Everything Electric Sydney 2026: iCaur's V25 Lands, Chery Debuts Lepas, and the Zeekr 7GT Finally Breaks Cover

Image credit: Zeekr Australia

Update, 1 October 2026: Zeekr Australia's 7GT page still says the wagon is "Coming Soon", prints no price and is taking registrations of interest. It names Long Range RWD and Performance AWD grades, and says those two can charge from 10 to 80 per cent in as little as 15 minutes on a 420kW charger. A local media report on 21 September described a third, entry RWD grade and a local launch in the fourth quarter of 2026 with first deliveries in the first quarter of 2027, and quoted Zeekr's Australian managing director saying that each 7GT grade will be priced below the 7X, "even though it hasn't been fully confirmed yet". Zeekr Australia has not published those points itself, so they remain reported rather than confirmed.

If you wanted a single weekend to measure how fast Australia's electric market is moving, this was it. Everything Electric Sydney ran at Sydney Showground from September 18 to 20 and turned into a crowded debut stage for the local EV scene: two entirely new brands for Australia, a first public look at a much-anticipated electric wagon, an electric ute that could rewrite what tradies expect from a battery, and an electric version of a van fleets already know well.

The pattern underneath the metal is the one we keep writing about: Chinese groups multiplying their badges, and the gaps in the market, wagons, utes, vans, getting filled by electric product first. Here is every debut that matters, what we actually know about each car, and what is still a blank space until the brands publish Australian figures.

iCaur V25: Chery's youth brand arrives with a box

The iCaur V25 made its official Australian debut in Sydney, and it is exactly the kind of car that stops foot traffic: a deliberately boxy, retro-flavoured electric SUV that looks nothing like the soft-edged crossovers filling every other stand. iCaur is Chery's youth-focused sub-brand, and the V25 is its opening statement for this market.

What we do not have yet is anything you can put in a spreadsheet. Australian pricing, battery sizes, range figures and an on-sale date were not published at the show, and our rule is simple: no figure goes in our database until it comes from the brand's own Australian documents. When iCaur publishes local specs, the V25 will get its rows and its page. Until then, the honest description is a design-led small electric SUV from the group that already sells more Chery, Omoda and Jaecoo product here than most people realise.

Lepas L6 and L4: a whole new brand, two SUVs deep

Chery did not stop at one debut. The group used the show to launch Lepas, its newest sub-brand for Australia, with two electric SUVs on the stand: the larger L6 and the smaller L4. That puts Lepas alongside Chery, Omoda, Jaecoo and now iCaur in the group's Australian line-up, and the strategy is transparent: cover every niche, every price point and every buyer age bracket with a different brand name before the established players react.

As with the V25, local specifications and pricing were not published at the show, so both cars sit in the watch-list column for now. The context that matters for buyers: Chery's existing Australian range is aggressively priced, and its Tiggo 4 sits at $23,990 drive-away, so nobody should expect Lepas to arrive expensive.

Zeekr 7GT: the wagon finally shows its face

The car we suspect most show-goers came for. The Zeekr 7GT electric wagon was shown publicly in Australia for the first time, months after Zeekr confirmed it for this market. Australia barely gets wagons anymore, let alone fast electric ones, and the 7GT is the shape of car that a chunk of SUV buyers quietly wish they were allowed to buy.

Zeekr Australia's 7GT page lists the car as coming soon and names Long Range RWD and Performance AWD grades, but it does not print a price, so our database carries the 7GT without an RRP and we will not guess one. Zeekr's local boss has reportedly said each 7GT grade will be priced below the 7X, with launch in the fourth quarter of 2026 and deliveries from early 2027; until Zeekr Australia publishes that, it stays in the reported column. What is already on sale is its SUV sibling, the Zeekr 7X, reported from $57,900 before on-road costs, and if you want to know how it stacks up against the default choice, our Zeekr X vs BYD Sealion 7 and Sealion 7 vs Model Y comparisons cover the segment the 7GT will fight in.

MG U9 electric ute, and a preview of IM

Image credit: MG Motor Australia

The electric MG U9 had its first New South Wales showing, and it remains the ute to watch: Australia is reported to be the first market in the world to get it, and MG Australia's own U9 EV page now lists 430km WLTP range and 3,500kg braked towing, with MG's online configurator showing it at $78,990. Both still mark it as coming soon, so the diesel U9 range from $52,990 driveaway is the version you can actually buy today.

Beside the ute, MG showed a large luxury SUV previewing its premium IM brand portfolio, another badge-multiplication play in the same mould as Chery's. No Australian line-up or pricing was announced for IM at the show.

Staria Load Electric and the Lyriq V

Image credit: Hyundai Australia

Two quieter debuts round out the list. The Hyundai Staria Load Electric was presented to the Australian market for the first time, and it matters more than its stand size suggested: electric vans are where fleet operators do their sums hardest, and the Staria Load is already a fixture on Australian job sheets. Hyundai Australia's own online price calculator now carries the electric version in Liftback and Twin Swing van form, with a 160kW motor and 84kWh battery, at $70,990 before on-road costs, and our Staria Hybrid coverage shows how quickly that van range is diversifying.

Image credit: Cadillac Australia

And for the performance crowd, Cadillac featured the Lyriq V, the performance-focused variant of its all-electric luxury SUV. The standard LYRIQ Sport AWD is on sale now at $90,000 before a $1,500 preparation fee and on-road costs. Cadillac Australia's build-and-price now lists the V at $99,000 before the same preparation fee, luxury car tax and on-road costs, and its Australian page quotes an estimated 459kW, 880Nm and 0-100km/h in 3.6 seconds in Velocity Max mode.

The CarSorted angle: debuts are not deliveries

Six debuts, and several of them still have no Australian price. That is the honest summary, and it is worth holding onto, because show-stand excitement has a way of turning into deposit money before the spec sheet exists. Every car above goes into our watch list, and each one gets its database rows the day its brand publishes Australian figures, sourced from those documents and nothing else.

Meanwhile, the EVs you can actually buy right now are sharp value. The BYD Atto 1 Essential at a promotional $19,990 drive-away is the lowest drive-away price we list on any new car, our under-$25k EV guide walks the whole budget end, and if a show car caught your eye you can line its nearest on-sale rival up against anything else on the directory and run your own numbers with the range estimator.

What this means for buyers

If you are shopping electric right now, nothing at the show changes this month's decision, and the current run of drive-away deals will not wait for the show cars to land. If you can wait six to twelve months, the picture changes meaningfully: two new budget-leaning brands from the Chery group, a genuine electric wagon and an electric ute with diesel-grade towing ambitions are all now confirmed as coming rather than rumoured, and the electric Staria Load van already has an Australian price. Watch for the Australian spec sheets; we certainly will be.

Details correct at publication based on what was displayed and announced at Everything Electric Sydney 2026. Where a brand has not published Australian specifications or pricing, figures are described as unconfirmed and no price has been entered into the CarSorted database. Zeekr 7GT, MG U9 EV, Staria Load Electric and Cadillac LYRIQ details updated 1 October 2026. Always confirm final pricing and specifications with the manufacturer or your dealer.