Start with what the ORA White Cat is: a 5-door hatchback, built from 2020 to 2022, in the decade the industry is turning electric. What it meant takes a little longer.
The story
The Ora White Cat (Chinese: 欧拉白猫; pinyin: Ōulā BáiMāo) also known as the R2 is a battery electric city car produced by the Chinese car manufacturer Great Wall Motors under its electric vehicle brand Ora from 2020 to 2022.
Under the skin
The record carries the shape — a 5-door hatchback — and the layout: the engine drives the front wheels, the packaging choice that gives a small car a big cabin. The engine, output and weight have not yet reached the open record, and MotorJury does not guess at them.
Its place in the line
In the Great Wall Motor line-up the ORA White Cat has a clear place: it replaced the Great Wall Peri; the factory was Taizhou (GWM Taizhou Smart Factory), China. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Tesla Model Y, the Porsche Taycan, the Kia EV6. Nearby in the Great Wall Motor catalogue sit the Great Wall Coolbear and the Great Wall Cowry.