Zotye
Zhima E30 EV
The
new Zotye Zhima E30 has been unveiled on the 2015 Shanghai Auto Show in China. The
Zotye Zhima E30, formerly known as the Zotye E01, is a new electric vehicle for
the Chinese car market, featuring large angry looking headlights and a small
grille without the typical Zotye ‘Z’ logo.
The
Zhima E30 is powered by a small electric motor with 24 hp and 83 nm. Zotye
claims a top speed of 80 kilometer per hour and a range of 150 kilometer. We
are not sure it can really go eighty, 24 horses don’t seen enough to make a car
like the E30 that fast. Zotye’s other new EV, the E200, needs 84 hp to reach
the same speed.
The
80km/h is an important number, as it is one of the qualifiers for an official
government designation as a ‘real’ electric car, as in contrary to an LSEV mini
car. Buyers of a ‘real’ EV can apply for green-car subsidies, buyers of LSEV’s
can’t. The Zhima E30 seems very much an LSEV, so Zotye’s claims are
questionable at best.
The
interior is simply brilliant. Very clean and very well-designed, although
clearly inspired by the interior of the Tesla Model S.
A
huge vertically positioned touch screen, it seems bigger than the ones in the
Model S and the new Volvo XC90. Sadly and badly Zotye didn’t switch it on, so
we don’t have any photos of the graphics, and neither do we know whether the
thing actually works.
It
is a funky little thing and it could work well as a city car, but it just
doesn’t seem capable of going on the highway.
Source
: carnewschina
