Ahead of a public debut at the Bangkok International Motor Show, an all-electric Isuzu D-Max bakkie has been revealed. Here’s all you need to know about it.
When we think of electric cars, our minds usually associate the term with cute European city cars and SUVs. An electric bakkie seems a bit too radical, and yet, an all-electric Isuzu D-Max has just been revealed. Admittedly what you see here is not a production-ready vehicle but rather a prototype concept.
Still, while the design is a bit on the concept side, we reckon that electric powertrain is all but ready to go. Simply, two electric motors on each axle make a combined 130 kW and 325 Nm. Powering both axles means the all-electric Isuzu D-Max has 4×4 capability.
If you’re the towing type, the all-electric Isuzu D-Max has a 3.5 ton rating and a 1 ton payload capacity. Under the floor is a 66.9 kWh lithium-ion battery giving it a range of around 300 km. Isuzu says the new model will be assembled in Thailand and will go on sale in Europe in 2025, before expanding to the rest of the world. As a reminder South Africa and Australia are both bakkie-obsessed nations and it will be interesting to see if Isuzu SA puts its hand up for the all-electric Isuzu D-Max.
Isuzu also announced its working on hybrid versions of the internal-combustion-powered D-Max too, and there’ll be more info on that next week at the Bangkok Motor Show. We reckon we’re entering a mini arms race between the bakkie brands.
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