Chery Unbounded Professional launched in China – QQ Wujie Professional, 2-door mini EV from RM57k, as much as 408 km vary

The Chery Unbounded Professional a.ok.a. Chery QQ Wujie Professional has been formally launched in China. The 2-door four-seat EV is priced from 89,900 to 112,900 yuan (RM56,808 to RM71,342), with 5 trim ranges and two battery/vary choices.

Appears acquainted? Seen this someplace earlier than? Lexus LC-style “tears” and BMW i3-style rear apart, Chery does have an present boxy two-door EV in showrooms – the QQ Ice Cream, which follows the format of the trailblazing Wuling Hongguang Mini EV.

However the Unbounded is a bigger automobile. At 3,402 mm lengthy and 1,680 mm extensive, it’s 422 mm longer and 184 mm wider than the deliciously-named EV, and its 2,160 mm wheelbase can also be 200 mm longer. Open the 2 doorways – by way of the flush door handles – and also you’ll discover two extra seats on the again to make it 4 in complete. The Unbounded rolls on 16-inch wheels, 4 inches bigger than the Ice Cream’s.

The Unbounded additionally has larger batteries than the tiny Ice Cream. There are two selections right here, a 28.86 kWh unit powering a 74 hp/150 Nm motor for 301 km of vary, and a 40.296 kWh battery juicing a 94 hp model of the motor. The latter has 120 Nm, which is unusually 30 Nm lower than the 74 hp motor – for vary functions, maybe.

Claimed acceleration is 4.8 seconds (below six seconds with the 74 hp motor), however word that it’s for zero to 50 km/h and never 100 km/h. Whereas the Wujie Professional can attain the century mark, its high pace is simply 125 km/h (120 km/h with the 74 hp model).

DC quick charging refills the battery from 30% to 80% state of cost in half-hour. The vary figures are likely NEDC, which implies extra practical WLTP numbers can be round 20% decrease.

This EV’s inside is as fashionable and sparse as you’d count on an EV to be, with a big 12.9-inch panorama display dominating the view. Forward of the steering wheel is a 7.0-inch digital instrument panel. These, and air conditioning vents, are the one components on the sprint. Splashes of orange/purple on the sprint and steering wheel are welcome to interrupt the monotony.

Different notable options are electrical leather-based seats, a panoramic glass roof, a full ADAS suite and a third-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon 6155 chip. The latter powers a “540-degree” digicam system that combining a traditional 360-degree setup with a forward-facing 180-degree digicam for customers to “see by” the automobile’s bonnet. The automobile is linked to Chery’s New Power App, the place customers can unlock the automobile, open its home windows, seek for the automobile and activate cooling/heating by way of smartphone.

What do you consider (comparatively) low-cost little two-door electrical packing containers like this, the QQ Ice Cream and the Wuling Mini EV? Would they attraction to Malaysians on the lookout for a metropolis runabout? By the best way, Chery is again in Malaysia and might be introducing a variety of Tiggo Professional SUVs and the placing Omoda 5. Click on on the hyperlinks to see the fashions being thought of for our market.