On August 12, Chery Fengyun T7 officially started pre-sales. This launch event themed "Craftsmanship makes good cars, the wait was long" seems "incongruous" in an era where more than 3 new cars are launched daily on average.

But precisely this "incongruity" hits the most sensitive nerve of the current new energy vehicle industry.

Excitement of "Quick Fixes" and Scarcity of "Slow Craft"

Data shows that in July 2026, the monthly sales proportion of new energy vehicles broke through 60% for the first time. Industry competition has shifted comprehensively from price gaming to value competition. However, the other side of speed is underlying concern. Industry executives publicly criticized some brands for deleting necessary testing links to accelerate the launch pace, making consumers de facto test drivers. The National Automotive Standardization Technical Committee has publicly sought opinions on three new energy vehicle modeling test procedures, intending to raise the total mileage of new energy vehicle reliability driving tests to 30,000 kilometers.

The root cause of "quick-fix cars" lies in the distorted competition logic — some companies fall into "theory of speed", fearing missing the track by half a step, fearing losing traffic by a few days. But cars are not fast-moving consumer goods. It is against this background that Chery gave another answer with Fengyun T7.

Sharpening a Sword for Five Years: A Global Car "Going Overseas First, Returning Home Later"

Fengyun T7 is not a domestic-only model. Its homologous model Lepas L6 has already started pre-sales in South Africa and launched in Thailand, and will subsequently land in the EU, Australia & New Zealand, UK, Israel, Malaysia and other markets. Accepting the global market test first, then launching domestically — this reverse input product rhythm is rare among local car companies.

This is backed by Chery's solid accumulation of ranking at the forefront of domestic brand passenger car exports for 23 consecutive years, surpassing 20 million global users, and products sold in over 130 overseas markets. In the first half of 2026, China's automobile exports reached 5.096 million vehicles, with Chery leading the pack with 943,800 export vehicles. Fengyun T7 is not a car made well domestically first and then trying to sell it abroad, but a product that was researched and developed according to global standards from the start, completed validation running globally, and returned domestically only after receiving real feedback from overseas markets.

2 years of planning, 3 years of R&D. In today's industry rhythm of "one new car every 12 months", this cycle almost seems incongruous. But precisely these 5 years of slowness allowed Fengyun T7 to achieve differentiation in many dimensions.

In terms of safety, it was developed according to the 2026 version E-NCAP five-star safety standard. The 2026 version E-NCAP breaks vehicle safety into four pillars: safe driving, collision avoidance, collision protection, and post-collision safety. Fengyun T7 anchored this standard from the R&D stage, while also achieving the highest level of functional safety ASILD. This is not simple "spec stacking", but moving safety standards to the front into the product definition phase.

In terms of environmental adaptability, Fengyun T7's global adaptation interval covers -40°C to 55°C. For this, it was equipped with a dual-source wide-temperature range heat pump plus PTC system; air conditioning filters were optimized for tropical high-humidity regions; the Middle East area is equipped with a 4.5L large capacity cleaning fluid tank; battery front and rear beam protection is added on Brazilian gravel roads. These details reflect a "building cars for global users" mindset — understanding the needs of different environments first before starting to build cars.

The verification环节 further explains the problem. Fengyun T7 invested in 81 exclusive durability cars for road tests simultaneously, with the whole vehicle cumulative test mileage exceeding 6 million kilometers, and durability special tests reaching 1.45 million kilometers. Covering 100+ extreme road condition environments including EU, Australia & New Zealand, Middle East, South Africa, Russia, Mexico, Brazil, etc.

Full Series 600km Range Equality: Breaking Graded Premiums

Fengyun T7 made an unconventional decision — all configuration versions are uniformly equipped with 65.05kWh Rhino Battery, CLTC range all locked at 600km. The entry model does not cut range, high-end versions do not add price to swap range, directly breaking the industry's common graded premium logic. Official actual test range can reach 667km, 30%-80% fast charging only takes 22 minutes.

The Rhino Battery passed the 2026 version new national standard certification early, with cycle life exceeding 2,500 times. Calculating based on annual usage of 20,000 kilometers for home cars, the whole vehicle does not need battery replacement for 15 years. Chery simultaneously gave three bottom-line commitments: full series meets the latest national standard, battery thermal runaway damage compensates with the same new car, first owner non-operating owner lifetime warranty on the three-electric systems.

Safety Fully Equipped: Same-Level Top-Spec Safety Configurations Standard for All Series

Fengyun T7 adopts 80% high-strength steel body plus 18.84% hot-formed steel, nine-horizontal five-vertical cage body structure. Most 9 airbags in the same level, including 48L maximum volume dual-cavity far-end airbags, 1778mm longest side curtain airbags, 6s long-term pressure retention technology. Rhino Battery 6D lock plate armor 31-layer protection, IP68 waterproof reaches 96 times the national standard, side extrusion resistance reaches 2 times the national standard. Completed extreme safety tests including frontal pole collision, side pole collision, offset collision, 40km/h钻卡 (drill truck), MCB collision brake stop, etc.

Intelligence and Comfort: Cockpit-Drive Integration, Mobile Large Flat Floor

Regarding intelligence, Fengyun T7 launches the same-level first 4nm process 8775 Cockpit-Drive integrated chip, NPU computing power 72 TOPS, equipped with 15.6-inch 2.5K anti-glare large screen and Lingxi Smart Cockpit 2.0 × Doubao Large Model. Falcon 500 intelligent driving is equipped with 22 high-precision sensors, supporting 200+ scenarios automatic parking, highway pilot assistance.

Regarding space, body size 4570×1852×1694mm, wheelbase 2700mm, interior get rate 84%. 9-layer composite cloud-feel seats, same-level largest pure flat large bed mode 1955mm×1310mm, trunk regular 450L, max expansion 1550L.

Global Quality, National Price

Fengyun T7 launched 3 configuration models for this pre-sale, pre-sale price 109,900 - 129,900 RMB. From now until launch, paying 1,000 yuan deposit can enjoy 7 tiers of gift package benefits.

Fengyun T7 fills the last piece of the map for Chery Sequence plug-in hybrid, range extended, pure electric three technology routes. For Chery, its significance is not just a volume model — in the past Chery earned money from the global market through exports, now bringing domestically verified mature products back from the global market, using system capabilities saved by long-term investment to fight the home market.

Slow is slow, but every step is solidly placed. In this era swarmed by "quick fixes", Chery told the market with one Fengyun T7: some things cannot be fast, some roads cannot be bypassed.

China's automobile industry is moving towards the global market, transforming towards high-quality development. The true core competitiveness has never relied on the gimmick of getting one step ahead, but on product strength that can withstand the test of time, road conditions, and complex working conditions. Fengyun T7's "slow craft" might just be the clarity this industry needs most.

August 12, Chery Fengyun T7 officially started pre-sale. The launch event adopted "Crafting Good Cars Takes Time, We've Waited Long Enough" as the theme, conveying a long-term car manufacturing philosophy. Against the backdrop of intensified competition in the home pure EV segment, where many brands pursue rapid new releases, Fengyun T7 rejects rushed car manufacturing. Built on Chery's global quality manufacturing system, its same-origin model Lepas L6 has already been launched in South Africa and Thailand, gaining overseas reputation. Now returning to the domestic market, it leverages globally verified product strength to provide a one-stop solution for home users' six core needs: travel, safety, intelligence, comfort, driving control, and appearance, setting a new value benchmark for the home electric vehicle market.

The industry enters the quality second half; rejecting rushed manufacturing is the true color of home EVs

The current new energy market has moved past the first half of stacking parameters, gradually entering a quality competition era centered on reliability and durability. Some models in the industry are compressing R&D cycles, cutting environmental and durability tests, and launching "rushed models", forcing consumers to bear product trial-and-error costs and exacerbating user anxiety about EV durability and adaptability to extreme environments. When purchasing a car, users often face a dilemma: wanting long range means sacrificing some safety features, pursuing smart driving experience means raising the budget, advantages are scattered across different price models, and selecting a car forces constant compromise and trade-offs.

As Chery, with 23 years of the #1 export track record for Chinese brand passenger cars and an accumulation of 20 million global users, offers a different problem-solving approach. Fengyun T7 underwent 2 years of planning and 3 years of R&D. It is not simply a domestic model modification exported overseas, but anchored on global standards, global testing, global users, global durability, and global quality manufacturing five systems from the project start. The project completed 5000+ global user surveys and visited 15 typical countries, benchmarking 2026 E-NCAP 5-star safety, ASIL-D high-level functional safety, and global data compliance.

The whole vehicle investment included 81 durability test vehicles, with cumulative test mileage exceeding 6 million kilometers. Durability special tests covered 1.45 million kilometers, traversing 100+ extreme road conditions in the EU, Middle East, South Africa, Brazil, etc., covering 95% of global road types. From Southeast Asia high humidity floods and Nordic extreme cold, to plateau strong UV and overseas unpaved gravel roads, it completed multi-region extreme trials, adapting to a full-domain environment from -40°C to 55°C. Massive real-world testing closed loops on potential issues, bringing mature products verified in overseas markets back to the domestic market to resolve family users' concerns about EV reliability from the root.

Six core needs in one step, breaking the home EV configuration tiered premium scheme

Many families buying pure electric SUVs always face trade-offs: range, safety, space, and intelligence are hard to balance; achieving balanced strength requires constantly adding budget. Fengyun T7 breaks the industry tiered premium scheme, maximizing the six core needs most concerned by families. One car covers all scenarios: commuting, parenting, camping, and long-distance self-driving.

On travel core needs, achieving 600km range equality. All series are standard-equipped with a 65.05kWh Rhino Battery. CLTC range is 600km, real-world test range reaches 667km, reversing the common practice of exaggerated claims. 30%-80% fast charging takes only 22 minutes; filling 300km of range can be done while having a cup of coffee. Battery cycle life exceeds 2500 times, and the whole vehicle does not need battery replacement for 15 years. Equipped with the class-first dual-source wide temperature range heat pump + PTC thermal management system, winter range attainment rate increases by 30%, and the battery still works stably in extreme cold and heat environments, saying goodbye to range anxiety.

Safety core needs achieved top configuration across all series with no compromise. 80% high-strength steel body paired with 18.84% hot-formed steel; nine transverse and five longitudinal cage body with exclusive structure support. Equipped with the most 9 airbags in its class, featuring 6s long-term pressure retention technology. The Rhino Battery has 31-layer 6D armored plate protection. IP68 water resistance, anti-crush, salt mist, and fire test standards far exceed national standards. It completed strict tests like frontal pole hit, side pole hit, and MCB collision brake stop, with dual protection for the occupant cabin and battery pack, guarding the safety of the whole family's travel.

Smart core needs balance cockpit and smart driving dual experience. Equipped with the class-first 4nm cockpit-driving integrated 8775 chip, 72 TOPS NPU computing power, and system response as low as 80ms. The 15.6-inch 2.5K anti-glare screen features Lingxi Smart Cockpit 2.0 accessing the Doubao Large Model, supporting multi-platform phone interconnection. Six scene modes including Nap, Camping, and Baby can be switched with one key. Falcon 500 Smart Driving is equipped with 22 high-precision sensors, supporting all-scenario automatic parking, 100-meter tracking reverse, and highway pilot assist, reducing long-distance driving burden.

Comfort core needs create a home mobile spacious living room. The 2700mm wheelbase brings an 84% interior usable rate, with 911mm legroom on the rear pure flat floor, allowing tall passengers to sit comfortably. 9-layer composite cloud-feel seats support heating and ventilation. The interior can expand to a 1955mm x 1310mm large bed mode, suitable for camping naps. The trunk can expand to 1550L, with rich storage points meeting family loading needs. The chassis was tuned by a former Maserati chassis expert team. The 50.8:49.2 golden axle load and 70mm large bushings filter bumps, balancing high-speed stability with bumpy road comfort.

Appearance core needs balance global aesthetics. Global designers co-created the exterior and interior. Six Oriental elegant paint schemes match dual-style interiors, balancing the steady sense of home use with a young refined sense, meeting the aesthetic preferences of the whole family.

Global quality with national pricing, redefining family pure electric SUV value

China's automotive industry is welcoming "China Time". In the first half of 2026, the domestic car export volume reached 5.096 million vehicles, with new energy exports at 2.355 million vehicles, and Chinese car manufacturing strength gained global market recognition. Fengyun T7 is a representative product under this background. It is not compromised for overseas markets before returning to domestic, but developed forward according to global unified standards. Welding features ±0.01mm hair-grade welding precision. The AI+5G Eagle Eye inspection station has 200+ visual inspection points, guaranteeing the quality of every car with global unified smart manufacturing standards.

Under the wave of industry competing on speed and gimmicks, "Crafting Good Cars Takes Time" appears especially precious. Fengyun T7 brings global 5-star safety, million-kilometer real testing, and all-scenario balanced product power to ordinary family users. No need to pay high premiums for single advantages or compromise repeatedly between range, safety, and space, allowing ordinary families to buy a pure electric SUV that has been globally tempered and is worth long-term trust.

From a market trend perspective, home pure electric consumption is returning to rationality. Users no longer blindly trust flashy parameters, valuing truly durable and all-scenario balanced products more. The pre-sale of Fengyun T7 provides a new template for the home electric vehicle market: a truly good family car is one that addresses all user core needs properly in one go.

On August 12, Chery's all-new global quality pure electric SUV — Fengyun T7 officially started pre-sale. The pre-sale launch event used "Craft with Patience, Build Great Cars, Long Overdue" as the core theme, clearly conveying the brand's long-term commitment to vehicle manufacturing. Abandoning the industry's impetuous fast-paced car manufacturing model, Fengyun T7 has always used global rigorous standards to polish every detail, using solid craftsmanship to build a global quality model, while also showing a sincere attitude to repay the long-standing expectations and waiting of consumers.

Three configuration versions of Fengyun T7 are launched for pre-sale, with a pre-sale guide price range of 109,900 to 129,900 yuan. Additionally, seven exclusive benefits tailored for car buyers are provided, maximizing the cost-performance advantage of entry-level home pure electric SUVs.

At present, China's new energy vehicle industry has already stood at the core position of the global stage, with Chinese smart manufacturing continuing to lead the global new energy vehicle development wave. Relying on Chery's 23 years of deep cultivation in the global market and overseas car manufacturing experience, Fengyun T7 has walked a unique "reverse overseas expansion" path of "testing globally first, then returning to the domestic market". After rigorous testing in multiple global regions and full scenarios, the new car precisely anchors six core rigid needs for contemporary family vehicles, integrating six core advantages of appearance, safety, range, intelligence, comfort, and peace of mind, comprehensively adapting to all-scenario vehicle usage needs such as daily commuting, long-distance travel, outdoor camping, and group travel, reshaping the quality benchmark for 100,000 yuan pure electric SUVs.

