Image: Farizon Auto
Geely Holdings has stakes in multiple brands such as Volvo cars, Polestar, Zeekr, and Lotus, and has been rapidly rolling out EVs into many markets around the world.
Now, the company’s commercial vehicle brand, Farizon, has had its first electric van approved for Australian roads. The approval was first discovered by EV approvals tracker and enthusiast Will K and shared on the Electric Vehicles for Australia facebook page.
The Supervan is Farizon’s first truly global van and according to the latest regulatory approvals listing, will be coming to the Australian market in two battery sizes.
Starting with the smaller 67 kWh battery pack that kicks the lineup off and comes in 10 variants. Five of these variants will include cargo glass while the rest will not have it on the van.
The length of the van starts at 4,990 mm and extends up to 5,490 mm. This is longer than the currently available LDV e-Deliver 7 in the long-wheel-base configuration.
There is also a bigger battery on offer which has a pack capacity of 82 kWh. This is also available in multiple variants depending on the application.
For those looking at towing with the van, a 2,000 kg braked towing capacity is also on offer which is helpful for trades that require towing of equipment and trailers to job sites.
On the information supplied, the Supervan is categorised as a “Goods Vehicle” which indicates that it’s unlikely to have additional seating seen in traditional people movers.
Earlier this year, first hints of Farizon potentially landing into Australia were spotted when a post appeared on Farizon Auto’s X page which outlined a test drive in the country: “Breathtaking sceneries, lapping kangaroos, and our emission-free SuperVAN – an Australian test drive like no other!”
Other signs of this van being made for export markets have also since been shared with the company sharing its pre-order wins in Europe.
According to the company, over the last 6 months, pre-orders on the Supervann have been received in Belgium, Hungary, Poland and other Eastern European countries.
In China, the company operates 91 battery swapping stations across 38 cities for trucks and heavy-duty vehicles, helping those vehicles with quicker turnaround times.
Check out our EV Models page for all available EVs in Australia, or on their way, including electric van options.
Video of Farizon’s Supervan (Inside China Auto)
Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.
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The picture of the window van in the item about the Australia tour, shows a combi van - the passenger versions, which is shown in the video, and the narrator referred to "four to seven seats", so, whilst that high roof van, is not the equivalent of the Toyota High Roof Hiace, with 12 seats (I think it is), the Farizon Combi (Kombi (?) :) ) van apparently does carry passengers in the back.
It should be interesting to find whether Farizon will offer in Australia, a multiseat glazed van, in a low roof configuration - Stellantis prohibited Australians from being allowed to buy the Citroen e-Berlingo and Perugot e-Rifter MPV vans, which are available in 5 seater SWB and 7 seater LWB versions, in England (RHD, like Australia)). I think that the height of those MPV vans, is about 188cm, length something like 4470 and 47700cm, respectively, for the SWB and LWB versions.
An interesting point that the narrator in the video made - whilst he did not mention the capacity, the Farizon vans apparently come with V2L, which every commercial vehicle should have - if a plumber or electrician, or other tradie, uses power tools, being able to power them, and/or recharge them, in an electric van, should be able to be regarded as mandatory.
Also, missing ("conspicuous by its absence"), was any reference to whether the Farizon vans would come with a spare wheel.
As the Ecotricity man said in his review of the Peugeot e-Partner, in NZ, the Peugeot e-Partner was the only BEV van that he had test driven (at that time), that came with a full size spare wheel, as standard. If anyone else has viewed his test drives of BEV's, especially the vans, they are quite worthwhile (and, amusing, with his potato ratings).
And, the Peugeot ePartner van apparently comes with a full size spare wheel as standard, in Australia.
The map is hilarious! Canberra looks half way across the continent!
Yea & cactus too!
Will make an excellent camper van, too.
More choices in the EV commercial vans market be excellent for the enviroment and hip pocket in lower running and lower servicing cost.
I hope they bring the battery swapping to Oz.
I am not sure battery swapping makes much sense. They will get 80% in about 20mins. A driver will need that kind of break anyway. Swapping batteries would take at least 10 mins anyway (they are big!) Is it saving that much for the hassle?
Maybe so they can slow charge a set during the day when the sun is shining?
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