Jiayuan EV

Jiayuan EV (Jiayuan Electric Vehicles) is a Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicles headquartered in Nanjing. The company was founded in 1982 and, according to its own account, developed its first electric vehicle in 1983, one year after its establishment. Its full corporate name in English-language usage is Nanjing Jiayuan Special Electric Vehicles Manufacture Co., Ltd. The group produces electrically driven light vehicles, sightseeing vehicles, minibuses and similar small electric transport. Over the following decades Jiayuan intensified research and development of purely electric drive systems and developed further models. In addition to its own designs, the company also carried out conversions of vehicles with conventional drivetrains. In 2001, according to company statements, Jiayuan undertook a test drive of more than 1,000 kilometres with a purely electric vehicle and set a record; the test report concluded that the vehicle achieved a previously unprecedented range of 444.7 kilometres at a top speed of 97 km/h. In 2008 Jiayuan EV became the first Chinese company to export electric vehicles with higher speeds. By 2019 the company had started an autonomous driving project in China with Tajima using Jiayuan vehicles, covering 624 kilometres, of which 350 kilometres were driven autonomously. Jiayuan EV holds close to 100 patents in the field of electric mobility. In 2015 Jiayuan presented the "Lingzu", a 2.20 m long two-seat city vehicle with 3.5 kW of power and a top speed of 40 km/h. This was followed by the likewise two-seat "City Spirit" model, 225 cm long, in two variants, one with a top speed of 45 km/h and one with 78 km/h. In 2016 the company obtained the EU EEC certificate in Luxembourg for these vehicles for the EG vehicle classes L6e and L7e; the trade name recorded in the approval is "Eidola". Also in 2016, ARI Motors GmbH (formerly VXT Deutschland OHG) chose Jiayuan EV as a contract manufacturer for its small electrically driven commercial vehicles. From the end of 2016 these were marketed, initially only in the Czech Republic. Since 2018 the vehicles have been available in Germany under the name ARI 458, where they are fitted with specially adapted vehicle bodies. Jiayuan EV thus occupies a niche in the Chinese electric vehicle industry: rather than competing in the mainstream passenger car market, it focuses on light electric vehicles, low-speed city cars, sightseeing vehicles and small commercial electric transport, and it has built an export and contract-manufacturing business serving European micro-mobility and light commercial vehicle brands.

Jiayuan EV (Jiayuan Electric Vehicles) is a Chinese manufacturer of electric vehicles headquartered in Nanjing. The company was founded in 1982. One year after its founding, in 1983, it developed its first electric vehicle. In the following years the company intensified research and development of purely electric drive systems and developed further models. In addition to its own developments, it also carried out conversions of vehicles with conventional drivetrains. According to company statements, in 2001 Jiayuan undertook a test drive of more than 1,000 kilometres with a purely electric vehicle and set a record in the process. The test report concluded that the vehicle achieved a previously unprecedented range of 444.7 kilometres at a top speed of 97 km/h. In 2008 Jiayuan EV became the first Chinese company to export electric vehicles with higher speeds. In 2019 the company started an autonomous driving project in China with Tajima using Jiayuan vehicles. In this project 624 kilometres were covered, of which 350 kilometres were driven autonomously by the vehicle. Jiayuan EV holds close to 100 patents in the field of electric mobility. In 2015 Jiayuan presented a 2.20 m long, two-seat city vehicle under the name "Lingzu", with 3.5 kW of power and a top speed of 40 km/h. This was followed by the likewise two-seat model "City Spirit" with a length of 225 cm in two variants, one with a top speed of 45 km/h and one with 78 km/h. In 2016 the company received the EU EEC certificate in Luxembourg for these vehicles for the EG vehicle classes L6e and L7e. The trade name recorded in the approval is "Eidola". Also in 2016, ARI Motors GmbH (formerly VXT Deutschland OHG) decided to use Jiayuan EV as a contract manufacturer for its small electrically driven commercial vehicles. From the end of 2016 these were marketed, initially only in the Czech Republic. Since 2018 the vehicles have been available in Germany under the name ARI 458, where the vehicles are fitted with specially adapted vehicle bodies.

• 2019

  Company starts an autonomous driving project in China with Tajima using Jiayuan vehicles; 624 km covered, 350 km driven autonomously.

• 2018

  The vehicles become available in Germany under the name ARI 458, fitted with specially adapted vehicle bodies.

• 2016

  Company obtains the EU EEC certificate in Luxembourg for the EG vehicle classes L6e and L7e, with the trade name "Eidola".

• 2016

  ARI Motors GmbH (formerly VXT Deutschland OHG) selects Jiayuan EV as contract manufacturer for its small electric commercial vehicles; marketing begins at the end of 2016, initially only in the Czech Republic.

• 2015

  Jiayuan presents the "Lingzu", a 2.20 m long two-seat city vehicle with 3.5 kW and 40 km/h top speed; the "City Spirit" model follows.

• 2008

  Jiayuan EV becomes the first Chinese company to export electric vehicles with higher speeds.

• 2001

  Company states it undertook a test drive of more than 1,000 km with a purely electric vehicle, setting a record; the test report concluded a range of 444.7 km at a top speed of 97 km/h.

• 1983

  Company develops its first electric vehicle.

• 1982

  Jiayuan EV founded in Nanjing, China.

Niche Chinese manufacturer of light electric vehicles, low-speed city cars, sightseeing vehicles and small electric commercial transport, with export and contract-manufacturing activities in Europe.

• Lingzu

  2.20 m long two-seat city vehicle with 3.5 kW power and 40 km/h top speed, presented in 2015.

• City Spirit

  Two-seat model, 225 cm long, in two variants with top speeds of 45 km/h and 78 km/h.

• Eidola

  Trade name recorded in the EU approval for the L6e and L7e vehicles certified in Luxembourg in 2016.

• ARI 458

  Small electric commercial vehicle contract-manufactured by Jiayuan EV for ARI Motors GmbH, available in Germany since 2018 with specially adapted bodies.

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