Baojun E300 Plus: How cheap is this EV from General Motors? | 100% Independent, 100% Electric
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In this episode, Fully Charged's East Asian correspondent, Elliot Richards, took the opportunity to take Baojun's bizarre-looking E300 out on the roads around Shanghai. Beyond its initial appearance the driving experience and the technology is more feature-rich than we might have expected for a car that costs as little as $9,700. The E300 does have its shortcomings of course and the braking in particular came in for sharp criticism. When it comes to core statistics the Baojun E300 Plus has a 31.9kWh battery, an NEDC range of 190 miles - not unrealistic when city-only driving - and can be fully charged from empty in one hour.
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Timestamps
0:00 Introduction to the Baojun E300 Plus
1:26 General Motors Joint Venture with SAIC & Wuling
2:09 Amazing Aesthetics
2:57 Super Small, But No Storage
3:36 Functional Interior, Great Visibility
4:10 Back Seat Squeeze
4:48 Power & Price
6:01 Simple Driving Experience
8:00 Realistic Range for City-Only Driving
9:00 Best Thing About The Baojun
9:25 A Few Shortcomings
11:08 Summary of a City Car
11:41 More to Come from China
11:54 Subscribe & Support
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LIKE if you think there should be more sub 10,000 EVs, and SHARE if you think traditional car companies could learn from the Asian markets. Full description below...
In this episode, Fully Charged's East Asian correspondent, Elliot Richards, took the opportunity to take Baojun's bizarre-looking E300 out on the roads around Shanghai. Beyond its initial appearance the driving experience and the technology is more feature-rich than we might have expected for a car that costs as little as $9,700. The E300 does have its shortcomings of course and the braking in particular came in for sharp criticism. When it comes to core statistics the Baojun E300 Plus has a 31.9kWh battery, an NEDC range of 190 miles - not unrealistic when city-only driving - and can be fully charged from empty in one hour.
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*Timestamps*
0:00 Introduction to the Baojun E300 Plus
1:26 General Motors Joint Venture with SAIC & Wuling
2:09 Amazing Aesthetics
2:57 Super Small, But No Storage
3:36 Functional Interior, Great Visibility
4:10 Back Seat Squeeze
4:48 Power & Price
6:01 Simple Driving Experience
8:00 Realistic Range for City-Only Driving
9:00 Best Thing About The Baojun
9:25 A Few Shortcomings
11:08 Summary of a City Car
11:41 More to Come from China
11:54 Subscribe & Support
hey fullycharged
please do a review of Tata Nexon EV
it's pretty good and affordable
A question about those prices: are Chinese list prices like US prices, without sales tax, or like EU prices, including sales tax? And if they are with sales tax, how high is that in China? Comparable to the 20-25% for most EU countries?
@@MartijnterHaar with VAT
@@MartijnterHaar evs don't have tax ICEs has 10% tax I guess
@@shukracharya_ end the ice age☠☠ tax it out 🌍😃
mannnn i designed this whole interior with Haman and Jisang, best memory ever, proud to be part of this team, SGMW forever
I would so like to see this size of electric cars in future instead of those dull crossovers. This would be a perfect city car for running errands.
The perfect vehicle for running errands in a city is an electric bike.
@@cjeam9199 Even when its 35°F and pouring rain?
@@90Pekkis yeah, add some waterproofs
I have a 60ah/22 kwh BMW i3. The range is way too small. Selling it.
@@cjeam9199 or the Citroen Ami
It’s put the fun in functional. So many ev reviewers now express preference for real buttons controlling ancillaries rather than the Tesla model - great!
100%
I think it's more of a mix - the tablet makes a *lot* of sense for those things you almost never use, and which you set once and never touch again, or which you don't need to adjust whilst driving.... not to mention making it easier to add additional controls via updates, etc.
For me, a having a couple of manual controls for the aircon (temp, fan speed, and an old-fashioned rotary dial for where to direct it), and a volume knob (with press-to-mute) is probably sufficient.... ok - and *options* for lights, indicators, wipers (although leaving lights and wipers in auto would probably be the default)
My old Mazda has knobs and buttons for everything; my dad's car has a touchscreen. I can operate almost all the controls in my car without taking my eyes off the road; in my dad's car I can do almost nothing. This is actually a major safety issue.
germany recently outlawed the touch screens in teslas. they are dangerous to use while driving. the knobs and buttons are MUCH safer and IMHO the way to go.
