Geely has launched a Maple Leaf electric car. Is it an old scooter?

Recently, a new brand of electric vehicles named Maple Leaf Automobile appeared. At first glance, I thought it was a new car brand in Canada. Take a closer look, isn't this the logo of Huapu Automobile in those days? Yes, this brand-new Maple Leaf car is actually the product of the merger of Huapu Automobile and Kangdi Electric Vehicle under Geely Group.

Although Maple Leaf Automobile recently officially announced the official map of the first SUV product Maple Leaf X30, the information of this car actually came out at the end of last year. At that time, it was reported that the new car would be officially listed after the Spring Festival in 2020. However, a sudden epidemic disrupted the rhythm of Maple Leaf's debut. The last time I saw it was the news that the first production car rolled off the assembly line on the website of Rugao municipal government in Jiangsu province in June+10 this year.

This maple leaf car belongs to Shengfeng Automobile Technology Company, which was established in March last year and belongs to Geely Technology Group. The registered capital of the company is 2.404 billion yuan, with Geely Holding accounting for 78% and Zhejiang Kangdi accounting for 22%. Shengfeng's production qualification comes from Geely's Huapu Automobile, which was also a subsidiary of Geely when it first started to build cars, while Kangdi Electric Vehicle was a player in the field of old scooters and was later acquired by Geely.

According to the official statement, Maple Leaf Automobile is a member of the new energy pedigree of Dajili, which is mainly responsible for competing with new domestic cars. Three products will be launched this year, and more than five new cars will be launched in the next three years, covering the fields of cars and SUVs. Although the specific parameters of this Maple Leaf X30 are still unclear, some media have revealed that the new car has a battery life of only 300 kilometers, and it seems that it has not got rid of the shadow of low-speed electric vehicles. Therefore, Maple Leaf Motor also announced that it will focus on the battery replacement mode, which seems to make up for the short battery life.

It is really puzzling to say this wave of Geely's operation. First of all, Maple Leaf received strong support from Rugao City, Jiangsu Province, and leaders of the municipal party committee attended the off-line ceremony, but Rugao is not without new energy projects. As early as 20 16, Wang Xiaolin drove his Lindsay to Rugao municipal government and settled the company here. Later, Lindsay bought the qualification of a youth car, and Rugao Lindsay Youth Bus Project has also become one of the major investment plans in Jiangsu Province. 20 17, the construction of Lindsay Rugao factory started. In the same year, the entry-level supercar S 1 was launched at the Shanghai conference, and it was also listed as a leading enterprise in Jiangsu new energy cluster.

Later, Lindsay remained silent until the Bird's Nest held a magical conference last year, and launched a pulse mini electric car that looks like an old scooter, claiming to be able to go to the track, which was vomited by many netizens. Now Rugao has introduced a new energy automobile company. According to the current regulations, the same provinces and cities do not encourage this practice of introducing too many new energy projects without any sales, so Rugao's approach is somewhat puzzling. Is it because the Lindsay project is not awesome?

Speaking of Geely's Maple Leaf Car, the design of the new car was completed by Geely Shanghai Design Center. The assets of the whole company are still the same as those of Kangdi, which is equivalent to revitalizing the brand of old scooter. However, Kangdi itself has no technical accumulation, and what it did in the early days was this kind of "classic car" running all over the street. After being bought by Geely, I made a Global Hawk K27, which is now discontinued.

Now this maple leaf car claims to be a new competitive force, but it can't see any shadow of intelligence. It is more like competing with independent brands in the field of small electric vehicles. Can the strategy of having more children and fighting make Dajili enjoy it?

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