There could also be a raft of electrical utes in markets just like the US, however there’s only one right here. Quickly, there’ll be two.
The KGM Musso EV has beforehand been confirmed for a neighborhood launch in the course of the first quarter (January to March) of 2026, and now it has acquired Australian Authorities approval.
In contrast to the electrical LDV eT60 and its forthcoming eTerron 9 alternative – in addition to all different utes provided in Australia, together with KGM’s personal Musso – the Musso EV options car-like unibody development.
Paperwork present the Korean ute, associated to the mid-size Torres crossover SUV, will likely be provided right here with a alternative of single-motor front-wheel drive and dual-motor all-wheel drive powertrains, each that includes an 80.6kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery.
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Vary figures aren’t listed in these paperwork, however KGM in Korea claims 419km of vary on the WLTP cycle for the front-wheel drive variant with 11kW AC and 300kW DC charging functionality; the all-wheel drive variant is able to a claimed 379km vary.
In front-wheel drive guise, which contains a 152.2kW electrical motor, approval paperwork present the Musso EV may have a braked towing capability of 1800kg and a payload of 905kg. This aligns with figures on KGM’s Korean-market web site.
The twin-motor Musso EV, per the paperwork, produces 304.4kW and has an similar braked towing capability however a barely decrease payload determine of 805kg.
Throughout the broader ute section, braked towing capability figures of 3000-3500kg are the norm.
The Musso EV additionally falls wanting different utes – actually – in operating clearance, with a determine of simply 181mm.
Nevertheless, the Musso EV’s payload figures – calculated by subtracting the tare mass determine listed within the paperwork from gross car mass – aren’t far off plug-in hybrid utes just like the Ford Ranger (808kg-973kg), BYD Shark 6 (790kg) and Cannon Alpha Valley (685kg).
The Musso EV measures 5160mm lengthy, 1920mm broad and 1750mm tall on a 3150mm wheelbase. That makes it 190mm shorter than a Ford Ranger PHEV on a 120mm shorter wheelbase.
It’s unclear the way it’ll be priced, however given its smaller footprint, unibody development, multi-link rear suspension and pretty restricted towing capability, it might be positioned as a extra car-like various to different utes – within the UK, for instance, KGM is looking it a “mid-size pickup for city drivers”.
That’s in distinction with the LDV eT60, which is little greater than an electrical model of the body-on-frame T60 ute.
Regardless of its robust ladder-frame development, nevertheless, the ageing LDV has a braked towing capability of simply 1000kg and solely 130kW of energy.
The Musso EV could discover a extra credible risk within the upcoming LDV eTerron 9, which has beforehand been confirmed for our market, however for which native timing has but to be locked in.
This electrical ute, associated to the diesel-powered LDV Terron 9 and MG U9is obtainable abroad with a alternative of 200kW single-motor rear-wheel drive and 325kW dual-motor four-wheel drive configurations, and gives WLTP vary of as much as 430km and braked towing capability of 3500kg.
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