GreenWheel EV (Chinese: 陆地方舟), full name Shenzhen Greenwheel Electric Vehicle Group Co., Ltd (深圳市陆地方舟新能源电动车集团有限公司)is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Guangdong, China, that specializes in developing electric buses and low-speed electric vehicle or Neighborhood Electric Vehicles.

GreenWheel EV
Company typePrivate
IndustryAutomotive
FoundedJanuary 1, 2000; 24 years ago (January 1, 2000)
FounderLiu Churui[1]
HeadquartersGuangdong, China
Websitewww.greenwheel.com.cn

History edit

GreenWheel EV was founded in January 2000[citation needed] and is based in Guangdong, China. They started out making neighborhood electric vehicles. In May 2017, they got a permit to start selling and building highway legal vehicles. They built a 50,000 unit plant in Mingcheng Industrial Park, which costed $267 million.[2] GreenWheel EV built a mini city called EV Valley. It includes their factory, research factory, parts integration center, a conference center, education and training center, vehicle theme park, race track, new energy museum, hotel, and electric vehicle demonstration center.[3]

Their first vehicle was the J0 small hatchback. It was based on the Renault Zoe. It was shown in 2012, but failed to make production.[4]

The company's second vehicle was the V5, an electric crossover. It uses a 16 kWh battery and has 47 horsepower. Its dimensions are 4045 mm/1737 mm/1643 mm, a wheelbase of 2500 mm, and a weight of 1,380 kg.[5][6]

The GreenWheel EV Jummer, also called the Jimma,[7] convertible was first shown in 2010. It was not street legal, and was mainly on golf courts. It was remade in 2014 at the China Hi-Tech Fair in Shenzhen. It was made into a Cabriolet in 2011 and a Hard Top in 2013. Its dimensions measure 3660 mm/1600 mm/1700 mm, and has a wheelbase of 2335 mm.[8]

The JEV is a compact hatchback with 5 doors and 4 seats. Its dimensions are 4631 mm/1789 mm/1470 mm. It comes in a Basic Type, Comfortable Type, and Luxurious Type. The JEV has a 18.5 kW lead-acid battery.[9]

Vehicles edit

Current models edit

GreenWheel EV currently has 3 production vehicles.

Model Photo Specifications
GreenWheel EV V5

Body style: Crossover

Class: M

Doors: 5

Seats: 5

Battery: 16 kWh battery

Production: 2017

Revealed: 2015

GreenWheel EV Jummer (GreenWheel EV Jimma)

Body style: Compact SUV

Class: J

Doors: 2, 3

Seats: 2

Battery: lead-acid

Production: 2010

Revealed: 2010, 2014 China Hi-Tech Fair[10]

GreenWheel EV JEV

Body style: hatchback

Class: A

Doors: 5

Seats: 4

Battery: 18.5 kW lead-acid

Production:

Revealed:

Commercial Use edit

GreenWheel EV has 5 public-use commercial vehicles.

Model Specifications
GreenWheel EV 12M

Body style: Bus

Usage: Bus

Dimensions: 11980 mm/2530 mm/3190 mm

Seats: 34

Battery: Iron phosphate lithium[11]

GreenWheel EV Z35

Body style: Van

Usage: Cargo van

Dimensions: 4500 mm/1680 mm/2000 mm

Seats: 2-3

Battery: 44.8 lithium[12]

GreenWheel EV Z80

Body style: Van

Usage: Cargo van

Dimensions: 4405 mm/1685 mm/1910 mm

Seats: 2

Battery: 42.5 lithium[13]

GreenWheel EV 7M

Body style: Bus

Usage: Bus

Dimensions: 6995 mm/2160 mm/2730 mm

Seats: 26

Battery: Iron phosphate lithium[14]

GreenWheel EV Comforte

Body style: Minibus

Usage: Bus

Dimensions:

Seats: 8[15]

Battery:

Private Use edit

  • GreenWheel EV RQ6700XQQ40[16]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6100GNH5P0[17]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6810GCH4P0[18]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6100GCH4P0[19]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6120GNH5P0[20]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6900GNH5P0[21]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6850GNH5P0[22]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6700XCQ4P0[23]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6120GHEVH5P0[24]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6100GPHEVH4[24]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ5060XXYCQ40[25]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ5060XQCI-DA[26]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ5020ZXXQQ40[27]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ5020CTYBEV0[28]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6110YEVH1[29]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6830YEVH11 [30]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6600XEVQA[31]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6830YEVH10[32]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6830YEVH9[33]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6830YEVH13[34]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6830YEVH12[35]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6830YEVH8[36]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6830GEVH3[37]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6830GEVH2[38]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6830GEVH1[39]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6101GEVH1[40]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6120GEVH8[41]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6120GEVH9[42]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6101GEVH0[43]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ6101GEVH2[44]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ5041XXYEVZ0[45]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ5041XXYEVZ2[46]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ5041XXYEVZ1[47]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ5022XXYEVZ3[48]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ5026XXYEVH0[49]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ5022XXYEVH9[50]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ5022XXYEVHE[51]
  • GreenWheel EV RQ5022XXYEVHD[52]

