JMEV is a joint venture headquartered in Nanchang, China, and owned by Groupe Renault, Jiangling Motors Corporation Group and China Agricultural Development Construction Fund Corporation. JMEV is focused on the development and production of electric cars and was established in 2015 as a subsidiary of JMCG. It was reorganised as a joint venture in July 2019, after Renault acquired a majority stake.
History
In 2014, Jiangling Motors announced the creation of a branch centred on electric cars. On 15 January 2015, Jiangling Motors Corporation Group established a new subsidiary called JMEV. The first car produced by JMEV, the E100, entered production at a Nanchang plant that same year. In 2016, the company opened an electric vehicle test and development centre and started production of a new car, the E200. That year, it got certifications from the government to produce electric cars. In 2017, the company launched two models: the E160 and E200S. It also got permission to produce and sell cars independently of JMCG. In April 2018, the company began building a new production base at Kunming with the capacity to assemble up to 100,000 cars per year. That year, JMEV launched the E400. In October 2019, the Kunming plant started producing EX5s. In December 2018, French manufacturer Renault announced it would acquire a "significant" JMEV stake. In July 2019, Renault completed the acquisition of a 50% JMEV stake through capital increase while JMCG and China Agricultural Development Construction Fund Corporation kept a 37% and 13% respectively. The company was reorganised as a joint venture.
Models
E100
The E100, a hatchback, has a length of and a wheelbase of. The car has a 104Ahlithium-ion battery pack. The motor delivers up to. Its top speed is 100 km/h.
E160
The E160, a saloon, has a length of, a width of, a height of and a wheelbase of. The 19.8 kWh battery pack is coupled to a motor with a maximum power output of and a torque of.
E200
The E200, a hatchback, has a length of, a width of, a height of and a wheelbase of. The 17 KWh battery pack is coupled to an electric motor delivering a power of and a torque of. The estimated range is. Suspension is made up of MacPherson struts on front and trailing arms on rear. Versions with more powerful batteries introduced in 2018 increased the vehicle range up to an estimated.
E200S
The E200S, a hatchback, has a length of, a width of, a height of and a wheelbase of. The electric motor delivers a power of and a torque of.
E400
The E400, based on the Landwind X2, is JMEV first SUV. It has a battery pack of up to 41 kWh that supports fast charging, coupled to an electric motor delivering a power output of. Its range is up to. The E400 was discontinued in September 2019.
EVeasy models
EVeasy is a sub-marque introduced by JMEV at the 2018 Guangzhou Auto Show. The first model, a hatchback named EVeasy EV3, has an electric motor with a power of and a torque of ; the maximum estimated range is 302 km. Sales started in March 2019. The E400 SUV was renamed as EVeasy EX5 in September 2019.
Besides JMEV products, Jiangling Motors and Jiangling Motor Group sell their own new energy vehicles directly, including the S330 SUV and the T500EV pickup.
Branding
At first, JMEV vehicles used a similar bagde logo as Jiangling Motors' Yusheng division. JMEV products either launched or updated from 2018 onwards adopted a lower case "e" letter as their bagde logo. The upper case "E" letter in the vehicles' designations stands for and the numbers following it roughly represents the vehicles' official autonomy range.
