driver's seat forward independently
11:25from those two seats there. And there's little hooks on the bulkhead there if you want to put
11:28something like a jacket or something behind there. But yeah, it does what it says in the tin. It's
11:33kind of just a, it's just a van. You know, it's got some equipment in there. I do wish there
11:37was
11:37heated seat buttons. You could just go ahead and push. Same thing for all the speed warning and that.
11:41I was on the motorway and it kept saying it's 30 miles per hour and I'm like, it's clearly not,
11:45but
11:46it just pings at you all the time. So you have to go into the system and obviously every time
11:49you go in.
11:50But yeah, there's enough nooks and crannies up here. It does say it is front wheel drive and I believe
11:54it's also the first van from what I could see in the press release that has, if I'm going to
12:00get this
12:01wrong, the SV's electro hydraulic brake by wire system offers four kilogram weight saving compared
12:06to conventional setup. So that is worth mentioning as well. First van to use a drive by wire intelligent
12:12architecture for improved packaging, faster response times and also helps with energy recovery.
12:18Because you've got the little drive modes here, you can switch between normal kind of a sporty mode
12:22and the eco mode. Eco mode puts it in high regen. Sports mode just kind of gives you too much
12:26power.
12:27It's been far too wet, so you just get a bit of wheelspin. I have realistically been driving around
12:31in normal modes, I think is what we're calling it, just for driving. I drove this up from the borders
12:36back to Glasgow and yeah, that's pretty much worth mentioning before we get on the road. The wind par,
12:42I found pretty much on par with other vans just because you've got the big bluff front end into
12:48the front wheel drive. It's a little bit, it's a bit of a shame. I was expecting it to be
12:52a rear wheel
12:52drive, especially going through all the twisted country roads to kind of push me through as it
12:57kind of like pulls you through the corners. But as a van at the end, you're not buying this for
13:03driving experience, but it's just something I have noticed in comparison. And then charging, as I mentioned,
13:0820 to 80% in 36 minutes, if you can find a charger up to 140 kilowatts. So let's get
13:14this van out on
13:15the road for a test drive. All right, you join me behind the wheel of the Verizon SV. Now I'm
13:21going
13:21to pull my seat forward a little bit, down for drive on the gear selector, and let's get this van
13:26out on
13:27the road for its test drive. So I've got the heated steering wheel on because it's chilly. Worth mentioning
13:34that I have had the heating off in this van pretty much 90% of the time I have been
13:40driving,
13:41just purely because of trying to save efficiency in the battery. Setting around 13% in 28 miles.
13:48We do have a heated windscreen, which is nice, and that helps with keeping the defogging at bay.
13:54Blind spot in the mirrors as well, so we've got a whole raft of safety features when you indicate
13:59it brings up the cameras as well. And you're going to hear some of that pinging and bonging in the
14:03background as we're joining the main road. Now this vehicle claims up to 342 miles in a city and 247
14:12miles in combined driving. So again, that kind of gives you a barometer of where the range is going
14:19to be for yourself. As I said, I'm seeing probably around 200, 210 with that middle battery there. I
14:26think I've got the 83 kilowatt hour battery. So it's the middle range size of battery for this particular
14:33vehicle. And then the power they're seeing about 12 seconds to 60. I believe that it doesn't feel
14:39rapid. And you are aware of the kind of like scampering over the wet tarmac in the front wheel
14:44drive. Big bluff at the front end. So the wind noise and road noise and all that's kind of what
14:49you
14:49expect. All the rattling and it kind of just feels like a van with that respect. It doesn't feel anything
14:55special that way. It's a little bit, obviously being electric, it's a smoother than driving a manual
15:00diesel. But in comparison to something like a Ford E-Transit Custom or one of the electric
15:07Stellantis vehicles, it's pretty much on par with kind of how they feel. Just the steering wheel itself
15:13feels rather nice. And I said it is nice to have the options for your heated seat, heated steering wheel,
15:19and then your ventilated seats, which is going to be nice in countries where it's typically warmer than
15:25like three degrees. In Scotland, I think we'll probably have a couple of days a year you could
15:30use the AC and ventilated seats, but maybe in a warmer climate you would benefit from that. It does
15:36have automatic high beam as well when you're out and about. Sound system's decent as well for a van.
