Wuling Hong Guang Mini EV: PRICE and Opportunity won the hearts of the Chinese people. Maybe this should be the KGP "Ysera"?

It looks like General Motors has worked with China's SAIC to find a way to meet the needs of customers who need it. cheap vehicles. The Wuling Hong Guang Mini EV, which starts at 28 yuan, equivalent to 800 zlotys, has been the best-selling electric car in China for 17 months.

Wuling Hong Guang Mini Electric Vehicle = Low Price + Good Opportunity = Development Direction

Wuling Hong Guang Mini Electric Vehicle Prices they start at the aforementioned 28 RMB, very well-equipped models, including air-conditioned Chinese pay 38 RMB, which is equivalent to 800 PLN... This makes it the cheapest electric car in the Middle Kingdom.

The Wuling Mini EV is not a car, it's a microcar, in European nomenclature it would be classified as a heavy quad like the Renault Twizy. So it doesn't have to go through a series of official tests, it doesn't have to have controlled compression zones or even airbags. And they are not there. He has for this Batteries capacity 9,2 or 13,8 kWh (optional) allowing it to cover up to 120 or 170 NEDC units on a single charge.

This gives it accordingly 80 and 115 kilometers of range in mixed mode, when driving around the city - from 90 to 130 kilometers without recharging. Car engine offers power 13 kW (18 hp), 20 kW (27 hp) in the Macaron version, which allows acceleration to 100 km / h maximum. This specification of the Mini EV, combined with the sensational price tag, convinced the Chinese. According to data collected by InsideEVs, The Wulang Mini EV has been the most popular four-wheeled electric vehicle in China for 11 months., in July it found 30,7 thousand buyers.

Even the record-breaking Tesla achieves about half that result.

What if Ysera looked like a Wuling Hong Guang Mini electric car?

Having said all this, we start to wonder Shouldn't the Polish electric car "Ysera" be like this? The Wuling Hong Guang Mini EV may not be the prettiest, Poles don't like ATVs because they don't command the same respect as the Audi A4 imported from Germany. But What if we launch an electric car on the market for 17-23 thousand zlotys?

The average price of a car purchased in Poland is around PLN 20. Such a Wuling Mini EV "Made in Poland" may convince some buyers, especially that to travel 100 kilometers costs about 10 zlotys (tariff G11). In addition, there is no need to change the oil, candles, cut off the particulate filters, and the whole service consists in topping up the washer fluid and plugging it in every few days.

The Chinese electrician is not currently offered in Poland, after importing it and subject to duties or surcharges, it will probably cost PLN 10 more. But what if it had been filed locally? ...

Close-up of a small Chinese electrician:

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