Exterior Design Innovation: Global aesthetics fusion with Eastern charm, long-lasting texture as new as ever

To create a car design that fits the aesthetic of global users, Chery gathered resources from 10 global top design centers, coordinating with over 5,000 overseas and domestic users to participate in co-creation throughout the process. Its overseas same-source model, Lepas L6, once landed at Milan Design Week, winning international design recognition, giving Fengyun T7 an inherent global design gene. The new car perfectly fuses international minimalist aesthetics with Eastern elegant charm, featuring an exclusive wind-riding front grille, wind-sculpted satin flow body, and skyline sunset tailgate, with smooth and clean lines, grand and vivid styling, combining recognizability with a premium feel.

For color matching, the new car provides six exclusive color schemes: Fiery Orange, Mountain Mist Purple, Cloudy Pink Beige, Streaming Silver, Green Bamboo Grey, and Ink Stone Black, covering young trends and steady grand styles, adapting to different user aesthetic preferences. Meanwhile, the entire vehicle paint strictly benchmarks overseas weather resistance standards, unafraid of sun exposure, rain, high heat, and cold, maintaining brightness as new after long-term use, eliminating fading and loss of luster problems.

The interior creates a dual-style cockpit system, divided into Warm Black-Brown and Polar Night Obsidian two color schemes, accommodating both warm home and minimalist tech atmospheres. The entire vehicle adopts a Cloud Wing wraparound cockpit layout, with large areas of soft materials wrapping the car,搭配 pebble floating speakers and exquisite diamond quilting craftsmanship, maximizing detail texture. Addressing users' long-term vehicle usage pain points, all leather, sealing strips, and plastic components in the new car interior use high weather-resistant materials, not prone to hardening, aging, or fading, maintaining a new state even after long-term use, achieving both appearance and practicality online.

Comprehensive Safety: Benchmarking global 5-star standards, full-dimensional protection for travel safety

Safety is the core bottom line for home models. Since the R&D beginning, Fengyun T7 has used extreme safety as the standard, benchmarking the 2026 version E-NCAP 5-star safety standard for creation, while also winning the highest ASILD functional safety level certification. The new car underwent 2 years of in-depth planning and 3 years of precision R&D, investing 81 exclusive durability test vehicles for synchronous road tests, with total vehicle testing mileage breaking 6 million kilometers, among which special durability test mileage reached 1.45 million kilometers. The R&D team targetedly replicated global extreme road climates such as Southeast Asian rainy season humidity, Middle East high-temperature sun exposure, and Indonesian high-salt high-humidity, completing all-around limit real-vehicle testing, ensuring the entire vehicle adapts to global diverse complex road conditions.

At the body architecture level, Fengyun T7 creates a 9-horizontal-5-vertical cage-type high-strength body, with 80% of the vehicle structure adopting high-strength steel, with hot-formed steel accounting for 18.84%,搭配 exclusive shotgun structures, dual-frame subframes, and battery pack anti-collision beams, building a solid vehicle skeleton. Meanwhile, 9 front and 6 side collision force transfer paths are designed, which can efficiently disperse collision impact force, maximizing the passenger compartment survival space. The entire car is standard equipped with 9 airbags, including 48L dual-chamber far-side main airbags and rear side airbags, achieving 360-degree dead-angle-free occupant protection.

In terms of battery safety, the new car is fully equipped with Chery's self-developed Rhino Battery, building a 6D all-round protection system, which can effectively resist crushing, puncturing, high-frequency impact and other external force damage, building a solid power battery safety barrier. Addressing travel scenarios such as rainy season water immersion and urban waterlogging, the Rhino Battery reaches IP68 waterproof standards, with protection performance 96 times the national standard, unafraid of road surface water and outdoor deep-water driving, fundamentally eliminating battery water ingress, short circuits, and fire hazards, comprehensively ensuring travel safety in rainy weather.

Range Equity: Full series 600km long range, saying goodbye to anxiety in all climate conditions

Breaking the industry chaos of "high specs with long range, low specs with short range" in same-class models, Fengyun T7 achieves full-series range equity. All three versions are uniformly equipped with 65.05kWh large-capacity Rhino Battery, with CLTC pure electric driving range reaching 600km. Actual road test mileage breaks 667km, completely eliminating user range anxiety with solid "reverse false labeling". Charging efficiency is also very bright. Battery power from 30% quickly charged to 80% takes only 20 minutes, completing efficient charging in the time of a cup of coffee, adapting to daily commuting, long-distance travel and other scenarios.

To adapt to global ultra-wide temperature range climate conditions, the new car is equipped with an all-domain integrated thermal management system, equipped with dual-source wide-range heat pump air conditioning and high-voltage PTC heating module, which can operate stably in -30°C to 55°C ultra-wide temperature range. In Northern winter low-temperature environments, the system heating is more energy-saving and warms up faster; in summer high-temperature conditions, heat dissipation efficiency is greatly improved, effectively avoiding high-temperature range shrinkage problems. Meanwhile, the full series is standard equipped with AGS Intelligent Grille,搭配 14-item body low-drag optimization designs, making vehicle low and high-speed driving energy consumption more balanced, further improving range stability.

Smart Interaction: High-computing Cockpit and Driving Integration, understands users and protects travel better

Based on intelligent travel needs in the new energy era, Fengyun T7 is equipped with flagship Cockpit and Driving Integrated 8775 Chip, adopting 4nm advanced process, owning 72TOPS ultra-high computing power. System response speed is only 80ms, machine boot speed increases by 33%, achieving cockpit and intelligent driving dual-domain seamless collaboration, doing smart interaction more thoughtful, driving protection more reassuring.

Smart cockpit configuration is full, equipped with 15.6-inch 2.5K ultra-high definition touch screen. The screen has anti-glare, anti-reflective, anti-fingerprint characteristics, daily display clear and delicate, still visible in strong light environments. The car machine supports mainstream wireless projection functions such as CarPlay, HUAWEI HiCar, and CarLink, compatible with over 99% of phone models on the market, achieving seamless in-car connectivity. Equipped with iteratively upgraded Lingxi Smart Cockpit 2.0 system, creating six human-like companion modes, covering Xiao Qi Classmate, Northeast Auntie, Debate Master and other fun interactive personas, while built-in Napping, Camping, Pet Companion, Refreshing and other six scene modes, precisely adapting to diverse vehicle usage scenarios, making the vehicle a mobile living space with temperature.

In terms of intelligent driving, the new car is equipped with Falcon 500 advanced driving assistance system, carrying 3 millimeter-wave radars, 7 HD cameras, 12 ultrasonic radars, totaling 22 high-precision perception sensors, possessing ultra-long detection distance and ultra-high recognition accuracy, capable of precisely capturing road information. The system supports 300+ full-scenario automatic parking, covering dead-end road parking, one-button trace reverse, multi-level parking and other industry high-frequency difficult parking scenarios, completely solving user parking problems, achieving true parking freedom.

Class-Leading Comfort: Large Space + Master Chassis, creating all-domain comfortable travel

At body dimensions, Fengyun T7 length, width, height are 4570x1852x1694mm, wheelbase reaches 2700mm, in-car space achievement rate is as high as 84%, far exceeding same-class model standards. Rear row adopts pure flat floor design, leg activity space reaches 911mm, long sitting without constriction; after rear row seats folded down can form 1955mm pure large flat bed, space flexibility maximized. In normal state, trunk volume is 450L, expandable to 1550L, easily accommodating camping gear, outdoor supplies, large luggage, perfectly adapting to multi-person travel, outdoor crossing and other scenarios.

Seat configuration balances softness and support, using 9-layer cloud-feel filling material, achieving soft but not sagging, effectively relieving long-distance driving fatigue. Full series standard equipped with seat ventilation and heating functions, heating mode supports three-stage temperature control, in -20°C low-temperature environment 5 minutes can warm to 30°C, quickly dispersing cold; ventilation uses suction design, effectively avoiding back sweating and stickiness problems in summer, year-round driving comfortable. In detail design, full car layout 38 places refined storage space, miscellaneous items storage orderly; car body equipped with 4 fixing rivet rings bearing 300kg and 2 hooks bearing 3kg, can firmly fix camping, outdoor large equipment, details showing thoughtfulness.

The core reliance of driving quality lies in excellent chassis tuning. Fengyun T7 chassis is carefully polished by an international team led by Maserati front chassis tuning experts, creating 50.8:49.2 golden front and rear axle weight ratio, effectively inhibiting vehicle steering push head and high-speed tail flick problems, greatly improving cornering stability and straight-line tracking ability. Relying on Chery's 26-year chassis R&D accumulation and self-developed dual-axis K&C test bench precision tuning, vehicle vibration filtering, noise reduction, handling performance comprehensively advanced, bringing comparable joint venture high-end model driving quality.

Lifetime Protection: Dual Benefits + Dual Guarantees, full-cycle travel worry-free

Except for hardcore product power, Fengyun T7 focuses on user full-cycle vehicle usage pain points, launching dual bottom-line guarantees and dual lifetime benefits, facing vehicle faults, maintenance costs, intelligent driving risks and other core concerns, providing users with one-stop reassuring travel solutions.

Two major guarantees comprehensively avoid travel risks: First is power battery safety guarantee, if vehicle causes thermal runaway, whole vehicle damage due to power battery own quality problems, brand will compensate same model or equal configuration new vehicle; Second is intelligent assisted driving guarantee, within one year of car purchase, in parking, intelligent piloting scenarios, judged as intelligent driving assistance system fault causing accident, causing personal casualties or third-party property loss, up to 5 million yuan special compensation can be provided, completely dispelling user smart driving travel concerns.

Two major lifetime benefits greatly reduce maintenance costs: First is whole vehicle lifetime warranty, covering whole vehicle and three-electric core systems (wear and tear parts, special parts excluded), value ten thousand yuan level; Second is lifetime basic maintenance benefit, users only need 666 yuan to purchase value 3,999 yuan lifetime basic maintenance package, can enjoy one free basic maintenance per year, long-term travel cost-performance maximized.

From global R&D design, international process manufacturing, to global multi-region limit testing, Chery Fengyun T7 uses full-link global quality standards, reconstructing 100,000 yuan pure electric SUV value system. Relying on six dimensions of all-round performance in appearance, safety, range, intelligence, comfort, and peace of mind, precisely matching contemporary quality families' diversified vehicle usage needs. Now new car pre-sale officially opened, this all-around pure electric SUV tempered globally, fitting Chinese user needs, has become a preferred model for home pure electric travel.

With the theme "Quality cars take time, sorry to keep you waiting", the Chery Fengyun T7 Pure Electric SUV officially launched its pre-sale on August 12. This new car accumulates 23 years of Chery's global technological strength, adopts a R&D strategy of testing overseas first, and whole vehicle R&D, manufacturing, and testing are all benchmarked against international standards. The new car has three different versions available, with a pre-sale guide price from 109,900 to 129,900 RMB. Users only need to pay a 1,000 CNY deposit to unlock the seven exclusive car buying benefits set by the official.

Currently, the domestic new energy vehicle industry continues to move towards overseas markets. Chery Fengyun T7 has completed product development around family daily travel needs, covering various usage scenarios such as city commuting, long-distance travel, outdoor play, and group travel. It has completed product configuration layout from six dimensions: appearance and interior, vehicle safety, range and recharging, smart system, driving space, and vehicle usage guarantee.

Fengyun T7 R&D benchmarks the 2026 version E-NCAP five-star safety standard, functional safety reaches ASIL D level. The project advanced for five years, investing 81 test vehicles for durability road tests. The whole vehicle accumulated 6 million km of testing, and special durability test mileage was 1.45 million km. Vehicles completed real-vehicle verification in multiple locations such as Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Indonesia in high temperature, waterlogging, and high humidity environments. The body uses a nine horizontal five vertical cage structure. Steel includes 80% high-strength steel and 18.84% hot-formed steel. It is equipped with a dual-frame subframe and dedicated battery anti-collision beam, setting 15 collision energy transmission paths. Standard equipment includes 9 airbags, equipped with 48L dual-chamber remote airbags and rear side airbags. The vehicle is equipped with Rhino Power Battery, featuring a six-layer protection structure, battery protection level reaches IP68, capable of resisting extrusion, puncture, impact and other damages. Car buyers can enjoy two bottom-line rights. If the power battery is damaged due to thermal runaway due to quality issues, the manufacturer compensates with a new vehicle. Within one year of purchase, if the assisted driving system causes an accident in parking or smart pilot scenarios, related losses can be compensated up to 5 million CNY.

Vehicle body dimensions 4570x1852x1694mm, wheelbase 2700mm, interior space utilization rate 84%. Rear row uses fully flat floor design, rear legroom 911mm. Standard trunk capacity 450L, rear seats folded down expands capacity to 1550L, interior can form 1955mm fully flat placement space. Seats use nine-layer filling structure, equipped with three-level heating and air intake ventilation functions. In minus 20°C environment, it can heat up to 30°C in 5 minutes. Interior has 38 storage points, equipped with four 300kg load-bearing rivet rings and two 3kg load-bearing hooks. Chassis tuning work was completed by an overseas team with Maserati tuning experience. Whole vehicle axle load ratio 50.8:49.2. Chery self-developed dual-axle K&C test bench provides technical support for chassis development.

The whole vehicle is equipped with a 4nm process 8775 Cockpit-Driving Integrated Chip, computing power 72 TOPS, system response speed 80ms, boot efficiency increased by 33%. Interior equipped with 15.6-inch 2.5K central control large screen, screen supports anti-glare, anti-fingerprint treatment, can wirelessly connect CarPlay, HUAWEI HiCar and other mobile phone interconnection systems. Lingxi Smart Cockpit 2.0 built-in six voice interaction images, equipped with Napping, Camping, Pet, Awakening and other six scenario modes. Falcon 500 Driving Assistance System equipped with 22 sensors, including 3 millimeter-wave radars, 7 cameras, 12 ultrasonic radars, supports 300+ scenario automatic parking, covering dead-end parking, cross-floor parking, track reverse functions.

The three models are uniformly equipped with 65.05kWh Rhino Battery, CLTC standard range 600km, road test range over 667km, charging time from 30% to 80% is 20 minutes. Vehicle equipped with dual-source wide-range heat pump air conditioning with high-voltage PTC component, operating temperature range -30°C to 55°C, equipped with AGS intelligent front grille and 14 vehicle body low wind resistance optimization designs, adaptable to driving in different climates and road conditions.

The new car exterior was developed with the participation of Chery's ten global design centers, over 5,000 domestic and overseas users participated in vehicle co-creation. The same platform model Lepas L6 was exhibited at Milan Design Week. Body lines use wind-sculpted satin styling, equipped with wind-harness front face and skyline glow taillights, providing Blaze Orange, Mountain Smoke Purple, Cloud Pink Beige, Flowing Light Silver, Green Bamboo Grey, Ink Stone Black six paint color options, paint produced according to overseas weatherability standards. Interior provides Warm Black Brown, Polar Night Obsidian two interior color schemes, using Cloud Wing Hugged Cockpit Layout, large area soft wrapping covers interior areas, matched with pebble-shaped speakers and diamond quilted seats, interior leather, plastic, and seals all undergo anti-aging treatment.

Car purchase comes with two lifetime usage rights. The whole vehicle includes a lifetime warranty for the three-electric system, excluding consumable parts and special components; consumers pay 666 CNY to purchase a lifetime basic maintenance package, can enjoy one basic maintenance service per year. The seven rights corresponding to the 1,000 CNY deposit include value 6,000 CNY custom paint free use, 1,000 CNY deposit deducted as 2,000 CNY purchase price, priority pickup, etc.

