Electric Technology Car News: After five years of poor sales, can the Lifan 620EV, which relies on new energy, make a comeback?

Chongqing Lifan Automobile Co., Ltd. is a professional automobile manufacturing company controlled by Chongqing Lifan Group. It is located in Beibei, the back garden of Chongqing. It is a designated manufacturer of chassis and complete vehicles approved by the state. Its main product types include freight trucks, buses, various types of micro-vans and special-purpose vehicles. It is a nationally renowned transportation equipment manufacturer with 35 years of automobile production history.

Although the Restarted Lifan Automobile Company is a traditional automobile brand, it has also entered the electric vehicle field under the encouragement of national policies. The Lifan 620EV developed by the Restarted Lifan Automobile Company is one of the earliest mass-produced pure electric vehicles in China, and it is also the first pure electric vehicle officially put into commercial operation in China. As early as the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, it became a police vehicle and participated in security work.

Recently, a set of model declaration drawings of the new Lifan 620EV were obtained from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Compared with the old model, the front grille and door handles are decorated with chrome, which not only improves the appearance but also enhances the overall grade. The car has been adjusted in body size and equipped with a new battery type.

Judging from the application pictures, the new Lifan 620EV still uses the exterior design style of the current model. The car will be equipped with sunroof, various wheel rims, wheel rim materials, charging plug/socket and other configurations according to different model configurations. At the same time, the car will be equipped with tires with a specification of 195/60 R15.

In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the car are 4625/1715/1480mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2610mm. Compared with the current model, its length and width have increased by 75mm and 10mm respectively, the height has decreased by 15mm, and the wheelbase has increased by 5mm. In terms of power, the car will be equipped with an electric motor with a maximum power of 82 horsepower. In addition, the car does not use the lithium iron phosphate battery of the current model, but is equipped with a multi-composite lithium-ion power battery.

In addition to this new model, the old Lifan 620EV has also been included by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in the "Recommended Model Catalog for the Promotion and Application of New Energy Vehicles" (fourth batch).

However, 91che (Official Account: 91che) believes that the new Lifan 620EV cannot erase the image of Chongqing Lifan Automobile Company for fraudulent subsidies. Although Lifan Automobile Company's head Chen Weiqiang later stated that it was not a malicious fraud, the reason why more than 2,000 vehicles were short of power during the fraudulent subsidy verification was related to Lifan's battery replacement technology route and battery supply. Lifan has always advocated a battery replacement model that separates the vehicle from the battery. Affected by the supply of power batteries, the supplier failed to deliver on time last year, which led to the above-mentioned power shortage.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is possible for dozens or hundreds of vehicles to be out of power, but it is impossible for more than 2,000 vehicles to be out of power at the same time. Besides, electric vehicle subsidy fraud has long been an unspoken rule in the industry, so Lifan Motors' statement is a complete rebuttal.

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