Awards edit

  • "The Best Green Controlling Prize"
  • "The Best Space Award"
  • "Qinghai Lake International Electric Car Challenge"
  • "Shenzhen Major Project"
  • "China funding support project"
  • "Guangdong enterprise workstation for academician and expert"
  • "Guangdong strategic emerging industry base"
  • "Jiangsu new energy vehicle industry base"
  • "Jiangsu workstation of business graduate student"
  • "Innovative Enterprises"
  • "Excellent Technology Achievements Transformation Projects"
  • "Excellent Products"
  • "Excellent enterprise for productivity"
  • "2011 Shenzhen innovation enterprise of the culture construction"
  • "2011 Shenzhen meritorious enterprise of the culture construction"
  • "Boao prize, 2012 industry demonstration unit"
  • "Guangdong excellent independent brand"[53]
  • "Chinese famous brand"
  • "Asia famous brand"
  • "2001 brand spectrum gold award"
  • "The consistent quality brand"
  • "The annual top ten innovative bus company"
  • "The best energy saving prize of 2014 Qinghai lake international electric car challenge"[54]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Foshan's mayor Lu Yi and Greenwheel Group's president Liu Churui hold a project coordination meeting". www.greenwheel.com.cn.
  2. ^ "Shenzhen Greenwheel EV Models | Greenwheel Electric Car Strategy | WattEV2Buy". wattev2buy.com. 28 May 2017.
  3. ^ "深圳市陆地方舟新能源电动车集团有限公司". www.greenwheel.com.cn.
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  5. ^ "Greenwheel V5 EV SUV | Specs | Range | Battery | Price | WattEV2Buy". wattev2buy.com. 29 May 2017.
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  10. ^ Feijter, Author Tycho de (May 29, 2010). "New Car from China: Greenwheel EV Jummer". CarNewsChina.com. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
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  12. ^ "深圳市陆地方舟新能源电动车集团有限公司". www.greenwheel.com.cn.
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  14. ^ "深圳市陆地方舟新能源电动车集团有限公司". www.greenwheel.com.cn.
  15. ^ "Greenwheel's luxury business car, Comforte was put into formal production". www.greenwheel.com.cn.
  16. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6700XQQ40 Bus (#264) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  17. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6100GNH5P0 City bus (#288) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  18. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6810GCH4P0 City bus (#259) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  19. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6100GCH4P0 City bus (#252) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  20. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6120GNH5P0 City bus (#259) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  21. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6900GNH5P0 City bus (#261) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  22. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6850GNH5P0 City bus (#288) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  23. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6700XCQ4P0 Minibus (#272) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  24. ^ a b "Green Wheel RQ6100GPHEVH4 Plug-in hybrid city bus (#264) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  25. ^ "Green Wheel RQ5060XXYCQ40 Box van truck (#252) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  26. ^ "Green Wheel RQ5060XQCI-DA Prisoner transport vehicle (#259) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  27. ^ "Green Wheel RQ5020ZXXQQ40 Detachable body garbage truck (#266) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  28. ^ "Green Wheel RQ5020CTYBEV0 Electric garbage container transport truck (#266) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  29. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6110YEVH1 Electric bus (#290) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  30. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6830YEVH11 Electric bus (#290) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  31. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6600XEVQA Electric bus (#290) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  32. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6830YEVH10 Electric bus (#290) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  33. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6830YEVH9 Electric bus (#290) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  34. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6830YEVH13 Electric bus (#290) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  35. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6830YEVH12 Electric bus (#290) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  36. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6830YEVH8 Electric bus (#290) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  37. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6830GEVH3 Electric city bus (#290) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  38. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6830GEVH2 Electric city bus (#290) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  39. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6830GEVH1 Electric city bus (#290) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  40. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6101GEVH1 Electric city bus (#289) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  41. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6120GEVH8 Electric city bus (#289) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  42. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6120GEVH9 Electric city bus (#289) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  43. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6101GEVH0 Electric city bus (#289) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  44. ^ "Green Wheel RQ6101GEVH2 Electric city bus (#289) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  45. ^ "Green Wheel RQ5041XXYEVZ0 Electric cargo van (#291) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  46. ^ "Green Wheel RQ5041XXYEVZ2 Electric cargo van (#291) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  47. ^ "Green Wheel RQ5041XXYEVZ1 Electric cargo van (#291) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  48. ^ "Green Wheel RQ5022XXYEVZ3 Electric cargo van (#291) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  49. ^ "Green Wheel RQ5026XXYEVH0 Electric cargo van (#291) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  50. ^ "Green Wheel RQ5022XXYEVH9 Electric cargo van (#291) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  51. ^ "Green Wheel RQ5022XXYEVHE Electric cargo van (#291) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  52. ^ "Green Wheel RQ5022XXYEVHD Electric cargo van (#291) Made In China". auto-che.com.
  53. ^ "Greenwheel's 2013 annual awards ceremony had a successful ending". www.greenwheel.com.cn.
  54. ^ "深圳市陆地方舟新能源电动车集团有限公司". www.greenwheel.com.cn.