Forthing Taikon EV Luxury EV Beta
Price
$42,990
Range
400 km
Battery
64.4 kWh
Fastest charging
80 kW DC
Price
- RRP
- $42,990
- Price basis
- Plus on-road costs
Battery & charging
- Battery
- 64.4 kWh
- Range
- 400 km
- Peak AC charging
- 11 kW
- Peak DC charging
- 80 kW
Range in the real world
Official (WLTP)
400 km
Motorway at 100 km/h
~300 km
Winter, near freezing
~300 km
Towing a trailer
~200 km
Estimates from the official figure using typical losses: about a quarter off at motorway speeds or in cold weather, and around half when towing. Your range will depend on speed, hills, weather and load.
Charging times
- Wall socket (10 A), 0–100%
- about 32 h
- Home wallbox (7 kW), 0–100%
- about 9 h 30 min
- Public AC (22 kW), 0–100%
- about 6 h 30 min
- 50 kW fast charger, 10–80%
- about 1 h
- Hyper charger (150 kW+), 10–80%
- about 1 h
Estimates from the battery size and the car’s peak charging rates. Fast charging slows as the battery fills, and in the cold, so real sessions vary.
Performance
- Motors
- Single motor
- Power
- 150 kW
- Torque
- 240 Nm
- Drive
- Front-wheel drive
Practicality
- Seats
- 5
- Towing (braked)
- 1,500 kg
- Towing (unbraked)
- 750 kg
- Kerb weight
- 1,920 kg
- Length × width × height
- 4,600 × 1,860 × 1,680 mm
- Spare tyre
- None
Safety
- ANCAP
- Not rated by ANCAP
- Energy rating (RightCar)
- 6 out of 6 stars
Ownership
- Warranty
- 7 years / 200,000 km
- Battery warranty
- 8 years / 200,000 km
Taikon range
Specifications from the NZ Autocar price database, checked against each maker’s NZ site, ANCAP and RightCar. Confirm with the dealer before you buy.