Yet one more Chinese language carmaker has landed in Thailand, with the JY Air making its debut on the current Thai Motor Expo. The electrical five-door liftback from JuneYao Auto – which boarded the Land of Smiles earlier than even checking into the Center Kingdom – is ready to interact in a bitter dogfight in a cutthroat EV market that additionally consists of the likes of the GAC Aion ES.
This time, the atrocious aviation cliches are warranted, as a result of the Air is the product of JuneYao Airways, having bought the defunct Yudo Auto in 2022. The corporate is leaning arduous into its mile-high background, claiming that the Air was impressed by “the expertise of a transoceanic flight.”
To wit, JuneYao says the automotive’s C-shaped headlights, which function as much as 240 LEDs, are akin to lights on the ends of a jetliner’s wings, whereas the sweeping roofline apparently brings to thoughts “the skyline seen throughout evening flights.” On the again, the Air sports activities full-width OLED taillights, neatly built-in beneath the rear windscreen. It actually appears aerodynamic due to its streamlined one-box type, one thing that’s borne out by the low drag coefficient of simply 0.23.
Inside, the Air is much much less distinctive, with a usually minimalist inside dominated by a 15.6-inch freestanding infotainment touchscreen, sitting above a tall centre console with twin Qi wi-fi chargers. The aforementioned show will be rotated in 15 steps to face the motive force or passenger, runs on a Crystal OS and the ever present Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip, and can greet occupants with the phrase “welcome on board.”
JuneYao claims that over 75% of the Air’s cabin is wrapped in soft-touch supplies, together with the obtainable fake leather-based upholstery on the seats. There’s additionally a big panoramic glass roof with an space of two sq. metres, which ought to assist make the inside – possible already a lot roomy sufficient due to the beneficiant 2,800 mm wheelbase – really feel much more, um, Air-y.
Two variants will likely be supplied, these being the Normal and Plus. The previous utilises a single entrance motor making 204 PS (150 kW) and 250 Nm of torque, getting the Air from zero to 100 km/h in below 7.9 seconds on its solution to a high pace of 170 km/h.
Additionally fitted is a 51 kWh CATL lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery that gives a variety of as much as 430 km on the considerably lenient NEDC cycle. Stepping as much as the Plus, in the meantime, nets you a barely extra highly effective motor that pushes out 216 PS (159 kW), in addition to a bigger 64 kWh battery that permits the air to journey as much as 520 km on a single cost.
The range-topper additionally helps as much as 138 kW of DC quick charging energy (solely 70 kW for the Normal), saving ten minutes when topping up the battery from 30 to 80% (20 as a substitute of half-hour). Each variants settle for as much as 11 kW of AC charging, so charging the Air from 10 to 100% takes 5.3 hours for the Normal and 6.5 hours for the Plus.
Other than the technical specs and a few gear, the Plus can also be differentiated by having seven airbags (together with a entrance centre airbag) in comparison with simply two for the Normal. Each fashions include a full complement of driver assists corresponding to autonomous emergency braking, adaptive cruise management, lane centring help and pace restrict help, with the Plus including blind spot monitoring, rear collision warning, rear cross site visitors alert with auto brake, a driver consideration monitor and a door opening warning.
Promotional pricing begins from 759,000 baht (RM98,500) for the Normal, rising as much as 869,000 baht (RM112,700) for the Plus. After December 30, these figures will go as much as 899,000 baht (RM116,600) and 1,018,000 baht (RM132,100) respectively.
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