2025 Farizon Super Van review
This motoring superpower hopes to break Australia’s love affair with high-riding work vehicles.
Never fear, the Farizon Super Van is here.
This is a new electric van from China, and Farizon falls under the control of Geely, which has a stake in heaps of big-name brands including Zeekr, Polestar and Volvo.
But Farizon is different. It’s a commercial vehicle offering, with the Super Van (or SV) the first model offered in Australia by Saudi-based distribution partner, Jameel Motors.
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The Farizon SV is a commercial van range with two wheelbases and three size options available – the SWB Low Roof ($71,490 MSRP), the LWB Low Roof ($73,490 MSRP), and the monstrous LWB High Roof ($76,490 MSRP).
All versions have the same equipment as standard, including 16-inch steel wheels with funky aero covers, LED lighting and LED front badge, keyless entry, push-button start, fake leather trim and front seats with heating and ventilation, as well as a heated steering wheel and climate control.
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There’s also a 12.3-inch screen with USB-connect CarPlay, but no Android Auto, and a digital driver info screen that includes a very clever weight measurement tool to make sure you’re not overloaded – brilliant!
Weights are something you need to pay attention to for this line-up, with the payload capability exceeding plenty of rivals: buy the SWB Low Roof and you’re getting up to 1300kg payload.
And the van itself? About 2400kg … so, a hefty unit as it is.
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A lot of that is the battery – it’s an 83kWh LFP battery from CATL, and while that might typically equate to a huge amount of EV range in a smaller, less boxy vehicle, the best range on offer in this line-up is 376km for the base grade (all figures WLTP), while the LWB Low Roof has 355km and the huge LWB High Roof is good for 319km.
It drives pretty inoffensively, if you exclude some of the safety items. The adaptive cruise control system that will slow you down for corners whether you want it to or not, and of course the lane-keeping, driver monitoring and speed sign systems all default back on each time you get back in, so that might be enough to make you walk away.
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There’s a good amount of urgency from the powertrain, and it steers pretty honestly as well. The ride is comfortable, even with leaf-springs at the back. The brakes might be the hardest thing to get used to – there is regen braking with three modes, but even so, it can be difficult to come to terms with the pedal feel.
Lots of these commercial vans will be used for short delivery runs and back to base operations, so range isn’t typically that big of a deal.
And when there are clever tricks like this machine has, it could be even more forgivable. It has a three powerpoint V2L outlet in the cargo zone with 3.3kW per plug, so you could run a mobile cafe out of it, straight from the showroom.
It comes with 11kW AC charging, meaning a 15-100 per cent charge is doable in 7 hours if you have three-phase power, and DC charging maxes out at 140kW, meaning a lunch stop should cover the 20-80 per cent charge time (36 mins).
Three sizes mean three different cargo volumes: 6.95m3, 8.25m3, and 11.22m3 respectively. They all come as standard with a bulkhead, barn doors at the rear, and a sliding kerbside door – with no B-pillar!
Very strange. Thankfully, there’s a standard surround-view camera and parking sensors to help you see out, because otherwise the rearward vision isn’t great.
Farizon’s SV was awarded a five-star Euro NCAP rating in commercial van testing, and that’s despite the fact it only comes with two airbags (driver and passenger). Most vehicles have at least six, maybe seven, in this class. But of course it gets all the active tech, like AEB, lane keeping, blind-spot monitoring, and speed sign recognition, plus a driver monitoring camera.
Warranty is five years/unlimited kilometres, eight years for the battery. Service intervals are work-friendly at 12 months/30,000km, and buyers have five years of roadside assistance included, too.
It is a Super Van in some ways, but it isn’t perfect by any stretch. The price is ambitious, but for businesses willing to make the move, it might be worth a look.
FARIZON SUPER VAN
PRICE: From $71,490 to $76,490 plus on-roads
POWERTRAIN: Electric motor, single-speed transmission, FWD
OUTPUTS: 170kW/336Nm
BATTERY: 83kWh LFP from CATL
CHARGING: 11kW AC, 140kW DC
PAYLOAD: 1125kg to 1300kg
TOWING: 750kg unbraked/2000kg braked
SPARE: Full-size
