After teasing its arrival late last year ‘JAC Motors New Zealand’ has now officially welcomed the innovative truck brand into New Zealand with its dealership launch events this March. 

The Kiwi-backed 100% EV and Diesel Truck brand has been working behind the scenes to ensure its vehicles offer the best for New Zealand businesses, completing thousands of kilometres of EV testing on New Zealand roads with a focus on city driving and last mile delivery, with the team easily reaching over 200km fully loaded on a single charge.

The JAC Motors range of light duty trucks will be supported by full dealerships both in Auckland by Southern Autos Manukau and in Christchurch with Avon City, while also being supported by its national fleet team. JAC Motors New Zealand’s General Manager Andrew Craw commented that they are “breaking the mould of traditional truck sales by offering Kiwis the option of being fully supported by a more traditional vehicle dealership experience” which the brand sees as being “a great option for some of the smaller businesses that maybe want one or two trucks, and also with the transition to EV trucks and our teams being able to do the heavy lifting for them” Craw added. 

The brand also stressed that they are ready for business, already boasting a nationwide network of JAC Service Centres with support from its 13 locations with more also planned.

The dealership launches celebrated the partnership between the local New Zealand teams and the Chinese-based brand, with JAC Motors Global executives including its Global Chairman Mr. Xiang Xingchu in attendance for the ribbon cutting, demonstrating the commitment of the brand to New Zealand and partnership with the New Zealand-owned distributors who are backed by the Colonial Motor Company with over 100 years of automotive history in New Zealand.

The vehicle range line up will include both a 100% Electric Trucks in three models, as well as a Cummins Diesel Truck in two models. The models see each truck offer a range of wheelbases and GVMs spanning from 6.0T up to 9.0T, offering multiple configurations to suit different business needs.

The official launch of the JAC brand also sees the EV truck specifications confirmed with the EV truck providing a whopping 107kWh EV battery that allows it to reach over 200km, fully loaded on a single charge.