Fengyun T7 from design R&D to field testing all adopts global unified standards. Product configuration is centered around family travel essential needs, no unnecessary gimmick configurations, balancing daily commuting, long-distance travel and other multi-scenario vehicle usage. Complete car purchase and vehicle usage guarantee system, adaptable to family users with high-quality travel needs.

August 12, Chery Fengyun T7 officially opened pre-sales. This launch event, themed "Slow Craftsmanship Builds Great Cars, Have Waited Long Enough", is less of a product debut and more of a clear response from Chery to the current industry trend of "Speed-made Car Manufacturing".

The new car was launched in 3 versions, with a pre-sale guide price ranging from 109,900 yuan to 129,900 yuan. All models come standard with 600km range (CLTC), integrated cockpit-driving 8775 chip, and Falcon 500 Driving Assistance System—when these configurations are concentrated on a 100,000-yuan class pure electric SUV, the Fengyun T7's product logic is already clear enough: build cars with global standards, sell cars with national prices.

"Reverse Overseas Expansion": Test in the World First, Then Launch in China

What is most noteworthy about Fengyun T7 is not the stacking of certain configurations, but its development path.

Currently, many car models follow the routine route of "Domestic Launch First, Then Overseas". However, Fengyun T7 follows a reverse path—its homologous model Lepas L6 was launched earlier in overseas markets such as South Africa and Thailand, and gained recognition from overseas users. Only after completing real-vehicle verification in overseas markets did Fengyun T7 land domestically to open pre-sales.

This "First Accept Global Market Verification, Then Launch Domestic" reverse input rhythm is not common among local car companies. Chery Executive Vice President Li Xueyong frankly admitted at the pre-sale launch event that Fengyun T7 underwent two years of planning and three years of R&D, "cannot be fast at all". He emphasized that automobiles relate to the safety of millions of families and face the test of different road conditions, climates, and habits globally, "some time really cannot be saved".

This "slowness" is reflected in numbers: the project invested 81 dedicated endurance cars for simultaneous road testing, the whole vehicle accumulated test mileage over 6 million km, and the endurance special actual test reached 1.45 million km. Testing covered Southeast Asian rainy season, Middle East high-temperature sun exposure (40°C-55°C), Indonesian high humidity, Nordic extreme cold and other hundreds of extreme operating conditions.

Six Rigid Needs: How a Car Responds to All Family Expectations

Fengyun T7's product definition logic is also clear—centered around the "Six Rigid Needs" of family users: Appearance, Safety, Travel, Intelligence, Comfort, Reassurance.

On the appearance rigid need level, the new car was designed with participation from Chery's 10 global design centers, with over 5,000 domestic and overseas users co-creating throughout the process. The homologous model Lepas L6 once appeared at Milan Design Week. The exterior uses a wind-driven front face, wind-sculpted satin body, and skyline sunset tailgate design, providing 6 color options: Blazing Orange, Mountain Smoke Purple, Cloud Pink Beige, Flowing Light Silver, Green Bamboo Grey, and Ink Stone Black. Interior features two styles: Warm Black-Brown and Extreme Night Obsidian. All interior leather, sealing strips, and plastic parts are selected materials according to the standard of not being easily hardened or faded.

Safety rigid need is Fengyun T7's hardest card. The new car is designed against the 2026 version E-NCAP five-star safety standards, with functional safety reaching the highest ASIL D level. The body uses 80% high-strength steel and 18.84% hot-formed steel to create a nine-horizontal five-vertical cage body, equipped with shotgun structure, dual-frame subframe+Pack anti-collision beam. The whole vehicle is equipped with 9 airbags, including 48L dual-chamber remote airbags and rear seat side airbags. All models come standard with Rhinoceros Battery, featuring a super strong 6D protection structure, IP68 waterproof rating is 96 times the national standard.

Regarding travel rigid needs, Fengyun T7 achieves "range parity"—all models come standard with 65.05kWh Rhinoceros Battery, CLTC range 600km, actual test range reaches over 667km. Charging from 30% to 80% takes only 20 minutes. Equipped with global integrated thermal management dual-source wide heat pump air conditioning+high-voltage PTC, operating stably in ultra-wide temperature range from -30°C to 55°C. Combined with all models standard AGS Intelligent Air Intake Grille and 14 low wind resistance optimizations, high and low temperature energy consumption is more stable.

On the intelligence rigid need level, Fengyun T7 is equipped with the first-of-its-class 4nm process integrated cockpit-driving 8775 chip, NPU computing power 72 TOPS, response only needs 80ms. Equipped with 15.6 inches 2.5K high-definition large screen, supporting CarPlay, HUAWEI HiCar, CarLink wireless connection, covering over 99% of phone screen casting on the market. Lingxi Smart Cockpit 2.0 includes built-in Power Nap, Camping, Pet, Wake Up and other six scene modes. Regarding intelligent driving, Falcon 500 Driving Assistance System is equipped, integrating 3 millimeter-wave radars, 7 high-performance cameras, and 12 ultrasonic radars, totaling 22 high-precision sensors, supporting over 300 types of full-scenario automatic parking, covering dead-end road parking, one-touch trajectory reversal, multi-floor parking and other scenarios.

Regarding comfort rigid needs, the whole vehicle size is 4570×1852×1694mm, wheelbase 2700mm, interior space usage 84%. Rear seat pure flat floor, legroom 911mm. Rear seats can be folded down to expand into 1955mm pure flat space, trunk volume 450L, expanded to 1550L. 9-layer cloud-feel seats are equipped with ventilation heating functions, can heat up to 30°C in 5 minutes in -20°C environment. The whole vehicle has 38 storage spaces, equipped with 4 riveted rings with maximum load bearing 300kg and 2 hooks with maximum load bearing 3kg. The chassis was tuned by an international team, axle load ratio 50.8:49.2.

On the reassurance rigid need level, Chery launched two bottom-line guarantees and two lifetime benefits. Two bottom-line guarantees: if the power battery causes thermal runaway damage due to its own reasons, compensation is the same model new car; if an accident is caused by intelligent driving system reasons within one year of purchasing the car, maximum compensation is 5 million yuan. Two lifetime benefits: whole vehicle lifetime warranty (including three-electric system); 666 yuan to purchase 3,999 yuan lifetime basic maintenance package.

Completing Fengyun Series Pure Electric Portfolio, Facing Red Ocean Competition

The launch of Fengyun T7 completes the last piece of the portfolio for Chery Fengyun series plug-in hybrid, extended range, and pure electric three technical routes. According to the plan, Chery Fengyun will launch 12 new models in the next three years. Fengyun T7 is the debut work in the pure electric SUV category.

However, the 100,000 to 150,000 yuan pure electric compact SUV market is exactly one of the most competitive sub-segments of the new energy vehicle market in China. BYD Yuan PLUS, Deepal S05, Changan Qiyuan Q05 are all direct competitors. Whether Fengyun T7 can find a balance between "Slow Work Car Manufacturing" and "Rapid Market Response" is a proposition Chery needs to continuously answer.

But one thing is certain: when a pure electric SUV that has undergone global 6 million km verification, benchmarking E-NCAP five-star safety, all models standard 600km range and 8775 chip, sets the pre-sale price at 109,900 yuan, the value it defines is not just a product, but a return to a car manufacturing philosophy—good products deserve slow craftsmanship.

Fengyun T7 is expected to officially launch at the end of August. At that time, this "Born Global, Tempered and Returned" pure electric SUV will formally accept the test of Chinese consumers.

Patient Craftsmanship Builds a Good Car! Chery Fengyun T7 Pre-sale Starts from 109,900 Yuan, Six Essential Needs Fully Met with Global Quality

On August 12, Chery Fengyun T7 officially started its pre-sale. The launch event adopted "Patient Craftsmanship Builds a Good Car, Worth the Wait" as its core theme, conveying Chery's long-termist intention for building cars. Relying on 23 years of globalized technology accumulation, the new car takes a reverse overseas trial route, refining products with strict global standards, launching 3 versions, with a pre-sale range of 109,900 to 129,900 yuan. Placing an order immediately grants 7 premium purchase benefits, balancing affordable pricing with class-leading product power.

The new energy industry has entered the "China Home Court" era. Chery Fengyun T7 breaks the quick-success car-building mindset, creating an all-around pure electric SUV around the six essential needs of contemporary families. It adapts to all scenarios: commuting, long-distance self-driving, outdoor camping, family travel, breaking through comprehensively in six dimensions: appearance, safety, range, intelligence, space, and after-sales.

Essential Need - Appearance: Blending Eastern and Western Aesthetics, Looking New Even After Long Use

Relying on Chery's ten global design centers, co-created with over 5,000 users, the same-source model landed at Milan Design Week and won international recognition. Fengyun T7 creates a Wind-riding Front Face + Wind-sculpted Satin Body + Horizon Glow Taillight, blending simple international style with Eastern warmth and charm.

Body paint synchronizes with overseas weather-resistant car paint standards, providing 6 trendy color schemes: Flame Orange, Mountain Smoke Purple, Cloud Pink Beige, etc.; Interior offers Warm Black-Brown and Polar Night Obsidian cabin styles, with large-area soft wrapping, diamond quilting, and pebble floating speakers, maximizing the exquisite feeling. All interior plastics, leather, and sealing strips are anti-aging and anti-fading, remaining new-looking even with long-term use.

Essential Need - Safety: Benchmarking Five-Star Standards, Full-Car Blind Spot-Free Protection

The entire vehicle is developed according to the 2026 version E-NCAP five-star safety standard, with functional safety reaching the ASIL-D highest level. After 5 years of R&D and 81 durability cars testing simultaneously, with total test mileage exceeding 6 million km, it went to Southeast Asia, Middle East, and Indonesia for high temperature, high humidity, and rainy season water wading extreme trials.

Body uses 80% high-strength steel + 18.84% hot-formed steel to create a nine-horizontal five-vertical cage structure, 9 front 6 side multiple collision force transmission channels, paired with 9 airbags (including 48L dual-chamber remote airbags); all trims standard with Rhinoceros power battery, 3D stereo protection, IP68 grade water protection capability is 96 times the national standard, fear no battery short circuit in rainstorm wading or urban waterlogging.

Essential Need - Travel: Full-Range 600km Range Equality, Saying Goodbye to Range Anxiety

Fengyun T7 achieves equal range configuration across all trims, uniformly equipped with 65.05kWh Rhinoceros battery, CLTC standard range 600km, actual test range exceeds 667km, genuinely reverse-marked fake labeling. Fast charging performance is bright, 30%-80% power takes only 20 minutes, short-distance refueling needs no long wait.

Equipped with dual-source wide heat pump air conditioner paired with high-voltage PTC, operating stably in -30℃ to 55℃ ultra-wide temperature range, northern winter heating saves power, southern heatwave heat dissipation is efficient; combined with AGS active front grille and 14 items of low wind resistance optimization, high and low speed energy consumption performance is stable, adapting to all global climate and road conditions.

Essential Need - Intelligence: 4nm High Computing Power Chip, Cockpit and Driving Dual Online

New car equipped with cockpit-driving integrated 8775 chip, 4nm process, 72 TOPS computing power, system response only 80ms, boot speed increased by 33%, operation smooth with no lag.

Smart cockpit equipped with 15.6-inch 2.5K anti-glare large screen, wirelessly supports CarPlay, Huawei HiCar and other full-category phone interconnection; Lingxi Smart Cockpit 2.0 built-in multi-style AI voice assistant, comes with small nap, camping, pet six exclusive scenario modes.

Falcon 500 Intelligent Driving System equipped with 22 high-precision sensors, supports 300+ scenario automatic parking, dead-end road parking, trajectory reversing, cross-floor parking easily realized, thoroughly solving parking problems.

Essential Need - Comfort: Large Space Master Chassis, Whole Family Travel Super Relaxing

Body dimensions 4570×1852×1694mm, wheelbase 2700mm, interior volume utilization rate 84%, rear pure flat floor, legroom up to 911mm; standard trunk 450L, rear seats folded expands to 1550L, forming 1955mm pure flat large bed, camping rest, large item loading has no pressure.

9-layer cloud sensation seats come with ventilation, 3-level heating function, low temperature 5 minutes rapid heating; full car 38 storage compartments, interior standard load-bearing riveted rings and hooks, camping equipment easily fixed. Chassis refined by Maserati former tuning expert team, 50.8:49.2 golden axle load ratio, cornering stable, driving texture premium, relying on Chery's many years K&C chassis test technology, driving and riding comfort far exceeds class peers.

Essential Need - Peace of Mind: Four Ultimate Lifetime Benefits, Worry-Free Car Use Throughout

Purchase enjoys dual ultimate protection + two lifetime benefits, thoroughly eliminating worries about car maintenance and use:

Two Ultimate Protections

1. Battery safety protection: power battery own fault triggers thermal runaway damage, compensate new vehicle;
2. Intelligent driving accident protection: within 1 year of purchase intelligent assisted driving causes accident, maximum compensation 5 million yuan.

Two Lifetime Benefits

1. Whole vehicle lifetime warranty (including three-electric core components, except wear and tear parts);
2. 666 yuan unlock lifetime basic maintenance package, once basic maintenance per year.

From global design, global R&D, global road testing to global manufacturing, Chery Fengyun T7 uses full-link global quality, creating 100,000 yuan level pure electric SUV value benchmark. No quick-success car, only builds home SUV that can withstand test of time and global road conditions, using appearance, safety, range, intelligence, comfort, after-sales six essential need strength, meeting all travel expectations of Chinese quality families. Currently new car has started pre-sale, waiting for users to visit the store for experience.

On August 12, the global quality pure electric SUV Fengyun T7 officially opened pre-sale. This pre-sale launch event was themed 'Slow Work Makes Good Cars, We Have Waited Long Enough', conveying Fengyun T7's commitment to a long-termist car-making philosophy, its persistence in refining products with global standards and building quality global cars solidly, and also expressing sincere gratitude for users' long-held expectations. The new car launches 3 versions, the pre-sale guidance price is 109,900 yuan to 129,900 yuan, and enjoy 7-tier purchase benefits.

Currently, the global auto industry has entered 'China Time', China's new energy intelligent manufacturing continues to lead the overseas market. Relying on Chery's 23-year globalized technical accumulation, Fengyun T7 has taken a reverse overseas trial path, rejecting the industry's crash-course car-making approach, and refining the whole vehicle strength with full-link global rigorous standards. Around the six core new essential needs of quality life, integrating Aesthetic, Safety, Mobility, Intelligence, Comfort, and Peace of Mind Essential Needs, build a global quality pure electric SUV, adapted to commute, long-distance, outdoor, multi-person travel, and other diverse scenarios.

