On December 30th, Changan Shenlan presented the SL03 at the Guangzhou Auto Show and invited SL03 hydrogen vehicle owners to attend the event. The hydrogen version of the SL03 was also showcased, achieving an efficiency of 0.65 kg of hydrogen per 100 kilometers, and producing 20.5 degrees of electricity from 1 kg of hydrogen, with a quick refueling time of 3 minutes under CLTC work conditions. The hydrogen fuel cell system employed a latest-generation high-performance electric stack and a fully-variable decoupling high-precision control technology, achieving a hydrogen-to-electricity conversion efficiency of over 60\%. The system efficiently recycles heat during the hydrogen-to-electricity conversion process for heating, ensuring that winter commutes are not impacted.
For users, the significance of the Shenlan SL03 hydrogen vehicle lies more in its technological reserves. At present, the cost and speed of refueling cannot be reasonably controlled, so this remains a technology that belongs to the future direction of the industry.
Changan Shenlan has announced that they have been accelerating the development of semi-solid state batteries for over a year and are now in the engineering development phase, with plans to implement it in vehicle applications by 2025. They also plan to construct more than 600 Shenlan Spaces, more than 300 delivery centers, and over 600 maintenance centers nationwide to expand their sales channels. Currently, Changan Shenlan has established 570 order centers in 218 cities in China.
Since its establishment in April, Changan Shenlan has grown rapidly and became a new brand that reached 10,000 in sales in the shortest period of time. The SL03 broke industry records, achieving over 10,000 orders within 33 minutes of the release of pricing. Data shows that by the third month after its launch, the SL03 had achieved a monthly insurability of 5,744 units, exceeding the sales figures of other automakers during the same period after their own launches. Sales of Changan Shenlan are expected to exceed 10,000 in December, making it the new car brand with the fastest time to reach 10,000 in sales.
At the same time, Changan Shenlan’s first SUV model, the Shenlan S7, was also unveiled at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and it is expected to be released in 2023.“`
By then, Deep Blue S7 will form a product matrix with Deep Blue SL03. By 2025, Changan Deep Blue will release 6-7 new products, covering more segmented markets from compact to large, to meet the travel needs of users in different scenarios.
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