The Tank 500 Hi4-Z has an enormous battery and a deal with gas financial system to counter the risk from BYD Fang Cheng Bao’s Bao 8 SUV.
Tank, the personalised model of Nice Wall Motor, has launched a brand new mannequin, the Tank 500 Hi4-Z, to counter the risk posed to it within the off-road market by BYD’s Fang Cheng Bao model.
Tank immediately launched the hybrid off-road SUV (sport utility car), which compromises on off-road efficiency whereas is extra oriented in direction of city use.
The five-seater begins at RMB 363,800 ($49,830), which is RMB 16,000 lower than the RMB 379,800 beginning value of Fang Cheng Bao’s Bao 8.
The Tank 500 Hi4-Z shares the identical exterior design because the hybrid SUV Tank 500 Hi4-T, however affords a particular variant of purple and white gradient paint.
Launched on June 26, 2023, the Tank 500 Hi4-T is the primary new power car (NEV) mannequin from the Tank model.
In comparison with the Tank 500 Hi4-T, the Tank 500 Hi4-Z has extra energy, higher gas financial system, and longer battery life for city use.
The Tank 500 Hi4-Z measures 5,078 mm in size, 1,934 mm in width and 1,905 mm in peak and has a wheelbase of two,850 mm.
It’s powered by a 2 L engine with a most energy of 180 kW and a peak torque of 380 Nm.
The mannequin is powered by twin electrical motors, with the entrance motor producing 215 kW of peak energy and 400 Nm of peak torque and the rear motor producing 240 kW of peak energy and 415 Nm of peak torque.
The powertrain permits the Tank 500 Hi4-Z to speed up from 0 to 100 km/h in 4.6 seconds.
It’s powered by a Li-ion ternary battery pack with a capability of 59.05 kWh and a WLTC battery vary of 201 kilometers.
At full gas and full cost, the Tank 500 Hi4-Z has a mixed vary of 1,096 kilometers.
The mannequin is constructed on an 800 V high-voltage platform and could be charged as much as 163 kW, permitting it to cost from 30 % to 80 % in quarter-hour.
The Tank model is likely one of the most dominant gamers in China’s off-road SUV market, although its place is being threatened with BYD’s entry into the market by the Fang Cheng Bao model.
Fang Cheng Bao launched the Bao 8 on November 12, 2024, its second mannequin after the Bao 5, and the primary underneath BYD’s umbrella to function Huawei’s driver help system.
Fang Cheng Bao delivered 11,418 autos in December, together with 6,406 Bao 5s and 5,012 Bao 8s, in keeping with figures launched by BYD earlier immediately.
In November — the primary month of the Bao 8’s launch — 2,463 items of the mannequin had been delivered.
For the total yr 2024, Fang Cheng Bao delivered 56,388 autos, bringing cumulative deliveries to 62,100 since November 2023 when deliveries started.
As a comparability, the Tank model bought 21,879 autos in December, up 26.38 % year-on-year and up 8.37 % from November, in keeping with information launched earlier immediately by Nice Wall Motor.
The Tank model bought 231,001 autos in 2024, up 42.12 % from 2023.
($1 = RMB 7.3002)
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