Aesthetic Essential Needs | Global aesthetics fusion with Oriental elegance, long-term quality online

Relying on Chery's 10 global design centers, 5,000+ domestic and foreign users co-create throughout the process, the same-source Lepas L6 debuted at Milan Design Week gaining international recognition, Fengyun T7 fuses global aesthetics, appearance stays online. Wind-riding front face, wind-shaped satin body, sky glow tailgate, balancing international minimalist aesthetics and Oriental elegant charm. Whole vehicle paint standards sync with overseas rigorous weather resistance requirements, providing 6 colors: Blaze Orange, Mountain Smoke Purple, Cloud Pink Beige, Flowing Light Silver, Green Bamboo Gray, Ink Stone Black.

Interior divided into Warm Black-Brown, Extreme Night Obsidian two styles. Cloud Wing Cockpit with large area soft wrapping, Pebble floating speakers, diamond quilting details exquisite. All interior leather, seals, plastic parts not easily hardening or fading, still looking new and durable after years of use, balancing appearance and texture.

Safety Essential Needs | Global Five-Star Protection System, All-Dimension Backup for Global Road Conditions

Fengyun T7 benchmarks 2026 version E-NCAP Five-Star Safety Standard Design, Functional Safety ASILD Highest Level. 2 years planning, 3 years R&D, invested 81 exclusive durability cars for simultaneous road trials, whole vehicle cumulative test mileage over 6 million km, durability special actual test 1.45 million km, simultaneously targeting Southeast Asia rainy season, Middle East high temp exposure, Indonesia high humidity, and other global regions for extreme real car trials.

Body uses 80% high-strength steel, 18.84% hot-formed steel to build nine horizontal five vertical cage body, adopts shotgun structure, double frame subframe + Pack crash beam, Iron skeleton ensures occupant cabin safety. 9 front + 6 side crash force paths maximize dispersion of collision energy, retain occupant survival space. In addition, equipped with 9 airbags, including 48L dual-chamber remote airbag and rear side airbag, 360° all-around protection of occupant safety. Fengyun T7 series equipped with Rhino Battery, super 6D protection builds battery safety fortress to resist compression, puncture, impact all-around, build multi-layer stereo safety barrier for power battery. Facing frequent summer heavy rains, Rhino Battery IP68 waterproof is 96 times national standard, fearless of rainy season flooding, road water accumulation, outdoor wading, effectively prevent battery water ingress short circuit hazards.

Mobility Essential Needs | Full Series 600km Range Equity, Adapted to Global Diverse Climate Conditions

Based on global multi-region energy and climate needs, Fengyun T7 achieves full series range configuration equity, full series standard large capacity Rhino Battery 65.05kWh, CLTC 600km range, actual test range 667+ km, "reverse false marking" solves anxiety. Battery 30% charge to 80% needs only 20 minutes, can set off again in a cup of coffee time.

Fengyun T7 equipped with full domain integrated thermal management dual-source wide heat pump AC + High Voltage PTC, Northern users can also drive with peace of mind in winter. -30°C to 55°C ultra-wide temperature range stable operation, low temp environment heating saves more power, high temp environment heat dissipation is more efficient. With full series standard AGS smart front grille and 14 low drag optimizations, high-low speed energy consumption more stable.

Intelligence Essential Needs | Cabin-Driving Integrated 8775 Chip Half Understands You Half Protects You

New Energy Era, No Intelligence No Quality. Fengyun T7 equipped with Cabin-Driving Integrated 8775 Chip, achieve cabin-driving dual optimization, two domains seamless collaboration, half understands you, half protects you. This chip has 4nm process, 72 TOPS high computing power, response needs only 80ms, boot up speed increased 33%, faster boot speed, smoother screen operation, more swift intelligent interaction response.

Regarding smart cockpit, 15.6-inch 2.5K HD large screen image delicate and true, anti-glare, anti-reflection, anti-fingerprint, CarPlay, HUAWEI HiCar, CarLink wireless connection, covers 99%+ mobile phone projection on the market, achieve seamless interconnection upon getting on the car. Lingxi Smart Cockpit 2.0 brings a partner with all-around companionship, with Little Qi Classmate, Northeast Auntie, Argumentation Master, Spoken Language Teacher, Storytelling King, Professional Debater six real-person sense companionship experiences. Built-in Nap, Camping, Pet, Wake-up, etc. six scene modes, make the car truly become a mobile space that understands you.

Fengyun T7 equipped with Falcon 500 Driving Assistance System, integrated 3 mmWave radar, 7 high-performance cameras, 12 ultrasonic radar, total 22 high-precision sensors (3R7V12U), see far, see clear, measure accurate. Able to 300+ full scenario automatic parking, industry coverage most complete. Dead-end parking, one-key trace reverse, multi-floor parking etc. can be realized, say goodbye to "Parking Difficulty" from now on, achieve parking freedom.

Comfort Essential Needs | Ultra-large Cockpit Space Master-level Chassis Tuning Steady Travel

Whole vehicle size 4570x1852x1694mm, wheelbase 2700mm, in-car usable area rate 84%, rear pure flat floor, class-leading 911mm legroom, rear fold expand 1955mm pure flat big bed, regular trunk 450L, expand to 1550L, sufficient loading space adapts to outdoor crossing, multi-person group travel.

9-layer cloud-feel seats, soft not sinking, long sitting not tired, additionally seats have ventilation heating function. Heating aspect, realize 3-gear temperature control adjustment, -20°C environment, 5 min fast heat to 30°C, quickly warm whole body. Seat ventilation adopts suction design, summer back not stuffy sweaty, meet user comfort needs. Regarding details, Fengyun T7 also has points worth noting. Whole car 38 places clever storage spaces, storage orderly, enjoy refined life. Four max load 300kg rivet rings and two max load 3kg hooks, camping gear, large cargo can be firmly fixed.

Comfort driving cannot be separated from excellent chassis support. Fengyun T7 chassis crafted by international chassis team led by Maserati former chassis tuning expert, 50.8:49.2 Golden Axle Load Ratio can effectively suppress steering push front, tail swing phenomenon, improve cornering stability and straight line driving tracking. As early as 2009, Chery independently designed China's first ground mobile dual-axle K&C test bed. 26 years of design foundation empowers chassis performance, bringing more excellent driving quality experience.

Peace of Mind Essential Needs | 2 Lifetime Benefits + 2 Backup Benefits, Full Cycle Car Use Worry-Free

Chery not only brings users hard-core strength products, but also stands from user perspective, whole consideration of full cycle car use experience after purchase, face everyone's concerns about vehicle failure, later maintenance costs etc. For this, Fengyun T7 launches two backup guarantees, two lifetime benefits, from purchase to long-term use whole process guard.

Two Backups: ① Power Battery Safety Backup: Due to power battery own reasons causing whole vehicle thermal runaway damage, Chery will compensate same model new car or not lower than original car configuration new car. ② Driving Assistance Backup: Within one year from purchase date, in "Parking Scenario", "Intelligent Navigation Scenario" judged as "Intelligent Driving Assistance System Cause" leading to accident, causing occupants injury and third party loss compensation, max compensation 5 million.

Two Lifetime Benefits: ① Whole Vehicle Lifetime Warranty: Value 10,000 yuan whole vehicle lifetime warranty (includes Three Electric), wear parts, special parts excepted. ② Lifetime Maintenance Package: 666 yuan purchase value 3,999 yuan lifetime basic maintenance package (1 time/year).

From global standard R&D, global aesthetic design, global process manufacturing, to global road condition verification, Fengyun T7 with full-link global quality, sets up pure electric SUV value benchmark. It experienced world tempering, finally rushes to Chinese users, with aesthetic, mobility, safety, intelligence, comfort, peace of mind six essential needs full satisfaction, responding to quality family's all expectations. Fengyun T7, not only a vehicle condensing global technology and quality, but also global standard and Chinese family needs deep resonance era choice. Now in position, waiting for every one of you who loves life.

 (All above images are from the internet)

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On August 12, the global quality pure electric SUV Fengyun T7 officially started pre-sale, with a starting price of 109,900 Yuan. The theme of this launch event is quite thought-provoking — "Slow work builds good cars, sorry for the wait". In the current automobile market where new cars iterate in "months" and cognition refreshes in "weeks", Chery using "sorry for the wait" as an opening line is, in itself, an attitude.

This is not merely an apology or gratitude to users, but more like a gentle yet firm response to the entire industry's "quick-build car" trend. When many brands compress R&D cycles to less than 18 months, attempting to reshape the automobile industry with internet thinking, Fengyun T7 chooses a path that seems "unconventional": 2 years of planning, 3 years of R&D, 81 units of endurance vehicles undergoing parallel road tests, 6 million kilometers of cumulative testing. This "slowness" is Chery's reverence for the laws of car building; and when we turn our gaze to the product itself, 80ms chip response, 20 minutes fast charging speed, 33% boot speedup, it once again shows an extreme "speed".

The pre-sale of Fengyun T7 is essentially throwing a proposition to the market: in the era of smart electric mobility, slow and fast have never been an either-or single choice, but a dialectic of two sides of the same coin.

Slow is the invisible underlying logic

Chery's "slowness" is not inefficiency, but adherence to "irreducible steps".

In the traditional fuel vehicle era, the complete R&D verification of a car generally takes 3 to 4 years. In the tide of intelligence and electricity, this number continues to be compressed. But automobiles are ultimately not fast-moving consumer goods; they carry the safety of millions of families and withstand severe tests of global road conditions, climates, and habits. As a Chery executive said: "There is some time we truly dare not save."

Fengyun T7's "slowness" is reflected in the relentless pursuit of global standards. Relying on Chery's 23 years of globalized technology accumulation, this car walked a "reverse global testing path" — instead of verifying domestically first then launching overseas, Southeast Asia's rainy season, Middle East's scorching heat exposure, and Indonesia's high humidity environment are directly included in the extreme real-world vehicle test arena. 81 units of dedicated endurance vehicles undergoing parallel road tests, 1.45 million kilometers of endurance special tests, 6 million kilometers of cumulative test mileage, behind these numbers is Chery's substantive fulfillment of the three words "global car".

This slowness also reflects in the inch-by-inch retreat on the safety bottom line. Fengyun T7 benchmarks the 2026 version E-NCAP five-star safety standards, functional safety reaches ASIL-D highest level. 80% high-strength steel, 18.84% hot-formed steel built nine-transverse five-longitudinal cage-style body, 9 airbags (including 48L dual-chamber remote airbags), IP68 waterproof rating is 96 times the national standard — these configurations are not marketing jargon, but a physical defense hammered out by time and real money.

In the current industry's pursuit of "fast", Chery chooses to polish a car for 4 years. This long-termism seems "unconventional", but is actually the deepest responsibility to users. After all, speed can be chased, but safety has no shortcuts.

Fast is the visible technology realization

If "slow" is Chery's foundation, then "fast" is Fengyun T7's first business card handed to users.

This speed is first reflected in the smoothness of smart experience. Equipped with integrated cockpit and driving 8775 chip, 4nm process, 72TOPS computing power, response only 80ms, boot speedup 33%. In today's car system lag being an industry pain point, what does 80ms response speed mean? It means your every touch, every voice command, can get nearly immediate feedback. 15.6-inch 2.5K high-definition large screen, Lingxi Smart Cockpit 2.0, Falcon 500 driving assistance system, 300+ all-scenario auto parking — these configurations are not spec padding, but using computing power to exchange experience, using speed to exchange peace of mind.

This speed is also reflected in the breakthrough of energy replenishment efficiency. All series standard equipment 65.05kWh Rhino battery, CLTC range 600km, tested range 667+ km, reverse false marking has become Chery's trademark. More importantly, charging from 30% to 80% takes only 20 minutes. The time of a cup of coffee is enough to let the vehicle recover from anxiety state to calm state. Matching whole-domain integrated thermal management dual-source wide-range heat pump AC and high voltage PTC, even in -30°C extreme cold environment, 5 minutes can fast heat to 30°C. This rapid response to extreme environments is technology's precise care for user experience.

Fast is not rushed deployment, but years of hard work paying off. When 23 years of globalized technology accumulation, 26 years of chassis design foundation, over 5,000 domestic and overseas users' full-process co-creation finally condense into 80ms response, 20 minutes charging, 667+ km tested range, only then does this "fast" truly have weight.

Slow is for faster departure

Back to the launch event theme: "Slow work builds good cars, sorry for the wait".

The subtext of this sentence is actually: we are slow, so that in every trip in the future, you can arrive faster, enjoy more peacefully, and face the unknown more calmly.

In today's automobile industry collective acceleration, Chery chooses a seemingly contradictory path: use "slow" to polish underlying logic, use "fast" to realize user experience. This is not strategic swinging, but a sober cognition of the essence of car building — safety, quality, reliability, these things needing time accumulation, cannot be fast; while intelligence, efficiency, experience, these dimensions enabled by technology, must be fast.

Fengyun T7 pre-sale, price range 109,900 Yuan to 129,900 Yuan, 7 purchase rights, lifetime warranty for whole vehicle, 666 Yuan purchase lifetime basic maintenance package — these are Chery's sincerity to users. But more important than sincerity is the stability this car enterprise still maintains in the noisy era: knowing what can be fast, knowing what cannot be fast.

Slow is Chery's backbone; fast is Chery's capability. When the two reach reconciliation on Fengyun T7, what we see is not only a product, but a rare soberness in an impatient market.

Sorry for the wait, but it is worth it. Because true speed is never a false start, but every step is stepped firmly, then, when acceleration is needed, step on the accelerator without hesitation.

Many consumers face a dilemma when buying a car: new cars on the market are updated faster and faster, appearance parameters look bright, small manufacturer cars actually show various minor problems after driving for two or three years; want to buy a reliable and durable, family-safe home pure electric SUV, pick back and forth always fail to find a choice that balances quality, practicality, and cost-effectiveness.

On August 12, Chery Fengyun T7 officially launched pre-sale, with a pre-sale price of 109,900 to 129,900 Yuan. The launch event took 'Slow Work Makes Good Cars, It Was Worth the Wait' as its core theme, completely breaking away from the industry's impetuous 'quick-make car' rhythm. This vehicle underwent two years of project planning and three years of in-depth R&D, built upon Chery's global quality manufacturing system. It is an original global pure electric SUV that first underwent global market verification before returning to serve domestic families. Today, let's break down the car's underlying strengths together and explain why families seeking long-term durability and family travel needs should patiently wait for this five-year polished premium model.

Avoid the old road of export-exclusive models, truly testing in the global arena first, then benefiting domestic users

Many domestic models on the market are first built for the domestic market, with simple configuration adjustments for overseas sales, resulting in significantly compromised adaptability and quality standards. Fengyun T7 completely reverses this R&D approach. From the very start, it targeted travel needs of users in over 130 countries across different regions. Relying on Chery's '1+7+N' global collaborative R&D network, it linked eight global styling centers and thousands of real users to jointly co-create the product. The overseas homologous model, named Lepas L6, has already launched and sold hot in Thailand and South Africa markets. It also appeared at the Milan Design Week, gaining recognition from overseas media, and was called an affordable 'Little Macan' by overseas car enthusiasts.

