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Seres’ sub-brand Landian sends 1st 500 cars to overseas markets
Seres officially launched the Landian brand on March 30 and made its first model, the plug-in hybrid E5, available with technology from Huawei and BYD.
Landian, the new energy vehicle (NEV) sub-brand of the Seres Group, began exporting vehicles, even though the new brand was officially launched only two months ago.
On May 25, Landian shipped the first 500 units of its midsize hybrid SUV Landian E5 to overseas markets, according to a press release from the brand on Sunday.
The vehicles will arrive in two weeks in markets along the "Belt and Road", Landian said.
Seres -- a key automotive partner of Chinese tech giant Huawei -- officially launched the Landian brand on March 30 and made its first model, the plug-in hybrid E5, available.
Equipped with technology from Huawei and BYD, the Landian E5 is a mid-size SUV available in 5- and 7-seat versions with a starting price of RMB 139,900 ($18,940).
The model uses the F31A 1.5L PHEV-specific engine and DHT300 electric hybrid system from BYD's FinDreams Power.
The Landian E5 also comes with Huawei's HiCar 3.0 system, a lite version of HarmonyOS for cars, but supports features including seamless connectivity with cell phones.
The Landian E5 drew strong interest from dealer partners during online presentations with overseas dealers, Landian said yesterday.
Landian literally means blue electricity in Chinese, and the brand is positioned as a builder of the Internet of Everything ecosystem in the "E era," where the letter E refers to Electric, according to Seres.
In 2023, the Landian brand will build 340 experience stores and 160 delivery centers, Seres previously said.
Seres Group sold 6,917 NEVs in April, down 19.12 percent year-on-year and 18.73 percent from March, according to data it released earlier this month.
That includes 2,953 vehicles for the Seres brand, according to the group, which did not release NEV sales for its other brands.
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Seres unveils new NEV brand Landian and 1st model E5 with BYD, Huawei technology
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Mercedes-Benz launches EQE SUV in China, prices start at $68,660
The EQE SUV is priced at about half the price of the EQS SUV that Mercedes-Benz launched in China on February 21.
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Mercedes-Benz has launched a new electric SUV in China that is about half the price of the more expensive EQS SUV it launched earlier this year, trying to capitalize on the opportunities presented by the rapid growth of the world's largest electric vehicle (EV) market.
Mercedes-Benz's joint venture in China, Beijing Benz, let the EQE SUV go on sale on May 27, based on the EVA all-electric platform, the 12th model produced by the German luxury carmaker in China.
The vehicle is available in four versions in China, with starting prices of RMB 486,000 ($68,660), RMB 510,000, RMB 564,600 and RMB 630,600 respectively.
That price is roughly half that of the EQS SUV that Mercedes-Benz launched in China on February 21, which was offered in two versions starting at RMB 910,500 and RMB 1,100,500 at launch.
The EQE SUV measures 4,880 mm in length, 2,032 mm in width and 1,679 mm in height, with a wheelbase of 3,030 mm.
In terms of powertrain, the model is available in two versions, 350 4MATIC and 500 4MATIC, with electric motors of 215 kW and 300 kW respectively, and they accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.8 seconds and 5.1 seconds respectively.
The EQE SUV comes standard with a battery pack with a capacity of 96.1 kWh and a maximum CLTC range of 613 km.
The vehicle supports a maximum charging power of 128 kW, and the minimum time required to increase the range from 10 percent to 80 percent is 48 minutes.
The vehicle supports the Adaptive Damping System Plus (ADS+) and AIRMATIC options.
For comparison, the EQS SUV measures 5,137 mm in length, 1,965 mm in width and 1,721 mm in height, and has a wheelbase of 3,210 mm. It can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 6.2 seconds.
The launch of the EQE SUV comes at a time when Mercedes-Benz's performance in the Chinese EV market has been lukewarm.
In the China Passenger Car Association's (CPCA) ranking of car companies' new energy vehicle (NEV) sales in China, Mercedes-Benz never made it.
On November 15, 2022, Mercedes-Benz announced a reduction in the suggested retail prices of some EQ series models by up to RMB 237,600 to boost sales.
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Mercedes-Benz slashes EQ series prices in China by up to $33,740
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