Voyah Zhiyin presents specs

Chinese EV manufacturer Voyah has added its next production car to the Ministry of Industry database. It’s a CUV called Zhiyin, which means “best friend”, according to CarNewsChina. It will be released later this year and is poised to become the cheapest Voyah EV on the market.

The same car has previously been spotted testing on public roads before with the provisional badge “H37”. It looks like the final production version will ship with two front end designs to choose between – one sporting a solid slab instead of the radiator grille and the other one wearing a faux grill in black with some LED backlight. The rest of the design elements, including the headlights, the bumpers, the hood with vents, the roof hatch and the pull-out door handles, seem to be identical.

The spec sheet mentions that the CUV is 4,725 mm (184.6 inches) long, 1,900 mm (74.2 in) wide and 1,636 mm (63.9 in) tall with 2,900 mm (113.3 in) between the axles. In China, it is set to ship in two single-motor flavors – one rated at 292 PS (288 hp / 215 kW) and the other one at 313 PS (309 hp / 230 kW). Both will be bundled with an unspecified CATL battery pack. There will also be a range-topping dual-motor spec with a 218-PS (215-hp / 160-kW) motor on either axle. It will be able to reach 204 km/h (126 mph).

Rumors insist that the Voyah Zhiyin was designed with some assistance from IT giant Huawei. It allegedly received the company’s HarmonyOS for the infotainment system and an assist package known as Qiankun. This remains to be confirmed, but the spy shots made earlier reveal a large central display, a rather small instrument cluster, a squared-off steering wheel and a wireless charging pad.