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Chery’s first electric car iCAR 03 hardcore SUV rolls off the production line: intelligent four-wheel drive, solar charging

According to news on June 6, Chery iCAR officially announced that on June 5, the first iCAR 03 vehicle successfully rolled off the production line at the Wuhu New Energy Plant.

Chery iCAR

According to reports, iCAR 03 is the “vanguard” of iCAR, and the off-line of the whole vehicle marks the completion of the establishment of various management systems for the product and the start of preparations for the launch.

The new car is positioned as a hard-core pure electric small SUV and adopts a brand-new design style.

Its exterior and interior are both hard-core and futuristic, and it looks very rough.

iCAR 03 is positioned as a “pure electric hardcore SUV”. Relying on the four major technical fields of Chery Group and the S5X electric platform.

It is equipped with the i-MS multi-cube new energy structure and the i-VA ecology, adopts intelligent real-time electric four-wheel drive, and all-aluminum Body structure and one-piece die-cast side members.

as well as all-aluminum H-arm suspension, high bionic seats and large-scale shock-absorbing software.

In addition, in terms of body size, the iCAR 03 has measurements of 4371/1909/1709mm and a wheelbase of 2700mm.

It is equipped with Ningde era batteries and is said to be equipped with intelligent adaptive electric four-wheel drive equivalent to 2.5TGDI power.

In terms of interior, the new car is similar to the exterior style, and it is also a tough and square design.

The light green color scheme is decorated with baking paint and metal panels, which has an original ecological beauty.

The three-spoke steering wheel simplifies the design of buttons, which is very characteristic.

In addition, the super large floating central control screen, rectangular LCD instrument panel, crystal material driving mode selection knob, etc. also have a good sense of technology.

iCAR 03 is also equipped with a solar charging system, which integrates solar panels in the two areas of the front hatch and the roof sunroof, and serves as an on-board solar power generation component to provide additional power for the entire vehicle.

According to the official announcement, taking the Shanghai area as an example, the on-board solar energy may provide the vehicle with a battery life of more than 2,000 kilometers throughout the year.

The external extended solar energy may provide the vehicle with a battery life of more than 7,000 kilometers throughout the year.

In terms of power, the official did not announce specific information, but the official revealed that the new car has the same level of power as the 2.5T fuel version.

In addition, the new car will use pure electric drive, and will launch a variety of endurance versions. In terms of configuration.

The new car will also incorporate more than 20 smart sensors to achieve L2+ automatic driving.

According to previous reports, Chery announced the iCAR brand in April this year, anchoring the new youth market, covering cars, SUVs and other products, providing intelligent solutions for system scenarios, and targeting 150,000-300,000 RMB ($21,105-42,210) level passenger car market.

The iCAR brand will build a new system in terms of marketing, brand channels, and service construction.

In terms of brand strategy, it will focus on the strategic highland of intelligent interconnection.

From this we can see Chery’s efficiency in electrification transformation.

At the same time, the new car off-line will also bring a new force to the hard-core off-road market. In addition, BYD will soon launch a new hard-core off-road model.

We will continue to pay attention to what new changes it can bring to this type of model.

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Tag: Chery, NEV
Category: Car Features