WEY is going to the Frankfurt Motor Show. Great
Wall's new WEY brand will be present at next week's Frankfurt Motor Show. WEY
has said they will launch a new car, their "first plug-in hybrid".
That is most likely the production version of the
WEY Pi4 VV7c, a plug-in hybrid concept that debuted earlier this
year in Shanghai.
The hybrid drive train combines a 235 hp petrol
engine with a 115 hp electric motor, good for a claimed combined output of 350
horses. Range on electric-only is 50 kilometers and 0-100 km/h takes 6.5 seconds.
Charging takes just four hours on 220V.
Impressive numbers but it was of course a concept
car, albeit one that looked remarkably close to production. If the real thing
has a similar drivetrain it would be the most powerful WEY in the lineup.
And it would also be the first
mass-produced Great Wall hybrid SUV. The Haval and WEY brands offer exactly
zero new-energy vehicles (NEVs) at the moment. Great Wall is far behind the
competition when it comes to NEVs. The only NEV they sell is an EV-version of
the ancient Great Wall C30 sedan.
A hybrid WEY can't come fast enough.