Its ability to stand firm in overseas markets core lies in unified global strict manufacturing standards for the whole vehicle, with no downgraded specifications or shrinkage between domestic and overseas versions. During the R&D phase, Chery invested 963 exclusive test vehicles, completing a cumulative 1.45 million kilometers of global durability testing. This is equivalent to circling the Earth 36 times, traversing extreme conditions such as Nordic extreme cold, Middle East high-temperature deserts, Southeast Asian high-humidity coastal areas, South African unpaved rough roads, and plateau high UV radiation. All potential vehicle usage problems users might encounter in the next ten years were optimized and verified before the listing.

Compared to many competitors with test processes of only tens of thousands of kilometers, Fengyun T7's lengthy verification cycle is exactly the greatest sincerity towards family users. For ordinary car owners, buying a car is not a short-term consumer item; a car accompanies a family for at least five to fifteen years. Models tested through global climates and road conditions have significantly higher stability in chassis, three-electric systems, and body sealing compared to models tested only on urban roads. Common pain points such as winter range attenuation in the North, body rust in the Southern rainy season, and abnormal chassis noises on long-distance rough roads are optimized in advance. A car that works both North and South has a lower long-term failure rate.

At the same time, Chery has a foundation of being the No. 1 Chinese brand passenger car exporter for 23 consecutive years, with a global cumulative reputation endorsement from 20 million car owners. Fengyun T7 allows hundreds of thousands of overseas users globally to complete quality actual tests for domestic consumers in advance. We don't need to be 'first-generation guinea pigs' but can obtain a set of whole vehicle solutions that have been market-tested, mature, and stable. This is also the unique core advantage of this global car.

Six Essential Needs Fully Covered, Precisely Solving Family User Full-Scenario Car Usage Pain Points

As a pure electric SUV built for quality families, Fengyun T7 one-stop covers appearance, travel, safety, intelligence, comfort, and peace of mind six core needs. Every design fits the real car usage scenarios of ordinary families' daily commuting, weekend camping, and long-distance self-driving. There are no flashy or useless gimmick configurations; everything delivers practical value.

First, the entire system features a unified 600 km long range, saying goodbye to industry tricks of range shrinkage on low configurations. Many models at this level have entry-level ranges of only around 400 km; if you want long range, you can only add budget to get high configurations. Fengyun T7 comes standard across the entire series with a 65 kWh Rhino Lithium Iron Phosphate battery, with a CLTC rated range of stable 600 km and energy consumption as low as 12.9 kWh per 100 km. Daily commuters traveling thirty to forty kilometers only need to charge once a week; weekend trips taking the elderly and children across provinces for short tours require no frequent intermediate energy stops. Fast charging from 30% to 80% takes only 20 minutes. A short rest at a service area restores the majority of the battery, and it supports 6.6 kW external discharge, making camping and picnic electricity usage completely stress-free.

Battery safety is an even greater core concern for households. The Rhino battery passed multiple limit tests including nail penetration, extrusion, and fire burning. Even with 50% extrusion deformation, it will not undergo thermal runaway. The battery pack's impact resistance reaches ten times the national standard. The official also introduced a 'thermal runaway replaces the new car' bottom-line policy. Paired with a heat pump + PTC dual-source heating system, it works stably in temperatures as low as minus 25 degrees. The winter range achievement rate in the North improves by 30%, completely solving the problem of significantly reduced winter range for electric vehicles in the North. With a cell cycle life of 2,500 times, normal home use is stable for fifteen years with no pressure.

Second, 2,700 mm class-leading space, balancing passenger comfort and loading flexibility. Body dimensions 4,570 × 1,852 × 1,694 mm. Short front and rear overhang design makes it flexible for city driving and easy to park, while interior space is no less than a one-size-larger SUV. The rear floor is entirely flat, so the middle passenger doesn't need to curl their legs even when three adults are seated. The entire series is equipped with standard zero-gravity sports seats, supporting ventilation and heating functions, ensuring no waist or back soreness even after long-time sitting. The car has 38 storage spaces. The trunk has a conventional capacity of 422 L, plus a 99 L sunken dry/wet separation storage grid where children's toys, camping gear, fishing equipment, and dirty shoes can be stored separately. With the rear seats folded, loading capacity is fully maximized, making it completely sufficient for a second-child family or multi-person family travel.

The interior retains humanized physical buttons, paired with a 15.6-inch vertical floating central control screen. It runs on the Qualcomm 8155 intelligent cockpit chip. The infotainment system operates smoothly without lag. During driving, there is no need to repeatedly slide on the screen; blind operation allows adjustment of AC and volume, balancing technical sense with driving safety. Paired with Sony 8-speaker audio, daily commute music listening and children's animation playback during travel directly enhance the ride experience atmosphere.

Third, fully loaded full-domain safety configuration to protect family travel. The whole vehicle is built according to the 2026 version E-NCAP global strict safety standard. It features a nine-cross-five-longitudinal cage-style high-strength steel body, with all series standard 7 airbags and equipped with 17 ADAS intelligent driving assistance functions. Whether city congestion following, highway long-distance cruising, or country narrow road meeting cars, the system can actively avoid collision risks. Water depth reaches 500 mm. Rainy season city waterlogging road sections and suburban stream road sections can be passed calmly. For car owners who often travel with family, this comprehensively reduces travel hidden dangers.

III. Slow Craftsmanship in Car Making, Breaking Industry Impetuosity, Delivering Long-term Value for Home Car Owners

Currently, the new energy industry involution is severe. Many brands compress R&D and test cycles to quickly launch new cars and grab the market. While parameters may look bright, many details are not polished properly. Later issues such as battery attenuation, chassis abnormal sounds, and car machine lag problems are endless, and in the end, ordinary consumers still pay the bill. Chery Fengyun T7's '2 years planning, 3 years R&D' slow rhythm is exactly thinking from the perspective of car owners' long-term usage costs.

For ordinary families, buying a car requires balancing the down payment, daily electricity costs, and future maintenance and repair expenses. Fengyun T7 has a low energy consumption advantage; calculated, the electricity fee per kilometer is less than 5 fen. Compared to fuel cars, it saves over ten thousand Yuan in fuel fees annually. The mature and stable three-electric system, with a chassis tested for over a million kilometers, greatly reduces the frequency of future maintenance and repairs, saving time and money costs associated with frequent car repairs. At the same time, the model features an innovative modular selection scheme. With a limited budget, users can choose the basic practical version. For those pursuing high-level experiences, options like smart driving and panoramic sunroofs are available without forced bundling of useless configurations. Owners only pay for the functions they need, making the cost-performance ratio very prominent.

Many people might wonder, if a car is polished for five years and globally verified, won't the pricing be out of reach? From the consistent pricing logic of the Chery Fengyun series, the brand always persists in technical parity. It brings high-end global car standards down to the home market. Letting ordinary working families own a global quality pure electric SUV that balances appearance, range, safety, and comfort without spending a high budget.

Automotive Healing Conclusion

'Slow work makes good cars, waited too long' is not just a launch event theme sentence, but also the product core of Chery Fengyun T7. It did not follow the industry's fast iteration impetuosity but spent five years, traveling over 100 countries, collecting real car usage feedback from millions of users, polishing every detail of the three-electric system, chassis, space, and safety bit by bit.

For family users who need a car balancing daily commuting and full-family long-distance touring, pursuing long-term stability and low usage costs, Fengyun T7 is a rare choice that balances global quality and all-round practical needs. No need to compromise on the hidden dangers of quick-make cars, no need to compromise on downgraded configurations. A home pure electric SUV that has passed global market recognition and trials in five major extreme environments has finally returned to the domestic market, satisfying all expectations of every ordinary family for safe travel.

On August 12, 2026, the Chery Fengyun Original Global Pure Electric SUV Fengyun T7 Pre-sale Launch Event was officially held. As a same-source model developed simultaneously by Chery for the global market, the overseas version Lepas L6 has landed in Thailand and South Africa markets successively, winning wide recognition from overseas consumers; this time the Fengyun T7 domestic pre-sale officially debuts, launching multiple configurations and trims, pre-sale guide price 109,900 - 129,900 Yuan, simultaneously launching multiple exclusive pre-sale rights, the new car will launch in China and Indonesia simultaneously in August, subsequently entering EU, UK, Australia & New Zealand, Malaysia and other global regions one after another, to unify global standards, bringing high-quality pure electric travel choices verified by strict global standards to Chinese families.

Distinguishing from the industry mainstream export model of 'listing domestically first, modifying for overseas market later', Fengyun T7 is a genuine original global model, anchored in the global market from the initial project approval, synchronously developed in a positive manner relying on Chery's '1+7+N' global collaborative R&D network, although named differently, the domestic Fengyun T7 and overseas Lepas L6, the complete standards for design, manufacturing, safety, and validation are completely unified, truly achieving 'one car, two names, global seamless quality', without reducing product specifications for different markets, one car simultaneously meeting regulations and user needs in multiple countries globally.

Global Design Support, Gaining International Aesthetic Recognition

Fengyun T7 was carefully polished by Chery's 8 global design centers and over 100 international designers, while collaborating deeply with over 1,000 global users, creating a wind-sailing aesthetic body balancing Eastern refinement and European simplicity. Its overseas same-source model Lepas L6 debuted at the Milan Design Week, receiving high praise from international media and consumers. Vehicle dimensions 4570/1852/1694mm, wheelbase 2700mm, spacious five-seat cabin adapted for family travel; interior uses EU-level environmental protection low-volatile materials, paired with pebble suspended speakers and skin-friendly fabric materials, balancing health, texture, and audio-visual experience, satisfying the aesthetic needs of global families for car use from visual and tactile perspectives.

Chassis level developed synchronously by the European Research Institute, with senior chassis engineers formerly from Maserati participating in the overall vehicle calibration, all trims standard equipped with front MacPherson + rear multi-link independent suspension, European tuning balances city commuting smoothness and high-speed driving stability; body gaps and assembly processes follow globally unified manufacturing tolerance standards, core components all from Bosch, Valeo, Sony, Autoliv, United Automotive Electronics, etc., global top 500 suppliers, strengthening the foundation of overall vehicle quality from the source.

Global Extreme Verification, 1.45 Million Kilometer Actual Testing Builds Reliable Confidence

To adapt to global diverse complex climates and road conditions, Chery invested a total of 963 test vehicles during the Fengyun T7 R&D stage, completing a total of 1.45 million kilometers of global durability testing, footprints covering dozens of countries including EU, South Africa, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Nordic regions, Southeast Asia, completely traversing the five extreme conditions of high temperature, extreme cold, plateau, high humidity, and high salinity, comprehensively verifying the vehicle's environmental adaptability:

Nordic Extreme Cold Adaptation: Equipped with the same-level unique heat pump + PTC dual-source heating system, cabin temperature rises to 20°C in 20 minutes, winter range achievement rate in low temperature environments increased by 30%, balancing heating speed and power saving needs;

Plateau Strong UV Scenario: Reinforced body anti-aging paint, sealing strips resistant to high-low temperature alternation, interior low-volatile environmental materials, no odor under high-temperature sun exposure, body does not fade after long-term use; Tropical Rainy Humid Environment: The whole vehicle has 500mm off-road wading depth, fearing no rainy season water accumulation, island humid conditions; Global Complex Road Conditions: Special optimization for South Africa muddy roads, Brazil ultra-high speed bumps, front and rear protective beams added to the battery area, strong rescue capability, chassis impact resistance, significantly reducing long-distance and bad road driving maintenance costs; vehicle details also benchmarked for global family needs, trunk equipped with 4 anchor rings + 2 load-bearing hooks, meeting diverse usage scenarios such as outdoor camping, large luggage fixation, etc.

Benchmarking 2026 Version E-NCAP 5 Stars, Building Global Top Safety Defense Line

Fengyun T7 entire vehicle strictly follows the global strictest 2026 version E-NCAP 5-star safety standard for positive development, completely passed full compliance tests in four dimensions of active safety avoidance, passive collision protection, post-collision safety, and emergency rescue. Relying on Chery's years of global 5-star safety model R&D accumulation, high-strength body matched with full set of multi-airbag protection system, matched with standardized power battery protection structure, whether city commuting or long-distance cross-border travel, can provide comprehensive safety backup for users.

Three-electric configuration adheres to the full series equalization strategy, unified with large capacity rhino battery, CLTC range 600km, 30%-80% fast charging only takes 20 minutes; all trims standard equipped with 6.6kW high-power external discharge, paired with wide temperature range dual-source heat pump air conditioning, balancing home commuting and outdoor camping dual needs. High-spec models equipped with advanced intelligent driving systems and high-end cabin chips, smooth interaction combined with practical physical buttons, balancing young user tech needs and elderly, novice simple operation.

Global Market Synchronous Landing, Pre-sale Multiple Rights Escort Driving Full Cycle

As of the day of the press conference, Fengyun T7 overseas same-source model Lepas L6 has completed Thailand listing, South Africa pre-sale; according to the global listing plan, Fengyun T7 will launch and deliver in China and Indonesia simultaneously in August, land in EU in September, October covering Australia & New Zealand, UK, Israel, Malaysia and other markets, continuously expanding Chery's global new energy map. Chery ranked first in Chinese brand passenger car exports for 23 consecutive years, global cumulative users broke through 20 million, perfect global R&D, manufacturing, after-sales system, providing solid backing for Fengyun T7 global quality.

During this domestic pre-sale period, consumers pay 1,000 Yuan deposit to unlock seven exclusive car buying rights: personalized paint free selection, deposit high expansion deduction, first owner whole vehicle lifetime warranty, lifetime basic maintenance package discount, power battery safety backup, advanced intelligent driving guarantee, priority delivery right, covering car buying, maintenance, battery, travel full lifecycle, significantly reducing long-term family car usage costs.

As one of the few original global pure electric SUVs in the 100,000 level market, Chery Fengyun T7 breaks the industry 'special supply car' manufacturing logic, with unified global R&D standards, million-kilometer extreme actual testing, 5-star safety protection, balanced full-series configuration, redefining the value benchmark for household pure electric SUVs. With Fengyun T7 officially starting pre-sale, Chery Fengyun new energy matrix will be further improved, it will also allow domestic consumers without going abroad, to enjoy world-class quality pure electric cars tested by strict global markets.

In the past, carmakers took three years to refine one sword, but now carmaking speeds are getting faster, some even make three swords in a year, "instant cars" are prevalent, consumers become victim guinea pigs.

Chery, which adheres to the long-termism carmaking philosophy, spent three years to refine one sword, now building a "slow" car - Fengyun T7.

Slow Work Builds Good Cars | Chery Built a "Slow" Car

First, slow in R&D. Fengyun T7 underwent 3 years of long-cycle R&D, honed based on Chery's 1+7+N global R&D system, truly slow work yields fine products.

Second, slow in design. Fengyun T7 was designed collaboratively by more than 100 global designers, and gathered 1000+ users worldwide for deep co-creation, striving to find the greatest common divisor of consumer aesthetics and needs.

Third, slow in standards. Designed according to the strictest 2026 E-NCAP standards, completing safety testing in four dimensions: safe driving, collision avoidance, collision protection, and post-collision safety, full set of evaluations and safety compliance verification.

