Fengyun T7 Pre-sale Starts from 109,900 Yuan, A Pure Electric SUV That Travels the World Before Returning Home

August 12, Chery Fengyun T7 officially opened pre-sale, three configurations pre-sale price 109,900 yuan to 129,900 yuan. The theme of this launch event is "Slow craftsmanship builds a good car, long awaited" — in the pace of new energy vehicles "change model every half year, change generation every year", not many car companies are willing to admit being "slow", Chery counts as one.

Go overseas first, then return home. The most noteworthy thing about Fengyun T7 is not the price, but its origin path

This car is called Lepas L6 overseas, South Africa has already opened pre-sale, Thailand launched on July 24, next it will go to Indonesia, EU, Australia-New Zealand, UK. First run around the world, accept overseas market inspection, then return to sell domestically — this reverse operation is indeed rare among local brands.

Why go through such trouble? A car must simultaneously meet regulations, climate, and road conditions of different markets such as EU, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Australia, etc., R&D cycle is destined to be long. Fengyun T7 planned for 2 years, developed for 3 years, spent 5 years in total. 81 durability test cars ran trials synchronously, whole vehicle cumulative test over 6 million km. Test environment covers Southeast Asia rainy season, Middle East high-temperature sun exposure, Indonesia high humidity, temperature range from minus 40 degrees to 55 degrees.

In today's industry where "launch a new car in 12 months" is pursued universally, spending 5 years to polish a 100,000 yuan class car, this pace is indeed somewhat unconventional. But the benefits brought by this slowness are real: it doesn't build a car first and then find ways to adapt it to different markets, but understands the needs of different markets first before starting to build cars.

Full series 600 km range, regardless of high or low trim

The old trick of 100,000 yuan class pure electric SUV is "entry level 400+ km, long range requires extra money for high trim". Fengyun T7's approach is: standard 65.05 kWh Rhino battery for the whole series, CLTC range unified at 600 km, actual test runs above 667 km. Entry version does not cut range, high trim does not add price to change range.

Fast charge 30% to 80% takes about 20 minutes. Battery cycle life over 2500 times. Whole domain thermal management system covers minus 30 degrees to 55 degrees. These parameters placed in 100,000 yuan class products, competitiveness is real.

Safety is another aspect that doesn't seem like "100,000 yuan class". Fengyun T7 is developed according to 2026 version E-NCAP five-star standard, functional safety reaches ASIL D highest level. Body 80% high-strength steel, 18.84% hot-formed steel, nine horizontal five vertical cage structure. Whole car 9 airbags, including 48L dual-chamber remote airbag and rear side airbag. Rhino battery IP68 waterproof is 96 times national standard.

These configurations usually appear on 200,000 yuan class products. Chery did not cut safety due to low price.

Smart cockpit uses 4nm process Qualcomm SA8775 chip, computing power 72 TOPS. 15.6 inch 2.5K center screen, supports CarPlay, Huawei HiCar, CarLink wireless connection. Lingxi Smart Cockpit 2.0 built-in nap, camping, pet, etc. scenario modes.

Falcon 500 driver assistance equipped with 22 sensors — 3 mmWave radars, 7 cameras, 12 ultrasonic radars. Supports 300+ scenario automatic parking, including dead-end parking and floor-spanning parking.

Dimensions 4570×1852×1694 mm, wheelbase 2700 mm. Rear seats folded form pure flat big bed. Chassis polished by former Maserati tuning team, rear-motor rear-drive layout rare at this price point.

During pre-sale period, pay 1,000 yuan deposit deductible 2,000 yuan car purchase price, two exclusive car colors limited time free. Two guarantees: battery thermal runaway due to battery itself reason compensate same new car; within one year of purchase due to intelligent driving system reason accident max compensate 5 million. Two lifelongs: whole vehicle including three-electric lifelong warranty, 666 yuan to buy lifelong basic maintenance.

100,000 yuan class pure electric SUV market is already a red ocean. BYD Yuan PLUS, Deepal S05, Geely Galaxy E5 are all fighting for this cake. Fengyun T7's differentiation lies in: using globally verified products to compete in domestic market, using full series 600 km range to establish identity, using European benchmark safety standards to build trust.

Chery ranked first in Chinese brand passenger car exports for consecutive 23 years, global users broke 20 million. Fengyun T7 is not a car pursuing "speed" — it spent 5 years to reach this pre-sale stage. But for consumers, a 100,000 yuan class pure electric SUV verified repeatedly by global markets, might be more worth looking at seriously than those rushed products.