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Monday, February 17, 2020

CYNHO -- ORA R1

The ORA R1 is a car that you will definitely not be familiar with unless you live in China.  It was unveiled just last year, but still, it's a CYNHO, so here it is.
          ORA is a new sub-brand under Great Wall in China, and this is the R1 is their second car, their first being the iQ.  It is an all-electric car, and advertised as 'the cheapest electric car', starting at just $8,566.  The previous cheapest car was the Tata Nano, at $2,000e, which was also in India.  It didn't have very good reliability, though, often bursting into flames at random times, or breaking down on steep hills, so hopefully the R1 will have better reliability.  The previous cheapest electric car was the Baojun E100, also in China and India, which started at $15,000e.  Its reliability was much better than the Nano's, needless to say.  The R1's closest rivals that I can think of are the Honda E and Fiat 500e.  The R1 has just 46hp and 96 lb-ft of torque, which allows it to do 0-30mph in 5.6 seconds.  0-60 times are not specified (probably because accelerating from 0-60mph would almost take it to its top speed, which is 62mph), but I'd guess around 11 seconds, which is expected with something this cheap and lacking in power.  The R1 has a claimed range of 218 miles, and you can charge the battery in approximately 10 hours on a standard house plug.  It is going on sale this summer, in China and India only, at least so far.







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