Ranz E50

The Ranz E50, first shown as the Ranz EV, was an electric saloon built for the Chinese market by Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Company under its short-lived Ranz sub-brand. It was based on the Toyota Corolla that the joint venture assembled in China, and a first Ranz show car of this kind appeared at the Shanghai Auto Show in April 2013. A production-ready version was shown at the Guangzhou Motor Show in November 2014 and was presented again in 2015 as the E50 EV. It was driven by a 95 horsepower electric motor and had a stated top speed of 120 kilometres per hour. In practice almost none were made: apart from a small taxi pilot no sales were recorded, and the Ranz marque, which added only two further concept cars, was dropped without a production car ever reaching private buyers.