Chery built the first diesel plug-in hybrid pickup, and measures its electric range on NEDC
Chery has built the world’s first diesel plug-in hybrid pickup, the Stockman, developed for Australia rather than China, with a 2.5-litre turbo-diesel, a 34 kWh battery and a claimed 100 km of electric range on the NEDC cycle. Volvo invented the diesel plug-in hybrid and stopped building it in 2018, the year Europe retired that same test cycle.
Chery has built what it calls the world’s first diesel plug-in hybrid pickup, the Stockman, InsideEVs reported. It pairs a 2.5-litre turbo-diesel with a 34 kWh battery for a combined 469 hp and 800 Nm, and tows up to 3,500 kg. The Chinese company developed it for Australia rather than for China.
Europe tried this first.
Volvo built the V60 D6 Plug-in Hybrid from 2013 to 2018, pairing a 2.4-litre bi-turbo diesel with an 11.2 kWh pack for about 22 miles of electric range. Running a diesel engine in short bursts...
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