Well the ORA made it to the scheme and no one thought it would. Realistically there has to be a place for these new manufacturers on the scheme as they need to put volume on the roads quickly and if we are heading toward EV only then china is probably going to give us the biggest choice. I looked at the Funky cat and what I would say is on paper it looked small but it certainly wasn’t in the flesh, the boot was small but the occupants would be extremely comfortable
I maybe wrong but the “Cat” could have joined the scheme because the Ora brand is a joint venturer between BMW and Great Wall. Where as the BYD hasn’t got a joint venture hence the Atto3 hasn’t joined!
Interestingy the 2024 Mini electric will be built in China, on the same line as the Ora and will share the same platform!