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The Maxus eTerron 9 is an all-electric, all-wheel drive pick-up – one of the very first to be available in the UK – with a 266-mile driving range, a 0-62 mph time of 5.0 seconds, a 3,500 kg towing capacity and a 620 kg payload.
Electric vehicles have been appearing in all shapes and sizes over recent years, but one notable exception is that there have been no all-electric, all-wheel drive pick-up trucks on sale in the UK to date. However the lack of options in this segment is now being addressed by manufacturers, and the Maxus eTerron 9 is one of the first models available.
The Maxus eTerron 9 looks like it’s been designed to compete with vehicles such as the Rivian R1T in terms of concept, size and styling. The eTerron 9 has a 2,880kg kerb weight, a 3,500 kg towing capacity, and a 620 kg payload. This means that while the 3,500 kg towing weight meets the expectations of commercial customers, the 620 kg payload falls short, as businesses typically want one tonne so they can reclaim the VAT after purchase. This means that private motorists rather than businesses are more likely to be the target for using the eTerron 9 as a leisure vehicle.
If this is what you’re looking for, then read on, but be aware that the eTerron 9 is big. It measures 5,500mm long, 1,997mm wide, and 1,874mm high (with roof rails). The standard car parking space in the UK is 4.8 metres long x 2.4 metres wide, so the eTerron 9 is 700mm too big in terms of length, and you’ll potentially only have a space of 200mm each side to open the doors.
The eTerron 9 is a double cab pick-up truck with five seats and a load bed that measures 1,561mm in length, 1,500mm in width, and 535mm in height. The eTerron 9 also has a large 236-litre front trunk.
The interior looks and feels upmarket for a pick-up truck, with a leather-effect material on the dashboard and plenty of equipment including a double sunroof. There’s lots of space and a wide, floating centre console with two mobile phone storage areas, one of which offers wireless charging, with two USB sockets underneath. Huge grab handles give an indication about the intended purpose of this vehicle.
Unlike some Chinese EVs, there are physical controls to adjust the door mirrors, which is much more user-friendly than doing this via the touchscreen, and a digital rear view mirror displays the image from the rear camera, but it’s also very reflective, which can be distracting.
This is a big pick-up truck, so you’d expect a big handle to open the tailgate, but instead there’s a very small button on the top of the tailgate to unlock it and another small button to electrically roll back the cover over the load area.
The eTerron 9 has a 102.2 kWh battery and electric motors delivering all-wheel drive and producing power of 125 kW (front) and 200 kW (rear).
Ground clearance is 230mm (at the front axle), with an approach angle of 29°, a departure angle of 25°, and a wading depth of 550mm.
The first impression when you jump into the eTerron 9 is how big it feels. The bonnet looks really wide, and therefore more suited to roads in North America than the UK.
Next you’ll become aware of how the cabin feels very upmarket and more like an interior that you would find in a premium car than in a pick-up truck.
Then there’s the performance. This is a pick-up truck weighing almost three tonnes yet it has a 0-62 mph acceleration time of 5.0 seconds.
Once you’ve recalibrated yourself with the performance, you’ll realise that no diesel pick-up truck has ever been this refined to drive. You can be sitting at 70mph on the motorway yet it feels like 40mph, although there is some road noise from the large tyres and wind noise is evident around the driver’s door.
If you venture off-road, you’ll soon be reminded of the size of the eTerron 9. It’s wider than the typical farmer’s track, it’s very long, and it’s very heavy. And the tyres only have a minimal off-road tread pattern. It’s also got relatively long overhangs, especially at the rear. All this should mean that it’s not going to be particularly capable in the rough stuff, but it actually managed to cope with whatever was thrown at it. This is likely to be helped by the high levels of torque from the electric motors.
The eTerron 9 has a range of drive modes for road and off-road use, consisting of Eco, Normal, Sport, Snow, Off Road, Tow and Custom. All terrain mode allows you to customise elements such as steering, suspension height and regeneration level.
These drive modes are accessed by a button at the front of the centre console, with a toggle switch next to it to select the desired setting. Next to the drive mode switch is a button for suspension height, with options of highest, high, standard, low and lowest.
The ability to change ride height is a give-away that the eTerron 9 has independent front and rear air suspension, and this also means that the ride quality both on and off-road is comfortable.
The eTerron 9 has a 12.3-inch screen in front of the driver and a 12.3-inch central touchscreen. The touchscreen doesn’t have clear shortcut buttons for key controls, but there is a row of physical buttons facing upwards under the touchscreen for some climate controls including cabin temperature. However to adjust where the ventilation comes from, you have to find the climate screen, which requires going into apps and swiping to the second screen to find the climate button. And to find controls for the heated seats you firstly have to go into settings, then vehicle, then seats, then seat heating – which isn’t particularly user-friendly. The heated steering wheel button on the steering wheel shows that it is possible to provide easier-to-access physical buttons.
The eTerron 9 doesn’t beep at you as much as some Chinese EVs, but you do need to switch off the lane departure warning system to avoid the steering being corrupted when driving on winding country roads with white lines. When you’re looking at the touchscreen to try and find out how to do this, the car will be beeping at you to say that you’re being distracted while driving – so you’ll also need to switch off that feature.
And every time you start the car it will say “be happy for every moment”; you may not be happy for every moment after hearing this on a repeated basis…
The Maxus eTerron 9 has an official WLTP combined electric driving range of 266 miles. The real-world range on test was averaging 240 miles. Efficiency is 2.3 miles per kWh.
A maximum DC rapid charging rate of 115 kW should be capable of delivering a 20% to 80% charge in 42 minutes. The maximum AC charging rate is 11 kW.
The eTerron 9’s battery has a liquid cooling and heating thermal management system, and it has vehicle to load (V2L) capability via sockets in the front trunk and pick-up bed as well as the exterior charging socket.
The Maxus eTerron 9 is available in two trim levels: Luxury, priced from £53,000 excluding VAT, and Premium, priced from £56,000 excluding VAT.
The Luxury model as tested has standard equipment including front and rear electric heated seats, electric driver and front passenger seat adjustment, heated steering wheel and digital rear view mirror.
The eTerron 9 is available in colours of Metal Black, Pearl Lustre White, Desert Yellow (as tested, and which received mixed reactions) and Concrete Grey. It comes with a 5 year/100,000-mile warranty and an 8 year/125,000-mile battery warranty.
Electric pick-ups are more financially attractive for businesses than diesel pick-ups, after company car tax rule changes in April 2025 re-categorised double-cab pick-ups as private cars, increasing company car tax by as much as three times for diesel pick-ups.
The Maxus eTerron 9 is one of the first all-electric 4×4 pick-ups to go on sale in the UK. It’s well equipped, with a decent official range of 266 miles, and impressive performance, with a 0-62 mph time of 5.0 seconds. It coped better than expected with off-roading, even though its tyres didn’t have a particularly aggressive tread pattern.
Although it has a 3,500 kg towing capacity, the eTerron 9 only has a 620 kg payload, and most businesses will be wanting a payload of one tonne so they can reclaim the VAT after purchase. So the eTerron 9 is more likely to find a home in the retail leisure market, but it’s a big vehicle for private use.
The Maxus eTerron 9 is awarded a Green Car Guide rating of 8 out of 10.
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