GM and SAIC expands sales in China double electrolicious

8 October 2019

JV SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile launches the sale of electric car Baojun E200 throughout Pornebony

Company SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile – a joint venture for production of cars of American General Motors and Chinese company SAIC Motor Corp., last month presented its two-seater for sales throughout China.

Sitikar E200, which is manufactured under the budget Baojun brand, is available in two versions Zhixing 54 for the price of 800 yuan ($7697) with multifunction steering wheel,

7 inch optitron Central colour display, Central locking, electrically adjustable seats with leather upholstery, Keyless entry system, ABS, EBD/CBC and the mode of motion and recovery) or Zhixiang (optional EBA/BAS/BA ASR/TCS/TRC, ESC/ESP/DSC, electric Windows and mirrors, rear view camera and so on.) at a price of 64 800 yuan ($9100) with accounting for government grants

and also with a warranty of eight years or 120 000 kilometers on its rechargeable system.

Electric citymobil E200 dimensions 2497х1526х1616 mm and an electric motor with a capacity of 29 kW and ΜM=110 N•m is designed for urban traffic, and its cruising range per charge is 250 km (in the version 2019 with a battery up to 24 kWh of capacity – a bus). The maximum speed of the E200 reaches 100 km/h.

According to the press service of the GM, an electric car with a wheelbase of only 1600 mm and a turning radius of 3.8 meters makes it easy to Park and make to maneuver in the tight places.

The automaker adds that about 43% of the electric car is made of ultra-high-strength and high-strength steel, which allowed him to pass rigid crash tests.

The Baojun E200 electric vehicle first went on sale in September 2018 in the South-Western Chinese city of Liuzhou, where is the joint venture SAIC-GM-Wuling. Still it was implemented only in Liuzhou, and a limited number of other cities in China.

Cumulative sales of the model city electric car exceeded 22.2 thousand by the end of August, according to GM.

The Baojun model E200 is a modernized version of the model, Baojun E100 – the first electric vehicle released by joint venture SAIC-GM-Wuling.

Accordingly Baojun E100 was launched in Liuzhou in 2017.
JV SAIC-GM-Wuling manufactures and sells passenger cars budget brand Baojun and microvan and minivan brand Wuling.

To comply with the rules imposed by Beijing to stimulate manufacturers to expand production of electric vehicles, the joint venture SAIC-GM, start selling all-electric compact sedan the Buick Velite 6 with a starting price of 165 800 yuan after government subsidies.

Currently Velite 6 is the only electric vehicle development GM, which is now officially made in China.

PS Output the local model of electric car on the market obschekitayskom evidence of the gradual maturation of this segment, which in the short term should be on the order of Beijing is much more significant place in the national auto industry and GM doesn't want to be here among lagging no matter what the us-China trade war..