Great Wall Motors (GWM) has officially launched the Ora Funky Cat in the United Kingdom, with sales of the electric vehicle set to commence in autumn this year. The Funky Cat is essentially a Good Cat (or Haomao) with a different name and will be offered in First Edition guise, priced at 30,495 British pounds (RM168,512) after the local government’s plug-in car grant (PiCG).
The Funky Cat First Edition will come with a 48-kWh lithium-ion battery that is good for a range of 310 km (193 miles) following the WLTP standard. The battery powers a front electric motor rated at 171 PS (169 hp or 126 kW) and 250 Nm, allowing for a 0-100 km/h time of 8.3 seconds and a top speed of 159 km/h (where the law permits).
For charging, the EV supports a maximum AC input of up to 11 kW (Type 2 connection), which requires around three to four hours to get from a 15-80% state of charge. There’s also DC fast charging up to 80 kW (CCS2 connection), which further shortens the charging time down to around 40 minutes.
Standard equipment includes 18-inch alloy wheels, two 10.25-inch displays (instrument cluster and infotainment), leatherette seats, keyless entry and start, dual-zone climate control, LED headlamps, a 360-degree camera, a wireless phone charger, Android Auto and Apple CarPlay support, powered front seats and an auto-dimming rearview mirror.
As for safety and driver assistance systems, the Funky Cat First Edition gets a blind spot monitor, adaptive cruise control with traffic jam assist, lane keep assist with lane centring function, rear cross traffic alert with emergency brake and autonomous emergency braking.
Customers will have four colour variations to choose from, which were selected based on a poll held by the company earlier this year. For cars with a black interior, options include a Nebula green and Starry black exterior, while Mars red (red and grey interior) and Aurora green (green and grey interior) are also available – the latter two come with a black or white contrasting roof.
GWM also provides a five-year, unlimited-mileage vehicle warranty and eight-year, 100,000-mile (160,934-km) battery warranty with each Funky Cat purchased. The company also claims its service intervals of every two years/18,000 miles (28,968 km) are on par with best-in-class competitors.
As of now, there are over 6,000 registrations of interest for the Funky Cat, which will be offered through physical retailers as well as the Ora Online sales platform later in August. For those who want to gain priority access to stock when it arrives, customers can take advantage of the Queue Jump scheme for a GBP100 (RM553) refundable fee, although places are limited.
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those hope for cheap Chinese EV locally can continue to dream, at this price point with a little bit more, a Hyundai ioniq 5 will be a better option
Probably there is no more ioniq5, just a few units only.
Spare parts supply also limited.
Hyundai doesn’t seem full swing for mass producing those EV like how they are producing Hyundai Tucson.
DNGA-Vios is the best! RON95 friendly
Veloz Cross, X70 is better value than Vios.
Ppl want SUV nowadays..
After seeing this
https://paultan.org/2022/05/11/car-bursts-into-flames-on-jalan-genting-highland/
Kimchi no more in my consideration bro
Why pay so much for a Hyundai when the same price gets you Made in Germany Smart#1 backed by vast Proton service network?
Aik, even in UK this car is > RM150k. Yeah must be that something something prevented Ora from pricing below RM 150k right? Hahaha….
https://paultan.org/2022/05/30/ev-adoption-could-slow-down-as-lithium-prices-go-up-by-almost-500-in-a-year-due-to-chronic-lack-of-supply/
Lithium 500% inflated in a year.
“1 EV uses about 10kg of Lithium.
1 tonne now RM295,000
10kg = RM 29,500.
Est. 10%-20% increase price for the EV?”
1 tonne = 1,000kg @ RM295,000
10kg = RM2,950
Is this applied to imported EV cars into UK?
NON EU – If you import a vehicle that was manufactured outside the EU, you will pay 20% VAT and 10% duty.
https://mycarimport.co.uk/import-process/importing-an-electric-car-into-the-uk/
Baru keluar gua kah bro? You din know UK has left EU and no longer tied to their rules?
Finally has the WLTP Range, this is 310km.
0ra Funky/Good Cat –
1. 48kWh 310km WLTP, 400km NEDC –
When compared, WLTP here, 77.5%* of NEDC.
2. 63kWh – 387.5km* WLTP, 500km NEDC.
So.. Lithium 500% inflated.
Now Ora has finally crossed RM150k for 310km WLTP..
0ra Funky Cat competitor…
Mini Cooper SE
Top speed – 150km/h
32.6kWh WLTP 234km.
This one £5,000 cheaper? They will compete each other.