I don't know if you remember Evergrande Group' announcement of entering the automobile industry as a real estate giant has attracted the attention of many consumers. Previously, Evergrande new energy vehicle Hengchi brand released six new cars at one time, covering all levels from A to D and passenger car models such as cars, SUVs, MPVs, etc., which suddenly formed a complete product matrix of the Hengchi brand.
But there is no real car off the line, Hengchi Automobile was once said to be a PPT car. Recently, there is the latest news, Evergrande Automobile's first new car Hengchi 5 officially rolled off the line, and the previous publicity, this time the downline is more low-key. According to the previous product planning, the new car is positioned in a compact pure electric SUV with a maximum range of more than 700 kilometers, and is expected to be officially launched in mid-2022.
Hengchi 5 adopts the design style of Evergrande family, and the overall shape is very mysterious. The front face is closed front grille, highlighting the identity of new energy. The headlights on both sides of the boomerang shape increase the recognition of the whole vehicle. The lower bracket 3-stage lower grille can better reduce the wind resistance and play a cooling and cooling role for the bottom battery pack of the car.
The side uses a double color block design, and with the hidden door handle, the overall visual effect is biased towards a minimalist style. Body size, Hengchi 5 length, width and height are 4725/1925/1688mm, and the wheelbase is 2780mm. As a compact SUV, the wheelbase of 2780mm can bring a good riding experience. The tail is also designed in a minimalist manner, with a chrome trim strip connecting the boomerang-shaped taillight groups on both sides, lengthening the visual width of the overall tail and incorporating the "HENGCHI" English letters.
The interior part, although it was not announced this time, but from the perspective of the Hengchi 5 unveiled at the previous Shanghai Auto Show, it will use a whole glass panel, and integrate the dashboard, central control screen and the entertainment screen of the co-pilot, highlighting a strong sense of scientific and technological atmosphere. In addition, Hengchi 5 will also build H-SMART OS Hengchi intelligent network system developed by Evergrande Group, it is reported that the system is jointly built with Tencent and Baidu, and can realize a series of functions such as vehicle and mobile intelligent interconnection, active safety, and physical monitoring in the future.
The previously released battery life information shows that Hengchi 5 uses a lithium iron phosphate battery pack in the Ningde era, and the peak power of the motor is 150kW, of which the NEDC endurance or more than 700km. It is reported that new cars may add advanced technologies such as millimeter-wave radar to support L3 level automatic driving functions.
In recent years, vigorously develop new energy BYD and a number of new car-making forces such as Weilai, Xiaopeng and other brands, are constantly seizing the domestic new energy vehicle market, Hengchi chose to low-key off-line the first model Hengchi 5 at this point in time, it is clear that Evergrande is anxious, on the one hand, let everyone see the results of Evergrande car manufacturing, stabilize the hearts of consumers, on the other hand, is to launch an impact on the new energy vehicle market signal, the future is likely to become a strong opponent of Tesla.
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Although Evergrande Group has recently been negatively entangled, the mass production car of Hengchi 5 is also of great significance to Evergrande Automobile, and for a mature car company, it is necessary to devote itself to creating a set of its own family design language, which is the most direct display of brand recognition. However, from "building a house" to "building a car" is not something that can be done overnight, let us look forward to more surprises brought to us by Hengchi Automobile.