As car makers contemplate the widening gap between legislation and private demand for electric cars, the spotlight has been thrown on to a petrol-electric technology that promises to bridge that gap with fewer of the downsides of plug-in hybrids. Extended-range electric vehicles package a large battery and hefty electric motor alongside a small petrol engine, instead of the other way around with most hybrids, in which the combustion unit dominates.
Ostensibly the reason given was the lack of chargers and showroom space for new models, but leaving the comfort of its successful EREV niche to push into China’s cutthroat EV market can’t be appealing right now, especially when Li Auto posted its first loss for the quarter after a profitable run. Others in China are eyeing up EREVs. Premium focused Avatr, a partnership between Changan, CATL and phone giant Huawei, has just launched the 07 EREV crossover with a 39 kWh battery and a 1.
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