Qingyuan (), also called QYEV (), is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in

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, that specializes in producing

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History

Qingyuan was founded in 2001, and is based in

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. It was the first Chinese automotive brand to export vehicles. They built their first production line factory in 2008. In 2006, they created the world's first electric vehicle crash test. They have a total of 100 city service centers and 200 dealerships in

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, and

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. They have exported vehicles to other

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. Qingyuan's first car was the Bende in 2001. It is a rebadged licensed production of the Chrysler Neon LS. Its second vehicle was the Qingyuan S60 created in 2005, essentially a rebadged Miles ZS40S. They attempted to produce more vehicles with licensed rebadges of

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models from 2006 to 2014, all of which unsuccessful. They made the B6 based on the

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), T5 (also a rebadged

), and the A0 (rebadged

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product). The Qingyuan Y01A

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went in production from 2018 to 2019. They have also attempted to create many self-driving vehicles, including a minibus, tour bus, shuttle bus, sterilizing vehicle, distribution vehicle, and street sweeper. The company's first successful vehicle was the Xiaozun. It is a small

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, and was shown at the 2019

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. It uses a lithium-ion battery and has a range of 400 km. It includes driver-assist features such as low-speed pedestrian warning, driver fatigue warning, and a TMPS tire pressure detection system. Its dimensions are 3400 mm/1695 mm/1560 mm, and a wheelbase of 2250 mm. The Qingyuan Zun was introduced at the 2019

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, as a concept vehicle. The Zun is also called the Qingyuan Zunzhe. It has a Level 4 self driving system. The car has a wheelbase of 3500 mm, and dimensions measuring 5500 mm/2150 mm/1650 mm. The W01 is a compact self-driving

. It has no steering wheel, pedals, and shifting. It has an autonomous level of L4.

Vehicles

Current models

Qingyaun currently has 1 production vehicles.

Concept Vehicles

Commercial Use

Private Use

Van

*Qingyuan QY5030XXYBEVYL *Qingyuan QY5022XXYBEVYL *Qingyuan QY5020XXYBEVYL *Qingyuan QY5020XXYBEVEL *Qingyuan QY5021XXYBEVYL *Qingyuan QY5021XXYBEVYC *Qingyuan QY5020XXYBEVYC *Qingyuan QY5020XFWBEVEL *Qingyuan QY5020XFWBEVEC *Qingyuan QY5020XYZBEVEL *Qingyuan QY5020XYZBEVEC *Qingyuan QY5021XYZBEVEL

Garbage Truck

*Qingyuan QY5020ZLJBEVYL *Qingyuan QY5021ZLJBEVYL *Qingyuan QY5021ZLJBEVYC *Qingyuan QY5020ZLJBEVYC *Qingyuan QY5030ZZZBEVYL *Qingyuan QY5022ZLJBEVYL

Maintenance Truck

*Qingyuan QY5031TYHBEVYL *Qingyuan QY5030TYHBEVYL *Qingyuan QY5030TSLBEVYL *Qingyuan QY5020JGK *Qingyuan QY5020GKC-08BEVA

References

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