17-05-2025 23:00 via drive.com.au

GWM takes aim at electric utes, BYD Shark 6-style hybrids with ‘significant issues’

The latest electric and range-extender hybrid utes are “insufficient” for hardcore off-roading and “prone to overheating under extended use,” a top Chinese GWM executive claims.GWM has hit out at electric utes – and “decoupled hybrid” models closer in philosophy to a BYD Shark 6 – which it says have “significant issues” with tasks more demanding than “daily commuting” and light loads.It claims its new Cannon Alpha Hi4-T plug
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