This big big
world needs more small small Jeeps. She is called the Fulidai Red Panda, a
new LSEV on the the 2017 Jinan EV Show. Its a two-door three-seat hatchback with a Jeep
nose and blue lights. It also has white bumpers and wheel arches, sporty
wheels, a sun roof, and blue search lights.
The interior is as basic-utility as the Jeeps of
lore! But with a handlebar instead of a steering wheel. There are no pedals,
all the controls are on the wheel, including the brake and the accelerator. The
dash has a central display for the usual LSEV stuff like range and speed, and
smaller display on the right for the infotainment. The infotainment system is
controlled by the radio-like unit below it. It has slots for USB and SD, and it
can play MP4 and MP3.
The Fulidai Red Panda is named after the red panda. It is powered by an electric motor with exactly
one horsepower. The motor is mated to a 48 volt lead-acid battery. One horse
and 48 volt are low values even for an LSEV, and it shows: top speed is just 25
km/h and range is only 50 kilometer. Dimension size is 2400/1150/1600 mm. Price for all this
Jeep-pretty starts at a decent 12,088 yuan or US$ 1752.
The rear is wildly shaped with a bulbous rear window
and a fake spare wheel cover. There is no door at the back, you can only use
the side doors to stuff stuff in, but happily these are very large, and fitted
with a shiny silver handle.
The Fulidai Red Panda is made by a company called
Dezhou Fuxing Electric Car (web), based in the great city of
Dezhou in Shandong Province, a hotbed of LSEV manufacturing. They make various LSEVs including a crazy mini-MPV in Previa style kinda thing, and they
also got some nice pics of the
factory.
Cr : Carnewschina
