Jaecoo Malaysia has revealed estimated pricing for the Jaecoo J7 PHEV, which is ready to be launched in November or December. The plug-in hybrid SUV, which shall be delivered to prospects beginning in February 2025, is ready to retail at round RM170,000 for the 2WD mannequin and RM180,000 with AWD.
Firm officers revealed these particulars to the media throughout the public preview of the J7 PHEV at Sunway Pyramid, which runs from at the moment till October 27. Guests will be capable to view the automotive in an enclosed house and expertise a video wall by the within of the automobile.
As for the automotive itself, the J7 PHEV utilises a fifth-generation hybrid-specific model of the 1.5 litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine from the Chery Omoda 5, producing 143 PS and 215 Nm of torque. That is paired with a 204 PS/310 Nm electrical motor and a devoted hybrid transmission (DHT) for a complete system output of 347 PS and 525 Nm.
These figures are far greater than the petrol J7’s 197 PS and 290 Nm, and so outfitted, the automotive is ready to dash from zero to 100 km/h in 8.5 seconds – seven tenths of a second faster than the common J7 AWD.
Juicing the motor is an 18.3 kWh Blade lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery sourced from BYD, delivering a WLTP-rated pure electrical vary of 88 km. Gasoline consumption is quoted at 4.9 litres per 100 km, and even with the battery depleted, this determine solely rises to five.99 litres per 100 km. Along with a relatively giant 60 litre gasoline tank, Jaecoo claims an general vary of 1,200 km.
These figures are evidently very conservative – a contingent of Malaysians and different nationalities just lately drove a J7 PHEV from Guangzhou to Wuhu on a single tank and battery cost, a distance of over 1,300 km. Alongside the best way, the group managed to drive 125.2 km on electrical energy alone.
Visible tweaks that distinguish the PHEV variant from the quite Land Rover-inspired J7 embody new aero-design 19-inch alloy wheels (much like the Omoda E5‘s however with totally different covers), sleeker door mirrors, a chequered flag motif on the door trim strips and the deletion of the petrol mannequin’s pretend tailpipes.
Inside, the PHEV is ready aside by a cleaner door card design that dispenses with the ornate seize handles, together with a revised centre console with out the big drive mode selector and gearlever – the latter changed by a easy stalk on the steering column. As an alternative is a row of bodily buttons with EV and HEV buttons. The ten.25-inch digital instrument show additionally will get new graphics.
Provisional specs for the Malaysian market embody full LED head- and taillights, keyless entry, push-button begin, dual-zone local weather management, power-adjustable entrance seats with reminiscence, heating and air flow, fake leather-based upholstery, wi-fi Apple CarPlay and wired Android Auto, a 360-degree digicam system with a “clear” perform, a panoramic glass roof and a powered tailgate.
Sure gadgets have been labeled as TBD because the native specification has not been absolutely finalised. These embody entrance and rear fog lights, a head-up show, eight-speaker Sony sound system, the 14.8-inch portrait infotainment touchscreen, Qi wi-fi charging, sprint cam, blind spot monitoring and eight airbags.
You’ll, nonetheless, get a full complement of driver help techniques, together with autonomous emergency braking, adaptive cruise management with cease and go and curve pace management, lane centring help, an Clever Evasion System (IES), entrance departure alert, a camera-based driver consideration monitor, rear cross visitors alert with auto brake, a door opening warning and auto excessive beam.
The J7 PHEV shall be supplied in three colors – Khaki White, Moonlight Silver (with a black roof) and Carbon Crystal Black, all with a black inside. Just like the petrol-powered J7, the automotive shall be CKD domestically assembled from the get-go on the Chery Company Malaysia plant in Shah Alam.
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