On December 24, Toyota's new pure electric vehicle C+pod was officially launched, priced at 1.65 million yen to 1.716 million yen (about 91,000 yuan to 96,000 yuan).
In terms of configuration, toyota C+pod adopts a two-seat design, with a comprehensive working condition endurance of up to 150 km and a maximum speed of 60 km / h. Local media believe that this car is suitable for the elderly or single young people. In other words, the Wuyi Hongguang MINI EV, a well-known electric vehicle in China, belongs to the same level of products.
Let's take a look at the configuration of the Hongguang MINI EV, all of which are four-seat, with a range of 120 to 170 kilometers and a maximum speed of 80 kilometers per hour. As for the interior, this low-end model should not be considered. In short, through the comparison of parameters, we can see that the Toyota C+pod is not much stronger than the Hongguang MINI EV, which is priced at only 28,800 yuan to 48,600 yuan. Many netizens joked that 60,000 were spent on the car logo.
This car is certainly not suitable for the domestic market, and will not be sold in China, and young people in China may buy Hongguang MINI EV, after all, there are four seats, the internal space is large, and the possibility of pulling goods is also OK, and the possibility of buying this car is too low. Japanese media say it is suitable for single young people because of restrictions on Japan's car buying policy.
Unlike in China, japan buys a normal car and requires a parking space, otherwise it is not licensed, but this micro K-Car does not require consumers to have a parking space. You know, big cities are short of land, parking spaces are more expensive than cars, and this K-Car that does not require parking spaces is very large in the Japanese market.
In fact, the Hongguang MINI EV was designed with reference to the popular K-Car in Japan. With super high cost performance, this year's Hongguang MINI EV has pressed BYD and Tesla for many consecutive months to win the first place in domestic sales. If this car can be bought in Japan, even if the price increases by 20,000, it will be extremely competitive there.
However, considering that the Japanese market is relatively closed and the interest in brands in other countries is not high, I am afraid that it is not easy to accept Wuling Hongguang. Among the many car companies in the world, only Toyota can maintain high profits, thanks to the Japanese market, such a C+ pod can sell for more than 90,000 yuan.
After all, not everyone is pursuing cost performance, Toyota C+pod can sell at this price, must have conducted market research, indicating that the starting price of 91,000 yuan is not too expensive in the local area.