# JMEV 01

The JMEV 01 (Chinese: 江铃羿驰 01; pinyin: jiānglíng yìchí 01) is a battery electric sports car produced by JMEV. It was originally unveiled as the SSC SC-01 (Chinese: 小跑车SC-01; pinyin: xiǎo pǎochē SC-01; lit. 'Small Sports Car SC-01') in September 2022 under the independent Small Sports Car brand, before it was brought under the JMEV brand for contract manufacturing.

## Background

In 2016, the car tuning startup Gongjianpai Auto Technology (Chinese: 天津工匠派汽车科技有限公司) was founded by Feng Xiaotong (Chinese: 冯晓彤), known for running China Car Custom on social media since 2014. Feng and the company have modified several vehicles in the past, including the Chery eQ1, Porsche 911 and Mitsubishi 3000GT. Additionally, it has also hand-built race cars for racing teams, and was responsible for making the ultra-high performance Weltmeister prototype, which is based on a heavily modified Weltmeister W6. The company has received investment on the scale of tens of millions of Chinese yuan from Xiaomi Group, and Xiaomi co-founder Liu De serves on the board of directors.
On September 21, 2022 Feng announced the launch of Small Sports Car (Chinese: 小跑车; pinyin: xiǎo pǎochē), an independent car brand. Days later on September 25, the brand unveiled the development of the SC-01 with exterior images along with some preliminary specifications. According to Feng, the 'SC' in the name SC-01 stands for 'sports car'. Pre-order reservations were opened with a deposit of CN¥ 199 (approximately US$30), with the company expecting the price to be under CN¥ 300,000 (US$41,950) when official orders planned to open in the third quarter of 2023 and deliveries beginning in the fourth quarter.
In August 2023, Feng shared an update on social media showing that the SC-01 was undergoing hot weather testing for regulatory approval process at Turpan, near the Taklamakan Desert. In September 2023, the production version of the SC-01 was revealed along with detailed specifications and images of the interior. In January 2024, SSC announced that the first SC-01 was completed on the production line, and that it intends to start deliveries by the end of the year.
In January 2025, a publicly available regulatory filing to China's MIIT revealed that the vehicle had become part of the JMEV brand to obtain a sales license, and had been renamed to the JMEV 01.

## Overview

The JMEV 01 is a small two-seater coupe sports car, which falls into the compact car class at 4,106 mm (161.7 in) long. Its front bumper contains a front license plate holder and two side vents on the corners which act as air curtains, as well as an open LED headlight and daytime running light which is surrounded by air ducts used to cool the brakes. The low, forward-opening hood leads up to an abnormally rounded windshield to reduce drag, which uses only a single windshield wiper. The sides of the vehicle have an air intake vent located between the door and rear wheel, which is used to cool radiators; the air then exits around the circular taillights. The area behind the passenger compartment has buttresses concealing the vertical rear window, allowing for a flat rear deck with a top opening trunk.
The interior of the 01 features a large LCD instrument cluster display behind the steering wheel, and lacks a separate center infotainment display. The flat-bottomed three-spoke steering wheel has several controls mounted on the horizontal spokes, including turn indicators, horn, and windshield wipers, as well as two separate control pods mounted low off the center hub which are responsible for media controls and screen navigation. Headlight controls are found to the left of the wheel, while dials for major HVAC functions are the only controls found on the dashboard to the left of the steering wheel. The center console is narrow and contains a drive selector dial, a mechanical handbrake lever and side window controls. All other controls are found in a strip of buttons and dials mounted on the ceiling above the windshield, including the ignition button, volume knob, windshield wipers, door locks, trunk release, traction control settings, drive power configuration, and more. The 01 is equipped with racing-style bucket seats with cutouts to allow for a multi-point harness. It has an Edifier sound system, with a claimed dual channel three way configuration.
The chassis of the 01 consists of a 4130 chrome-molybdenum steel tube space frame to save weight, allowing for a curb weight of 1,365 kilograms (3,009 lb); the gross vehicle weight rating is 1,615 kilograms (3,560 lb). It uses a pushrod suspension system, and aluminum steering knuckles. It has a wheelbase of 2,503 mm (98.5 in), and the front and rear tracks are 1,580 mm (62.2 in). It has approach and departure angles of 10 degrees and 16 degrees, respectively. It uses 350 mm (13.8 in) diameter brake discs, with six-piston calipers at the front and four-piston calipers on the rear axle. It has 18-inch wheels equipped with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup2 245/40 ZR18 tires. Rather than using the common skateboard platform, the battery is prism shaped and is mounted directly behind the passenger compartment. This placement is similar to the engine in a rear-mid engine vehicle, and allows for similar weight distribution and handling characteristics; additionally, it allows for a lower seating position. It has a center of gravity height of 380 mm (15.0 in), which is claimed to be similar to a GT3 race car.

## Powertrain

The 01 is powered by two Enpower-supplied permanent magnet synchronous motors with a peak output of 160 kW (215 hp; 218 PS) and a rated power of 70 kW (94 hp; 95 PS), one per axle for a total of 429 hp (320 kW; 435 PS) and 560 N⋅m (413 lb⋅ft) of torque. Power is supplied by an approximately 60 kWh NMC battery pack supplied by CALB, capable of a peak output of 360 kW and an energy density of 160 Wh/kg. This allows for a CLTC range rating of 520 kilometres (323 mi) and claimed 30-80% charge time of under 25 minutes. It has a top speed of 200 km/h (124 mph) and a 0–100 km/h (62 mph) time of 3.8 seconds.