> nobody makes an EV minivan even though it should be a no-brainer.

VW makes them, they just won't bring them to the US. They have officially announced they are coming in June, but time will tell. I'm going to look close when it comes - it could save me a lot of $$$ most months (the pacifica hybrid as much lower range on battery and so wouldn't save nearly as much)

True, but "future minivans" don't help when I needed "now minivans".

And the E-Transit isn't available in a passenger version, I'd've seriously considered it.

I have been driving a 12 year old minivan for a few years for that reason. Also why I'm watching VW so close right now.

We had one and my wife only had to get gas every 3 months or so. Definitely depends on your use but 35-40 miles a day on battery was plenty for her.

The newer ones only get about 20 miles or range.

I have looked at them, but my wife is short and so she cannot reach the pedals. We have an older minivan with adjustable pedals that works well.

Really? The 2020 got 35ish

They dropped the range. Apparently the rules for what qualifies for some rebate changed and so they put in less batteries while also meeting whatever law that was. If you only want the hybrid for rebates then who cares, but if you are looking at them for practical reasons that isn't useful.

I wonder how moddable these things are (can someone sell aftermarket “bigger packs”) besides just filling the back with those power brick setups.

The best feature? The only thing you lose is the ability to fold down the middle seat, but you can still remove it if you need to haul something large. We had one for 3 years and needed to take the seats out 3/4 different times.

It's really the defining feature of the Chrysler vans compared to the others, the ability to go from "all seats in van" to "flat empty van" without removing the seats is quite a nice convenience.

And I don't know if you can even get the hybrid in the 8 seat setup, and it's more than $10k more than a somewhat similar Kia.