A thing we didn't know

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 02/16/2018 at 16:13 • Filed to: BAIC EC-series

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What’s the best selling electric car in the world right now?

(Tesla fanboys and girls put their hands up)

“It’s Tesla. Elon! Elon! Elon!”

Nope, you’ve been drinking too deeply at the well of Elon Musk.

The best selling electric car in the world at the moment isn’t made by Tesla. Neither is it the Leaf.

Instead, feast your eyes on the BAIC EC-series in all its orangeness (other shades available).

Sophisticated it isn’t. The EC has a 20 kWh battery, a 41 bhp motor, a speed of just 100 kmh and a range of 180 km (NEDC cycle). It’s cheap though and is the market leader in China, whose EV market is supplied almost entirely by local makers. That market is so large that the humble EC is the best seller in the world as well.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Cé hé sin 02/16/2018 at 16:36

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I saw a Coda the other day.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Cé hé sin 02/16/2018 at 16:53

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how many sales last year?

Cé hé sin > pip bip - choose Corrour 02/16/2018 at 16:57

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Annual sales last year were only about 45,000 but monthly it’s running at something like 13,000 . Sales only took off late last year so 2017 wouldn’t be representative.

fintail > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/16/2018 at 18:00

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Someone at my workplace has one of these. I don’t know if they like it, as it is usually quite dirty.

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > fintail 02/16/2018 at 18:05

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It just looks like an appliance to me, just and A to B electric car, I don’t see much to be excited about!

fintail > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 02/16/2018 at 18:11

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To me it looks like a parallel universe 2005 Civic. Probably invisible in traffic.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Cé hé sin 02/16/2018 at 21:19

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This actually doesn’t surprise me one bit.

Mercedes Streeter > fintail 02/20/2018 at 17:07

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It’s one of those GTA cars where most of the design is inspired by one car, with bits from other cars.

In this case, it’s Honda Civic meets Chevy Impala.

fintail > Mercedes Streeter 02/20/2018 at 21:11

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Can’t unsee the rear lights. Must be cheap to run, I can’t imagine any other reason to keep it, other than having a fetish for extra-obscure unicorns.