GWM Australia has launched a competitively priced capped-price servicing program for its first electrical car (EV) in Australia.
The primary 5 providers for the GWM Ora, often called the Funky Cat or Good Cat in some markets, are capped at $99. Logbook servicing is required each 12 months or 15,000km, whichever happens first, and might be undertaken at any one among GWM’s 84 Australian sellers.
This brings the full service price for the primary 5 years or 60,000km of GWM Ora possession to $495.
When it comes to its rivals, servicing a BYD Atto 3 for the primary 60,000km can price as much as $748 for homeowners that drive roughly 20,000km a yr.
Servicing an MG ZS EV alternatively, which has intervals of 24 months or 40,000km, prices a complete of $1048 for the primary 4 years or 80,000km of possession.
We’ve reached out to GWM Australia in regard to what service pricing for the Ora will appear to be past the primary 5 capped-price providers. We’ll replace this story as soon as we hear again.
The next is an in depth breakdown of what’s inspected and changed at each logbook service for the GWM Ora:
The GWM Ora is roofed by a seven-year, limitless kilometre guarantee. It additionally has an eight-year high-voltage battery guarantee.
As well as, the GWM Ora comes with 5 years of roadside help.
As beforehand detailed, the GWM Ora is about to the touch down in Australia this month and can initially be obtainable with two variants. A sportier Ora GT will observe later in 2023.
The Ora vary begins at $43,990 earlier than on-roads, and extends to $53,990 earlier than on-roads for the Prolonged Vary GT. To learn a full breakdown of pricing, together with drive-away pricing, click on right here.
Energy within the Ora comes from a front-mounted electrical motor producing 126kW of energy and 250Nm of torque.
Two battery packs are supplied. The usual vary pack is a 48kWh lithium-ion unit, and the Prolonged Vary is a 63kWh unit.
In commonplace vary guise it has a claimed vary of 320km based on WLTP testing, whereas the Prolonged Vary has 420km based on WLTP testing.
The Ora not too long ago obtained a five-star ANCAP security ranking primarily based on Euro NCAP testing performed in 2022.
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