The Evolution of the ORA R1 – Black Cat: Great Wall Motor’s First Mass-Market City Electric Car
The ORA R1 is a compact electric city hatchback developed by Great Wall Motor (GWM) under its dedicated EV sub-brand ORA (Euler). First introduced in 2018, the R1 was one of China’s earliest attempts to deliver a truly affordable, mass-market electric vehicle designed specifically for dense urban environments. Although its production life under the “R1”…