I enjoy learning about the Chinese EV market a lot - thank you for this one and please keep it up :-)
🙂
Nah China is bad @ Tim murphy
@@louisbeerreviews8964 China bad USA good
nor nor nor, China bad, USA juz or kay, India vely vely gud
@@doobtom271 lol
Beautiful, cute, small electric cars are the future. I'm sure Chinese car brands will be popular worldwide soon. I for one, would love to have a car like this Baojun E300 in Europe.
Well it certainly doesn't look like anything else. For cheap weatherproof personal transport might be hard to beat.
@A N Other nope. Thats awful.
To my eye it does look like something else - a slightly stretched and slightly taller copy of a Smart car
This ain't weatherproof
I think the front end has a bit of the Renault Twizy about it - similar looking wheels too. This one certainly looks more weatherproof than the Twizy!
@@DerrenWeekes I was thinking 'modern Fiat Multipla' (or what ever that monstrosity was called) - but this one got the balance right, so it does actually look pretty good.
That's exactly what I need for my daily use in Paris. We had the MIA electric in France 10 years ago, but there were no dealers to sell them across the country and went bankrupt. It was an intelligently made city car. The Baojun is lovely.
I hope its coming to the UK soon. As a seventy something pensioner, it looks ideal for me. I drive a Smart EQ forfour, which I love, but the let down is the range, which the Baojun would solve for me. Bring it on, I want one.
We too are pensioners and have a FourTwo ED and love it although it is not our only car. The range stops us going further because of the slow charge rate. Ecotricity won't let us use their chargepoints either because it's so slow. Pretty annoying as we changed our home supply to them to get the better rate!
same as me, l don't need a big car to drive around town
Yup - was just thinking this would be ideal for my parents, who were thinking about replacing their second car....
Price can easily be mocked up 50% when it arrives in the UK.
MG India suggested they may get a version of this at some point. Perhaps MG UK will get the same
I love watching Elliott's videos from China. The Chinese are years ahead of many countries in their embrace of EVs.
Because they have the political motive to. Even though the CCP are absolute disgusting tyrants, their view towards EVs and general green mobility is much better than most other countries, especially for such a large country.
Also because China had no real legacy international car market, so embraced EV fully. And yes, we absolutely must not forget the CCP human rights abuses.
@@bernardfender5147 Yeap that could be a reason to, as way to try to make a splash on the international market by pursuing this emergent technology.
But untill China's government is fixed with all their human rights abuses, I refuse to buy anything expensive like a car or a phone etc from a Chinese company.
Ik many things are made in China and it's hell if you wanna avoid all made in China, but I try my best.
> Even though the CCP are absolute disgusting tyrants,
Only if you believe the rubbish in the western press.
@@davidmaxwaterman Ah so the ethnic cleansing of the Uighurs, the annexing of hong kong with violence, constant threats on Tiwan, persecution of Mongolians in the north east of the country, all of those are completely fabricated.
Give me a break. There's more than one source for all of those acts and it's not just western media.
If you’re just here for the price like I was it's at 5:07
Range is up to 190miles
I just love China episodes! :)
One weird thing I like about Elliot's videos: the sights of the countryside and suburbs surrounding Shanghai, which look quite nice. You never see those parts of China anywhere else. It's either polluted, crowded cities or beautiful nature or impoverished villages in the more remote parts of the country.
@Viggen As a European i have stopped relying on mainstream media when i want to learn about other countries or honestly anything. Surely China has a lot of problems politically and environmentally, but when i see comments like " wow Chinese river looks so dirty, must be filled with poo...". Like seriously dude, have you ever heard of mud ?
China is cleaning up it’s environment rapidly. It’s getting to the point where the public want it, and so they are pushing through changes. Buying an EV is a lot cheaper and quicker than an ICE there. This is having a good impact on the air quality.
It is nice in Rural China away from the big cities and pollution.
And I agree it's nice to see in these videos.
