China's Electric Cars: The Unknown E-Cars at the Auto Shanghai

Auto Shanghai 2019 China's Electric Cars: The Unknown E-Cars at the Auto Shanghai

17.06.2019Author / Editor: Peter Maahn/SP-X / Alexander Stark

Almost every Chinese trade fair stand presents an e-car. You don't know many of them, information about them is sparse. An approximation in pictures.

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The three-door Mini Zedriv GC2 is 3.31 meters long, has a 35 kW/48 hp engine and is supposed to travel around 300 kilometers per battery charge.
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Those who take an exploratory tour to local car manufacturers in remote corners of the Auto Shanghai, quickly encounters barriers. The names of the mostly small exhibitors is often only written in Chinese on the stands. Questions asked in the world language English are answered by the often very young hostesses with a friendly but completely helpless look.

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The Hozon "U" is 4.51 meters long, has a 220 kW/300 hp engine under its hood and is supposed to travel up to 500 kilometers. If the driver restricts to a maximum speed of 60 km/h, there are also 660 kilometers possible. Maximum speed: 155 km/ph.

A city car from the manufacturer Ora. Only 3.50 meters long, but a four-seater with a wheelbase of 2.48 meters. The maximum range of the Citymobil with a 35 kW/48 hp electric motor is said to be around 350 kilometers.

Which sporty SUV does this e-car from Lynk remind you of? The exact performance data are not available. Certain is, however, that the Lynk 01 comes with a fairly powerful electric motor and achieves the now common range of about 450 kilometers.

Zotye E200: Despite its compactness it is already equipped with a fuel tank for hydrogen. The fuel cell keeps a 60 kW/82 PS-E engine in good spirits. With one hydrogen tank filling, the E200 is expected to travel a good 450 kilometers. Maximum speed: 120 km/ph.

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There are over 100 companies in China that manufacture cars. Only a few of them also exhibit at the big performance show in Shanghai. All those companies whose products never leave the country anyway are therefore not prepared for questions from European explorers. Nevertheless, the search for new Chinese electric cars resulted in many surprises.

Jan Dannenberg (left), Partner, and Tobias Keil, Principal at Berylls Strategy Advisors, talk about the situation of automotive suppliers.

This article was first published by Automobil Industrie.

Original by Svenja Gelowicz / Translation by Alexander Stark

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