https://thewest.com.au/lifestyle/motoring/could-great-wall-sell-australias-first-all-electric-ute-ng-b881157504z Could Great Wall sell Australia’s first all-electric ute? 3 April 2019 Sam Jeremic
[images https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B881157504Z/1554282040030_G3C258DOV.1-2.jpg Great Wall adventure ute https://images.thewest.com.au/publication/B881157504Z/1554282040030_G3C258DOU.1-1.jpg ] Great Wall has revealed it will soon offer an all-electric ute - and the company’s local arm wants it to come to Australia. Aside from claiming an impressive 500km range, Great Wall is staying quiet on the specifics of electric ute, which would be the first of its kind sold in Australia. It’d be a brave move given Australians haven’t shown a fondness for Chinese or electric vehicles in the past, however Great Wall Australia is keen as it believes local buyers are “ready for a paradigm shift”. The brand has also offered a first glimpse of rugged, outdoorsy version of the ute which will definitely make it to our shores next year. Simply referred to as the “adventure ute” at this stage, it seems aimed at the likes of the Toyota HiLux Rugged X, packing LED headlights and tail lights, carbon black wheel arches, extended sports bar, a specially designed tailgate for offroad bike enthusiasts, built-in front winch, triple diff locks, a 7-setting All Terrain Control System, and a 900mm fording depth. It will sit on the same platform as the all-new Haval H9, with both vehicles to be made at the company’s new AUD$1 Billion Chongqing plant. Its home market will have the choice of long or short wheelbase dual cabs, and a single cab and the aforementioned off-road model. Australia will also definitely get a more “urban-based” ute, which is expected to be the volume seller ... Great Wall Australia says the utes will most likely replace the Steed, depending on pricing. The brand will have high hopes for the new ute, given the Steed took some of the gloss off Great Wall’s return to Australia as a factory-backed organisation when it achieved a two-star ANCAP crash safety rating - the same as the V240 it was replacing. West Wheels will be heading to China this month for a closer look, so stay tuned for more details. [© thewest.com.au] ... http://greatwallmotors.com.au/dealers/ find your nearest Great Wall Dealer + (Australian Gas cartel EV charging fears> grid can't take it) https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2019/04/gas-cartel-will-destroy-ev-rollout/ Gas cartel will destroy EV rollout April 5, 2019 ... warned in a submission to the Senate's recent electric vehicle inquiry that growing numbers of EVs, ... Labor’s EV roll out to work at all, it must first break the east coast gas cartel ... fine cartel violators ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/archive/ {brucedp.neocities.org} -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
