Last week mentioned that Hozon is to unveil its second production vehicle, following on the NETA 01 A00 class car. This week Hozon revealed the HOZON “U” with a 500km (313miles) range. The Hozon U will be unveiled at the Shanghai Auto Show in April at which time its pricing will be announced. The official launch of the Hozon U is set for the Guangzhou Auto Show later this year. The Hozon U is available in two power specs, a 2WD with an acceleration to 100km/h in 6.6 seconds and a more powerful 4WD with a maximum power of 270kW and a maximum torque of 615N·m delivering a 0-100km/h acceleration of 4.9s. The U is equipped with level 2.5 Advanced Driving Assistance aided bu 20 sensors including a mobileye Q4 chip.

Hozon Auto officially unveiled its first production EV, the NETA 01 compact SUV along with its Eureka 01 Concept EV on the 26th of July 2018. The Hozon Neta 01 will be available on pre-order on the 27th of July for delivery in Q3 2018. The Eureka 01 Concept EV provides a glimpse to the Hozon autonomous vehicle program.

EV start-up Hozon Auto this week became the 13th automaker to be granted a permit to produce electric vehicles in China. Hozon Auto applied for a 100,000 unit permit but was only granted the minimum production allocation of 50,000.