GreenWheel EV (Chinese: 陆地方舟)， full name Shenzhen Greenwheel Electric Vehicle Group Co., Ltd （深圳市陆地方舟新能源电动车集团有限公司）is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Guangdong, China, that specializes in developing electric buses and low-speed electric vehicle or Neighborhood Electric Vehicles.
GreenWheel EV was founded in January 2000[citation needed] and is based in Guangdong, China. They started out making neighborhood electric vehicles. In May 2017, they got a permit to start selling and building highway legal vehicles. They built a 50,000 unit plant in Mingcheng Industrial Park, which costed $267 million.[2] GreenWheel EV built a mini city called EV Valley. It includes their factory, research factory, parts integration center, a conference center, education and training center, vehicle theme park, race track, new energy museum, hotel, and electric vehicle demonstration center.[3]
Their first vehicle was the J0 small hatchback. It was based on the Renault Zoe. It was shown in 2012, but failed to make production.[4]
The company's second vehicle was the V5, an electric crossover. It uses a 16 kWh battery and has 47 horsepower. Its dimensions are 4045 mm/1737 mm/1643 mm, a wheelbase of 2500 mm, and a weight of 1,380 kg.[5][6]
The GreenWheel EV Jummer, also called the Jimma,[7] convertible was first shown in 2010. It was not street legal, and was mainly on golf courts. It was remade in 2014 at the China Hi-Tech Fair in Shenzhen. It was made into a Cabriolet in 2011 and a Hard Top in 2013. Its dimensions measure 3660 mm/1600 mm/1700 mm, and has a wheelbase of 2335 mm.[8]
The JEV is a compact hatchback with 5 doors and 4 seats. Its dimensions are 4631 mm/1789 mm/1470 mm. It comes in a Basic Type, Comfortable Type, and Luxurious Type. The JEV has a 18.5 kW lead-acid battery.[9]
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Current models
GreenWheel EV currently has 3 production vehicles.
