Fast Technology reported on April 15 that Chery Xingtu Star Era ET officially opened pre-sale, including three extended-range versions, with pre-sales of 19.9-239,000 yuan, and five pure electric models, with pre-sales of 23.9-329,000 yuan.
The car is positioned as a medium and large SUV, and is based on Chery's new E0X global ultra-comfortable and high-performance electric platform, which can be said to integrate the highest technology of Chery's car manufacturing.
In terms of design, the Star Era ET focuses on simplicity and science and technology, the body has no complex lines, the front of the car uses a closed front face in a large area, and is equipped with through-type LED headlights and split light groups, and the headlight area is also equipped with a light curtain, which can realize the interaction of light language, which is rare in the same class.
The size of the car is 4955/1975/1698mm, wheelbase 3000mm, belongs to the classic "532" combination, a smooth waistline runs through the front and rear, the roof line slides down slightly, strengthening the sense of sportiness, with frameless windows, hidden door handles, highlighting the sense of luxury.
The rear styling is also very simple, with hidden wipers and through-type taillights, the taillights contain 262 LED lamp beads, which are very recognizable when lit, and the rear bumper also adopts a gloss black treatment to enhance the variety and richness of the visual effect.
The interior styling of the new car is very distinctive, and it is said to incorporate the "Welcome Home" ultra-comfortable home design concept, which is warm and simple, equipped with a rugby-shaped multi-function steering wheel, and also uses a remote full LCD instrument cluster that acts as a head-up display.
And equipped with a floating central control screen, the size of this central control screen is 15.65 inches, the resolution has reached 2.5K, and it has a built-in smart home voice based on the Lion AI large model, including car-home interconnection, baby mode, pet mode, KSong mode and other 20 smart home scenarios.
Interestingly, the Star Era ET also broke the traditional fixed instrument panel mode, equipped with a "Star Bar", which can realize the electric movement of the front and rear rows through voice or physical buttons, even when the main driving side is inconvenient to get off, it can also be moved back to the bar to achieve the front seat penetration, which is convenient for getting on and off the car.
In other aspects, the car is also equipped with an all-aluminum gimbal chassis, high-end double wishbone + CDC electromagnetic variable damping + air spring, with 508TOPS computing power dual NVIDIA Orin chips, lidar and other 30 perception hardware, which can realize urban intelligent driving assistance, high-speed intelligent driving assistance, intelligent parking, etc., and support 6.0 kilowatt outdoor discharge and 60 kilowatt mobile power station.
In terms of power, the all-electric version will be available in single-motor and dual-motor versions, with the rear single-motor version having a maximum power of 230 kW and the dual-motor four-wheel drive version having a combined power of 353 kW.
The extended-range version is equipped with Chery's self-developed 1.5T turbocharged engine for hybrid use, with a maximum output of 115kW, an ultra-high thermal efficiency of 44.5%, and a one-liter oil power generation capacity of 3.65 kWh, the strongest in the industry, and a WLTC fuel consumption of only 5.2 liters/100 kilometers.
Equipped with a battery that supports a 1.5C charging rate, it has a pure electric range of 200 kilometers under CLTC working conditions and a range of more than 1,500 kilometers when fully fueled.
The pure electric version is built on a full-range 800V architecture, and will be equipped with CATL's Shenxing super-rechargeable battery, with a capacity of 77 kWh and 100 kWh, with a maximum charging power of 410 kW, surpassing 5C, and a 5-minute charging pole can replenish 150km of range, and can maintain 280 kW of discharge power at low temperatures.