I've never seen Shanghai with empty streets like in this video though period especially when the sun shining . You can't walk down the sidewalk in Shanghai without a motor scooter trying to run you over let alone cars all over the road
@@TegraZero Have you ever been to Shanghai? or are you basing that assumption on the stock polluted footage from a decade ago that western media dig out when they want to report on China?
Hooks instead of a glovebox isn't actually a bad idea, great place to hang shopping.
Or a takeaway!
Hooks are for hanging things on. Hanging things inside a vehicle in the vicinity of the driver or any passengers is, basically, an impeding danger. Safety-designed storage space is far better. As we are one fifth into the 21st century a "glove box" seems quite unnecessary (just as a "dash board" is a remnant from early 20th motoring).
@@mikeyonwin8195 where would you propose to put that ‘storage’ place in this tiny little box? Even if you manage to put a storage there, I bet you can’t ‘store’ anything bigger than a wallet.
@@zhe8586 Hi Zhe. I am not a motor(ised) vehicle designer - I just use them. My comment was intended to indicate the danger of hanging things on hooks in a "box" designed to carry people.
Asians do have a lot of stuff in soup, takeaways of course, so a hook is a useful addition in fact
Thank you for doing all these amazing reviews of this incredible and insanely diverse car market!!
I wish it would reach European market
Yes,more of these reviews please. More city cars with decent range and quality on a budget.If they have good turning circle and are fun to drive that is a bonus.
the hooks make sense because when your shopping in Asia you'll carry bags or be given plastic bags. It's much more functional than a glovebox to hang those bags on the hook. Great design for the locals.
i love those physical toggles that go up and down, much better than touch screen stuff. Having a mix of them is always nice.
I just saw one of these up close here in Macau. It actually looks decent in person, it’s like a smart for two with a funky design twist
Can’t believe Moby is doing car vids!
Really nice to see the lovely backroads of sjanghai! Didn't expect that!
This is what a EV city car should be with just one screen and buttons to avoid distractions. Are you paying attention Honda E? The space is fine too, as a school run or work commuting car, it would be ideal.
Agree entirely would be brill
I do love the Honda E it’s very cute and I would buy if I had too much money , but your right for the average person to run around the city, you want something simple.
honda e is some kind of entertain, and this is just transport, as simple as it could be.
The Honda E is just too expansive and too big for a city car. But it cannot be used for anything else with the small battery.
The trend towards multi screen dash boards with menus to find settings require a crash avoidance system for when the driver is totally distracted, the 'Climate control centre' on my car is a nightmare to use manually, and a PITA if on auto and the fan speeds up to high level.
Well done, Elliot. You're quickly becoming my favourite presenter. Don't tell Robert.
Brilliant city car concept! We definitely need more of those.
This is what the Renault Twizy should have looked like from the start....
It's cheaper than it, too!
Well, it is sort of 2 Twizys side by side
Excellent review Fully Charged. Really like learning about what other countries are achieving compared to the diet of 'expensive we cannot do message' we are fed in Europe. Brilliant presentation Elliot, lovely to see positive images of China too. More please.
This is what I thought an electric car was going to look like back when they never existed. Seeing them look like .....cars....was a disappointment to me, but here it is, finally.
I have been waiting for an actual review of this car!!! You’ve read my mind
Oh boy, they're coming for Smart Cars head. Thank you for the amazing content as always.
I love my little smart car but I wouldn’t upgrade to the smart EV unless it as super cheap, is it only had about 60 usable miles range, I will definitely think of buying one of these as an upgrade, and it has backseats bonus...
@@IDann1 I drive a 2015 Smart Fortwo and I adore it to the sun and back. I've been eyeing the 2019 EQ Prime but here in Florida it's not a practical choice given the severe lack of a charging network and distance from my home to place of employment. But I'm eager to adopt electric soon!
Officially, you're one of my favorite TH-camrs out here!
Would buy it instantly if they offered this in Poland, definitely a massive demand for a budget EV that actually competes with ICE in the A segment.
Re brakes, - they had probably never been used as it had regen only for the first 37 miles. You then wiped the surface contaminants off and then they suddenly worked. It would be good to update this review after 1000 miles of use.
Great little car - wait for its European NCAP safety test ;)
Good point. When I purchased my Renault Twizy (new) I thought the brakes were terrible, then after putting on a few miles they became rather good.
