Can the Chery Fulwin T7, developed over five years, compete with the Deepal S05?

August 12, Chery's new all-electric SUV Fulwin T7 started pre-sales. Three versions with pre-sale prices: 600km Enjoyment Edition 109,900 RMB, 600km Comfort Edition 119,900 RMB, Intelligence Edition 129,900 RMB.

Consumers who reserve can enjoy 7 car buying rights, including value 6,000 RMB exclusive car color limited free selection, pay 1,000 RMB deposit offsetting 2,000 RMB car payment, priority pick-up, plus two baseline guarantees and two lifetime benefits.

Among them, the two baseline guarantees include: ① Power battery safety baseline, if the whole vehicle suffers thermal runaway damage due to the power battery itself, Chery will compensate with a new car of the same model or a new car with configuration not lower than the original car; ② Driving assistance baseline, within one year from the date of purchase, if the accident is caused by the "Intelligent Driving Assistance System" in the "Parking Scenario" or "Intelligent Navigation Scenario", causing injury to occupants and third-party loss compensation, the maximum compensation is 5 million.

And the two lifetime benefits include: ① Whole vehicle lifetime warranty, value 10,000 RMB whole vehicle lifetime warranty (including three-electric), excluding wear parts and special parts; ② Lifetime maintenance package, 666 RMB to purchase value 3,999 RMB lifetime basic maintenance package (1 time/year).

T7 is a compact SUV, it is currently the lowest positioning and cheapest priced model in the Chery Fulwin T series. After this car goes on sale, the Fulwin T series will fully layout all sub-markets of large, mid-size, medium and compact SUVs, covering the price range of 100,000 to 250,000 RMB.

Recently, the debate about "fast-track cars" in the automotive industry has been intense. How long should a car's development cycle be to be considered normal? In the past, developing a car took 5 to 6 years, now 2 to 3 years for one, some car companies even develop a new car in 18 months, does the latter count as a "fast-track car", is safety and quality guaranteed? Views from different enterprises are not the same.

Vooyah Auto Chairman Lu Fang believes that a short development time does not equal a fast-track car. The only ruler to judge whether a car is "fast-track" is not time, but whether it has completely gone through all required verification processes. If a car violates rules, cuts corners, or reduces tests during development, it is a fast-track car; but if it shortens the cycle but meticulously completes every test in regulations and industry standards, it should be called an "efficient car".

Why is the development cycle of current new energy vehicles generally shorter, Lu Fang believes this is the result of systematic technological leap. On one hand, platformization and modular architecture achieve cross-vehicle reuse of three-electric systems and chassis architecture, saving repeated development costs; on the other hand, the maturity of simulation testing technology can complete millions of kilometers of extreme condition simulation in a digital environment, greatly reducing the actual vehicle physical testing cycle, essentially an efficiency revolution in the automotive industry, not a compromise on product quality.

However, the views of Chery executives seem not entirely the same. Chery Executive Vice President Li Xueyong released a post before the Fulwin T7 pre-sale stating that Chery builds cars slowly, but some time really dare not save, R&D cannot be fast, verification cannot be fast, global user co-creation cannot be fast.

Fulwin T7 is "slow work yields fine products". This car started pre-research in 2022, until the third quarter of 2026 started pre-sales, spent 2 years planning, 3 years positive development. During the testing phase, 81 exclusive endurance cars were tested on the road simultaneously, the whole vehicle cumulative test mileage exceeded 6 million kilometers, endurance special test 1.45 million kilometers. At the same time, global multi-regions such as Southeast Asia rainy season, Middle East high temperature sun exposure, Indonesia high humidity etc. were subjected to extreme actual vehicle trials.

Fulwin T7 is also a global model, whether in styling aesthetics, development process, and safety and quality standards, it has considered the needs of global consumers and overseas market regulations and standards.

So, can the Chery Fulwin T7, developed over five years, hold its ground? Next, let's take a close look at its product power.

Fulwin T7 is a standard compact SUV, body dimensions are 4570×1852×1694mm, wheelbase 2700mm. Car interior space occupancy rate 84%, pure flat floor in rear row, legroom reaches 911mm, leading in class. After the rear row is folded down, it can be expanded into a 1955mm pure flat big bed. In regular state, trunk volume is 450L, expanded volume reaches 1550L, loading capacity is prominent. The whole car has 38 storage spaces, also equipped with four rivet rings with max load bearing 300kg and two hooks with max load bearing 3kg, convenient for fixing camping equipment and large items.

Regarding design, the Fulwin T7 exterior design is clean and sharp, lines are simple, surfaces are full. Wind-sailing front face, wind-plastic satin body, sky halo tailgate, balancing international simple aesthetics with Oriental elegant temperament. Whole vehicle paint surface standard synchronizes with overseas rigorous weather resistance requirements, providing 6 color schemes: Fiery Orange, Mountain Smoke Purple, Cloud Pink Beige, Flowing Light Silver, Green Bamboo Grey, Ink Stone Black.

Interior is divided into Warm Black Brown and Extreme Night Obsidian two styles, Cloud Wing wrap-around cabin paired with large area soft wrapping, pebble floating speaker, diamond quilting details are exquisite; all interior leather, sealing strips, plastic parts are not easy to harden or fade, still new and durable with long-term use, balancing appearance and texture.