Fourth, slow in verification. During the R&D process, it underwent global high-temperature, high-cold, high-altitude, high-humidity, high-salt-alkali, etc., multiple extreme environment tests. Globally cumulative investment of 963 test vehicles, durability test vehicles cumulative 1.45 million km verification, covering multiple countries and regions in Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas, severe tests in multiple climates and road conditions, fully verifying product reliability and environmental adaptability.

It is worth mentioning that Fengyun T7 is not only the first new car after Chery's cumulative 20 million vehicles, but also a full-fledged global model.

Its homologous model Lepas L6 was previously pre-sold and launched in South Africa, Thailand launched in July, August in Indonesia, September in EU, October in Australia, New Zealand, UK, Israel, etc., continuously promoting the listing rhythm.

On August 12, the global quality pure electric SUV Fengyun T7 officially started pre-sale in China.

This pre-sale launch conference took "Slow Work Builds Good Cars, Sorry For The Wait" as the theme, conveying Fengyun T7's adherence to long-termism carmaking philosophy, using global standards to polish products, and solidly building quality global cars, and expressing sincere gratitude from the brand for users' long-term expectations.

The new car launched 3 versions, the pre-sale guidance price is 109,900 to 129,900 yuan, and enjoy 7 layers of car purchase benefits.

Currently, the global automotive industry has entered "China Time", Chinese new energy intelligent manufacturing continues to lead the overseas market. Relying on Chery's 23 years of global technical accumulation, Fengyun T7 walked the reverse overseas test path, refusing the industry's instant carmaking approach, polishing the whole vehicle strength with full-link global strict standards.

Around the six core new essential needs of quality life, integrating appearance essential, safety essential, travel essential, intelligence essential, comfort essential, peace of mind essential, building a global quality pure electric SUV, adapting to commute, long-distance, outdoor, multi-person travel and other diverse scenarios.

Appearance Essential | Global Aesthetics Fusion Eastern Elegance, Long-lasting Texture Online

Based on Chery's 10 global design centers, 5000+ overseas users co-created throughout, the homologous model Lepas L6 gained international recognition at the Milan Design Week, Fengyun T7 integrates global aesthetics, appearance persists online.

Aerodynamic front grille, Wind-Placed Satin Body, Skyline Sunset Tailgate, balancing international simple aesthetics with Eastern elegant atmosphere. Whole vehicle paint surface standards synchronously with overseas strict weather-resistant requirements, providing Fiery Orange, Mountain Smoke Purple, Cloud Pink Beige, Flowing Silver, Green Bamboo Grey, Ink Stone Black 6 color options.

Interior divided into Warm Black & Brown, Polar Night Obsidian two styles, Cloud Wing Cocoon Cockpit with large area soft wrapping, Pebble Floating Speakers, Diamond Quilting details exquisite; all interior leather, sealing strips, plastic parts not easy to harden or fade, long-term use still new and nice, balancing appearance and texture.

Safety Essential | Full-domain 5-star Protection System, Global Road Conditions Full-dimensional Backstop

Fengyun T7 benchmarking 2026 version E-NCAP 5-star safety standard design, functional safety ASILD highest level. 2 years planning, 3 years R&D, invested 81 exclusive durability cars synchronously on road tests, whole vehicle cumulative test mileage over 6 million km, durability special test 1.45 million km, simultaneously for Southeast Asia rainy season, Middle East high-temperature sun exposure, Indonesia high-humidity and other multiple global regions extreme vehicle trials.

Body uses 80% high-strength steel, 18.84% hot-formed steel to build nine horizontal five vertical cage body, using shotgun structure, dual-frame sub-frame + Pack crash beam, steel bones iron bones guaranteeing cabin safety, front 9 + side 6 collision force transmission paths maximizing dispersion of collision energy, retaining cabin survival space; in addition, equipped with 9 airbags, including 48L dual-cavity remote airbags and rear side airbags, 360° full-orientation protecting occupant safety.

Fengyun T7 series equipped with Rhinoceros Battery, super strong 6D protection building battery safety fortress fully resisting squeezing, piercing, impact, constructing multi-layer stereoscopic safety barrier for power batteries. Facing summer rainstorms frequently occurring, Rhinoceros Battery IP68 waterproof is 96 times national standard, fearlessly rainy season flooding, road water accumulation, outdoor wading, effectively preventing battery water ingress short circuit hazards.

Travel Essential | Series 600km Range Equality, Adapting to Global Diverse Climate Conditions

Based on global multi-region energy and climate needs, Fengyun T7 achieves range configuration series equality, standard equip for series large capacity Rhinoceros Battery 65.05kWh, CLTC 600km range, actual test range 667+km, "reverse false labeling" solving anxiety. Battery 30% charge to 80% only needs 20 minutes, one coffee time can set off again.

Fengyun T7 equipped with whole-domain integrated thermal management dual-source wide heat pump air conditioning + high-voltage PTC, Northern users winter can also drive safely. -30°C-55°C super wide temperature range stable operation, low temperature environment heating more power saving, high temperature environment heat dissipation more efficient. Matching series standard AGS intelligent grille shutter and 14 item low wind resistance optimization, high and low speed energy consumption more stable.

Intelligence Essential | Cockpit-Drive Integrated 8775 Chip Half Understands You Half Protects You

New energy era, no intelligence no quality. Fengyun T7 equipped with cockpit-drive integrated 8775 chip, achieving cockpit-drive dual optimality, two major domains seamless collaboration, half understands you, half protects you. The chip possesses 4nm process, 72TOPS high computing power, response only needs 80ms, startup speed up 33%, startup speed faster, screen operation more silky, intelligent interaction response more swift.

Intelligent cockpit aspect, 15.6 inch 2.5K HD large screen picture delicate real, anti-glare, anti-reflection, anti-fingerprint, CarPlay, HUAWEI HiCar, CarLink wireless connection, covering market 99%+ mobile phone screen casting, on board can achieve seamless interconnection.

Lingxi Smart Cockpit 2.0 brings all-around companion partner, owning Xiao Qi Classmate, Northeast Auntie, Debate Master, Speaking Teacher, Story King, Professional Debater six real-person sense companion experiences. Built-in Rest, Camping, Pet, Wake Up etc. six scene modes, letting the car truly become the mobile space understanding you.

Fengyun T7 equipped with Falcon 500 Driving Assistance System, integrating 3 millimeter-wave radars, 7 high-performance cameras, 12 ultrasonic radars, total 22 high-precision sensors (3R7V12U), seeing far, seeing clear, measuring accurate.

Can 300+ full-scenario automatic parking, industry covering most complete. Dead-end parking, one-click track reverse, multi-floor parking etc. can be achieved, from now on say goodbye to "parking difficult", achieving parking freedom.

Comfort & Enjoyment Essential | Super Large Cockpit Space Master-level Chassis Tuning Stable Travel

Whole vehicle size 4570×1852×1694mm, wheelbase 2700mm, interior efficiency rate 84%, rear pure flat floor, same class leading 911mm leg space, rear row folded expand 1955mm pure flat large bed, conventional trunk 450L, expand to 1550L, sufficient loading space adapting to outdoor cross, multi-person traveling together.

9-layer cloud feel seats, soft not collapsing, long sit not tired, additionally seats also have ventilation heating functions. Heating aspect, achieving 3 gear temperature control regulation, -20°C environment, 5 minutes fast heating to 30°C, quickly warming whole body; seat ventilation adopts air suction design, summer back not stuffy sweat, meeting user comfort needs.

In details aspect, Fengyun T7 is also remarkable.

Whole car 38 places thoughtful storage space, organized storage, enjoying exquisite life. Four maximum load bearing 300kg mooring rings and two maximum load bearing 3kg hooks, camping equipment, large cargo can all be firmly fixed.

Comfortable driving and riding, inseparable from excellent chassis support. Fengyun T7 chassis adopted by Maserati front chassis tuning expert led international chassis team dedicated polishing, 50.8:49.2 golden axle load ratio can effectively suppress understeer, oversteer phenomenon, improving cornering stability and straight line trackability.

As early as 2009, Chery independently designed China's first ground mobile dual-axle K&C test rig. 26 years of design foundation empowering chassis performance, bringing more卓越 driving quality experience.

Peace of Mind Essential | 2 Lifetime Benefits + 2 Safety Net Benefits, Full-cycle Car Use Worry-Free

Chery not only brings users hard-core strength products, but also stands from user perspective, fully considering car purchase after full-cycle car use experience, facing everyone for vehicle failure, later maintenance cost etc. actual concerns. For this Fengyun T7 launches two safety net guarantees, two lifetime benefits, from car purchase to long-term use full process protection.

Two safety net guarantees: 1) Power battery safety backstop: due to power battery itself reasons leading whole vehicle thermal runaway damage, Chery will compensate same model new car or not less than original car configuration new car; 2) Driving assistance backstop: from car purchase date within one year, in "parking scenario", "intelligent navigation scenario" judged as "intelligent driving assistance system reasons" leading accidents, causing vehicle occupants harm and third-party loss compensation, maximum compensation 5 million.

Two lifetime benefits: 1) Whole vehicle lifetime warranty: value 10,000 yuan whole vehicle lifetime warranty (including three-electric), wear parts, special parts excepted; 2) Lifetime maintenance package: 666 yuan purchase value 3,999 yuan lifetime basic maintenance package (1 time/year).

Summary:

From global standard R&D, global aesthetic design, global craft manufacturing, to global road condition verification, Fengyun T7 with full-link global quality, setting up pure electric SUV value benchmark.

It underwent world tempering, finally running to Chinese users, with appearance, travel, safety, intelligence, comfort, peace of mind six essential needs full satisfaction, responding to quality family all expectations.

Fengyun T7, not only is a carriage condensing global technology and quality, but also global standards and Chinese family needs deep resonance of era choice.

Fengyun T7 three years to sharpen one sword, this "slow" hiding respect for users, demanding for quality, more is a Chinese car enterprise going global confidence.

Chery with "slow" as advance, using global verified hard strength, for Fengyun T7 writing the most down-to-earth footnote. This blade polished three years, is carrying Chinese craftsmanship, driving towards global multiple countries and regions.

August 12, in China's somewhat impetuous new energy vehicle market, Chery Automobile adopted a counter-trend stance to officially start the pre-sale of its global quality pure electric SUV—Fengyun T7. This pre-sale event was themed "Patience Makes Good Cars, Sorry to Keep You Waiting". The new car launches 3 versions, with a pre-sale guide price range of 10.99k CNY to 12.99k CNY.

In today's 100k-level pure electric market where new products emerge endlessly, Fengyun T7, leveraging its global quality endorsement and the hardcore strength of 600km range across the series, is bound to trigger a reshaping of value regarding national premium pure electric SUVs.

Go Global First, Then Return Home: A Counter-Global Trial

Unlike the previous path of launching domestically first, then aiming for overseas, Fengyun T7 has cleared a path of counter-overseas tempering. Relying on Chery's 23 years of globalized technology accumulation, the overseas homologous models of Fengyun T7 have been launched first in markets such as South Africa and Thailand, and are about to land in Indonesia, EU, Australia-New Zealand, etc.

This global layout is not a marketing gimmick, but solid quality endorsement. To meet the regulations, climate and road conditions of over 100 countries and regions globally, Fengyun T7 has experienced a long cycle of 2 years planning and 3 years R&D. Chery invested 81 exclusive durability cars for synchronized road tests. The cumulative test mileage of the whole vehicle exceeded 6 million km, and durability special test reached 1.45 million km. From Southeast Asia's rainy season humidity, Middle East's high temperature exposure, to Nordic extreme cold snow, Fengyun T7 completed extreme real vehicle trials within a super-wide temperature range of -40°C to 55°C, with global road type coverage reaching 95%.

No Compromise on Safety: Built According to 2026 Version E-NCAP 5-Star Standard

In the invisible safety layer, Fengyun T7 showed the honesty of a craftsman car builder. The new car is directly designed to benchmark the 2026 version E-NCAP 5-star safety standard, and meets the highest level of Functional Safety ASILD.

In passive safety, Fengyun T7 adopted a 9-horizontal 5-vertical cage body made of 80% high-strength steel + 18.84% hot-formed steel, paired with shotgun structure, dual-frame subframe, and Pack crash beam, to construct solid occupant cabin protection. All series are standard equipped with 9 airbags, including the rare 48L dual-chamber far-end airbags and rear side airbags at this level, achieving 360-degree all-around protection. Regarding the battery safety users care about most, the Rhino Battery equipped on Fengyun T7 has IP68 waterproof capability, with protection standard being 96 times the National Standard, effectively resisting squeezing, piercing, and wading risks.

To let users feel completely at ease, Chery also launched two rare industry-wide safety net benefits: if thermal runaway damage is caused by the power battery itself, compensate with a same-model new car; if an accident is caused by the intelligent driving system within one year of purchasing the car, occupants and third-party loss maximum compensation 5 million CNY.

Range Equality: All Series 600km, Refusing Anxiety

Fengyun T7 broke the hidden rule of pure electric cars having different range for high/low trims, achieving range configuration equality across the series. The new car standard-equipped 65.05kWh large capacity Rhino Battery for all series, CLTC pure electric range is 600km for all, while the actual test range reached over 667km, exceeding the stated value.

In replenishment and energy consumption management, Fengyun T7 also performed excellently. Battery charging from 30% to 80% takes only 20 minutes. The new car's full-domain integrated thermal management dual-source wide heat pump air conditioning can work stably within a wide temperature range of -30°C to 55°C, paired with AGS intelligent intake grille and 14 low wind resistance optimizations, effectively solving the pain point of northern users' range discount in winter.

Intelligence and Comfort: Building a Mobile Space with Warmth

In terms of intelligence, Fengyun T7 is equipped with a 15.6-inch 2.5K high-definition large screen, built-in Qualcomm Snapdragon 8775 Cockpit-Driving Integrated Chip, ensuring the smoothness of the vehicle machine system. Vehicle machine supports CarPlay, HUAWEI HiCar, CarLink wireless connection, covering over 99% of phone screen casting needs on the market. The Lingxi Smart Cockpit 2.0 system includes "Xiao Qi" and other six major human-like companion experiences, making human-machine interaction more warm.

In terms of intelligent driving, Fengyun T7 equips Falcon 500 Driving Assistance System, integrated 3 mmWave radars, 7 cameras and 12 ultrasonic radars, supporting high-level functions such as full-auto parking for 300+ scenarios, one-key track backup, and cross-floor parking.

In the price range of 100k-130k CNY which is the most competitive, Chery Fengyun T7 did not choose to blindly pile up specs, but used a "Polishing National Premium by Global Standards" logic to enter the market. It might not be the most aggressive in parameters, but thanks to the globalized R&D verification system, it might be one of the choices most reassuring for users at this level.

August 12, Chery Fengyun T7 officially launched pre-sale, three models' pre-sale prices 109,900 to 129,900 Yuan. The theme of the press conference "Build quality takes patience, the wait has been long", in the current industry where new car iterations are getting faster, this slogan seems somewhat out of place, after all others are competing on who releases faster, who iterates more frequently, Chery instead put the "slow" word on the table.

