The CEO of IM Motors said that the company's fifth model will be EREV, which will become the latest model after Avatr to seek a gasoline engine to increase sales。(IM Motors' Airo concept car presented at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2023。Image source: CnEVPost) IM Motors, an electric vehicle (EV) subsidiary of SAIC Motor, will launch an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV), becoming the latest electric vehicle manufacturer to seek gasoline engines to boost sales after Avatr, an electric vehicle subsidiary of Changan Automobile Technology。Local automotive media "Cheshi" quoted the cooperation of the electric car manufacturer as saying that IM Motors' fifth model will use extended range technology, which will make up for the current EREV battery range of only 200 kilometers and the inability to quickly charge the problem。- CEO Liu Tao said in a February 22 report。Cheshi's report said that IM Motors has launched a concept car called Airo, which looks very close to MPV (multi-purpose vehicle), adding that the company's 5 model is expected to be built on the Airo concept。IM Motors presented the Airo concept car at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2023, and CnEVPost took photos of the model at the time。Cheshi's report said that IM Motors will launch two brand-new models, code-named E and F, one of which is expected to be a production version of the Airo concept car, which is expected to be launched in 2025。Ideal Car (NASDAQ:LI) is currently the only brand in China that fully applies extended-range electric vehicle technology. Its first pure electric vehicle (BEV) model Li Mega MPV will be launched on March 1。Cheshi's report states that IM Motors' MPV will compete with Li Mega after listing。All models currently sold by IM Motors are pure electric vehicles, including the L7 sedan and two SUVs, namely the LS6 and LS7。The company is about to launch another model L6, a pure electric sedan, which has entered the model catalog of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) last month。According to the product catalog, the length, width and height of IM L6 are 4,931 mm, 1,960 mm and 1,474 mm, wheelbase is 2,900 mm。In contrast, the length, width and height of IM L7 are 5,108 mm, 1,960 mm and 1,485 mm, respectively, and the wheelbase is 3,100 mm。In October 2023, after IM Motors launched the LS6, Liu said in an interview with local media that he saw a good opportunity for EREV and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) in 3-5 years, especially EREV。IM Motors is a joint venture between SAIC, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech and Alibaba, in which SAIC holds a majority stake.。The company's sales performance has been tepid since its launch in December 2020 and has not reported monthly deliveries for much of the past two years.。According to figures released earlier this month, IM Motors delivered 5,305 cars in January.。Most of China's earliest electric vehicle startups aimed at the pure electric vehicle market from the beginning, but the experience of the past few years shows that PHEVs (including EREVs) are now popular vehicles in the electrification transition。In addition, the great success of Ideal Cars (NASDAQ: LI) in the extended-range electric vehicle market also proves that extended-range electric vehicles are more acceptable。Neta Auto and Zero Run Cars also offer extended-range electric vehicles, which initially only offered pure electric vehicles.。In late December, Avatr President Chen Zhuo said in a video program that the brand will launch two new models in 2024 and will add four extended-range electric vehicles。