Small Sports Car SC01

The Small Sports Car SC01 () is a battery electric two-seater coupe sports car produced by JMEV. It was originally unveiled in September 2022 by the boutique tuner startup Tianjin Gongjiang Pai Auto Technology who designed, engineered, and markets the vehicle, before it was brought under JMEV as the JMEV 01 () for contract manufacturing and access to a sales license in 2025. It went on sale in April 2025 after launching at Auto Shanghai 2025 with its original name, Small Sports Car SC01.

Background

In 2016, the tuner startup Gongjiang Pai () was founded in Tianjin by Feng Xiaotong (), known for running
China Car Custom
' on social media since 2014. Feng and the company have modified several vehicles in the past, including the Chery eQ1, Porsche 911 and Mitsubishi 3000GT. Additionally, it has also hand-built race cars for racing teams, and was responsible for making the ultra-high performance WM Weltmeister prototype concept car, which is based on a heavily modified Weltmeister W6 and can accelerate from 0 in 1.8 seconds. The company has received investment on the scale of tens of millions of Chinese yuan from Xiaomi Group, and Xiaomi co-founder Liu De serves on the board of directors.

On September 21, 2022 Feng announced the launch of the Small Sports Car (). Days later on September 25, the company unveiled the development of the SC01 with exterior images along with some preliminary specifications. According to Feng, the 'SC' in the name SC01 stands for 'sports car'. Pre-order reservations were opened with a deposit of (approximately ), with the company expecting the price to be under () when official orders planned to open in the third quarter of 2023 and deliveries beginning in the fourth quarter.

In August 2023, Feng shared an update on social media showing that the SC01 was undergoing hot weather testing for regulatory approval process at Turpan, near the Taklamakan Desert. In September 2023, the production version of the SC01 was revealed along with detailed specifications and images of the interior. In January 2024, the company announced that the first SC01 was completed on the production line, and that it intends to start deliveries by the end of the year.

In January 2025, a publicly available regulatory filing to China's MIIT revealed that the vehicle had become part of the JMEV brand to obtain a sales license, and had been legally renamed to the JMEV 01. The SC01 was launched on 26 April 2025, with founder Feng Xiaotong forgoing an attention-grabbing keynote event or marketing campaign, and instead providing the information through a series of Weibo posts, while he announced the car was displayed at Auto Shanghai 2025 at a booth in the supplier hall. The car is simply marketed as 'Small Sports Car SC01' with no brand name, and is available in a single variant with a price of ().

Overview

The SC01 is a small two-seater coupe sports car, which falls into the compact car class at long. Its front bumper contains a front license plate holder and two side vents on the corners which act as air curtains, as well as an open LED headlight and daytime running light which is surrounded by air ducts used to cool the brakes. The low, forward-opening hood leads up to an abnormally rounded windshield to reduce drag, which uses only a single windshield wiper. The sides of the vehicle have an air intake vent located between the door and rear wheel, which is used supply cool air to radiators; the air then exits around the circular taillights. The area behind the passenger compartment has buttresses concealing the vertical rear window, allowing for a flat rear deck with a top opening trunk. The buttresses have mounting points for modifications such as a rear wing. The SC01 is available with personalized body paint colors.

The interior of the SC01 features a large LCD instrument cluster display behind the steering wheel, and lacks a separate center infotainment display. The flat-bottomed three-spoke steering wheel has several controls mounted on the horizontal spokes, including turn indicators, horn, and windshield wipers, as well as two separate control pods mounted low off the center hub which are responsible for media controls and screen navigation. Headlight controls are found to the left of the wheel, while dials for major HVAC functions are the only controls found on the dashboard to the right of the steering wheel. The center console is narrow and contains the drive selector buttons, a mechanical handbrake lever and power window controls. All other controls are found in a strip of buttons and dials mounted on the ceiling above the windshield, including the ignition button, volume knob, windshield wipers, door locks, trunk release, traction control settings, drive power configuration, and more. The SC01 is equipped with forged carbon fiber racing-style bucket seats with cutouts to allow for a multi-point harness. It has an Edifier sound system, with a claimed dual-channel three-way configuration.

The chassis of the SC01 consists of a 4130 chrome-molybdenum steel tube space frame to save weight, allowing for a curb weight of ; the gross vehicle weight rating is . It uses a horizontal pushrod suspension system with compression and rebound adjustable shock absorbers, along with forged 7075 aluminum steering knuckles. It has a wheelbase of , and the front and rear tracks measure . It has approach and departure angles of 10 degrees and 16 degrees, respectively. It uses diameter brake discs, with six-piston calipers at the front and four-piston calipers on the rear axle. It has magnesium alloy 18-inch wheels equipped with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup2 245/40 ZR18 tires, or optionally Vitour Tempesta Enzo V-01R racing tires. Rather than using the common skateboard platform design, the battery is prism shaped and is mounted directly behind the passenger compartment. This placement is similar to the engine in a rear-mid engine vehicle, and allows for similar weight distribution, handling characteristics, and seating position. It has a center of gravity height of , which is claimed to be similar to a GT3 race car.

Powertrain

The 01 is powered by two Enpower-supplied permanent magnet synchronous motors with a peak output of and a rated power of , one per axle in a dual-motor all-wheel drive configuration for a total of and of torque. Power is supplied by an approximately 60kWh NMC battery pack supplied by CALB, capable of a peak output of 360kW and an energy density of 160Wh/kg. This allows for a CLTC range rating of and claimed 3080% charge time under 25minutes. It has a top speed of and a 0 time of 2.9seconds.

See also

* Caterham Project V

References

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JMEV vehicles
Cars introduced in 2022
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