He didn't say if there was regen! But bedding in brakes could have been the problem
Safety is definitely the downfall of many cars this size. Remember the Tata Nano? It managed to score a glorious zero star NCAP safety rating. Smaller size means they have to try a lot harder to protect the occupants and include abs, collision sensors etc.
@@ronaldusher39 Remember the Chinese are very significant players in EV market, of course it has regen to get that range on that battery size. It won't be one-peddle driving as a small battery means smaller regen but it will have brake/regen merging which can be a bit iffy and feel like using a bucket of fish.
What the Chinese are notorious for is crap safety rating, but please note that the new Xiaopeng P7 and P4 have 5* c-NCAP ratings. Smart car showed you could have very safe small cars, but I wait for the e-NCAP testing on these small cars first.
@@Tom55data I've not really looked deeper at this car only what was in video but then again will it ever get out of china
Can't wait for you guys to review the Dacia spring :D
Kalau Saya sih butuh EV dengan fitur krg lebih dibawah ini kalau bisa harga di bawah 300 juta rupiah:
1. Auto Parking (bisa parkir paralel atau seri sendiri tinggal klik buttton)
2. Adaptive Cruise Control ( cruise control speed tambah kurang baca jarak mobil di depannya bahkan bisa ikut berhnti dan jalan sendiri)
3. Pedestrian sense AI ( bisa mendeteksi pejalan kaki, selain mobil dan motor jadi kalau dalam range tertentu dia bisa klakson dan menurunkan speed)
4. Auto braking system charging battery ( setiap mengerem / lepas gas, bisa charge battery)
5. Auto Scan / Diagnostic All System (mendeteksi kerusakan mirip OBD2 yg dibaca Motor listrik, Battery, Sensor, etc)
6. Garansi Motor dan Battery 5 tahun / 200 ribu km
7. Subsidi pajak pemerintah karena membantu mengurangi polusi udara, suara dan lingkungan.
8. Remote System (bisa di remote pakai HP)
9. ABS, EBD, 4 Airbags, Traction control, Dual Zone AC, Electric Seat Adjustmen, Seat temperature adjustmen, NCAP 5 Stars, Tyre Sensor, Head Unit 7 inch with control fitur
10. kalau kurang saya siap tambahin lagi fitur2 canggih, tapi saya rasa diatas cukuplah untuk di bawah 300 juta.
Almost 300 km actual city range from 32 kWh is great, for a city car. It takes time to go almost 300 km in dense city traffic, in most cities and daytime probably 10-20 hours in traffic from a full charge. And the moderate consumption makes it easy to charge. Even if you drive 8 hours a day, in daytime city traffic, charging the rest of the time with only 6 amp 230V outlet should be enough.
Love your videos guys. I genuinely think chinese car brands are the dark horse of the world. This thing looks incredible. Strange how the world has almost no knowledge and recognition of these amazingly futuristic cars! I've never seen such cool lights in a car before. I if you sold these in the west they would break the car market
A funny thing is: some model of Baojun E300 does equips with a L2 driving assistant system(including adaptive cruise control, emergency auto brake, lane keeping assistant, and auto-parking system ). Who is going to need those features in such a small city car?
Great little vehicle with a very good range. Looks cute and futuristic. Great review.
Great review, thanks.
I would love of the small Chinese EVs to be exported, it would bring down the cost of getting into an EV significantly. Sadly I don't think they would be able to comply with NCAP standards.
Let’s “hope” it’s built like a smart car, with some new technology, the smart is stronger than you think.
Just love these vids from China very interesting why can’t we buy ev for around these prices think a lot of people would love them.
Dacia Spring (which is gonna be built in China as well) will sell for around 17k Euros, before gov incentives.
local taxes, local market conditions, safety/regulatory upgrades to be compliant adds costs.. etc.
@Ross Bourne True - except for Pure EV manuf. that don't have legacy ICE.
@@mxyz6888 the dacia spring is huge and has a shorter range also costs more
Verry good video, thanks for the Great review.
Excellent review. Thanks.
Elliot is very calm and very competent! Excellent content, please keep up the great work, the Chinese EV market will be one of the big game changers of the next decade.
