The Impressive Engineering Behind The Cheapest Electric Car In The World

[kobayashiGT]

The Impressive Engineering Behind The Cheapest Electric Car In The World

 

 

The cheapest new electric car in the world, the $1,200 Changli Nemeca from Chinese e-commerce website Alibaba, is a truly amazing machine. This became clear as soon as my coworker Jason Torchinsky unboxed the car and saw its unexpected features, and even more so when he drove it. But it wasn’t until he and I looked at the tech under the skin that we truly realized the Changli’s unbelievable value. Here’s a look at the engineering behind the incredible 1.1 horsepower Changli. Jason had a vision last year: He was going to buy the cheapest electric car in the world from Alibaba, ship it across the ocean to the U.S., deal with all the customs paperwork, truck the car down to his place in North Carolina, and show the world what the wackiest form of EV ownership looks like. Amazingly, despite uncertainty within our company, and despite the coronavirus and related economic turmoil, he pulled it off. The car that began life in Jiangsu, China now sits in Jason’s backyard in Chapel Hill, where the machine immediately blew us away with its impressive features.

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Woah. got coilovers sia. Legit!

 

[Beregond]

Love it or hate it.

The day when every country switch to EV is the day when china car flood the market

[kobayashiGT]

15 minutes ago, Beregond said:

Love it or hate it.

The day when every country switch to EV is the day when china car flood the market

1,200 + 30K (COE) = It will be the cheapest car in the market!!!

[inlinesix]

@kobayashiGT

This is actually PMA.  Not EV.

The reason there is a cab is because of WINTER.

[kobayashiGT]

31 minutes ago, inlinesix said:

@kobayashiGT

This is actually PMA.  Not EV.

The reason there is a cab is because of WINTER.

hahaha, cannot qualify as EV arh? 😅

damn. the tyres so skinny. maintenance sure very cheap one. Just need to buy better insurance only. hahha.

[inlinesix]

5 minutes ago, kobayashiGT said:

hahaha, cannot qualify as EV arh? 😅

damn. the tyres so skinny. maintenance sure very cheap one. Just need to buy better insurance only. hahha.

Search "代步車" in Taobao.  I had seen a lot of it in Beijing.

[Watwheels]

Aiyo. I rather drive a golf cart.

If the future EV is like that ppl will hold on to their petrol/diesel cars.

Edited June 13, 2020 by Watwheels

[Jamesc]

6 hours ago, kobayashiGT said:

1,200 + 30K (COE) = It will be the cheapest car in the market!!!

OK you convinced me to get for my MIL.

Way over engineered.

Front steering should just be motorbike steering like Arcimoto.

Save a lot of weight and money.

[Karoon]

The Chinese need to understand to make something fashionable takes more than just pasting the Fashion sticker on things. 

[Sdf4786k]

On 6/13/2020 at 5:03 PM, Karoon said:

The Chinese need to understand to make something fashionable takes more than just pasting the Fashion sticker on things. 

thats not stopping people from pasting ralliart stickers on their proton as well..

[Victor68]

On 6/13/2020 at 4:51 PM, Jamesc said:

OK you convinced me to get for my MIL.

Way over engineered.

Front steering should just be motorbike steering like Arcimoto.

Save a lot of weight and money.

On 6/13/2020 at 5:03 PM, Karoon said:

The Chinese need to understand to make something fashionable takes more than just pasting the Fashion sticker on things. 

Actually this is a very practical mode of transport for our tiny red dot. 

[Stratovarius]

On 6/13/2020 at 10:00 AM, kobayashiGT said:

The Impressive Engineering Behind The Cheapest Electric Car In The World

 

 

The cheapest new electric car in the world, the $1,200 Changli Nemeca from Chinese e-commerce website Alibaba, is a truly amazing machine. This became clear as soon as my coworker Jason Torchinsky unboxed the car and saw its unexpected features, and even more so when he drove it. But it wasn’t until he and I looked at the tech under the skin that we truly realized the Changli’s unbelievable value. Here’s a look at the engineering behind the incredible 1.1 horsepower Changli. Jason had a vision last year: He was going to buy the cheapest electric car in the world from Alibaba, ship it across the ocean to the U.S., deal with all the customs paperwork, truck the car down to his place in North Carolina, and show the world what the wackiest form of EV ownership looks like. Amazingly, despite uncertainty within our company, and despite the coronavirus and related economic turmoil, he pulled it off. The car that began life in Jiangsu, China now sits in Jason’s backyard in Chapel Hill, where the machine immediately blew us away with its impressive features.

 

my coilover cost 2 times as much as this ev liao.

[inlinesix]

This one cuter