We can safely say that the Chinese automotive industry, especially the segment that focuses on the development of electric cars, has been developing at an incredible pace lately – European giants can only envy. For example, many new companies manage to create good models based on electric propulsion systems and successfully sell them due to the huge domestic market. And Changan, which is a Chinese state-owned car manufacturer, also decided to enter the electric car race – for this, a rather interesting model was presented.
Yesterday, November 17, the Chinese brand Shenlan, which is a subsidiary of Changan, officially introduced the world to a car with a rather inexpressive name SL03, which is a direct competitor to the Tesla Model 3. Actually, the car, apparently, was created specifically in order to displace American competitor from the Chinese market. They created an electric car together with Huawei and CATL – the first integrated its operating system into the vehicle, and CATL was responsible for developing the battery.
The manufacturer noted that the power of the new electric car is very impressive and suspiciously similar to the Model 3 parameters. For example, an electric motor with a total capacity of 255 horsepower is installed on the rear axle of the car, which produces a maximum torque of 320 Nm. As a result, the liftback can accelerate from zero to hundreds in 5.9 seconds, which is very worthy for a vehicle aimed at traveling around the city. But the main bonus of the car in its mileage on a single charge is as much as 515 kilometers on the WLTC cycle. Of course, this evaluation cycle is far from reality, but in general, the performance of the car is more than worthy.
The main feature of the SL03 interior is the display of the multimedia system, which provides access to the operating system from Huawei. In China, it performs quite well and has an impressive range of features, especially if the owner of the car is the proud owner of a smartphone from a Chinese brand. The rest of the interior layout looks rather stingy and inexpensive, but the company did not aim at the premium segment – the task was to create an affordable electric car with the characteristics of the Tesla Model 3 level. And the Celestial Empire clearly coped with this task.
Source: Trash Box
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