New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) in China

Lethe

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Reading about BYD launching a
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(Yuan Up) in the UK, and bearing in mind the general packaging challenges that PHEVs face, just how small can they go? I see that the elderly and soon-to-be-replaced Jeep Renegade PHEV is slightly shorter than Atto 2 at 4.23m long against Atto 2's 4.31m. Impressively, the former can also apparently be
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with a compact spare tyre. Are there any PHEVs smaller than this available in China? It doesn't appear that there any Kei-class PHEVs in Japan (BYD's
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Kei car looks great, incidentally).

Also, it's disappointing that BYD have
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to go with the bland "Atto 1" name in Australia rather than more inspiring "Seagull" or even "Dolphin Surf" names used in other markets. If I were in the market for one I'd be tempted to source alternative badging and re-badge it myself...
 
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