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Maybe the Mobilize Bento dimensions are of interest because you need a quirky little city runabout?
Perhaps you already have one and you need to know what the biggest item you'll get in the Mobilize Bento cargo box is.
Or maybe you've come because you want to know how many boxes this Dominos (other brands are available) pizza delivery supertanker can carry - we make it about 96, in four stacks, side-by-side, and piled up to the roof.
The Bento is a quadricycle, small electric van, which aren't known for their carrying capacity.
That said, Renault (makers of the Bento) have done a good job in making sure that this successor to the Renault Twizy is as practical as possible.
That's why it has been designed to access all areas of the city, and although the Bento is not a big vehicle it can do a lot of things.
The Mobilize Bento measures just 2.54m in length, is a narrow 1.3m wide and stands at a height of just under 1.6m.
It's quite a petite little thing, but don't let proportions fool you.
The 1+1 layout for the passenger version or the single seater version in the case of the van means that the width can be super narrow at just 1.3m wide. While that's still too big to lane split the traffic in the city, it does mean you can park it just about anywhere.
The compact dimensions of the Mobilize Bento certainly play to the strengths of living and working in the city. That's especially true thanks to its super small turning circle.
Check out the exterior dimensions of the Bento in the table below:
| Mobilize Bento | Dimensions (cm) |
|---|---|
| Length | 254 |
| Width | 120 |
| Height | 157 |
They say good things come in small packages, and while that may be true, if you want to move something large the Mobilize Bento cargo box dimensions aren't really going to help you.
The plastic cargo box body that makes up the Bento's cargo area is a fairly practical size, competing and even beating many car derived vans that ditch the rear seats and turn themselves into an N1 van.
It's not masses of space, but it's practical space because it's a mostly square box and the overall loadspace measurements are certainly big enough for a large box - or many many smaller boxes.
| Mobilize Bento cargo box | Dimensions (cm) |
|---|---|
| Length / Depth | 77 |
| Width | 124 |
| Height | 81 |
The maximum length of the Bento cargo box is 77cm which make it fairly practical, however, there is a small indentation in the rear which adds a small amount of additional space that is only really useful if you were putting something in there that had a bulge or awkward shape - think the handle on a suitcase.
The rest of the walls are pretty much square, although there's a slight rounding at the top of the box which narrows the overall height of 81cm a little. The width is a healthy 124cm.
One nice feature of the loadspace of the Bento is that the rear doors open nice and wide. The doors are slightly different sizes – with one large and one small – but they open up to an angle of 140-degrees.
The overall volume of the loadspace might come as a shock, because although it looks like a fairly large box on the back of the vehicle it's not that big an area.
Like the Renault Twizy Cargo before it, the Bento replaces the rear passenger seat, but where the Twizy made do with a proper door streamlined to the shape and style of the van - really limiting its carrying capacity - the Bento gets an unapologetic square box.
Mobilize says it is the equivalent to two car boots, and they may well be right, but in our mind it's at least five or six of those food delivery bags you'd find on a scooter - so, pizza for everyone!
Officially the capacity of the Mobilize Bento cargo box is 649 litres, which is 0.649m3.
For comparison a Ford Fiesta Van had just under 1m3 and the Renault Twizy Cargo had space for just 0.18m3.
We thought we'd include a little bit about the name here as it sort of relates to the dimensions.
A Bento box is the name for a takeaway noodle container used in Japanese cuisine. We're not sure if that's a deliberate ploy to make the Mobilze Bento seem like an ideal takeaway transportation vehicle but it certainly plays up to the notion.
Another thing is that the shape and space of the cargo box, or should that be Bento box, does lend itself nicely to the opportunity for businesses to advertise themselves with a snazzy livery on what is sure to be a very attention-grabbing city van.
Throw in the elytra doors that open vertically and you've got one hell of a statement vehicle for food deliveries - or whatever else you might have in mind.
