Recently, Changan Shenlan announced that for the first non-commercial customer who successfully placed an order from November 11th to November 19th, the power system of their vehicle will be provided with a “lifetime quality assurance gift”. Consumers who have already placed their orders and received their vehicles before this period will also enjoy the same rights.
The enhanced version of the Shenlan SL03 power system also provides a lifetime quality assurance service, which is the first in the industry. Previously, some manufacturers provided “lifetime quality assurance” services for electric vehicles in terms of the “three-electric” system, but providing a lifetime quality assurance service for engine components such as the power booster is still a precedent.
Changan Shenlan stated that the enhanced technology of Changan Shenlan was completely self-developed. It has undergone three comprehensive and in-depth explorations of its enhanced technology route in the past ten years, and has accumulated core technologies and processes that have undergone a large number of trial productions, tests and honing.
Currently, Changan Shenlan owns over 1,300 technical patents, covering various fields including batteries, electric drive, electric control, intelligence, and appearance, of which more than one thousand are in the “three-electric” domain.
According to statistics, in October 2022, the insurance coverage of the SL03 increased by 135% compared to the previous month, and in cities where power-assisted electric vehicles do not enjoy new energy preferential policies such as Beijing, order data accounted for 57% of the total sales of the vehicle model in the region.
Benefiting from large-capacity power batteries and electric drive modes, the SL03 enhanced version of the CLTC pure electric driving mileage can reach 200 kilometers, and the official fuel consumption is 4.5 L gasoline. According to the relevant person in charge of Changan Shenlan, most SL03 enhanced version car owners lead a “5+2” lifestyle, that is, they use the pure electric mode for commuting to and from work five days a week, and use the hybrid mode for long-distance travel during the weekend, so the large battery enhanced mode is very suitable for them.
In terms of comfort, because the enhanced engine always runs at its best condition, vibration and noise have been effectively controlled. A person in charge at Changan Shenlan shared that a SL03 enhanced version car owner requested to add a prompt to indicate whether the boost engine is working, as the owner cannot feel whether the boost engine is running during the driving process.
In terms of intelligence, the SL03 enhanced version is equipped with an 8155 on-board computer chip, and is also equipped with a 14.6-inch sunflower screen, supporting Bluetooth/NFC non-contact entry, 3D holographic facial login, and “Hello, Shenlan” intelligent voice assistant functions.According to the statistical data of China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in September, the production and sales of new energy vehicles reached 755,000 and 708,000 respectively, an increase of 110% and 93.9% year-on-year. Meanwhile, the domestic retail penetration rate of new energy vehicles has reached 31.8%, up 11 percentage points from the same period last year. After sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (including extended range) reached 144,000, up over 160% year-on-year, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (including extended range) achieved sales of 168,000 in September, a year-on-year increase of 186%.
According to the “Development Plan for the New Energy Vehicle Industry (2021-2035)” released by China in 2020, the sales volume of new energy vehicles will account for about 20% of the total sales volume of new vehicles by 2025. Despite the continuous decline in subsidies for new energy vehicles, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles continues to increase, and even the national target may be achieved three years ahead of schedule.
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