Changan announced that it will unveil its upcoming brand-new pure electric SUV with an internal codename “CD701” on September 4th at the third Changan Automobile Science and Technology Ecological Conference. Earlier this month, Changan registered a new trademark named “E0”. It is highly likely that the car’s official name will be called E0. Once launched, it will compete with the NIO ES8 and BYD Tang EV.
Based on Changan’s SDA
architecture, the size of the Changan E0 is 5000/1970/1630 mm, with a 3100 mm
wheelbase. The car will feature a five-seater version. Interestingly, the door
handles are absent. Furthermore, the car adopts a slip-back design and runs on
five-spoke wheels. The exterior mirrors are replaced by cameras. Besides
cameras, it may also be equipped with lidars, millimeter wave radar, and
ultrasonic radar for its advanced driving assistance system.
According to Changan, its SDA architecture
is based on the concept of “layered decoupling”, which divides into six layers,
namely L1 to L6. The first three layers from L1 to L3 correspond to the car’s
sensing, control, and execution capabilities. The last three layers from L4 to
L6 correspond to the computing power, algorithms, and data.
Coming to the interior, an instrument
panel is absent. Instead, there is a head-up display. At the center of the
dashboard is a large central control screen. The steering wheel is flat-bottom
with the E0 logo displayed at the center.
The power specifications are not yet
revealed, we’ll watch closely for more details.
