According to the plan, Changan New Energy A158 will be officially unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show in April and officially delivered in June-July. The online car market learned that the A158 is positioned as a low-cost and high-quality scooter, which will be produced at the Chang'an Nanjing plant, with a planned monthly production capacity of 10,000 units. The new car adopts a two-door design, and the vehicle size is smaller than that of the Ben Ben E-star (the whole series of four-door design), and the style is closer to that of Wuling Hongguang MINIEV and Chery QQ ice cream. Referring to the price of the Ben E-star and competing models, it is expected that the starting price of this Changan version of the "MINIEV" will be within 30,000 yuan.
(The picture above shows the Running E-star only)
The Ben E-star is the lowest-priced model of Changan New Energy brand, with a guidance price of 29,800-74,800 yuan and sales of 76,381 units in 2021. Different from the background of The Ben E-star oil-to-electricity products, the A158 is based on the new EPA0 pure electric platform, in addition to this two-door model, the future will also launch a pure electric small hatchback to help the brand complete the sales target of 700,000 vehicles.
In the past year, the low-end electric mini car segment has seen significant growth, and mainstream car companies have embarked on layout, such as Wuling Hongguang MINIEV, Chery QQ Ice Cream and Dongfeng Xiaokang Candy, etc., of which Hongguang MINIEV sold as many as 390,000 vehicles last year, and behind the hot sales also means that low-end electric vehicles that can meet the demand for transportation have a huge market demand. With the entry of Changan A158 models, the competition in the domestic pure electric mini car market will be further intensified.