I'ts kind of amazing to see the range and variety of EV's coming out of China, or should I say comint out IN China? The big question I have is will any of these cars make it to Europe, and how much more expensive will they be once they land over here? The pricing looks fine for what you get, but from experience, once they hit the showroom floor in Sweden, where I live, price usually skyrockets, and it suddenly costs like a premium brand petrol car...
HEY FULLY CHARGED! I have enjoyed watching FullyCharged from the start and one of those reasons was the pursuit of facts not just hopeful future predictions. To that end there is a need to start asking the very important question as to what options there are at the cars end of life. That was my great disappointment with the Mitsubishi I-miev, no reasonable replacement of battery or actually any part of the vehicle. Had a accident (was hit in the back by senior citizen who mistook gas pedal for brake while in a drive thru for fast food restaurant) and they totaled the car because they couldn't get parts. Which was good for me as the battery was already down to 10kW from the original 16 (2010 model) and replacement was a quoted $18,000 US dollars for battery. So ridiculous repair costs. So knowing what to expect at end of life is especially important for smaller vehicles who will notice the shorter distance available when battery degrade and need some option for replacement/upgrade. Going from 80 mile range to 60 is way more noticeable then from 250 miles to 200 as an example and if there is a planned ability to upgrade to newer battery systems in future or not, this would be good to know.
Also GM was the first to mass-produce electric vehicles with the EV-1 back in the 1990s. So popular in fact EV-1s sparked protests in the street by owners when GM recalled them all and destroyed them. GM claimed lack of interest even though there was a waiting list of people wanting to lease (GM refused to sell the the electric vehicles).
Looks pretty cute. I agree that it looks like a modular vehicle, and it makes me wish it was. Definitely better looking than any other "city car" out there. They took some design cues from Honda Urban EV.
Great stuff. Definitely a condender for a city car if it comes to the UK. Would like to have seen the space with the rear seat folded down. Also how bumpy was the ride - suspension wasn't really covered and for me the bumpy level is very important. Is it smooth like a Citroen or rough enough that if your tyres roll over a ten pence piece you can tell if it was heads or tails!
Great video of a great city concept. Love it. Some adjustments and it could hit the European markets.
would be perfect for getting full no claims insurance rates lowered for a 1st time driver :):)
Another good program from thee. Keep it up & more EVs.
Love the design
Great Episode
Fascinating little car. Quite attractive really, in a funky way. I was impressed up to the point where you talked about your experience with the braking. That dashed it all. I hope they can fix it because it's basically a very reasonable basic car, and I'd seriously consider buying it but for the...you know, brakes. TWO SUGGESTIONS: (1) Hard to gauge interior space without knowing your height. Please remind us. (2) I don't think I'm the only one who'd like to know of plans and agenda for bringing these beauties to the EU. Could you talk a little bit about local availability? Or perhaps a separate video overview of the Chinese plans for world conquest? Or both? Other than that, well done, Elliot! Thank you!
I specially like the fact that GM is telling their US customers that they are unable to offer more EV models in the US due to "battery shortages". And yet across the pond.......
This car would never sell in the USA for lots of reasons...
For one, it looks like a death trap..
The reviewer never mentioned any safety features, he also didn't mention the car's shell or body panels. Never talked about the speed of the charger, nor talked about how the car is expected to perform in the winter months.
It's not totally by GM. It's a collaboration with Chinese vehicle manufacturer and GM. They made this vehicle for the Chinese since they don't care about safety.
Assuming that NCAP ratings are OK I could see this being ideal for those who don't need to travel long distances regularly. Or as a second car for those families who have 2. Any well made EV at sub £10k in the UK could get a real market share is the service support was in place.
When everyone is talking about the super cheap mini ev from Wuling, I think Baojun E300 is much more attractive not only for all the upgrades from the daunting rudimentary spec fo Wuling but also for its futuristic look. It cost a bit more but the money spent is well worth it.
Glad to see reviews of Chinese cars because it’s a part of the automotive world nobody really outside of China gets to see. I think also it’s important because the Chinese automotive market might be starting to export to North America and Europe. It would be great if you did more reviews of Chinese cars that might be coming to North America and Europe. If you could review Kandi cars. Thanks
The Chinese are exporting to Asian countries already.
