{"id":22515,"date":"2022-05-18T09:04:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T13:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22515"},"modified":"2022-05-18T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T13:04:09","slug":"china-wuling-hongguang-ev-sales-april2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=22515","title":{"rendered":"China: Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV Notes Its First Sales Drop"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV entered the market in June 2020 and quickly became the best-selling electric vehicle in China. Since then, the SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture (between SAIC, GM and Liuzhou Wuling Motors) sold more than 650,000 units within less than two years.<\/p>\n

This entry-level, ultra-affordable electric microcar at peak months was able to reach 40,000 (including in March<\/a>) or even 50,000 units. But in recent months, the rate of growth has slowed down, most likely due to parts supply challenges, new competitive models, and lockdowns in China.<\/p>\n

According to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA)’s data (via Moneyball<\/em>), in April, some 24,908<\/strong> Wuling Hong Guang MINI EVs were sold, which is 6% less than a year ago.<\/p>\n

* CPCA reports wholesale shipments, not registrations\/deliveries.<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s probably also the lowest result since February 2021. Only time will tell whether this is a temporary slowdown or production\/sales are stabilizing.<\/p>\n

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Year-to-date, some 119,686 units were sold (up 21%). The growth rate is positive, but far behind the overall plug-in car market, which in Q1 expanded by 130% year-over-year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, the Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV remains the #1 selling all-electric vehicle in China after the first four months of this year.<\/p>\n

The next best-selling model is the Tesla Model Y with about 75,000 units, although if one would count all of the BYD Qin versions (BEV and PHEV), it would be at over 99,000.<\/p>\n

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Wuling – Hong Guang MINI EV specs:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Two battery\/range options
    120 km (75 miles) of range using 9.3 kWh battery
    170 km (106 miles) of range using 13.9 kWh battery<\/li>\n
  • top speed of 100 km\/h (62 mph)<\/li>\n
  • electric motor: 20 kW peak and 85 Nm<\/li>\n
  • 4 seats<\/li>\n
  • 741 liters of space with the rear seats folded down<\/li>\n
  • 2,917 millimeters long, 1,493 millimeters wide and 1,621 millimeters high, with a 1,940-millimeter wheelbase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    An upgraded version of the vehicle is expected to be launched in the near future:<\/p>\n

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    • over 300 km (186 miles); (instead of 120 or 170 km)
      to qualify for subsidies as well as collect more zero-emission credits<\/li>\n
    • 26 kWh battery (instead of 9.3 kWh or 13.9 kWh)<\/li>\n
    • 30 kW electric motor (instead of 20 kW)<\/li>\n
    • 4 seats<\/li>\n
    • wheelbase of 2,010 mm vs 1,940 mm, and a length of 2,997 mm vs 2,917<\/li>\n
    • a higher price to be at least partially offset by the incentives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      The Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV entered the market in June 2020 and quickly became the best-selling electric vehicle in China. Since then, the SAIC-GM-Wuling joint venture (between SAIC, GM and Liuzhou Wuling Motors) sold more than 650,000 units within less than two years. This entry-level, ultra-affordable electric microcar at peak months was able to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22515\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}