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JAC T9 PHEV coming soon – first plug-in hybrid pick-up truck in Malaysia to join diesel and EV T9 range

JAC T9 PHEV coming soon – first plug-in hybrid pick-up truck in Malaysia to join diesel and EV T9 range

After launching the JAC T9 diesel and EV in March – the latter already Malaysia’s first battery-electric pick-up truck available to private buyers – Malaysian distributor Evolvelectric Motors is gearing up for another first. It’s teased the JAC T9 PHEV on Facebook, so it looks like it won’t be long now before the country gets its first plug-in hybrid pick-up truck (where are you, BYD Shark?).

Never before, we’re quite sure, has one pick-up truck model been offered with so many different powertrains in this country – all that’s left now is for us to get a pure petrol T9, a non-plug-in hybrid T9 and a hydrogen T9. We jest, of course.

The world first saw the JAC T9 PHEV at this year’s Melbourne Motor Show. According to Drive, it’s got a 2.0 litre turbo petrol engine, two electric motors, a 523 PS/1,000 Nm total output, a 31.2-kWh LFP battery and a 100 km EV range. It’s not even on sale in Australia nor South Africa yet, so details are still scarce, but will Malaysia beat those big ute/bakkie markets to the punch?

The JAC T9 diesel and EV are respectively priced at RM120k and RM200k in Malaysia. How much do you think this PHEV will ask for, and how much do you think is fair?

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While most dream of the future, Jonathan Tan dreams of the past, although he's never been there. Fantasises much too often about cruising down Treacher Road (Jalan Sultan Ismail) in a Triumph Stag that actually works, and hopes this stint here will snap him back to present reality.

 

Comments

  • sabri on Oct 06, 2025 at 2:57 pm

    500 bhp, now even the hardworking frugal c type contractor can carry a 1-tonne payload while outrunning the porsche cayenne driven by government-linked-crony because “pasti ada gaya”

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  • Rosdi on Oct 06, 2025 at 4:20 pm

    80k difference between EV and Diesel…, and then get a lower spec one… yuck!

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  • Blondie on Oct 06, 2025 at 6:40 pm

    The power and torque for the BMW X5 Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) vary by model and generation,
    but recent BMW X5 xDrive50e 489 hp and 700 Nm, while older BMW X5 xDrive45e 394 hp and 600 Nm the even earlier xDrive40e had 313 hp and 450 Nm.

    Jac T9 PHEV can do 523 PS/1,000 Nm!
    This Beast comes from the future?
    The world first saw the JAC T9 PHEV at 2025 Melbourne Motor Show, Australians are lucky!

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  • Celup King on Oct 06, 2025 at 7:43 pm

    Such blatant Jag copycat used to be shunned & shamed, now they are welcomed. Time has changed for Msian mentality.

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