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The Mobilize Bento might be small but that doesn't mean it can't surprise you with its van weights and payload.
Granted, the Bento's payload isn't going to make you fall of your chair, but for such a small little van there's a respectable amount of use out of this little quadricycle.
However, because the Mobilize Bento is not a car, or a van, it is naturally limited by the laws of being a quadricycle.
If you want to read more on that, plus find out what it's actually like read the Mobilize Bento review, but for now, on with the payload suprises.
The Bento is an L7 quadricycle which means it must have a design weight of less than 450kg, excluding any batteries.
The overall kerb weight of the Mobilize Bento van tips the scales at 569kg, this is due to the 10kWh of NMC batteries located in the floor.
The Mobilize Duo passenger version weighs quite a bit less.
It's available as an L6 quadricycle which has different regulations on weight. An L6 quadricycle must have a total weight without batteries of less than 400kg.
The Duo L6 with its battery pack weights 495kg. If you upgrade to the faster Duo L7 version (this is the one being sold in the UK) the total weight is 507kg.
As an L7 quadricycle, the Bento can only have a maximum capacity of 200kg for passengers and goods.
That doesn't mean to say that it uses the full amount.
The design weight of the cargo box is only sufficient enough for 60kg, but Mobilize says the Bento van have an additoinal 20kg of weight elsehwere in the van.
There's a handy storage space underneath the box area - that is accessed by moving the driver seat forward - or you can use the space either side of the driver's seat.
That means that the Mobilize Bento van weight for payload overall is just 80kg. Hardly a massive amount, but if you're needing to move a few items around and want to have a very cheap vehicle as a runabout then that 80kg payload may well be enough.
