On February 26, Zotye’s Jiangnan Auto subsidiary officially launched the new Jiangnan U2 small electric vehicle (EV), which is available in six models, with prices ranging from CNY 56,800 to 98,800.
The vehicle is based on the J-Smart 1.0 battery electric platform. In terms of appearance, it features an urban retro aesthetics design, coupled with “回” shaped headlights and concealed door handles.
The vehicle has a wheelbase of 2,521mm, as well as a trunk volume of 300L that can be expanded to 750L with the second row of seats fully lowered.
The vehicle’s maximum range is 406km under the CLTC standard.
In terms of configuration, the vehicle features a 1.24-square-meter panoramic sunroof and the J-Pilot 1.0 intelligent driving assistance system.
The vehicle’s other parameters and configurations are yet to be officially unveiled.
From a Jiangnan Auto press release and the official webpage of the Jiangnan U2
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On December 19, Zotye Auto announced that Zhejiang Zotye Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd., its subsidiary, has recently signed an Exclusive Distribution and Service Agreement with Lvsai International Trade (Yongkang) Co., Ltd. (Lvsai International).
According to the agreement, Lvsai International will distribute products related to Zotye Auto’s T300 small-sized SUV and provide after-sales service in the Middle East. The two parties have agreed to sell 10,000 units of the model in 2022-2023 for a total amount of CNY 691.56 million.
From a Zotye Auto SZSE announcement
On October 20, the Overseas Edition of Zotye Auto's small-sized SUV T300 reached mass production and went offline at Yongkang production base in Zhejiang Province.
The Overseas Edition of the T300 is based on the i-AFA new energy platform, with its overall outline and appearance consistent to the T300, and is mainly for overseas markets including West Asia, South Asia, South America and the Middle East. The 2023 small-sized SUV T300L will be introduced to the Chinese domestic market simultaneously.
So far, Zotye Auto has set up R&D centers in Hangzhou of Zhejiang Province, Shanghai, and Guangzhou and Shenzhen of Guangdong Province, and has built three intelligent new energy platform architectures, the i-AFA, the i-BFA and the i-LFA, which realize the compatibility and scalability of architectures including body, chassis, engine and electrical equipment, and cover the markets of micro-sized, small-sized, compact, medium-sized and medium-to-large-sized vehicles.
In the future, Zotye Auto will comprehensively lay out in vehicle production, power batteries, key parts and components and vehicle leasing, connect the upstream and downstream of these industries, form deep integrate with new technologies including big data, Internet of Things and cloud computing, and ultimately establish an industrial ecosystem.
From a Zotye Auto official website press release