In mid-April, changan automobile, an independent brand giant, released a new digital pure electric brand "Deep Blue", announcing the official acceleration of its transformation into an intelligent low-carbon travel technology company. Subsequently, Changan Deep Blue released the brand's first model, the C385, and the new car is equipped with three different power types: pure electric version, extended range version and hydrogen fuel cell version. Among them, the C385 hydrogen fuel electric vehicle model, as China's first mass-produced hydrogen fuel cell car, has a cruising range of more than 700km under CLTC standards and only takes 3 minutes to replenish energy.
From the perspective of brand positioning, Changan Deep Blue is mainly oriented to the market of 150,000-300,000 yuan, while Avita's products will be relatively higher, and the two will form a dual-brand strategy of Changan New Energy to achieve effective coverage of user groups through different positioning. According to the plan, Changan Deep Blue C385 will be officially listed in the second quarter, and the vehicle will be delivered in August at the latest.
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The deep blue C385 is positioned as a medium-sized sedan, the new car will provide pure electricity, range extender, hydrogen fuel three power systems, the body length, width and height are 4820/1890/1480mm, the wheelbase is 2900mm, and the vehicle wind resistance coefficient is only 0.23Cd.
The design of the new car has a strong visual impact, and the bumper highlights some sharp edges and corners, which is combined with the low body to create a good sports atmosphere. The design of the tail is more exaggerated, and the exaggerated diffuser and through taillights are impressive.
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According to Deng Chenghao, general manager of Changan New Energy, "The Deep Blue C385 is equipped with the Changan New Energy China team and the British team to create the first mass-produced independent sedan hydrogen fuel cell system in China. The system adopts the water-gas heterodial stack design, which achieves a smaller volume and greater power, so as to realize the car loading, and adopts the intelligent perception algorithm of the working condition mode and the gradient coating of the new generation of highly active platinum alloy catalysts to achieve ultra-high power generation efficiency and ultra-long stack life. ”
Based on the above technology, the comprehensive cruising range of the navy C385 hydrogen version of CLTC can reach more than 700km, and the feed hydrogen consumption is as low as 0.65 kg/100km or less, which can achieve 3 minutes of ultra-fast energy replenishment; the pure electric version of the model has a comprehensive cruising range of more than 700km under CLTC conditions, the maximum power exceeds 190kW, and the comprehensive power consumption is 12.3kWh/100km or less; the comprehensive mileage of the extended version models exceeds 1200km. Pure electric endurance is more than 200km, and fuel consumption for feed-in driving is less than 4.5L/100km.