Quality Problem of China’s Zhidou EV mount

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai Feb 19th)— With the help of national and local governmental subsidies, D2 of Zhidou which is a newly rising electric vehicle company in China, has swept through the small car markets in third- and fourth-tier cities in China at a lower price of 49,800 yuan since listed in June last year.

Considering the fact that the short range and high cost of electric vehicles are difficult to be overcome in short time and few domestic brands which target on high-end markets end successful, Zhidou prefers to directly position itself as underlying brand, simplify function and reduce cost, reaping huge breakthrough on the sales.

However, lots of quality problems pop out as a result of excessive cost-cutting. Many customers show that the engineering quality of electric vehicles produced by Zhidou is low. The motors burn frequently, batteries usually block out, and range of vehicles is seriously influenced by short life of batteries.

Some experts in China think that small electric vehicles in China should be subject to strict inspection before brought to markets due to limited technologies. In addition, related safety standards should be formed.