Chinese language automaker SAIC-GM-Wuling Vehicle has debuted a brand new compact EV in China, the Baojun Yunduo, which is reported to value as little as RMB 95,800, or the equal of round $A20,000.
The brand new Baojun Yunduo is the second mannequin launched underneath the Baojun marque this 12 months, and in response to CnEVPost was launched late final week as a possible competitor to the BYD Dolphin and Volkswagen ID.3.
The Yunduo, actually ‘cloud’, is offered in 4 variations and goes on sale with a beginning value of RMB95,800, which converts to round $A20,000. Successive variations are priced at RMB103,800, RMB115,800, and RMB123,800 respectively.
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With pre-orders already opened, Baojun Yunduo introduced a day later that reservations had already surpassed 5,000 on launch night time.
Measuring 4,295 mm in size, 1,850 mm in width and 1,652 mm in peak, with a wheelbase of two,700 mm, the Baojun Yunduo boasts peak energy of 100kW and peak torque of 200Nm.
Batteries for the Baojun Yunduo will reportedy by lithium iron phosphate with capacities of 37.9kWh and 50.6kWh, leading to ranges of 360km and 460km, respectively (CLTC).
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SAIC-GM-Wuling Vehicle was fashioned in 2002 as a three way partnership between SAIC Motor, Basic Motors, and Liuzhou Wuling Motors. Promoting vehicles underneath the Wuling and Baojun marques, SAIC-GM-Wuling recorded “new vitality car (NEV)” gross sales of 622,000 in 2022.
Credit score to CnEVPost for its protection of Chinese language-language bulletins.
Joshua S. Hill is a Melbourne-based journalist who has been writing about local weather change, clear know-how, and electrical autos for over 15 years. He has been reporting on electrical autos and clear applied sciences for Renew Financial system and The Pushed since 2012. His most popular mode of transport is his toes.