Start with what the Hongqi E-HS3 is: a 5-door SUV, built from 2018 to 2023, as electrification stopped being an experiment and the crossover took every market. What it meant takes a little longer. The shape is credited to Vojtěch Stránský.
Where it came from
The Hongqi E-HS3 is a battery electric subcompact luxury crossover SUV produced by Chinese automobile manufacturer Hongqi, a subsidiary of FAW Group.
Under the skin
the output is 114-228 kW. On the scales it comes to 1890 kg. That is roughly 60 horsepower per tonne: unhurried — enough for the job, not for the bragging. The wheelbase is 2875 mm. These are manufacturer figures carried by Wikipedia and Wikidata, not road-test measurements.
In context
In the Hongqi line-up the Hongqi E-HS3 has a clear place: it handed the line to the Hongqi HS3; the factory was Changchun, Jilin, China. The cars a buyer would have weighed it against include the Kia EV6, the Volkswagen Tayron, the JAC Group JAC Refine S4. Nearby in the Hongqi catalogue sit the Hongqi and the Hongqi 774.