An Italian icon, oozing retro cool

PIAGGIO APE CLASSIC ELECTRIC THREE-WAY

The Ape Classic brings together quirky, fun styling with beautiful Italian design to give you a mobile coffee conversion that’s irresistible to potential customers. Draw in the crowds with an eye-catching paint job and three-way opening construction to create the perfect platform for your street food business.

The Piaggio Ape Classic will squeeze into most event spaces and is easy to transport, with an 8kwh electric motor that will get you to your pitch reliably and economically. Our starter coffee equipment bundle could see you serving up to 400 espressos per hour – that’s as much as £9,600 revenue in an eight-hour day!

Each one of our Ape vehicles is brought directly from Piaggio in Italy, with a two-year warranty on every conversion and 100% genuine manufacturer’s parts used in after care and maintenance.

PRICE FROM £26,990

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Here at The Big Coffee we believe it’s not just about building you a street food cart, but about creating you something exceptional. As well as the tailor made design and build service we offer, we also supply…

Barista training delivered by a professionally trained barista to ensure you make top quality cappuccinos, lattes and espressos, with a focus on customer service
Business plan training to help you demonstrate your commercial acumen to councils, banks and event planners alike.
Operations training, including a full explanation of how your new coffee business works, from gas to batteries to invertors.

Advice on how to achieve a food hygiene rating of five, which is what many of our customers achieve, thanks to our attention to build quality.
Help with menu planning and costing, which benefits from two decades of working with coffee catering businesses.
Genuine UK Piaggio warranty: Only Piaggio vehicles supplied by The Big Coffee come with a UK warranty.

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One in four of our customers launch their dream mobile catering business with support from a finance company. See the potential benefits here.

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Popular Piaggio Ape Classic Electric Three-Way conversions

COFFEE ESSENTIALS

Packing lots into a compact space, this is the ideal set-up to get you started and to hit areas with a limited footprint.

PROSECCO BAR

Popular at race days, street food events and private parties, a prosecco bar always gives people a thirst for that bubbly!

PIZZA PACKAGE

Serve up piping hot pizza from the back of your van or trailer conversion, with top quality ovens that guarantee deliciousness.

STREET FOOD SELLER

Take your pick of hotplates, ovens and fryers to cook up tasty, spicy morsels that the food-buying public go mad for.

CRAFT BEER

Pour pints from draught pumps or serve cans and bottles from fridges. This will get your beer noticed at everything from beach days to Christmas fairs.

Coffee bundle

Tailor-made for mobile coffee vans and trailers, this includes:

Huge choice of coffee machines. We recommend dual fuel for fully mobile solutions, but can supply/install any machine of preference.
Choice of on-demand coffee bean grinders.
Stainless steel knock-out drawer
Mobile catering LPG sign-off
Electrical installation certificate
Stainless steel counter top

Gas bottle carrier with certification
70-litre water tank
Ultra bright LED lighting to make your machine shine
On board waste tank
Hand wash sink
115amp battery
1000w invertor
13amp electrical hookup (van can be traded from a standard plug socket)

Technical Specification

Dimensions

Length: 3315mm
Width: 1490mm
Height: 2315mm 2650mm (Internal Vend)

Weights

Unladen weight (van on its own): 469kg
Carrying capacity: 506kg
Gross weight: 975kg

Engine

Type: Electric Lithium Ion 48v
Battery Capacity: 8kwh

Gear box

Type: PT Gear with Differential

Steering

Type: Handle bar type

Wheels & Tyre

Tyre Size: 4.50-10

Suspension

Front: Helical Spring with Dampener
Rear: Rear Spring with Dampener

Brakes

Type: Front & Rear Drum Brakes

Other Information

UK Road Legal
Built to Gas Safe & UK LPG Standards – Conversions without this are non-compliant and against regulations to trade

“The service, advice and the quality of the team’s workmanship is first class and I can’t thank the entire crew enough for all their hard work to create what is quite simply a work of art. I’ve had so much positive interest in my Ape and we’re hoping for a fabulous summer of market trading, summer balls, outdoor theatre and private hire.”
David HurstBlackbird Coffee