JMEV is a

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headquartered in

Nanchang Nanchang (, ; ) is the capital of Jiangxi Province, People's Republic of China. Located in the north-central part of the province and in the hinterland of Poyang Lake Plain, it is bounded on the west by the Jiuling Mountains, and on the east ...

, China, and owned by

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(as a majority holder),

Jiangling Motors Corporation Group Jiangling Motors Corporation Group Co., Ltd. (JMCG) is a Chinese state-owned holding mostly operating in the automotive industry. It was established in 1947 and is headquartered in Nanchang, Jiangxi. JMCG has various production facilities and, ...

(JMCG) and China Agricultural Development Construction Fund Corporation. JMEV is focused on the development and production of

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s and was established in 2015 as a subsidiary of JMCG. It was reorganised as a joint venture in July 2019, after Renault acquired a majority stake.

History

In 2014,

Jiangling Motors Jiangling Motors Corporation Limited, abbreviated JMC, is a Chinese automobile manufacturer. According to company and press reports, the largest shareholder of JMC is Jiangling Investment, a company controlled equally by the state-owned enterpris ...

announced the creation of a branch centred on

s. On 15 January 2015,

established a new subsidiary called JMEV. The first car produced by JMEV, the E100, entered production at a

plant that same year. In 2016, the company opened an

electric vehicle An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle that uses one or more electric motors for propulsion. It can be powered by a collector system, with electricity from extravehicular sources, or it can be powered autonomously by a battery (sometimes cha ...

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. In 2017, the company launched two models: the E160 and E200S. It also got permission to produce and sell cars independently of JMCG. In April 2018, the company began building a new production base at

Kunming Kunming (; ), also known as Yunnan-Fu, is the capital and largest city of Yunnan province, China. It is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of the province as well as the seat of the provincial government. The headquar ...

with the capacity to assemble up to 100,000 cars per year. That year, JMEV launched the E400. In October 2019, the Kunming plant started producing EX5s. In December 2018, French manufacturer

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announced it would acquire a "significant" JMEV stake. In July 2019, Renault completed the acquisition of a 50% JMEV stake through capital increase while JMCG and China Agricultural Development Construction Fund Corporation kept a 37% and 13% respectively. The company was reorganised as a

Models

Current

JMEV EV3 (previously E300)

A hatchback, equipped with a 35kW motor and a 32kWh battery.

JMEV EX5

A CUV, previously known as the E400 and is based on the

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. The E400 SUV was renamed as EVeasy EX5 in September 2019. It has a battery pack of up to 41 kWh that supports fast charging, coupled to an electric motor delivering a power output of . Its range is up to .

JMEV Yi The JMEV Yi, also known as the Mobilize Limo, is a battery electric small family car (C-segment), produced by the French car manufacturer Renault through its subsidiary Mobilize, in a joint venture with Jiangling Motors Corporation Group through ...
(GSE)

A compact sedan with a 147 horsepower and an expected NEDC range of up to 400 km. 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. File:JMEV E400 01 China 2018-03-15.jpg, JMEV E400 File:JMEV Yi front.jpg, JMEV Yi (GSE)

Future

JMEV Xiaoqilin The JMEV Xiaoqilin is an electric city car produced by JMEV, a joint venture between Renault and Chinese manufacturer Jiangling, which produces and markets electric cars in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is ...

E100

The E100, a

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, has a length of and a wheelbase of . The car has a 104 Ah

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battery pack. The motor delivers up to . Its top speed is 100 km/h.

E160

The E160, a saloon, has a length of , a width of , a height of and a wheelbase of . The 19.8 kWh battery pack is coupled to a motor with a maximum power output of and a torque of .

E200

The E200, a hatchback, has a length of , a width of , a height of and a wheelbase of . The 17 KWh battery pack is coupled to an electric motor delivering a power of and a torque of . The estimated range is . Suspension is made up of

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s on front and

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s on rear. Versions with more powerful batteries (E200N) introduced in 2018 increased the vehicle range up to an estimated .

E200S

The E200S, a hatchback, has a length of , a width of , a height of and a wheelbase of . The electric motor delivers a power of and a torque of .

EVeasy models

EVeasy () is a sub-marque introduced by JMEV at the 2018

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. The first model, a hatchback named EVeasy EV3 (originally named as E300), has an electric motor with a power of and a torque of ; the maximum estimated range is 302 km. Sales started in March 2019. File:JMEV E100 China 2018-03-13.jpg, JMEV E100 File:JMCG E160 003.jpg, JMEV E160 File:JMEV E200S China 2018-03-13.jpg, JMEV E200S

Other Jiangling-named new energy vehicles

Besides JMEV products, Jiangling Motors and Jiangling Motor Group sell their own

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s directly, including the S330 SUV and the T500EV pickup.

Branding

At first, JMEV vehicles used a similar badge logo as Jiangling Motors' Yusheng division. JMEV products either launched or updated from 2018 onwards adopted a lower case "e" letter as their badge logo. The upper case "E" letter in the vehicles' designations stands for and the numbers following it roughly represents the vehicles' official autonomy range.

Notes

References

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