I'm based in Philippines and the following Chinese brands are selling here:
BAIC, Geely, Kaicene, FAW, JAC, Changhe, Great Wall, Chery, Haima, GAC, King Long, Maxus, Foton.
Wouldn't buy any of them due to safety and reliability concerns. Stick with Japanese and Korean cars for now.
Its not coming to North America and no Chinese cars will be coming to NA anytime soon.
The perfect vehicle to upgrade from my smart car 🚙, love it
This looks like the perfect city car, great review.
Excellent original content -"brill!
Loving this Chinese content. Thanks!
I like that technical term... Wibbly wobbly 😆
If they brought that to Europe it could be the death of smart!
This is significantly cheaper than a Smart, but it cannot compete in terms of safety and many would be put off by the Baojuns design.
Definitely, I will replace my smart car 🚙 with it, and it has back seats, bonus.
The VW e-up is also cheap after benefits and is better built/has some more room
@@jay-uo2bi Design is fine, saw much more uglier ICE cars. But something like break and and chase ( which probably is not very strong for the price) would definitely cause some safety problems.
@@almerindaromeira8352 I would buy a Volkswagen eup or (seat/ škoda equivalent) but not available any more, have a looked at secondhand ones and firstly their secondhand and secondly they cost more than new.
The information is very good for next batch adjustments for the car company. Definittly they can improve on the long range batteries (500km) or durability parts so that the car is sturdy for long2 time meeting the 6 years wear & tear. Heavy driving.
"Looks amazing"? To me, it looks like two cars trying to make a baby car. Good to see another cheap city EV, though and the range is surprisingly decent.
I would love to see vehicles like this in the USA. 90% of my driving is within a 25 mile range. I have a big gas guzzling Volvo for longer trips.
In China, there are various small electric vehicles, but most of them are relatively low-end three-wheeled vehicles. Most of them are used by the elderly in rural areas. They are relatively cheap, most of which do not exceed RMB 20,000 (US$3,000). Such as videos are relatively advanced small electric vehicles, but they are also very cheap, most of which do not exceed RMB 50,000 (USD 7,500)...You can hardly imagine the penetration rate of electric cars and electric motorcycles (or electric bicycles) in China. Almost every family has electric motorcycles...
This Thing is coming to Europe soon! I'm buying one in a heartbeat!
Will this come to Europe? If so will it come in right hand drive for the UK market unlike the Dacia Spring or the Renault Twingo?
I’ll say it again, this is the sort of thing I expected/wanted Dyson to do. Electric car for the masses not the electric, premium, Range Rover, elitist, over priced failure they came up with before giving up.
Absolutely dying to see someone bring a bunch of these over (or something like the Citroen Ami) and use them as car club type rental cars in a city centre. Noticed a bunch of BMW i3s being used for this purpose in Glasgow the last time I was there - something less than a third of the price would be an interesting proposition I’m sure!
I wish the United States had this. Add in a few more small options like tilt steering, curtain airbags, and stability control, maybe increase the top speed from 62 mph to somewhere around 70 mph and I think it would state such a case for itself. I’d buy one.
And at least the small attempt at a usable “boot”/trunk…enough for 2 small suitcases and a backpacks… not EVERYONE can afford TWO cars, just to have one for commuting
Seems an enjoyable city-only car apart from the braking system
I wonder if the suddent change in braking is the regen maxing out and they brakes kicking in... so might be something they can improve with software or a different brake pad.. or might be wearing in of the pads would even help
What an adorable little thing
very cool... finally a lightcar that is really usefull, in my opinion they have done many many things right. It has not a poor twizy character, it's all much better... not cheap looking, the practical size, the driving comfort, one easy nice display, the range, optional 4 seats and for me very important, it has a speed of 100km/h... but the main thing is the price and that's the key for a success, I think. If they do the brake better, it could be a breakthrough for (really) small electric citycars..
For the price it’s awesome, and so cool looking
Looks amazing...Can imagine cities full of these in the near future
5:38 “I’m not going to hit anything because I’m so small” - tell that to a fly! ;)
@Ross Bourne I had some dopey prat drive into me AND I WAS DRIVING A LAND ROVER DISCOVERY so i don't think being safe because you drive a small car really makes much sense.
I would love to get one for some of my family members. Cheap, functional, transportation for our rural area.
