Electric retrofit firm Bedeo announces partnership with Dangel

Bedeo has announced a major partnership milestone with France-based Automobiles Dangel.

Confirmed today (Monday, September 16) at the IAA Transportation show in Germany, Bedeo and Dangel have signed a strategic partnership that will see Dangel manufacture and retrofit Bedeo Reborn Electric systems for the French market from its facility in Alsace.

Under the agreement, Dangel will sell directly to French customers under the marker of Dangel powered by Bedeo.

The announcement comes at a time when Bedeo also makes the European debut of its Reborn Electric retrofit systems for large vans, at the famed IAA Transportation event.

Osman Boyner, founder and CEO of Bedeo, said: “The French retrofit market for large vans is gaining momentum, and our strategic partnership with Dangel is in direct response to this demand and need to decarbonise LCV fleets.

“Working with Dangel will enable our homologated Reborn Electric solutions to reach a wider range of French fleet users, and benefit from Dangel’s experience and expertise in LCV transformation.

“Dangel will collaborate with our team at Bedeo to integrate our proven system into any Stellantis-based large vans of the X250 platform on a dedicated manufacturing line at Dangel’s facility.”

He added: “This is an important moment, particularly at IAA on a global stage, to demonstrate the potential of retrofitting and to partner with a trusted company that can drive the transition from diesel to electric.

“Considering the European reach and ideally situated manufacturing plant in Eastern France, this agreement could be extended to other European countries in the near future – retrofit is the most cost-effective, least intrusive way of electrifying a fleet.”

Reborn Electric is available in pure electric form –BE – and the models can either be fitted with a 37 kWh, or a 75kWh battery, which provides drivers with 117km or 248km WLTP range respectively.

It sits alongside the range extender (RE) version, available in RE-100 form, which retains the original diesel engine and adds a 37kWh battery to provide 117km of electric range and 600km through its range extender.