Electric People Carrier.

By Mark Andrews

Talk Magazine. January 2013

Looking to buy a new car? Talk test drives the Zotye M300 EV to see how it weighs in against the current competition.

BYD, which originally started as a rechargeable battery manufacturer, has grabbed the electric vehicle limelight in China, thanks, in part, to legendary investor Warren Buffet’s purchase of 10% of the company in 2008. However, Zotye a smaller Chinese manufacturer surprisingly beat them to the consumer market with sales of cars in 2010. Zotye offer two electric vehicles: the diminutive 5008 EV based on the old Daihatsu Terios (a micro SUV) and the far more rounded M300 EV (pictured).

Europeans might feel that the M300 bears a striking resemblance to a short, distinctive people-carrier: the Fiat Multipla. This is because after Fiat stopped production in 2010, Zotye secured manufacturing rights from the company and began full scale production in China. Initially only a 1.6 litre petrol version was produced. However, since, the M300 EV has been newly introduced to the Chinese market.

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Mark Andrews has written about everything from Japanese houses to heli hikes on New Zealand glaciers, test drives of Chinese cars to bar and restaurant reviews. He currently specialises in travel articles and reviews of Chinese cars plus articles about the Chinese auto industry.

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