The first 500 Voyah Free, an SUV created by Dongfeng to compete with Nio or Xpeng in the field of high-end electric vehicles, will land in Norway before the end of the year. What to shade the Tesla Model Y? Not so sure.
Another Chinese manufacturer arriving in Europe? Indeed, and this one is called Voyah. This manufacturer, still unknown on the Old Continent, will set its wheels for the first time before the end of the year in Norway, like most new manufacturers of electric cars wishing to establish themselves in Europe.
Why Norway? Quite simply because it is a kind of European “laboratory” for the electric car, with the best infrastructure and mainly electric sales for a few years now.
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Enough to settle with ambitions for Voyah, before taking the leap and expanding to all of Europe, as XPeng and Nio do.
The first point of sale opened its doors a few weeks ago in Oslo and 500 vehicles will be delivered to their customers in November. From 2023, Voyah will be present in Sweden, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Israel.
The Voyah brand was created by Dongfeng, a Chinese company that holds 3.2% of Stellantis in particular, to compete with the two Chinese manufacturers mentioned above in particular. It is to Dongfeng that we owe the Peugeot 408 in Chinese version capable of “recharging” its battery in less than five minutes.
The manufacturer currently offers only one model, the Voyah Free SUV, a 100% electric car. In China, it is available with a range extender system (making it a kind of hybrid), but not in Europe.