Electric Roewe 350 spotted out testing, and running Android!

Featured, Roewe, Spy Shots | Ash | April 7, 2010 at 5:29 pm

An electric version of the Roewe 350 has been spotted out testing and has become quite the hot spot in the Chinese automotive press. SAIC are keen to kick start their electric car program, but initial indications showed that they were lagging behind in some aspects but the Roewe 350 appears to have helped them leap frog into the compact sedan market with a electric car.

The exterior of the car has not changed in the slightest, but under the hood you will find an electric motor and a set of batteries rather than the standard 1.5L engine that Roewe have slipped into this. The electric Roewe 350 will be a service car at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo which opens in less than 30 days time.

Of course, this is the car that is currently running on an Android operating system, which will make it very interesting to drive indeed.

Ash

Ash came to China at 18 on a whim and never left. Some 10 years later he collected a degree and a family along the way and now focuses his time on watching the Chinese car industry develop. He has witnessed the market change from being minor backyard market in to the world's biggest and most important market for all car manufacturers. You can contact or connect with him via Linkedin by clicking the 'Website' link.

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