Regarding comfort configuration, the new car adopts 9-layer cloud-sensation seats, soft but not sagging, no fatigue for long sitting, also with ventilation and heating functions. Heating function supports 3-level temperature control adjustment, in -20℃ environment, 5 minutes fast heat to 30℃; seat ventilation adopts suction design, back not stuffy and sweaty in summer.

Regarding range and energy consumption, the new car standard equips all with 65.05kWh Lithium Iron Phosphate battery, CLTC condition range 600km (actual range 667+km), 100km electricity consumption 12.9kWh. Battery SOC 30%-80% only needs 20 minutes. Global integrated thermal management dual-source wide heat pump air conditioning + high voltage PTC allows Northern users to drive confidently in winter. -30°C-55°C ultra-wide temperature range stable operation, heating more power-saving in low temperature environment, heat dissipation more efficient in high temperature environment. With the standard equipped AGS intelligent intake grille and 14 low wind resistance optimizations, high and low speed energy consumption is more stable. The vehicle also has external discharge function, power 6kW.

Regarding power and driving control, Fulwin T7 adopts front-engine front-drive power form, motor maximum power 178kW, maximum torque 275Nm, maximum speed 180km/h. Suspension is front MacPherson + rear multi-link independent suspension combination, chassis is tuned by an international team led by Maserati front chassis tuning experts, 50.8:49.2 golden axle load ratio can effectively inhibit steering push head, tail swinging phenomenon, improving cornering stability and straight line driving tracking.

Regarding intelligent driving assistance, Fulwin T7 high configuration version carries Falcon 500 Driving Assistance System, integrating 3 mm-wave radars, 7 high-performance cameras, 12 ultrasonic radars, total 22 high-precision sensors (3R7V12U), supports highway NOA function (middle-low configuration version supports L2 driving assistance). Regarding parking, the new car can meet 300+ full scene automatic parking, including dead-end street parking, one-key tracking reverse, cross-floor parking etc. scenes, industry coverage is the most complete.

Regarding intelligent cockpit, Fulwin T7 carries Qualcomm 8775 Cockpit-Driving Integrated Chip (low and middle configuration versions carry Qualcomm 8155 Chip), allowing smart cockpit and smart driving two domains seamless synergy. The chip adopts 4nm advanced process, 72TOPS high computing power, response only needs 80ms, boot speed up 33%, speed faster, operation more silky, intelligent interaction response more rapid.

15.6 inch 2.5K HD large screen image delicate and real, anti-glare, anti-reflect, anti-fingerprint, CarPlay, HUAWEI HiCar, CarLink wireless connection, covering 99%+ mobile phone screen casting on the market, achieve seamless interconnection as soon as getting on the car. Lingxi Smart Cockpit 2.0 brings an all-around companion, owning Little Qi Classmate, Northeast Aunt, Argumentation Master, Spoken Language Teacher, Story King, Professional Debater six true-life feeling companion experience. Also Little Nap, Camping, Pet, Wake Up etc. six scene modes, meet various scene car use needs.

Regarding body safety, Fulwin T7's nine horizontal five longitudinal cage body uses 80% high strength steel, 18.84% hot formed steel to build, shotgun structure, double frame sub-frame + Pack anti-collision beam constituted "steel bone and iron flesh" all-around protection for occupant cabin safety, front 9 lines + side 6 lines collision transmission paths maximize dispersion of collision energy, retain occupant survival space; whole car 9 airbags (including 48L dual cavity remote airbag and rear side airbag) form 360° all-around protection.

Regarding battery safety, Fulwin T7 series standard carrying Rhino Battery adopts super strong 6D protection structure, all-around resist extrusion, puncture, impact, construct multi-layer three-dimensional safety barrier for power battery. IP68 water-proof grade is 96 times national standard, effectively preventing battery water ingress short circuit hazard.

Summary: Fulwin T7 enters the compact pure electric SUV market models many, competition fierce. Data shows, in the past year, the top three models in this sub-market ranking are Changan Deepal S05, GAC Toyota Platinum Wisdom 3X, Geely Galaxy E5, prices are 119,900 RMB-151,900 RMB, 109,800 RMB-159,800 RMB, 109,800 RMB-179,800 RMB; sales are 111,682 vehicles, 94,111 vehicles, 91,726 vehicles.

What are the competitive advantages of Fulwin T7? First is the standard 600km range is leading. Changan Deepal S05 entry level range is 520km, Platinum Wisdom 3X is 430km, Galaxy E5 is 530km. For economic family cars, range is many purchase pure electric model consumers' primary attention point.

Second, its charging speed is also fast, battery SOC 30%-80% takes 20 minutes, however this item's advantage is not obvious. Changan Deepal S05 takes 15 minutes, Platinum Wisdom 3X takes 24 minutes, Galaxy E5 takes 20 minutes.

Finally, regarding intelligence, pre-sale price 129,900 RMB of Fulwin T7 Intelligence Edition can provide highway NOA navigation driving assistance, Deepal S05 full series standard equips highway NOA function, price 141,900 RMB-151,900 RMB high configuration version also supports city NOA function; Platinum Wisdom 3X high configuration version provides city and highway NOA function, but price goes to 149,800 RMB-159,800 RMB; Galaxy E5 then full series has no highway or city NOA function.

Through the above simple comparison easy to find, Changan Deepal S05 ranking first in compact SUV market has reasons. Fulwin T7 range has advantage, Changan Deepal S05 intelligent driving configuration higher, just see how users make trade-offs.