Wuling Nano EV is a tiny electric car

Various Chinese car manufacturers supply tiny electric city cars in the homeland, including Baojun and Wuling. They are both brands of SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile, a joint venture that includes General Motors and the Chinese car maker SAIC Motor. Wuling is already selling the intensely popular Hongguang Mini EV in China, an electric urban rascal that is now getting the Nano EV as a smaller brother.

The Wuling Nano EV is, as its name suggests, even smaller than its ‘big brother’ Mini EV. Where the Mini EV is 2.92 meters long, the Nano EV with its almost 2.5 meters is another 40 centimeters shorter. The wheelbase of the Nano EV is also significantly smaller at 1.6 meters than that of the Mini EV (1.94 meters).

Baojun E200

Does the Nano EV look familiar to you? That may very well be true. In fact, the Wuling Nano EV is a modified E200 from sister brand Baojun. The Wuling Nano EV has been given its own face, although the back of the little one is equipped with the same light units as the original. The bumpers, the 12-inch wheels and the finish of the interior are slightly different on the Nano EV. Unlike the Mini EV, the Nano EV is specifically aimed at young people. How do you best address young people? Exactly, with a Disney version. At least that was Wuling’s thinking when it introduced the Nano EV to the public as a Disney Special Edition.

Although the Nano EV is noticeably smaller than the Mini EV, it has better specifications. For example, the Nano EV has a 28 kWh battery, while the larger Mini EV has to make do with a 9.2 or 13.8 kWh. In addition, the electric motor in the Wuling Nano EV with 33 hp is no less than 83 percent stronger than that of the Mini EV (18 hp), although that sounds more intense than it is. The Wuling Nano EV must be able to squeeze more than 300 NEDC kilometers from its battery pack. Its top speed is set at 100 km/h. Prices are still unknown.