Looking closely down, this car indeed has the capital to be slow. It is not first in domestic launch then modify export conventional path, but walks a "reverse global expansion" way: homologous model Lepas L6 has already started pre-sale in South Africa, Thailand July 24 officially launched, next also want to enter EU, Australia New Zealand, Middle East markets. First accept global market testing, then return to domestic sales, this rhythm itself fast cannot be.

Making a Global Car is Inherently Slow

Say Fengyun T7 is "global car", not marketing jargon. Chery continuously 23 years ranks Chinese brand passenger car export first, 2025 full year export 1.344 million vehicles, global cumulative users this year July broke through 20 million vehicles, product covers 130+ countries and regions. This globalization system is not one day built, falls to specific model, is R&D cycle naturally longer than pure domestic models.

Public info shows, Fengyun T7 front back experienced 2 years planning, 3 years R&D, front back five years time. Project initiation stage did 5000+ global user surveys, deeply visited 15 typical countries. Safety standards direct benchmark 2026 version E-NCAP 5 stars, functional safety reaches ASIL-D level, also need meet global different region data compliance requirements. These pre-work, every item need time stacked out, not rely on overtime rushing progress that can save.

Verification link consumes more time. Whole vehicle cumulative test mileage over 6 million km, among which durability special actual test 1.45 million km, synchronously invest 81 dedicated durability cars globally everywhere run. Environment cover from -40℃ to 55℃, Nordic extreme cold, Southeast Asia humid hot, Middle East scorching sun, high altitude strong UV, plus Brazilian gravel roads, Mexican cobblestone roads, German highway curves, South Africa unpaved roads and different road conditions. So many extreme scenarios round round test down, problem discovery, rectification, retest, fast impossible fast is.

This "slow" logic actually not hard to understand: Household pure EV users' core anxiety, long not range enough enough, screen big big not, is long-term reliability, environment adaptability, whole vehicle durability. Previous few years industry piled parameters piled lively, these two years users slowly come back to senses - electric cars not digital products, open 6-7 years is normal, quality and durability is bottom layer demand. Chery put global verification system directly use on 100,000 level household cars, essence is competition from "explicit parameters" pulled to "implicit quality" dimension.

Full Series Equality No Trimming Tactics

Back to product itself, Fengyun T7 worth most talk not a certain black tech, but its config strategy. Full series three models, unified carry 65.05kWh Rhino Battery, CLTC range all 600km. That is to say, you buy lowest config and highest config, range capability no difference. This "range equality" practice in 100,000 level pure EV SUVs not see much.

Fast charging ability up, official give 30%-80% charging time about 22 minutes. Match dual-source wide temp range heat pump add PTC thermal management system, low temp environment range performance will compare ordinary single PTC models more steady. Official data shows winter range achievement rate can improve 30%, this number is lab and actual test combined result, actual use will receive specific temp and driving habits impact, but direction is right.

Safety config also basically achieve full series align. Body 80% high strength steel, 18.84% hot formed steel, 9 horizontal 5 vertical cage structure, plus same level rare shotgun structure and dual frame subframe. Airbags give 9, include 48L dual cavity remote airbag and 1778mm side curtain, 6 seconds long term pressure hold. Battery aspect, IP68 water proof rating, side 200kN anti squeeze, 1008 hours salt spray test, these are public can check parameters.

Intelligence level, Fengyun T7 carry is Qualcomm 8775 cabin driving integrated chip, 4nm process, 72 TOPS NPU computing power. This chip and common 8295 different, it is single chip simultaneous cabin and smart driving both sides run, hardware made fusion redundancy. Cabin match 15.6 inch 2.5K screen, carry Lingxi smart cabin 2.0 and Doubao large model, support 6 voice personas and 6 scenario modes. Smart driving aspect, Falcon 500 system match 22 sensors, support 200+ scenario auto parking and highway pilot assist. This config placed at 120,000 level price, hardware specs indeed not low.

Space and comfort up, car length 4570mm, wheelbase 2700mm, inside room get rate 84%, rear row pure flat floor, leg space 911mm. Seats support heat ventilation, fold down can form 1955mm x 1310mm pure flat space. Chassis by international team tune, 50.8:49.2 front rear axle load ratio, match One-Box wire control braking, control foundation in same level count to be above level.

Real Benefits Give Enough Use Confidence

Finally talk price and benefits. 109,900 to 129,900 Yuan pre-sale price, placed compact pure EV SUV market not count lowest price, but combine full series 600km range, 9 airbags, 8775 chip this config, cost performance indeed not low. More key is pre-sale benefits in two bottom-line policies and two lifetime benefits.

Two big bottom-lines, one is power battery thermal runaway damage compensation same new car, another is buy car within one year parking and pilot scenarios under smart driving system reason lead accidents, max compensation 5 million. Two big lifetime benefits, one is whole vehicle lifetime warranty (include three-electric), another is 666 Yuan buy lifetime basic maintenance package. This combo punch hit out, actually is directly respond users to electric car long-term use cost and reliability concerns.

Objectively say, Fengyun T7 not that kind rely on one two hype parameters grab eyeballs cars. Its advantage lies in completeness high - range, safety, intelligence, space, comfort, after-sales six dimensions no obvious short board, global verification system brought quality redundancy is its core differentiation. In 10-13 wan this household pure EV core price band, users want never not a certain item extreme, but balanced, reliable, use worry-free.

As for "Slow work builds good cars" can be market buy, also need see final launch delivery and actual reputation. But at least from product strategy look, Chery choose a hard and right path: not chase fast success windfall, use global system depth hit household market width. Pure EV competition walk to second half, compare not anymore who run faster, but who run more steady, further. From this angle say, Fengyun T7 come not early, but timing might just right.

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On August 12, Chery Fengyun T7 opened its pre-sale, launching 3 variants with pre-sale prices ranging from 109,900 yuan to 129,900 yuan.

This pre-sale launch event was themed "Good Cars Take Time, We Waited", highly fitting the Fengyun T7's car-making perseverance and brand philosophy.

As the peace-of-mind pure electric SUV created by Chery for global families, Fengyun T7 relies on Chery's 23 years of global technical accumulation, is developed according to global standards, built with a global quality manufacturing system, and completes multi-regional environmental testing. Its homologous model Lepas L6 has landed in South Africa and Thailand markets, gaining recognition from a large number of overseas users.

In terms of appearance, Fengyun T7 offers 6 "Oriental Elegance" paint colors, balancing the stability for family use and the refined texture loved by younger groups.

The interior features two styles: Warm Black-Brown and Extreme Night Obsidian, with a Cloud Wing Hugging Cockpit equipped with extensive soft padding.

Regarding power and range, the new car comes standard with a 65.05kWh Rhinoceros battery across all versions, with CLTC range reaching 600km, and 30%-80% fast charging takes only 22 minutes. In the time it takes to drink a cup of coffee, energy for 300km can be replenished.

Safety is Fengyun T7's core advantage. The vehicle body adopts 80% high-strength steel, with hot-formed steel accounting for 18.84%. Equipped with a nine-horizontal five-vertical cage-like body structure and 9 airbags, it provides comprehensive protection for travel.

Regarding intelligent configuration, the cabin is equipped with a 15.6-inch 2.5K, 1000nit anti-glare large screen, featuring the Lingxi Smart Cockpit, adopting a 4nm process 8775 chip, with 72 TOPS NPU computing power, balancing cockpit entertainment experience and intelligent driving safety.

The intelligent driving system features the Falcon 500 Intelligent Driving System, equipped with 22 high-precision sensors, supporting full-scenario automatic parking, remote parking entry, off-vehicle parking, and other auxiliary functions.

Fengyun T7 body size is 4570×1852×1694mm, wheelbase 2700mm, with an interior space utilization rate of up to 84%, showing outstanding space performance. Seat configuration features Cloud-feel seats, supporting three-level heating and ventilation, further improving riding comfort.

Comfortable driving is inseparable from the excellent chassis support. Fengyun T7 chassis was painstakingly polished by an international chassis team led by former Maserati chassis tuning experts.

Currently, the beauty twin stars of Sedan + SUV have become the mainstream design trend of the industry. Chery Fengyun A9 and Fengyun T7 form the product twin stars with both strength and appearance under the Fengyun Series.

“We planned for two years, developed for three years, to create the Fengyun T7 global pure electric SUV. A global car cannot be rushed; it requires slow work for fine results.”

On August 12, these words by Li Xueyong, Executive Vice President of Chery, at the Fengyun T7 pre-sale launch event, sounded somewhat "out of place" in the current Chinese automotive context.

18 months to launch a car has become industry standard

In the traditional fuel vehicle era, developing a new model usually took 3 to 5 years. Now, 16 to 18 months is the norm in China, some even 12 months. Industry average dropped from ~60 months to ~24 months.

"Fast" became the core competition dimension. In 2025, over 230 new cars launched densely. Toyota, Nissan, etc., express looking up to China, shortening R&D cycles.

But the cost of "fast" is showing. In the first 11 months of 2025, EV iteration dispute complaints surged nearly 82 times YoY, about 39,300 cases. Some brands compress cycles, deleting validation projects, putting users at risk.

In this context, controversy over "quick-build cars" came to the forefront. Xinhua News Agency issued a warning on quick-build cars, sparking online debate.

Chery's choice was to simply slow down.

Where did Fengyun T7's 5 years go?

Fengyun T7 started pre-research in 2022, polished for nearly 5 years—2 years planning, 3 years forward R&D.

Li Xueyong said: "These 4 years of Fengyun T7 spent on three places that cannot be fast—R&D cannot be fast, products need repeated polishing; Validation cannot be fast, reliability needs real scene testing; Global user co-creation cannot be fast, need to hear voices from different markets."

Let's look at R&D first. Fengyun T7 is not "domestic exclusive", but a global model developed according to global standards from the start. Chery ranks first in Chinese brand passenger car exports for 23 consecutive years, global users exceeding 20 million. Behind Fengyun T7 are 8 global R&D design centers collaborating, 5000+ global users in surveys, 15 typical countries visited deeply. Body uses 80% high-strength steel, 18.84% hot-formed steel, 9 cross 5 longitudinal cage body structure, benchmarking 2026 E-NCAP 5-star safety standards design, functional safety reaches ASILD highest level. These parameters are not drawn on PPTs, but built line by line of code and collision simulations by engineers.

Look at validation. 81 dedicated durability test cars on-road test simultaneously, total vehicle cumulative mileage over 6 million km, durability special test 1.45 million km. Test environments cover SE Asia rainy season, Middle East high temp exposure, Indonesia high humidity, etc. Covers 95% of global road types—Brazil high speed bump, Mexico cobblestone road, Germany highway high curvature bend, South Africa unpaved muddy road. Global environment adaptation range covers minus 40°C to 55°C.

What is the concept of 6 million km? 150 circles around the earth. If the pace of one car in 18 months, these validations would not be finished.

What comes out of "slow"?

When Fengyun T7 started pre-sale at 109,900 RMB to 129,900 RMB, many found this "slow" built car has no "slow" in product power.

Standard equipment 65.05kWh Rhino Battery, CLTC range all locked at 600km, actual test 667km+. In 100,000 RMB level pure electric SUV market, many competitors use low range version to lower starting price, consumers wanting "enough" range have to add money for high spec. Fengyun T7 directly cancelled this "choice anxiety".

Safety level, 9 airbags, including 48L dual chamber far-end airbag and rear side airbag. Rhino Battery IP68 waterproof reaches national standard 96 times. Chery also promises: If battery itself causes thermal runaway damage, compensate with same model new car. This "backing" posture is rare in the industry.

Intelligence aspect, 4nm process Qualcomm SA8775 Cockpit Driving integrated chip, 72 TOPS computing power, 15.6 inch 2.5K large screen. Falcon 500 Driving assistance system equipped with 22 high precision sensors, supports 300+ scenarios automatic parking. These configurations placed in 100,000 RMB level, competitiveness is real.

Behind these product powers is 2 years planning, 3 years forward R&D investment. In other words, Fengyun T7 did not "steal time" in any key link.

When everyone rushes forward, isn't the person who dares to stop and fix the road more worthy of respect?

Fengyun T7's most special place is its launch path—run around the globe first, then return to domestic. Homologous model Lepas L6 has pre-sold in South Africa, launched in Thailand, next enter EU, Aus/NZ, UK, etc. markets. This is not a car made in domestic first then try to sell abroad, but a product from project initiation that followed global standards, validated around the globe, and returned to domestic with real feedback from overseas markets.

Southeast Asia rainy season forced engineers to consider water wading and sealing, Middle East exposure tested material aging and infotainment system cooling, Nordic low temp amplified thermal management issues. World's complex road conditions and extreme climate, pre-check problems for Chinese consumers. Use time to exchange reliability, use global validation to exchange user trust—this is "slow" commercial value.

Writing at the end:

Back to the initial question.

Industry average development cycle compressed from 60 months to 24 months, some brands take 18 months even 12 months as normal, Chery uses 5 years to polish one car, is this "falling behind the pace"?

Answer perhaps depends on how you define "competitiveness".

If competitiveness equals "speed to seize market window", then 5 years is indeed too slow. But if competitiveness equals "reliability of a car after 10 years". 5 years, might be just right.

In this era where "speed is invincible", Fengyun T7 itself is an attitude.

And attitude, sometimes is the hardest competitiveness.

Seeing Chery Fengyun T7's pre-sale this time, my first reaction was: "Domestic car brands have gone overseas for so many years, finally a brand is turning back, taking the overseas market to 'gild' its own cars first, then selling them back in China." On August 12, Fengyun T7 opened pre-sales, three configurations 109,900 to 129,900, all series CLTC range 600km, the same-source overseas version is called Lepas L6, has been selling for a while in Thailand, South Africa, also appeared at Milan Design Week. Chery gave this strategy a name called "Reverse Going Global" — cars verify quality overseas first, then with global standards return to domestic market to grab market share.

But to be honest, what makes the T7 worth discussing isn't how beautiful the spec sheet is, but whether Chery's plan to use a pure electric SUV that "levels up overseas first, then fights back domestically" to snatch rice bowls from BYD Yuan PLUS and Geely Galaxy E5 territories is actually reliable.

The foundation of a global car is indeed impressive

First, regarding the product, Chery Fengyun T7 offers plenty at the 100,000 range price point. Body dimensions 4570×1852×1694mm, wheelbase 2700mm, standard size for a compact pure electric SUV. All models come standard with a 65.05kWh Rhinoceros Lithium Iron Phosphate battery, CLTC range 600km, official test results exceed 667km, fast charging from 30% to 80% takes about 20 minutes. Single motor max power 178kW, peak torque 275N·m, top speed 180km/h, sufficient for daily commuting and occasional highways. The chassis features front MacPherson and rear multi-link independent suspension for all models, tuned with participation from the European Research Institute and a former Maserati chassis engineer. Front-to-rear axle load ratio of 50.8 to 49.2, truly a cross-class configuration within the 100,000 range.

