JAC T9 EV pick-up truck launched in Malaysia – 2-motor AWD, 88 kWh LFP, 340 km range, RM200k

The JAC T9 EV pick-up truck has been launched in Malaysia. Fully-imported (CBU) from China, where it’s known as the JAC Hunter EV, the zero-emissions double-cabber is priced at RM199,888, OTR before insurance. It’s Malaysia’s […] The post JAC T9 EV pick-up truck launched in Malaysia – 2-motor AWD, 88 kWh LFP, 340 km range, RM200k appeared first on Paul Tan's Automotive News.

Mar 7, 2025 - 06:42

The JAC T9 EV pick-up truck has been launched in Malaysia. Fully-imported (CBU) from China, where it’s known as the JAC Hunter EV, the zero-emissions double-cabber is priced at RM199,888, OTR before insurance. It’s Malaysia’s first battery-electric pick-up truck available to private buyers – the Maxus T90 EV is used by TNB and the DFSK EC31 EV is a commercial affair.

Before we go on, if you don’t fancy an EV, distributor Evolvelectric Motors has also launched the diesel-engined JAC T9 at RM119,888, OTR without insurance.

Back to the T9 EV, which has two motors – 95 PS up front and 218 PS out back. Together with a combined 516 Nm of torque, the zero-emissions load hauler hits 100 km/h from rest in 8.4 seconds and maxes out at 140 km/h. The 88 kWh LFP battery, which yields a 340-km WLTP range, can be charged at a max 88 kW DC (15-80% in 45 minutes) or a max 11 kW AC (15-100% in 8.5 hours).

For both the EV and the diesel, length is 5,330 mm (beating Hilux, D-Max and Triton but not Ranger), width is 1,965 mm (widest in class), height is 1,920 mm (tallest in class) and wheelbase is 3,110 mm (shorter than Ranger and D-Max but longer than Hilux and Triton).

The JAC’s cargo bed is 1,520 mm long, 1,590 mm wide and 470 mm tall – that’s 1.14 cubic metres in volume, beating Mitsubishi (1.06) and Toyota (1.13) but not Isuzu (1.18) and Ford (1.34).

The T9 EV and diesel also share 27-degree approach and 23-degree departure angles, but the EV’s ground clearance is 5 mm less than the diesel’s (205 versus 210 mm).

Externally, how does one tell the EV and the diesel apart? There’s the colour of the JAC grille emblem (blue for EV, red for diesel) and the very-subtle ‘EV’ tailgate badge. Also, the EV doesn’t have the diesel’s front parking sensors, windscreen-mounted ADAS camera, side mirror cameras and roof rails.

Even the two-tone 18-inch alloys are shared between the EV and the diesel (however, Chaoyang SU318a H/T tyres on the EV and Giti 4×4 HT 152 on the diesel, both 265/60), as are the pair of integrated recovery tow hooks (rated at 3.1 tonnes each) in the front bumper, sports bar, side step rails, LED headlamps and DRLs, LED combination tail lamps, front and rear fog lamps, and rear parking sensors.

The pick-up truck has double wishbones up front and multi-link leaf springs out back, as well as electric power steering, which you’ll find on the Ford Ranger and the range-topping Mitsubishi Triton Athlete.

A more-function-than-form interior contains a seven-inch digital instrument panel, a 10.4-inch touchscreen (with Apple CarPlay/Android Auto), wireless phone charging and a cooled centre armrest box. Here, the EV gets a rotary gear selector (in place of the diesel’s stubby gear lever and 4WD selector dial) and only the driver’s seat is powered (on the diesel, both front seats are powered).

The steering wheel is only adjustable for rake, but there’s 64-colour ambient lighting, leather on the seats, steering wheel and parts of the interior, 18W USB-A ports, 60W USB-C ports and a 220V (150W) multi-type power socket.

Unlike the diesel, the EV has no ADAS camera (nor front parking sensors), but it has passive cruise control, blind spot detection, rear cross traffic alert, seven airbags (including a front centre airbag) and disc brakes all round.

Red, black, dark grey, silver and white exterior colours are available, and the interior is black. The JAC T9 EV is covered by a five-year/unlimited mileage warranty for the vehicle and a six-year/200,000 km warranty for the battery.