Zhidou

Zhidou (Chinese: 知豆; pinyin: zhīdòu) is a Chinese manufacturer of electric microcars, tricycles and scooters based in Hangzhou operating since 2015.

History

In June 2015, the company Zhidou established. Major shareholders includes XDY Machinery, Electronics Group and GSR Ventures as part of a company joint-venture officially named Zhidou Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd.[1] The premiere took place in the year of its creation Microcar Zhidou D1 about the drive Electric vehicle. The vehicle was created by a Chinese company Zotye Auto, which originally developed it as a prototype in 2014.[2] Simultaneously with the premiere Zhidou D1, In 2017, the manufacturer expanded the offer with a modernized and better equipped variant D2.[3] At the end of 2017, the Zhidou model range was expanded with a new model D3 serving as a more comfortable alternative to a cheaper one D2.[4] From the beginning of the third decade of the 21st century, Zhidou remained with the production of only the D2S model, further expanding its offer with cheap, urban electric vehicles in the form of tricycles, scooters and micro vans.

Zhidou in Europe

The first sign of Zhidou's presence Europe was an introduction through the company carsharingowej Share 'N Go microcar fleet D1 of Mediolanu we Włoszech.[5] In turn, 3 years later, in 2018, Zhidou began its expansion into the markets of Western and Central Europe, initiating in July this year the sale of a variant modified for the needs of this region D2S.[6] In November 2018, through Electric Vehicles Poland, the sale Zhidou D2S also started in the market polskim. In February 2019, the microcar appeared in the fleet of the Polish company carsharingowej Traficar for a trial period in Warsaw,[7] which ended in October of the same year. The company has not decided to permanently introduce these vehicles to the offer.[8]

Products

References

  1. ↑ "Zhidou history". Retrieved 2023-01-04.
  2. ↑ "Zotye Zhidou (ZD) E20 EV". Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  3. ↑ "Eye to Eye with the Zhi Dou D2 EV in China". 22 March 2016. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  4. ↑ "Chiński Zhidou D3 EV – a może to mógłby być nasz Polski Samochód Elektryczny?" (in Polish). 4 January 2018. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  5. ↑ "Now, Milan, Share 'N GO, the urban electric vehicle sharing plan starts". Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  6. ↑ "Zhidou D2 S". Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  7. ↑ "KRAKÓW. Elektryczne Zhidou D2S trafiły do floty Traficara" (in Polish). 15 February 2019. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  8. ↑ "Traficar wycofuje z Warszawy elektryczne mikroauta ZD D2S" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2020-07-11. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
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