First shot of 2025 in Chinese EV price war goes to Wuling Bingo SUV

Bingo. And like that Wuling has fired the primary salvo of 2025 within the worth conflict. The entire Wuling Bingo SUV vary is now formally priced at lower than 90,000 yuan (12,350 USD). Each the 410 km and 510 km variations have obtained worth drops.

Particularly, the 510 km vary model has been lowered from 95,800 yuan (13,100 USD) to 89,800 yuan (12,300 USD), a drop of 6000 yuan (800 USD). Then again the 410 km model has had much less of a lower. It drops 2000 yuan (275 USD) from 84,800 yuan (11,600 USD) to a brand new recommended retail worth of 82,800 yuan (11,350 USD).

The Wuling Bingo was first launched in 2023. In an try to capitalize on gross sales, the Wuling Bingo Plus was launched in March 2024. Regardless of the clearly related title, the automobiles usually are not very intently associated, and the Bingo Plus, which is also called the Bingo SUV, makes use of the Tianyu Structure M platform.

Formally, the Wuling Bingo SUV (see specs) refers back to the five-seater, whereas the Wuling Bingo Plus refers back to the four-seater. It has dimensions of 4090, 1720, 1575 mm, and the wheelbase is 2610 mm.

Gross sales of the four-seater Plus started in March 2024, and the five-seater SUV was launched in September. The five-seater is accessible in 330 km, 401 km, and 510 km variations, whereas the four-seater doesn’t supply a 330 km model.

All variations of the automotive use a 75 kW front-mounted electrical motor, which has a peak torque of 180 Nm. It’s a high-efficiency three-in-one water-cooled flat wire motor, and energy consumption is as little as 10.1 kWh per 100 km. This is sufficient to propel the automotive to a prime velocity of 140 km/h. There are not any official acceleration occasions for the five-seater variations, though the 401 km vary four-seater has an 11.2 seconds 0-100 km/h time, and the 510 km model has an 11.6 second time.

All variations of the Wuling Bingo Plus/SUV use lithium iron phosphate batteries. For the 330 km model, it makes use of a 31.9 kWh pack, for the 401 km model, a 37.9 kWh pack, and for the 510 km model a 50.6 kWh pack. Quick charging for all variations takes greater than half-hour.

Editor’s be aware:

The primary opponents for the Wuling Bingo SUV are the BYD Seagull, Geely Geome Xingyuan, and the forthcoming Aion UT. We must always anticipate retaliatory worth cuts from these over the approaching weeks.

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