Javed Afridi Teases Most Affordable MG Electric Car

The Morris Garages MG Pakistan has launched its various most anticipated SUVs and sedans in Pakistan including MG HS, MG ZS and MG Gloster. The company is now planning to enter in the market with a most affordable electric car in the local auto industry of Pakistan.



In a recent development, the key stakeholder of MG Pakistan, Javed Afridi shared a post on his social media account and teased the arrival of an electric vehicle called Wuling Hongguang. It was jointly manufactured by General Motors and SAIC Motors and launched in the Chinese market in 2020. It is a min electric vehicle EV.  It has small size and lightweight and comes in two variants the base variant with a 9.2 kWh battery pack that allows for a range of 120 km, and a better variant with a 13.8 kWh battery that offers a range of 170 km.

Both cars have same power trains-a 13 kW single electric motor that makes 17.4 hp and 85 Nm of torque. The electric cars comes with a number of features like ABS brakes, tire pressure monitoring sensors, rear parking sensors, an AC, power windows, a stereo system, 12 storage compartments, and 741 liters of trunk space with the rear seats folded down. But the major drawback is that the airbags for safety are absent in the MG Wuling Hongguang. Its price in China starts from $4,162 PKR 6.3 lac and tops out at $5,607 PKR 8.56 lac.