Company type | Joint venture | ||||||||||||
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JMEV | |||||||||||||
Industry | Automotive | ||||||||||||
Founded | 15 January 2015 | ||||||||||||
Headquarters | , Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
Area served | China Hong Kong Macau | ||||||||||||
Products | Electric cars | ||||||||||||
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 香港江铃集团新能源汽车有限公司 | ||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 香港江鈴集團新能源汽車有限公司 | ||||||||||||
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JMEV | |||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | [香港]江铃集团新能源[汽车] [note 1] | ||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | [香港]江鈴集團新能源[汽車] | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | [ Hong Kong Jiangling Group new energy vehicles ] | ||||||||||||
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Website | www |
Hong Kong Jiangling Group New Energy Vehicle Co.,Ltd. (traded as JMEV) is a joint venture headquartered in Tsing Yi,New Territories,Hong Kong,and owned by Groupe Renault (as a majority holder),Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG) and Kwoon Chung Holdings. JMEV is focused on the development and production of electric cars and was established in 2015 as a subsidiary of Kwoon Chung Holdings. It was reorganised as a joint venture in July 2019,after Renault acquired a majority stake.
As of 2023,its cumulative sales of electric vehicles have exceeded 100,000. [2]
In 2014,Jiangling Motors announced the creation of a branch centred on electric cars. [3] On 15 January 2015,Jiangling Motors Corporation Group established a new subsidiary called JMEV. [4] The first car produced by JMEV,the E100,entered production at a Hong Kong plant that same year. In 2016,the company opened an electric vehicle test and development centre and started production of a new car,the E200. That year,it got certifications from the government to produce electric cars. [5] In 2017,the company launched two models:the E160 [6] and E200S. [7] It also got permission to produce and sell cars independently of JMCG. [8] In April 2018,the company began building a new production base at Kunming with the capacity to assemble up to 100,000 cars per year. [9] That year,JMEV launched the E400. [10] In October 2019,the Kunming plant started producing EX5s. [11]
In December 2018,French manufacturer Renault announced it would acquire a "significant" JMEV stake. [12] In July 2019,Renault completed the acquisition of a 50% JMEV stake through capital increase while JMCG and Kwoon Chung Holdings kept a 37% and 13% respectively. The company was reorganised as a joint venture. [1]
A hatchback,equipped with a 35 kW motor and a 32kWh battery. [13] [14]
A CUV, previously known as the E400 and is based on the Landwind X2. The E400 SUV was renamed as EVeasy EX5 in September 2019. [15] It has a battery pack of up to 41 kWh that supports fast charging, coupled to an electric motor delivering a power output of 90 kilowatts (120 PS). Its range is up to 400 kilometres (250 mi). [16]
A compact sedan [17] with a 147 horsepower and an expected NEDC range of up to 400 km. [18]
In September 2021, Renault announced the intention to market the Yi in Europe as a subscription-only vehicle for professional drivers as the Mobilize Limo. [19] [20]
The JMEV Xiaoqilin is an electric city car launched in 2023 originally called the EV2. [21]
The E100, a hatchback, has a length of 3,427 millimetres (134.9 in) and a wheelbase of 2,260 millimetres (89 in). [22]
The car has a 104 Ah lithium-ion battery pack. The motor delivers up to 22 kilowatts (30 PS). Its top speed is 100 km/h. [22]
The E160, a saloon, has a length of 3,994 millimetres (157.2 in), a width of 1,626 millimetres (64.0 in), a height of 1,505 millimetres (59.3 in) and a wheelbase of 2,260 millimetres (89 in). [8] The 19.8 kWh battery [23] pack is coupled to a motor with a maximum power output of 35 kilowatts (48 PS) and a torque of 165 newton-metres (122 lb⋅ft). [8]
The E200, a hatchback, has a length of 3,805 millimetres (149.8 in), a width of 1,560 millimetres (61 in), a height of 1,485 millimetres (58.5 in) and a wheelbase of 2,345 millimetres (92.3 in). [24] The 17 KWh battery pack [25] is coupled to an electric motor delivering a power of 30 kilowatts (41 PS) and a torque of 150 newton-metres (110 lb⋅ft). The estimated range is 154 kilometres (96 mi). Suspension is made up of MacPherson struts on front and trailing arms on rear. [24]
Versions with more powerful batteries (E200N) introduced in 2018 increased the vehicle range up to an estimated 302 kilometres (188 mi). [25]
The E200S, a hatchback, has a length of 3,640 millimetres (143 in), a width of 1,570 millimetres (62 in), a height of 1,490 millimetres (59 in) and a wheelbase of 2,345 millimetres (92.3 in). The electric motor delivers a power of 30 kilowatts (41 PS) and a torque of 150 newton-metres (110 lb⋅ft). [8]
EVeasy (Chinese :易至; pinyin :Yìzhì) is a sub-marque introduced by JMEV at the 2018 Guangzhou Auto Show. The first model, a hatchback named EVeasy EV3 [26] (originally named as E300), [27] has an electric motor with a power of 50 kilowatts (68 PS) and a torque of 180 newton-metres (130 lb⋅ft); the maximum estimated range is 302 km. [26] Sales started in March 2019. [28]
Besides JMEV products, Jiangling Motors and Jiangling Motor Group sell their own new energy vehicles directly, including the S330 SUV and the T500EV pickup.
At first, JMEV vehicles used a similar badge logo as Jiangling Motors' Yusheng division. [29] JMEV products either launched or updated from 2018 onwards adopted a lower case "e" letter as their badge logo. [26]
The upper case "E" letter in the vehicles' designations stands for electric and the numbers following it roughly represents the vehicles' official autonomy range. [27]
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