{"id":26796,"date":"2019-01-08T10:02:23","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T23:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=26796"},"modified":"2025-01-02T08:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T23:22:07","slug":"ora-r1-electric-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ora-r1-electric-car\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s “Cheapest Electric Car” — The ORA-R1 — May Cost Around $28,000"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Does this electric car really cost less than $13,000? Err, unfortunately no.<\/p><\/div>\n

Great Wall Motors<\/a> has has released the electric ORA R1 passenger car in China.\u00a0 Or at least I think they have.<\/p>\n

I can’t be certain because the Great Wall Motors website has no information about it in any of my favorite languages.1<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0 Fortunately, they put out a press release<\/a> so I can be certain it’s not a hoax by a bored graphics designer.\u00a0 But even if it was a hoax there are now so many articles on the internet about it that enough belief has probably been generated to will the EV into existence like an electric vehicle version of Leonardo Dicaprio’s acting talent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

By poking around on the internet I was able to discover the EV was developed as a joint venture with BMW<\/a> .\u00a0 But it seems most people writing about the ORA R1 have been unwilling to do even a minimal amount of poking because most of the eleventy billion2<\/a><\/sup> or so articles I’ve seen on it are chock full of bullshit.\u00a0 This bullshit includes claims that…<\/p>\n