Jac Hunter PHEV Ute 2026: 385kW/1000Nm ute makes its global debut in Melbourne  

Chinese language carmaker Jac Motors outdated school the Melbourne Motor Train over the weekend for its world unveiling of its all-crucial bolt-in Hunter Dual-Cab 4×4 Ute. And this may perchance occasionally join a substantial influx of most traditional nameplates within the local ute/make a choice-up segment when it goes on sale in Australia in 2026.

Primarily basically basically based on the diesel T9 Dual-Cab 4×4 Ute, which has honest launched Down Below, the Hunter provides a petrol-electrical PHEV powertrain format that uses a 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol four with twin one-per-axle motors, which mix to output 385kW and a whopping 1000Nm.

Its maker claims that a single price of the Hunter’s lithium ion phosphate battery is true for “after all 100kms” of electrical most productive force, whereas promising that its challenger will “[outstrip] its bolt-in hybrid competitors” such because the Ford Ranger PHEV and BYD Shark 6 “for right-world performance and efficiency”.

Whereas its importer has yet to expose payload and towing capacities, communications point out that the Hunter will undertake T9’s suspension bundle that affords the latter diesel mannequin 1045kg of payload.

It’s moreover likely that the bolt-in ute will offer a better braked-towing ranking than the diesel T9’s most traditional 3200kg capability. The electrified ute will moreover arrangement with a automobile-to-load (V2L) gadget to “allow householders to vitality tools, appliances and even present emergency relief-up vitality” from the high-voltage battery gadget.

Whereas yet to be confirmed, it’s likely that the Hunter will debut in Australia in a sole twin-cab make a choice-up physique vogue. The instance on display in Melbourne this past week looks of a high specification that’s in overall successfully liked by Australian ute patrons.

Inside, the Hunter brings a same fit-out and performance save to the T9 diesel stablemate. The Melbourne display automobile, for its portion, showcased a 10.4-hurry portrait-vogue media gadget, 10.25-hurry digital driver’s display and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration.

Assistance programs promised for the newcomer encompass adaptive cruise control with end-and-run performance and a 360-diploma camera gadget.

Pricing and detailed specifications on the Jac Hunter PHEV Ute will be printed closer to the ute mannequin’s local delivery, which is slated for the first quarter of 2026.

Jac Motors moreover has a completely electrical T9 EV that fair currently debuted at an occasion in Singapore, but there’s as yet no intel as as to if the BEV iteration of the T9 system will join the diesel and Hunter PHEV in showrooms next yr.