this November. But there’s a difference here – the all-electric pick-up truck is set to wear the Riddara badge when it touches down in the Land of Smiles at the Thai Motor Expo in Bangkok.
It’s been confirmed that Riddara is the global brand name for Radar Auto, Geely’s lifestyle EV marque. According to Australian portal, the firm abandoned a trademark application for “Radar” after Singaporean tyre company Omni United, which owns the Radar Tires brand, objected to the registration., but in actual fact it’s built on a new Multiplex Attached Platform , itself a derivative of the Sustainable Experience Architecture .
Radar has beefed up the truck’s payload since its launch, from a measly 430 kg to a much more usable 775 kg . Cargo space is rated at 1,200 litres at the back, and there’s also a 70 litre front boot. You also get a 6 kW vehicle-to-load function. The RD6 is around the same size as a typical one-tonne diesel pick-up, measuring 5,260 mm long, 1,900 mm wide and 1,830 mm tall, with a wheelbase of 3,120 mm. By comparison, theThe pick-up’s Thai debut is no surprise, given that Geely has already shown a Riddara RD6 converted to right-hand drive.