Cowin C3R EV
The latest blue leaf on the green tree is this Cowin C3R EV, the
electric version of the Cowin C3R. The C3R EV, another such easy name,
will be launched on the Chinese
car market in October. Sadly, the production car won’t get the blue tires, but
customers can spec the blue roof and blue mirrors, and it has the usual.
Power comes from an electric motor with
57 Hp and 150 Nm, range will be 200 kilometer and it will top around 100
km/h. Price including subsidies will start around 90.000 yuan.
Blue interior will make it to the
production version. Blue is the color for green in China. Nobody really used
the term green car, it is all about NEV, or new energy vehicle,
which are divided by EVs and PHEVs.
Blue badge will remain. Blue line in
bumper will go. Blue tires are so hip. These ones look like they were painted
for the show. But it is possible to make real colored tires, as an inventive Chinese
company has shown. Maybe Cowin should talk to them.
Blue mirrors, blue grille, blue badges,
blue lines around the fog lights. Roof is not blue here but that will be
available as a color option. Blue tires are gone but Chery fitted partially
blue alloys, and hat is nice gesture and probably a good compromise. Tires are
narrower too, saving a few kWh of electricity.
