Based on Maybank Funding Financial institution, Bermaz Auto (BAuto) will add Deepal to its portfolio of automobile manufacturers which presently contains Mazda, Kia and Xpeng. Deepal is owned by Changan Car that additionally has Changan Auto and Avatr beneath its wing.
Primarily based on a report by the funding financial institution, the primary Deepal fashions are anticipated to be launched in Malaysia in mid-2025, seemingly totally imported (CBU) from Thailand, which has a manufacturing plant in Rayong that may start working in March subsequent yr.
Two fashions have been named as potential arrivals, together with the S05 that went on sale in China in October this yr. The S05 is greater than the BYD Atto 3 we’ve right here, measuring in at 4,620 mm lengthy, 1,900 mm broad, 1,600 mm tall and with a wheelbase that spans 2,880 mm.
In China, the pure electrical model of the S05 is available in 4 variants priced between 119,900 and 145,900 yuan (about RM74k and RM90k). All of them function the identical powertrain that sees a 56.12-kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery offering as much as 510 km of vary following the nation’s extraordinarily beneficiant CLTC commonplace.
The battery powers a rear-mounted electrical motor rated at 238 PS (235 hp or 175 kW) and 320 Nm of torque, which is sweet for a 0-100 km/h time of seven.3 seconds. It additionally helps DC quick charging, with a 30-80% state of cost (SoC) achieved in quarter-hour.
The S05 can be provided as a range-extended electrical automobile (REEV) that makes use of a smaller, 27.28-kWh LFP battery (30-80% SoC in 20 minutes) powering a lesser rear electrical motor with 218 PS (215 hp or 160 kW) and 320 Nm for a century dash time of seven.9 seconds. The vary extender comes within the type of a 1.5 litre engine offering 98 PS (97 hp or 72 kW).
On electrical energy alone, the S05 REEV’s vary is 200 km following the CLTC, or 155 km is predicated on the WLTC commonplace. The CLTC complete working vary with each the battery and vary extender in use, is as much as 1,234 km.
One other mannequin slated for Malaysia is the S07, which is a facelifted and renamed model of the S7. Launched in China in July, this electrical automobile (EV) can be obtainable as a range-extended mannequin, of which there are 4 variants priced between 149,900 and 176,900 yuan (RM92k and RM109k). The S07 is supposed to compete towards the Tesla Mannequin Y when it comes to dimension and measures in at 4,750 mm lengthy, 1,930 mm broad and 1,625 mm tall, with a wheelbase of two,900 mm.
Very like the S05, the S07 REEV has a 1.5 litre engine as a spread extender and is rear-wheel drive. Variations embrace the power capability of the LFP battery in addition to the output of the electrical motor. The bottom possibility with an 18.99-kWh unit has outputs of 238 PS (235 hp or 175 kW) and 320 Nm, and has an EV-only vary of 125 km (CLTC) or 95 km (WLTC) – the mixed hybrid vary is 1,045 km (CLTC).
The following step up will get a 31.73-kWh battery and retains the identical output figures as the bottom variant, however has extra EV-only vary at 215 km (CLTC) or 165 km (WLTC) – the mixed hybrid vary is 1,130 km (CLTC).
The highest variant has a 39.05-kWh battery for much more EV-only vary of 285 km (CLTC) or 210 km (WLTC) – mixed hybrid vary is 1,200 km (CLTC) – together with extra energy at 258 PS (255 hp or 190 kW) and 320 Nm. The 0-100 km/h occasions are between 7.6 and seven.8 seconds, with all variants able to getting from a 30-80% SoC in quarter-hour.
As for the pure electrical model of the S07, the 2 obtainable variants in China each get a 68.82-kWh LFP battery for 520 km of vary (CLTC) and can get from 0-100 km/h in 7.6 seconds because of a rear electrical motor rated at 258 PS (255 hp or 190 kW) and 320 Nm.
Thailand has already welcomed the S07, with two EV-only variants provided. The common S07 priced at 1.399 million baht (RM180k) has a 66.8-kWh nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) battery for 485 km of vary (NEDC), together with a rear electrical motor rated at 258 PS (255 hp or 190 kW) and 320 Nm. It’s joined by the S07 L at 1.499 million baht (RM193k) and with a 79.97-kWh NMC battery for 560 km of vary (NEDC), plus an electrical motor making 218 PS (215 hp or 160 kW) and 320 Nm.
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Changan Deepal S07 on the 2024 Bangkok Worldwide Motor Present
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