Changzhou Xili Car Industry is a Chinese automotive firm founded in 1996 specialized in manufacturing tricycles and small vehicles that it offers both for the local market and for the rest of the markets from the Alibaba wholesale site.
In this online catalog is the
Chang Li S1-Pro
, a four-wheeled car considered the cheapest electric car in the world, on sale for $1,131.
With a metal frame, the model sells for $930, but the price goes up a few dollars more when batteries are included.
It is 2.4 meters long and can carry three people, driver included.
The S1-Pro is designed to travel short distances and in China it is mainly used as a taxi.
It is offered on Alibaba, the online shopping platform, for a price of only 1,131 US dollars, which is equivalent to 1,025 euros.
It can carry three people and travel a maximum of 30 kilometers.
But if a larger number of units are ordered, ChangLi applies discounts that reduce the price to 996 dollars, about 903 euros at the current exchange rate.
A figure that makes it the cheapest car in the world, and not only among electric ones.
The delivery time is announced in one month from the order and
the customer receives the car packed in a box like any other item sold by commercial platforms.
It comes with a wall plug, unlike other electric cars that require a special transformer.
The Chinese model plugs into the wall like any other electrical product.
The Chang Li is about 2.5 meters long by 1.5 wide and 1.8 meters high, measurements that make it more compact than a Smart.
Weighing about 323 kilograms, the Chinese electric minicar can carry a load of about 300 kilograms.
Regarding its autonomy of use, the Chang Li can be equipped with various versions of 800, 1000 or 1200 W batteries, and depending on its configuration, it can travel between 40 and up to 100 kilometers per charge.
Its batteries reach full charge in 7 to 10 hours.
Its autonomy depends on the type of battery.
Given its performance, Changzhou Xili Car Industry's electric minicar is not characterized by its power, since
its modest electric motor barely has 1.5 horsepower and reaches a maximum speed of 30 kilometers per hour.
