Avatr at present has three battery-electric fashions on provide: the Avatr 11 coupé-style SUV was the primary, adopted by the Avatr 12 electrical saloon. This 12 months, the model then launched the Avatr 07 SUV crossover as a competitor to the Tesla Mannequin Y in the marketplace. On the premiere of the 07 in Could, it was introduced {that a} variant with an extra vary extender was deliberate along with the BEV model. The opposite two fashions that can seemingly obtain the vary extender by the tip of the 12 months are the Avatr 11 and 12 – as a result of lack of different fashions within the vary.
Because the possession construction suggests, the battery for the EREV (Prolonged Vary Electrical Car) model comes from CATL. The EREV battery is alleged to have an power content material of 39 kWh and allow a battery-electric vary of 245 kilometres in keeping with the Chinese language CLTC cycle. The battery could be charged with 3C (on this case effectively over 100 kW at peak), and the charging time from 30 to 80 per cent is specified as quarter-hour.
Because of CATL’s experience, the battery pack is designed to keep away from an issue that always happens with different EREVs: a pointy drop in efficiency when the cost degree is low. In line with Avatr, the battery pack could be discharged at a peak fee of as much as 9C when totally charged (which corresponds to round 350 kW of energy) and even when the cost degree is low, the discharge fee ought to nonetheless be 7.7C (273 kW). As the electrical motor of the Avatr 07 EREV has an output of 231 kW, it ought to have the ability to ship full energy whatever the battery cost degree.
A 100 kW combustion engine is on board as a spread extender. Because the CnEvPost writes, this drive ought to generate ‘greater than 3.63 kWh of electrical energy per litre of petrol’. With a full tank and full battery, the entire vary needs to be 1,152 kilometres in keeping with CLTC. The vary due to this fact will increase considerably with the EREV system, however effectivity suffers enormously.
Avatr delivered a complete of 31,663 electrical automobiles final 12 months, with 32,655 autos delivered by July 2024 alone. Nevertheless, amongst Chinese language NEV startups, Avatr is among the corporations with decrease supply figures. In view of the success of Li Auto, which specialises in EREVs, start-ups reminiscent of Leapmotor and Neta have already began to supply EREVs along with their BEV fashions – and now Avatr is following swimsuit. Nevertheless, corporations reminiscent of Xpeng and Nio (apparently, one of many founders of Avatr, however Nio has withdrawn) have confirmed that they’ll stay on their BEV-only path.
Avatr’s largest shareholder is the state-owned automotive producer Changan with 40 per cent. CATL holds 17 per cent, with the rest in free float held by traders. Huawei is just not concerned within the three way partnership, however is among the major suppliers.
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