Should The GWM Tank 500 & Cannon Alpha Get Plug-In Hybrid Power? | Drive.com.au

[@onetwothreefour-s1n]

Plug in hybrids would be awesome. Hope you guys get them.

[@dennisbeilby5674]

If they bring in the Tank 400 Hi4T and in the mid to high $60’s, it would make my short list for my next car.

[@onetwothreefour-s1n]

Sounds awesome

[@DeepCreekRoadBand]

It's coming, but will be 8-10k more than current models. I have the current HEV Tank 500 but willlikely trade up to the PHEV

[@joemoses796]

These will fly off the shelf if they bring it in before the fbt exemption finishes for phevs around March/April 2025!

[@jamiegauci8955]

Agree

[@laszloschuster6964]

For the ute it doesn’t matter as it will be FBT exempt anyway irrespective of the special incentive program currently running as the currently rules will apply

[@espaudio]

As stated above, needs to get here before 1 April 25 for a lot of us…

[@Mat-gonna-attack]

I for the most part have the byd shark picked out as my next work vehicle, however if the gwm can undercut them meaningfully I would go the gwm. I wouldn’t want to pay more than 70k for the gwm.

[@Trenticl]

If they could keep the alpha in that mid 60k range or lower, id definitely be interested

[@fengy9379]

Tell GWM to bring Tank 400!!! and YES phev

[@23DuDe]

If there was a phev I would've already ordered one

[@doomjoe2106]

I have been waiting for the Tank 400 to come, it would be more sensible to bring in the Tank 400 than Tank 500 Hi-4T, it would be cheaper

[@davidevans2585]

Can you tell us them to fit heated seats in the back of the 500. It’s only got cooled seats and that’s what lost the sale for me with the family conference for a new car.

[@johnwayne8475]

With 100kms of electric range, if you charge at home, you could never need to pay for fuel ever again. With average savings of $3k a year, that's $30k in 10 years, plus save the world at same time 😊

[@thomaskunnath]

Do you still get the Rear and Front diff locks in the plug in hybrids?

[@elektrichka24]

Friend could you check with the gwm representative office. When is the start of sales of such a version?

[@joemongrel]

Bring them on soon. Will be looking hard at Shark. Will have to choose. GWM needs to be cheaper than shark.

[@JudgieRob0422]

Really interested in a 4wd hybrid capable of towing 3000kg but hasn't lost out on payload.

[@culls007]

For the double cab, 80k BUT I'm rural WA Kalgoorlie to be precise, our power supply is marginal at best. Could be interesting to see how the grid handles it. But hybrid would work better for us not full electric due to distance. Did you mention what the charge rate is?

[@dekard4116]

PHEV are great for Australia, certainly a market. personally id like PHEV tank 300 . my only concern is Chinese manufacturers overstate EV range by a massive amount, chances are you will be lucky to get 60-70Km ev range in reality

[@DeepCreekRoadBand]

Agreed. But 70-80km would get me thru 90% of days

[@tonyz9066]

tank 500 65k, and alpha 70km if price like this, tank will over take toyota in aus market

[@jeremyyang9895]

Tank 500 hi4-T is priced around 69k in Chinese market, so it will be well above 75k here

[@elektrichka24]

When it will be sell in China?

[@benparker3871]

They already sell a non plug in hybrid Cannon Alpha for approx $64k, why would the phev be any more expensive than this?

[@clintonmorris1945]

Bigger battery , more electrics involved .

[@CharlesNie490]

My guess is. gwm might price down or stop selling HEV version of Canon Alpha. And price PHEV version around 65k. Like what they did with canon xsr. They stopped that and sell base model of Alpha for around same price as xsr

[@linny-h7y]

as it gets older,price should go down anyway.plus the MY here has a near 2 years delay than home market.it's 4 years old already

[@dominicspagnuolo2837]

UTE PHEV around $60K... They will need to compete with the BYP Shark - if the price is too high - BYD will win this battle - interesting battle for all new car buyers

[@briananddianehardy8598]

One thing that hasn’t been evaluated is the towing capacity and how they tow, it doesn’t matter what price they are if they can’t tow, in relation to the ute what’s its load capacity.

[@jjian5]

3.5t

[@JarrodVains-fl8ly]

3.5 T, but only 530kg payload....makes no sense or useful. Price needs to be on par with BYD shark

[@JarrodVains-fl8ly]

Shark has 830kg payload, but limited to 2.5T towing

[@ariannaflannagan9820]

392 Megane Fall

[@AnnaDahlquist-x3c]

Moses Crest

[@kevlyn1963]

Get the Alpha down to under $50k and the Tank 500 down to around $60K and they will sell like hotcakes and outsell most similar vehicles on the market.

[@linny-h7y]

alpha base model is under $50k,500 demo is under 60k

[@DamienOatway]

Cannon $65-68 K

[@Whyunounderstand]

I hate GWMs massive chrome badges looks cheap and tacky they need to piss it off.

[@Maige2900]

You need to piss off

[@DeepCreekRoadBand]

I replaced mine first day I had it with aftermarket grill and badges. Easy to do.

[@kentaylor2950]

535kg payload. Who's going to seriously buy that?

[@InterstateremovalsAuFurniture]

No way, I'm going to spend double for less warranty, less features. Dump ya fat Mrs and you should be right.

[@brockandrews922]

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