This is the new Beijing Qingxing Jingke 400, a small
electric MPV that will be launched on the Chinese car market in Q3. Beijing
Qingxing is the company name, Jingke 400 is the vehicle’s name.
Beijing Qingxing is a new company, established in
2017 and based in Beijing. They are a subsidiary of FAW-Jilin, in turn a
subsidiary of First Auto Works (FAW). The company has been established to cash
into the booming EV market in the capital, bringing some competition to Beijing
Auto and its various affiliates.
The Jingke 400 us based on the FAW-Jilin Senya S80,
a gasoline powered mini MPV. Price of the Senya S80 starts at 49.900 yuan and
ends at 65.900 yuan. Lone engine is a 88 hp 1.3 petrol. It is a very old car
and hasn’t been updated since 2015, so it will likely be cancelled soon. But it
will live on in the Jingke 400. The transformation was easy: Beijing Qingxing
changed absolutely nothing about the looks. All they did was adding a few blue
lines in the front bumper.
There was of course a bigger change under the hood.
Out went the stinkin’ petrol engine and in came an electric motor. It has 82 hp
and 220 Nm, and it is mated to a 45.5 kWh battery pack. Range is 308
kilometers.
Range with a constant speed of 60 km/h is 380 kilometers.
The 60 km/h thing is an unofficial, and seemingly meaningless, standard used by
many Chinese automakers.
The interior is largely the same as in the Senya S80
as well, but Beijing Qingxing added an ultra-cheap looking after-market touch
screen. Strangely, they also didn’t change the…
