Plug in
The 37.1 kWh battery charges from a plain 240-volt socket at home, or up to 50 kW DC on the road — 30–80% in about 24 minutes.
Plug 240v · Brisbane, Queensland
A 4WD that plugs in. And plugs out.
PLG240 — "plug 240 volts" — is the number plate on my GWM Tank 300 PHEV. It charges from a 240-volt socket, does the daily run on electricity alone, then hands that same 240-volt power back out to whatever needs it.
Meet the car240volts, both directions
The name on the plate
PLG240 means plug, in and out.
Drive electric
Up to 115 km (NEDC) of silent, petrol-free driving covers the school run, the commute and the shops before the 2.0-litre turbo ever wakes up.
Plug out
Vehicle-to-load reverses the flow: a 6 kW 240-volt outlet runs the campsite fridge, the kettle, or the tools — straight from the tank, so to speak.
What a reader needs to know
The Tank 300 PHEV, in numbers.
300 kW / 750 Nm
Combined output from the 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine plus electric motor (GWM's Hi4-T system).
6.3 s
0–100 km/h. Subtle it is not; quick it is.
115 km
Electric-only range (NEDC) from the 37.1 kWh battery — most weeks are all-electric.
≈ 955 km
Total range (NEDC) with the petrol engine along for the ride — Sydney to Brisbane without a top-up.
3,000 kg
Braked towing capacity — the van comes too.
6 kW · 240 V
Vehicle-to-load output: a serious appliance-grade power outlet on wheels.
Low range + diff lock
A proper part-time 4WD: 2H / 4H / 4L transfer case and a rear differential lock for the steep, slippery stuff.
9HAT
Nine-speed hybrid automatic — gears for the highway, one motor for the town.
Why it's cool
A bloody big power bank with low range and a spare wheel.
Most plug-in hybrids quietly save fuel on the commute. This one also drags a trailer up a fire trail, locks its rear diff on a clay rut, then boils the billy at camp off its own battery — all before charging itself back up overnight from a normal powerpoint. That's the whole idea behind PLG240: 240 volts, both directions.