China’s Chery bringing hybrids, PHEVs to Australia

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China’s Chery bringing hybrids, PHEVs to Australia

Chery will offer a mix of powertrain options for *********** customers going forward, with plans to roll out both hybrids and plug-in hybrids.

These new powertrain options will complement its existing combustion-powered SUV range, as well as the recently launched electric

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“Each of the nameplates will have a mix of powertrains,” Chery Australia chief operating officer Lucas Harris told CarExpert.

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Camera IconChinese-market Tiggo 8 and Tiggo 7 PHEVs Credit: CarExpert

“We’ve got ICE, and PHEV is available in a few of the different nameplates that we would look at. I think Omoda E5 is one of a few EVs that we’ll have in the next 12 to 18 months.

“A normal HEV is not that far away for an existing nameplate.”

Chery debuted the ‘Super Hybrid Power Platform’

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, a plug-in hybrid platform supporting a pair of electric powertrains.

The carmaker sells a variety of PHEVs in China under the Chery Fulwin banner, including a plug-in version of the

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that’s available in Australia.

However, the mid-sized

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will likely be the first model to be sold in Australia with PHEV power. Mr Harris hinted it’s a “fair assumption” that the Tiggo 7 PHEV will arrive Down Under by mid-2025.

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera IconTiggo 7 PHEV Credit: CarExpert

The PHEV versions of the Tiggo 7 Pro and Tiggo 8 Pro in China mate a turbocharged 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine with a ternary lithium battery, two electric motors, and a three-speed Direct Hybrid Transmission, for total system outputs of 240kW and 545Nm and up to 80km of electric range.

In terms of broader strategy, Chery aims to avoid putting all its eggs in the EV basket by offering a mix of powertrains.

“We’re not going to go all-in on EV like some others have chosen, we think that there is more opportunity in having multiple options for customers,” explained Mr Harris.

“We want customers to walk into a Chery showroom and if an EV is the most suitable thing for them, great, they can buy an EV. If an ICE car is the most suitable thing, great, they can have one of those, or maybe it’s a plug-in hybrid.

data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Camera IconTiggo 8 PHEV Credit: CarExpert

“It’s really about trying to have enough options that when a customer comes to a Chery showroom, we have got something to offer them that’s going to fit the bill for what they need to do.”

In the first eight months of 2024, Chery sold 6240 vehicles in Australia – more than brands such as Jeep (1661 sales) and Renault (3783 sales).

In addition to expanding its Chery-branded lineup, the company is launching the Jaecoo brand here in the first quarter of 2025.

Pitched as being a more upmarket, “go-anywhere” brand, its first product will be the boxy mid-sized J7. This will be followed by two other vehicles.

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