GWM is priming a brand new electrical crossover to take a seat alongside the Ora 03, a brand new submitting with China’s Ministry for Trade and Data Expertise has revealed.
The brand new Ora mannequin, identified merely because the Cat in China, adopts the retro-inspired styling cues acquainted from the 03. These embrace spherical headlights and fuller varieties inside its surfacing.
Roof bars and better floor clearance by way of a raised experience top present an added contact of ruggedness in contrast with earlier Ora fashions.
On the rear, the automobile incorporates a clamshell-style tailgate and tail-lights which are integrated into the decrease part of the rear home windows, echoing the design of its smaller sibling.
At 4471mm lengthy, 1833mm large and 1641mm tall, with a wheelbase of 2720mm, Ora’s first SUV is notably bigger than the 03, which runs to 4235mm lengthy, 1825mm large and 1596mm tall, with a wheelbase of 2650mm.
Ora has but to verify particulars of the drivetrain, however the kind approval paperwork counsel it should obtain a 201bhp electrical motor in addition to a lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery from Honeycomb Power. Braking and vitality recuperation is by-wire, utilizing know-how developed by Chinese language provider Feigetech.
The brand new Ora Cat is about to be supplied with a alternative of roof-mounted lidar sensors, further cameras and facet radar sensors to assist superior driver help features in its residence market.
The Cat will sit alongside the Good Cat, Lightning Cat and Ballet Cat in Ora’s Chinese language line-up, and is anticipated to strengthen the model’s place in export markets together with the UK when gross sales outdoors of China start in 2026.