15:42And then you've got that big bluff front nose, so I'm just going to put the front heated
15:47windscreen on to prevent some more defogging there. Good visibility out front. We kind of got
15:51the little windows there on the A-pillar splitting that up. Big grab handles to get in and out because
15:56again, being a van you sit up high. In the drive modes we can cycle through hitting the little drive
16:02mode button there. So sports mode is number two and it's just keen to give you a little bit more
16:08oomph
16:08when you accelerate like so and I'll put that back into eco mode and then it just wants to pull
16:16the
16:16regen all the time. It says regen high. Kerb vehicle weight, sorry, vehicle weight is saying 2610 kilograms
16:25on the dash. I don't know how I got that up there, but that has popped up to remind me
16:29what the vehicle
16:30weight is. At the moment it is obviously empty, so I'm presuming that is the weight of this particular
16:37L1H one with this battery is 2610 kilos.
16:43But yeah, the bings and bongs you can turn off on the screen, but if you're doing loads of deliveries
16:46and turning it off every time, you're probably going to have to live with it just because it's
16:50not easy just to go in. Same thing with the heated seat. I just wish there was a button for
16:54that because
16:55again, every time you get out and you move, it's going to need it. And then when I go into
16:59drive,
16:59it seems to apply the parking brake, so I need to go in and like reach over. I see I'm
17:04just pulling
17:05that down for drive and I'm not touching the Elton parking brake over on the left hand side there.
17:10And volume control, I could not see a volume control. There's none clearly labeled as far
17:15as I'm aware. Could be wrong if somebody owns one of these and you can feel free to comment,
17:18but I couldn't see anything on the screen. And that centre bit is all HVAC and on the steering wheel
17:23there's a mute button, but there's no clear like volume control. But what it is, is there's like
17:28a little toggle below that mute button on the right hand side of the steering wheel. And that does
17:33multi-functions, also depending on what setting you're in, but you can tap that up and down
17:37to adjust the volume. So that took me a moment to work out how to do that in the van.
17:42It's not clear,
17:42just getting a twist. So there's some things I like about the van, some things I don't. The regen's
17:47strong. If I cycle through, it's going to tell me what we're getting in the van. Come on. 35.1
17:59kilowatt hours per 100 miles is what it's officially telling me the average consumption is. But that is
18:06heated seat and heated steering wheel on, but not the climate because the consumption just increases
18:11when you have the climate on. And I just realized it doesn't seem to have auto holds, which is
18:16rolling it back there. That's a bit annoying. I thought it did, but no, it doesn't seem to have
18:21auto hold there. We do have a start stop button though, to turn the van on and off. So make
18:26sure
18:26you're hitting that when you get in and out. But yeah, the ride's fine. It's, it's pretty average,
18:31you know, it just rides like a van. You set up nice and high. And I think their main selling
18:36point
18:36is probably going to be that B-pillar, in town driving, and potentially some attractive lease
18:41deals and that on these when they're out. I said certainly, probably most companies aren't buying
18:45these at list price. Like I said, I think it's around £45,000 plus VAT, which is pretty much on
18:52par with what you see for the list price for some of its competitors. And they claim 2.5 to
18:583.5 miles
18:59per kilowatt for this particular van. But that's the main talking points there for this Verizon SV. Before
19:08it gets too dark now, but this van's going to be, I'm going to be taking it back to the
19:14next person
19:14it's due for. So that'll be another drive for me. But I have driven this car, I keep saying this
19:19car,
19:20this van, a good amount of times, or a good length of journey across the bottom of Scotland up to
19:26the
19:26central well. Untwisted country roads. I've been on the motorway, been in an urban environment,
19:32so I had a good opportunity to drive it and experience it. And yeah, the cameras pop up,
19:38which is nice. The steering's a good weight to it. It's just...
19:46Yeah, it is what it is in the term. I guess it's just an electric front wheel drive van.
19:51So I want to say a special thanks to Verizon UK for loaning me this van for today's video. If
19:56you
19:57like this video, give it a thumbs up, comment below your thoughts on the Verizon SV. And as always,
20:02make sure to subscribe to the YouTube channel, it would be great to get this
20:05channel above 500 subscribers. And we'll see you all next video. Thanks very much for watching
20:11Thomas Talks Cars. And stay safe. Ciao.
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