This little red beauty is the new Baojun E200, a
small electric car from China. It is not some fancy pansy concept car; the
Baojun E200 is for real, and it will launch on the Chinese car market next
month. It is a crazy looking thing, but in a very good way. It also is a
very clean design, almost Apple-like. Wheels look brilliant.
The Baojun E200 is powered by a single electric
motor located over the front axle. Output is 39 hp. Top speed is 100 km/h.
Range (NEDC) is 210 kilometers. Size is 2497/1526/1616 mm, and wheelbase is 1600 mm. The
interiordesign is just beautiful. Very futuristic. Steering wheel with a thin
rim, and the top of the center is in red so it blends in with the dashboard
color scheme. There is a small screen in front of the driver, and another
screen in the middle.
Bojun is an entry level brand under the
SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture, in which General Motors has a 43% stake. The
other partners are SAIC (aka Shanghai Auto) and Wuling Automotive. SAIC and GM are also tied up in
the giant Shanghai-GM joint venture that makes Buick, Chevrolet, and Cadillac
cars for the Chinese market.
Baojun makes a line of perfectly decent petrol
powered cars. Next to that they make a series of electric cars. Their first
electric baby was the Baojun E100, which launched last year. Price hasn’t been announced yet,
but a good guesstimate would be about 70.000 yuan after subsidies. The
Baojun E200 is worth twice as much for the design alone.
