Elaris

German electric vehicle company

Elaris GmbH
Company type	Private
Industry	Automotive
Founded	2020; 4 years ago (2020)
Headquarters	Grünstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
Area served	Germany
Key people	Lars Stevenson (CEO) Andreas Matthis (COO)^[1]
Products	Electric vehicles
Website	www.elaris.eu

Elaris AG is a German automotive company founded in 2020, in Grünstadt, Rhineland-Palatinate specializing in marketing Chinese electric vehicles.

History

Elaris was founded in 2020 in the town of Grünstadt, with the company's first models, the DYO microcar (based on the Dorcen E20) and the Leo compact SUV (based on the Dorcen G60S) launching in May 2021.^[2]^[3]^[4] Later that month, the Skyworth EV6-based Beo mid-size SUV was launched.^[1]^[5] In June, a second microcar based on the Zhidou D2 (called simply Elaris Zhidou) was revealed.^[6] This model was later renamed in August to Elaris Pio.^[7]

Models

The following is a list of models sold by Elaris:

Beo (2021–present), an electric mid-size SUV based on the Skyworth EV6
DYO(2021–present), an electric microcar based on the Dorcen E20
Pio (2021–present), an electric microcar based on the Zhidou D2

Elaris Beo
Elaris DYO
Elaris Pio

External links

Official website

References

^ ^a ^b "Elaris introduces another E-SUV". Mag Cars. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^ "Elaris: New electric car brand from Rhineland-Palatinate". Mag Cars. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ Hommen, Mario (11 May 2021). "New players: Elaris Finn and Leo". Auto Hub. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^ "Elaris: New electric car brand from Rhineland-Palatinate". Mag Cars. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^ Tiernan, Jonny (1 June 2021). "German EV Brand Elaris Unveils New SUV Model". Clean Technica. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^ Hildebrandt, Roland (11 June 2021). "Elaris Zhidou: Extrem günstiges Micro-Car für Pflegedienste". Motorsport Total (in German). Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^ Hildebrandt, Roland (9 August 2021). "Elaris Pio (2021): Winziger Preisknüller für unter 6.000 Euro". InsideEVs Deutschland (in German). Retrieved 26 October 2021.