With ford vehicles, be careful not to confuse the "Transit Custom" and "Transit". Competently different vehicles. Latter is much bigger.

Only the transit custom is offered as a PHEV. But ford NZ do have a pure version of the transit coming

https://www.ford.co.nz/commercial/e-transit/

It will probably come in over 3500kg GVM, so essentially be considered a heavy vehicle need a COF, and get a 90km/h speed limit etc.

Personally I think we should move the threshold for light vehicles up to 4250kg for pure EV's. Much of Europe has already lifted the drivers licence threshold for pure EV's (not an issue in NZ as can drive 6,000kg on a car licence thanks to the campervan lobby). Still with vans allready coming close to or maxing out the 3500kg, having an EV van will mean giving up payload or crossing the threshold.

Batman: 20k price drop just like that. Imagine the margins they are making selling things to NZers

To be fair ford seem to crank up their list prices so they have room to negotiate into. And to run sales etc.

On the escape a farmlands card is worth a 9% discount.

Still, dropping Transit PHVE prices $20k at a time when new vehicle prices are climbing does suggest they have a heap of margin to play with.