The tiny, all-electric Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV metropolis automobile continues its growth in China with one other nice month.

In keeping with the China Passenger Automobile Affiliation (CPCA), through Moneyball, some 26,592 Wuling Hong Guang MINI EVs had been offered in April, which is a number of occasions greater than within the case of some other electrical mannequin.

* CPCA reviews wholesale shipments, not registrations/deliveries.

For comparability, the top-selling electrical automobiles are the Tesla Mannequin 3 (6,264) and BYD Han BEV (5,746). Tesla’s result is lower than in previous months, whereas the Han is ramping as much as a brand new file degree (detailed BYD’s gross sales report back to observe quickly).

Throughout simply 4 months of this 12 months, the SAIC-GM-Wuling three way partnership has offered roughly 100,000 Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV (as much as 110,000 relying on information sources).

The cumulative quantity might be round 230,000 as of the top of April and it hasn’t even been 12 months for the reason that market launch.

It is clear that the Chinese language market was hungry for an entry-level, reasonably priced electrical automobile for primary transportation wants in cities. There are more and more enthusiasts of this tiny EV.

Subsequent 12 months we are going to in all probability see a convertible model of the automobile – the Hong Guang MINI EV Cabrio.

Wuling – Hong Guang MINI EV specs:

• Two battery/vary choices
  120 km (75 miles) of vary utilizing 9.3 kWh battery
  170 km (106 miles) of vary utilizing 13.9 kWh battery
• prime pace of 100 km/h (62 mph)
• electrical motor: 20 kW peak and 85 Nm
• 4 seats
• 741 liters of house with the rear seats folded down
• 2,917 millimeters lengthy, 1,493 millimeters broad and 1,621 millimeters excessive, with a 1,940-millimeter wheelbase