Thank you for the information on this EV. To judge how much room there is in back, how tall are you?
Looks like a jumping spider.. kind of cute
Looks like a Bedford Rascal with a wide-body kit 😄
Yea around the windshield lights area :):)
Re hooks: hang a good shopping bag from them. An instant-and removable-glovebox!
Besides the Honda e, this car has a lot of character and charm. Love the airy van-like proportions.
SAIC-GM-Wuling should build a 5-door version w/ a bit more trunk, think that would have a lot more buyers lining up.
Very interesting, would like to know what the charging infrastructure is like in China, as it’s one of the biggest gripes here in the uk, and many believe its design to hold back the up take of EV’s, me included. Take one example, I tried to get a charge at a genie charger, was already a customer from a year ago, could not remember my login details, could not get the system to change it, it was raining, and I ended up calling them, twice because the first attempt failed to remain connected, after explaining what I was trying to do, and then being asked for the charger number, and she pointed out the charger is switched off and awaiting repair. This took all of 20 min of my time, never to get back, and it’s right next to a petrol station, just to rub salt in to an already very sore wound.
Porsche’s 800V fast charge is developed by a Belgium company which owned by Teld. This company makes China probably the only country that doesn’t need Tesla charging station as main power source of nationwide EV infrastructure.
And you also have the largest electricity company: State Grid as key partner, their charging station is a bit crappy though.
Perfect city car 👍
Love this!!! Want waaaaan!
I would love a car like this or the VW3 for trips to the supermarket, local park, or into the city. Small enough to allow you to always find a spot to park. But manufacturers all assume Americans only want huge, expensive land yachts.
BMW i3 and Honda e and smart car had a baby
We would like to see more high end Xpeng and Nio ranges please.
Im not an EV convert due to battery tech being a bit shite at the moment - but these are perfect for daily commutes and we really do need to see more of these offered in the UK rather than bloody great lardy things like the new C4.
This is what most of us really need, not 1-200K flagships that the vast majority will never afford. Minimalist, frugal and functional. Car's as an appliance, not expensive status symbols.
The crappy brakes need sorting if they are thinking of branching into the rest of the world.
On the one hand he said the brakes didn't work on the other hand he said he locked the wheels? He also hasn't got the strength to lift his arms up to hold the steering wheel? He should have got a note from his mum.
@Right Wing Lutheran Cowgirl No right wingers are the ones who need guns because their hands are so small. Left wingers are working men with muscles.
@@dave7577 Jeremy beadle is not impressed at your comment
@@dave7577 probably just need bleeding.
@Right Wing Lutheran Cowgirl Interesting that you equate (look it up in a dictionary) masculinity or lack of it, with politics. You've been brainwashed by the Orangutan in the White House. Go spread your bile somewhere else.
Please make a review of the Wuling mini EV ...
$9K for almost 200mi range is pretty good! Make it autonomous to remove the steering and pedals, then have the front seats face backwards and you can have 4 people sitting comfortably. And, without steering and pedals, you remove a lot of extraneous UI parts, which will then drop the price even more.
Be a good replacement for my iMiev. The interior looked good to me. Much better than all black which is hot and shows dust. I would miss the trunk(boot) but could make do by folding the rear seats down. Looks like triple the range of the iMiev. Could go for about 2 weeks in town before charging. Would like better brakes, agree on that. For a second car for town would work, especially for the price.
A City without cars, that's the future.
A city? Why would the future require one of those?
@@klaxoncow indeed.
Love the manual buttons. Are those little raised dots braille....brilliant, at last inclusive for blind drivers.
You jest, but if you're paying attention, handy for non-blind people too.... (or a blind passenger)
All the dot patterns are the same.
I prefer less buttons, I find them tacky when overdone, but a few is not bad for basic inflexible functions like fan speed for example. This one has a bit too much in the buttons department, but not a big deal at this price.
Hope Tata Motors, Mahindra and Mahindra, Maruti Suzuki bring such car models electric, Petrol and diesel versions to Indian car consumers.
For ride share or delivery purposes in the U.S. we need 300 mile range. Top speed 75 mph. Heat and A/C with a blue tooth stereo. Price around $8000. The way gas prices are now I would buy one in a heart beat.