You’ll have seen that GWM’s swanky new electrical sedan has ditched the Ora sub-brand’s feline-themed naming scheme (it was beforehand referred to as the Grand Cat, or Lightning Cat in China) in favour of the straightforward numerical Ora 07 moniker. This naming conference is spreading to different autos within the Ora lineup, such because the Good Cat.
The automotive was initially offered in Europe because the Funky Cat, however GWM rapidly walked again on its resolution and as a substitute referred to as it the Ora 03 beginning this 12 months. A supply at GWM Malaysia instructed us it is going to be toeing the road and rename the Good Cat, though such a transfer gained’t occur within the quick future.
That’s doubtless as a result of the corporate nonetheless has remaining inventory of the present automotive – nonetheless with the unique badging – that it must promote; it would additionally have to put money into advertising activation and seller schooling to make consumers conscious of the brand new identify.
which provides a brand new LFP battery and small inside upgrades
We are able to anticipate the introduction of the brand new identify to coincide with the beginning of CKD native meeting, which is anticipated to begin in Melaka someday this 12 months via companion EP Manufacturing (EPMB). This can doubtless convey a couple of minor change that has already been assembled in Thailand – the place it’s nonetheless badged the Good Cat, funnily sufficient – since January.
The automotive sports activities a couple of updates on the within, together with a brand new column-mounted gear selector that has enabled the Qi wi-fi charger to be moved farther forwards, presumably to liberate house for a bigger armrest storage compartment. A USB-C port and a 3.3 kW vehicle-to-load (V2L) operate have additionally been added.
The most important change, at the least on the Thai-made mannequin, is the consolidation of battery choices to a single 57.78 kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) unit, additionally produced in Thailand by GWM subsidiary SVolt. As such, all fashions get the identical LFP battery (the top-spec Extremely mannequin beforehand utilised a 63.1 kWh ternary lithium battery) and a barely decrease vary of 480 km on the NEDC cycle (500 km beforehand on the Extremely).
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