- KGM’s Musso EV electric pickup has been spied during winter testing in Sweden.
- The production version of the Ssangyong O300 concept debuts in Korea this spring.
- The Musso shares a platform with Torres EVX SUV, and will also be offered with ICE power.
Ford, GM, and Tesla aren’t the only automakers who see a demand for electric trucks. So does Korea’s KG Mobility, whose engineers have been spotted ironing out any bugs in the company’s new Musso EV before it makes its debut this spring.
KG Mobility is the new name for Ssangyong, which in 2023 showed a metallic orange pickup concept called the 0100. Two years on, and looking hardly any different, that concept is about to hit the market badged as the KGM Musso EV.
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KGM is spinning the Musso name off as a truck-focused sub-brand and recently showed the production version of the EV at a Korean festival. There’s something decidedly Hummer-ish about the segmented LEDs running across the nose beneath the hood, but even if it doesn’t feel entirely original it’s a good-looking truck with plenty of presence.
Under the skin, the Musso EV shares its platform with KGM’s Torres EVX, though the truck’s wheelbase has been stretched over the 105.5 inches (2,680 mm) of the SUV. The rough early-stage prototype in our spy shots has the same front and rear doors as the Torres, but you can see by looking at how much further back the wheels are that the wheelbase is massively extended.
Images of the finished car at the bottom of this post reveal the production doors with their fatter, more upright C-pillar and the tailgate with stamped KGM lettering, flanked by a pair of taillights with a wrench-like LED design.
Images: Baldauf
The pickup is expected to use the same BYD-sourced 73.4 kWh battery as the Torres EVX, though the extra weight of the longer body and inferior aerodynamics mean the Musso is unlikely to match KGM’s 311-mile (500 km) WLTP range predictions for the SUV.
KGM offers the Torres EVX with both ICE and electric power, and we know it’ll do the same for the Musso, though judging by some teaser sketches the automaker revealed earlier this year, the gas-swilling trucks will have a very different front-end design.
The Torres EVX is front-wheel drive only and comes with a single, 201 hp (150 kW / 204 PS) electric motor, while the ICE version, badged simply Torres, gets a 168 hp (125 kW / 170 PS) 1.5-liter petrol four that can be ordered with two- or all-wheel drive. We’re expecting KGM to also offer the Musso EV with dual motors driving both axles.
A Korean-market launch for the electric Musso takes place in the next few weeks, but KGM will open up availability to other markets such as Europe and Australia before the end of the year.
