Jiangxi Jiangling Group New Energy Vehicle Co., Ltd. (traded as JMEV) is a joint venture headquartered in Hong Kong, China, and owned by Groupe Renault (as a majority holder), Jiangling Motors Corporation Group (JMCG) and The Government of Hong Kong. JMEV is focused on the development and production of electric cars 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.
As of 2023, its cumulative sales of electric vehicles have exceeded 100,000.[2]
In 2014, Jiangling Motors announced the creation of a branch centred on electric cars.[3] On 15 January 2015, Jiangling Motors Corporation Group established a new subsidiary called JMEV.[4] The first car produced by JMEV, the E100, entered production at a Nanchang plant that same year. In 2016, the company opened an electric vehicle 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.[5] In 2017, the company launched two models: the E160[6] and E200S.[7] It also got permission to produce and sell cars independently of JMCG.[8] In April 2018, the company began building a new production base at Kunming with the capacity to assemble up to 100,000 cars per year.[9] That year, JMEV launched the E400.[10] In October 2019, the Kunming plant started producing EX5s.[11]
In December 2018, French manufacturer Renault announced it would acquire a "significant" JMEV stake.[12] 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 joint venture.[1]
A CUV, previously known as the E400 and is based on the Landwind X2. The E400 SUV was renamed as EVeasy EX5 in September 2019.[15] It has a battery pack of up to 41 kWh that supports fast charging, coupled to an electric motor delivering a power output of 90 kilowatts (120 PS). Its range is up to 400 kilometres (250 mi).[16]
A compact sedan[17] with a 147 horsepower and an expected NEDC range of up to 400 km.[18]
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.[19][20]
The E160, a saloon, has a length of 3,994 millimetres (157.2 in), a width of 1,626 millimetres (64.0 in), a height of 1,505 millimetres (59.3 in) and a wheelbase of 2,260 millimetres (89 in).[8] The 19.8 kWh battery[23] pack is coupled to a motor with a maximum power output of 35 kilowatts (48 PS) and a torque of 165 newton-metres (122 lb⋅ft).[8]
The E200, a hatchback, has a length of 3,805 millimetres (149.8 in), a width of 1,560 millimetres (61 in), a height of 1,485 millimetres (58.5 in) and a wheelbase of 2,345 millimetres (92.3 in).[24] The 17 KWh battery pack[25] is coupled to an electric motor delivering a power of 30 kilowatts (41 PS) and a torque of 150 newton-metres (110 lb⋅ft). The estimated range is 154 kilometres (96 mi). Suspension is made up of MacPherson struts on front and trailing arms on rear.[24]
Versions with more powerful batteries (E200N) introduced in 2018 increased the vehicle range up to an estimated 302 kilometres (188 mi).[25]
The E200S, a hatchback, has a length of 3,640 millimetres (143 in), a width of 1,570 millimetres (62 in), a height of 1,490 millimetres (59 in) and a wheelbase of 2,345 millimetres (92.3 in). The electric motor delivers a power of 30 kilowatts (41 PS) and a torque of 150 newton-metres (110 lb⋅ft).[8]
EVeasy (Chinese: 易至; pinyin: Yìzhì) is a sub-marque introduced by JMEV at the 2018 Guangzhou Auto Show. The first model, a hatchback named EVeasy EV3[26] (originally named as E300),[27] has an electric motor with a power of 50 kilowatts (68 PS) and a torque of 180 newton-metres (130 lb⋅ft); the maximum estimated range is 302 km.[26] Sales started in March 2019.[28]
Besides JMEV products, Jiangling Motors and Jiangling Motor Group sell their own new energy vehicles directly, including the S330 SUV and the T500EV pickup.
At first, JMEV vehicles used a similar badge logo as Jiangling Motors' Yusheng division.[29] JMEV products either launched or updated from 2018 onwards adopted a lower case "e" letter as their badge logo.[26]
The upper case "E" letter in the vehicles' designations stands for electric and the numbers following it roughly represents the vehicles' official autonomy range.[27]
^ abZhang, Bei (17 July 2019). Duan, Siyao (ed.). "雷诺向江铃集团增资10亿元 控股江铃新能源" [Renault increased capital CN¥1 billion to take control of JMCG's JMEV]. nbd.com (in Chinese). National Business Daily. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
^"江铃将开发多款新能源车型" [Jiangling will develop a variety of new energy vehicles]. chinanews.com (in Chinese). 9 February 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^Zhang, Jie; Sun, Xiaomeng. "第七张新能源汽车生产资质发放，江铃汽车Get！" [The seventh new energy vehicle production permit is issued. Jiangling Motors got it!]. sohu.com (in Chinese). Sohu. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^Zhang, Bei (24 December 2018). "雷诺在华第4家合资公司，为啥选了江铃？" [Renault's fourth joint venture in China, why did it choose Jiangling?]. nbd.com (in Chinese). National Business Daily. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^"江铃E160" [Jiangling E160]. evzhidao.con (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^"江铃E200S" [Jiangling E200S]. evzhidao.con (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^ abcdXu, Wei (28 April 2017). "试驾江铃新能源E160/E200S" [Test drive of Jiangling New Energy's E160/E200S]. xcar.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^"江铃E400" [Jiangling E400]. evzhidao.con (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^"江铃集团新能源汽车昆明基地首款SUV车型下线" [JMEV Kunming base's first SUV model off the assembly line]. sina.cn (in Chinese). 30 October 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
^Zhao, Yudi (19 September 2019). "补贴后售11.58万元起 江铃易至EX5上市" [EVeasy EX5 on sale. From CN¥115,800 after subsidies]. Autohome (in Chinese). Retrieved 4 September 2019.
^"江铃集团新能源汽车 昆明基地项目开工" [Jiangling Group's new energy vehicle Kunming base project started]. iauto.ifeng.com (in Chinese). 11 April 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
^ abWang, Hao (26 December 2015). "江铃E100电动车申报图 最高时速100km/" [Jiangling E100 electric vehicle details. The top speed is 100km/h]. sina.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^"JM 160 EV". wattev2buy.com. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
^ ab"娇小可人 代步神车 试驾江铃新能源E200" [Small and pleasant travel car, test drive of Jiangling New Energy's E200]. diandong.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 19 January 2019.
^ ab"JM 200 EV". wattev2buy.com. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
^ abc"易至EV3：个性十足又聪明的纯电小车" [EVeasy EV3: smart pure electric car]. Automotive News Gasgoo (in Chinese). 21 January 2019. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ ab"江铃新能源易至E300更名EV3 或2019年3月上市" [Jiangling's new energy E300 renamed as EVeasy EV3. On sale in March 2019]. Automotive News Gasgoo (in Chinese). 31 December 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^"江铃集团新能源公司众正式发布新品牌"易至汽车"" [JMEV officially released the new EVeasy marque]. Auto Weekly (in Chinese). 28 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
^"江铃微型纯电动车更换新LOGO 明年上市" [Jiangling's mini pure electric car new logo will be out next year]. d1ev.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 21 January 2019.