The accumulation of intelligence and safety features resembles a 120,000 range or higher. For intelligent driving, the Falcon 500 system is used, equipped with 3 millimeter-wave radars, 7 cameras, 12 ultrasonic radars, totaling 22 sensors. Supports over 300 scenarios for automatic parking, cross-floor memory parking, plus highway navigation assistance. The chip is the Qualcomm 8775 cockpit-driving integration, 4nm process, 72 TOPS. In the cockpit, there is a 15.6-inch 2.5K screen combined with Lingxi Smart Cockpit 2.0 and Doubao Large Model, compatible with CarPlay, HiCar, CarLink. Safety level directly benchmarks 2026 E-NCAP 5-star and ASIL-D, nine horizontal and five vertical cage body structure, 80% high-strength steel, 18.84% hot-formed steel, 9 airbags. Battery IP68 waterproofing reaches 96 times the national standard. Chery also provided a "smart driving insurance" — up to 5 million RMB compensation for smart driving accidents within one year. Space efficiency is 84%, rear floor is completely flat, legroom 911mm. Seats folded flat can form a 1955mm pure flat large bed, trunk expands from 450L to 1550L, 38 storage spots plus 4 rivet rings bearing 300kg each, home-use details are very generous.

But in the most competitive segment, it is still a newcomer

Product power looks impressive, but the 100,000 range pure electric SUV market that Fengyun T7 intends to enter is the most competitive water pond domestically today. And Chery Fengyun in this segment is, frankly speaking, still a newcomer.

The most direct close competitor is Geely Galaxy E5. The Qihang edition guide price 109,800, almost the same price as T7 Yuexiang edition 109,900. But E5 wheelbase 2750mm is 50mm longer than T7. God Shield Short Blade Battery secured dual 5-star ratings from Euro NCAP and ANCAP. Flyme Auto cockpit reputation is also established, monthly sales stable at ten thousand level since launch. A step up is BYD Yuan PLUS, 3rd generation just launched in May, guide price 119,900 to 149,900. Car length 4665mm, wheelbase 2770mm, a bit larger than T7. All models 800V platform, rear wheel drive, 540 to 630km range. Also brought Divine Eye advanced smart driving and Yun-Nian-C down to this price point. BYD's appeal in the 100,000 range pure electric market needs no mention, monthly sales long-term exceed ten thousand. T7 is not inferior in configuration compared to these two, even all models 600km, independent suspension, 22 sensors are generous. But wheelbase is 50 to 70mm smaller, dimensions also slightly shorter. More crucial is the brand — the mindset of Galaxy and BYD in the pure electric family car market, is what Chery Fengyun relies on one

new car in a short time cannot make up.

Can "Slow Work" Exchange for Sales Volume?

To be honest, I quite like the story Chery tells for the T7: "Slow work makes good cars, long wait". 5 years R&D, 6 million km global road test, reverse verification of overseas then domestic. Compared to cars rushing for launch, the attitude is right there. All models 600km plus independent suspension and smart driving backing, the sincerity starting at 109,900 is sufficient. The problem is, 100,000 range consumers never buy just the three words "Global Car". It's about which relatives drove them nearby, how is the residual value, whether after-sales outlets are nearby. These are areas where Chery Fengyun is still immature in the pure electric family market.

The real test for the T7 is whether it can translate the "overseas gilding" narrative into real money orders from domestic users. Galaxy E5 and Yuan PLUS have already raised the pass line for 100,000 range pure electric SUVs very high. T7 product power meets standards, but brand momentum and channel density differ by magnitude. Relying solely on generous configuration and a good story, can it snatch meat from the mouths of these two hard-core sellers with monthly sales over ten thousand? It depends on the final launch pricing and terminal discounts. Personally, I actually hope this Chery car can succeed. After all, the Fengyun series made a comeback before relying on plug-in hybrid T9, T10. As the opening of pure electric SUV, if T7 can stand firm, then the pure electric map of the following 12 new cars over the next three years will be truly laid out. But the principle that "Good Car Does Not Mean Good Seller", Chery itself should be clearer than anyone.

Written by Wei Dong Chen

When the new energy sector falls into a restless cycle of parameter arms race and accelerated iteration, car manufacturers that truly settle down to polish products are becoming increasingly scarce.

On August 12, Chery Fengyun T7 officially launched pre-sale. Unlike the industry rhythm of quick launches and quick iterations, Fengyun T7 adopts a long-termist vehicle manufacturing philosophy, undergoing years of deep polishing. Relying on Chery's global R&D, testing, and manufacturing systems, it completed strict verification across multiple regions and all operating conditions. With mature quality verified by the global market, it returns to the most authentic product value of home pure electric vehicles.

Reject Rushed Vehicle Manufacturing

As a high-quality pure electric SUV built by Chery for global families, Fengyun T7 has been based on global unified standards since the beginning of R&D, refusing special editions or regional differential cost-cutting. The whole vehicle is built against the 2026 E-NCAP five-star safety system, functional safety reaches the industry's top ASIL-D level. From body structure and battery protection to intelligent safety configurations, all are designed in advance according to the world's strictest regulations.

To adapt to global diverse road conditions and climate environments, Fengyun T7 has completed cross-continent all-scenario extreme trials: from sub-zero extreme cold in Northern Europe, high-temperature sun exposure in the Middle East, to humid and rainy conditions in Southeast Asia, and unpaved bad roads overseas, covering 95% of typical global road conditions and -40°C to 55°C extreme temperature zones. Addressing pain points of vehicle usage in different regions, the whole vehicle completed over a thousand special optimizations including waterproofing, anti-aging, anti-corrosion, chassis protection, and heat pump temperature control, ensuring that regardless of southern rainy seasons, northern winters, or strong UV environments on plateaus, a stable and reliable vehicle state is maintained.

At the durability verification level, Fengyun T7 invested dozens of exclusive test vehicles, cumulatively completing over 6 million kilometers of global road tests and 1.45 million kilometers of special durability tests. With ultra-long cycles and high-intensity actual tests, production potential hazards are screened out in advance, making vehicle durability and stability far exceed industry conventional standards.

Relying on Chery's 23-year export leadership and manufacturing accumulation of 20 million global users, Fengyun T7 homologous overseas models have landed markets such as Thailand and South Africa first, gaining overseas user reputation with stable quality. This domestic pre-sale is global mature quality feeding back to Chinese families.

True Configuration Equality Across the Entire Series

Currently, the home pure electric market generally exists the phenomenon of entry-level configuration cuts and high-spec premiums; consumers often have to make choices between range, safety, space, and comfort. Fengyun T7 completely breaks the configuration stratification routines, with the all-around strength of standard configuration across the series, achieving home pure electric six core needs in one step.

At the range level, Fengyun T7 comes standard with high-spec Rhino batteries, CLTC pure electric range 600km, actual range testing reverses the false labeling trend. Relying on advanced thermal management systems and low drag body design, it effectively solves winter range shrinkage pain points. 30%-80% fast charging completes in 22 minutes, daily commuting and long-distance travel require no battery anxiety. Battery ultra-long life guarantees ten years of worry-free vehicle use.

At the safety level, Fengyun T7 brings top-spec safety down to the entire series. The whole vehicle adopts a high-ratio high-strength steel cage body, paired with exclusive subframe structure and continuous reinforced sills, body anti-collision ability fully maximized. The whole car comes standard with 9 airbags, including large volume dual-chamber remote airbags and extra-long side air curtains, cooperating with battery 6D lock shell Class A protection, IP68 top waterproof and anti-collision ability. Verified through multiple extreme collision tests, it comprehensively guards family travel safety.

In terms of smart experience, the model is equipped with a 4nm high-order automotive chip, with sufficient computing power and smooth interaction. It is equipped with upgraded Lingxi Smart Cockpit and Doubao Large Model, precise voice recognition, and scenario logic that fits home usage habits. At the same time, it is equipped with all-scenario intelligent parking, highway pilot, trajectory reverse, and other practical smart driving functions, weakening flashy functions and strengthening real usability, reducing family user driving burden.

Space and comfort are Fengyun T7's core advantages. Relying on efficient space layout, the new car achieves extremely high interior space utilization rate. The rear row is spacious and flat, sitting comfortably without feeling cramped. Seats support ventilation, heating, and other comfort functions. The rear row can be folded down with one key to form an extra-large pure flat space, catering to daily passenger, rest afternoon nap, and outdoor camping scenarios.

The chassis is professionally tuned by an international team, achieving front and rear balanced axle load and ultra-low body center of gravity. It balances smooth and quiet city commuting with stable texture of high-speed driving. Bad road vibration filtering and high-speed handling performance are fully superior to same-level home SUVs.

In design, Fengyun T7 continues the Fengyun series Oriental aesthetics concept. Lines are restrained and simple, styling is generous and durable. It refuses overly exaggerated trendy designs, achieving high-quality texture that never gets boring to look at. Multiple exclusive paint color schemes adapt to family aesthetics. Whole vehicle details balance aerodynamics, sound insulation performance, and durability anti-aging ability. Appearance and practicality are bidirectionally balanced.

Build an Electric Car that Withstands the Test of Time for Family Users

The new energy industry undergoes high-speed iteration. Many new products pursue quick landing and quick breakout, sacrificing verification cycles and durability quality. While Chery Fengyun T7 insists on the R&D philosophy that good cars cannot be rushed: not chasing short-term hype, not gathering parameter gimmicks, spending time on testing, verification, and optimization.

From user research and global working condition adaptation, to million-kilometer durability road tests and overseas market preliminary verification, Fengyun T7 solves all uncertainties before launch. Without blindly piling materials or creating configuration anxiety, it aims to deliver a safe, durable, worry-free, and all-around home pure electric SUV.

This official pre-sale launch means the Chery Fengyun T7, tempered through countless trials, officially lands the family mainstream market. With global standards, global strength, and true full-series configuration, Fengyun T7 will reshape the value benchmark of the 150,000-level price tier home pure electric SUV, allowing ordinary families to buy high-quality pure electric cars verified globally, not outdated for ten years, and worry-free and durable.

August 12, Chery Fengyun T7 officially launched pre-sale, pre-sale price range 109,900 to 129,900 Yuan, total 3 models. This pre-sale theme is "Slow craftsmanship builds good cars, long time coming", Chery official revealed, this car's R&D cycle reached 3 years, invested 81 units of exclusive durability cars for synchronized road testing, cumulative test mileage over 6 million kilometers, durability special test 1.45 million kilometers, meanwhile targeted Southeast Asia rainy season, Middle East high-temperature sun exposure, Indonesia high humidity and other global multiple regions for extreme real car trials. In stark contrast to some domestic brands developing multiple "rushed cars" in one year.

Fengyun T7 is a pure electric compact SUV, body dimensions are length width height 4570×1852×1694mm, wheelbase is 2700mm. Mainly aimed at meeting family users' daily commute, long-distance travel, outdoor activities and other scenarios under the six core needs: appearance, safety, range, intelligence, comfort and peace of mind in using the car.

Exterior aspect, Fengyun T7 combines international fashion and oriental style, adopts closed front face, traditional integrated daytime running lights and high-low beam headlights, front bumper sides have larger triangular imitation air intakes. Side shape is quite solid, also adopts traditional mechanical door handles. Tail is left-right traversing tail lights, rear windshield glass top also has a rear spoiler.

Overall, Fengyun T7 exterior design is simple and generous, because it is a global model, need to take into account the needs of markets around the world, so body size and wheelbase did not make it as big as domestic compact new energy SUVs.

Fengyun T7 interior has light and dark two color schemes, car interior large area uses soft materials, detail handling is also particular. Chery official stated, interior materials after special treatment, long-term use not easy to age and fade. Cockpit inside equipped with three-spoke steering wheel and column gear shifter, central control screen is 15.6 inches 2.5K HD screen, supports multiple phone wireless projection. Car interior voice assistant has six different personality modes optional, also provides nap, camping and other scene modes. Fengyun T7 adopts cockpit driving integration (cockpit and driving assistance share) Qualcomm SA8775 chip, computing power is 72 TOPS, system response fast, boot speed improvement obvious.

Driving assistance aspect, Fengyun T7 equips Falcon 500 Driving Assistance System, integrated 3 millimeter-wave radars, 7 high-performance cameras, 12 ultrasonic radars, total 22 sensors (3R7V12U). Realize over 300 scene automatic parking. Dead-end road parking, one-touch track reverse, multi-floor parking etc. all can realize, say goodbye to "parking difficulties".

Space aspect, rear floor flat, rear seats fold down after can form nearly 2 meters long flat space, trunk maximum expandable to 1550L. Seats are 9 layers structure, ventilation heating functions complete. Whole car has 38 storage locations, trunk also equipped with weight-bearing hooks and rivet rings, convenient for securing items.

Fengyun T7 body according to 2026 version European E-NCAP five-star safety standard designed, used a large amount of high-strength steel, among them hot-formed steel proportion close to 19%. Car equipped with 9 airbags, including front central airbag and rear side airbags. Battery pack has anti-collision, waterproof, anti-puncture etc. six-layer protection, waterproof grade reached IP68, can handle heavy rain and standing water road conditions. R&D process, vehicle in global multiple places did extreme environment test, total test mileage over 6 million kilometers.

Range aspect, full series standard 65.05kWh Rhino Battery, CLTC range 600 kilometers, actual test can over 667 kilometers. Fast charging from 30% to 80% about 20 minutes. Vehicle equipped with thermal management system can in -30℃ to 55℃ wide temperature range within normal work, winter range performance more guaranteed.

This car's chassis by experienced international team tuning, front rear axle weight ratio close to 50:50, helps improve cornering stability and driving quality.

After-sales policy aspect, Fengyun T7 provides two bottom-line guarantees: one is battery self-reason leads to thermal runaway car destruction, manufacturer compensates new car; second is purchase car within one year due to intelligent driving system reason leads to accident, maximum compensation 5 million Yuan. Simultaneously, purchase car enjoy whole vehicle lifetime warranty (including three-electric system, wear-and-tear parts excluded) and low price purchase lifetime basic maintenance package.

Overall look, Fengyun T7 is a car according to global standards built, focusing on practicality and safety of pure electric SUV, in range, space, smart configuration and after-sales guarantee all made full preparation, target users are family consumers who have requirements on quality and reliability. Currently new car arrived at store, officially accepting orders.

On August 12, Chery Fengyun T7 officially launched pre-sale, with 3 car models: 600km Enjoyment, 600km Comfort, 600km Wisdom, pre-sale price 109,900 - 129,900 yuan.

This is the second pure electric model of the Fengyun brand after A9, positioned as a compact pure electric SUV, all models with 600km range, 65.05kWh Rhinoceros Battery, 8775 Cockpit Chip, Falcon 500 Smart Driving, 7 Pre-sale Benefits plus 2 Lifetime Benefits and 2 Safety Net Guarantees.

Exterior-wise, Fengyun T7 uses a brand new design language, front fascia is simple, long and narrow headlight group with AGS Active Air Intake Grille, drag coefficient 0.286Cd. Side has a fastback look, 18-inch Matte Black Rims, traditional mechanical door handles. Tail has through-type taillights plus roof spoiler. 6 car colors: Blazing Orange, Mountain Smoke Purple, Cloud Pink Beige, Flowing Silver, Green Bamboo Grey, Ink Stone Black, among which Blazing Orange and Mountain Smoke Purple are free selection during pre-sale period (value 6,000 yuan). Interior has two color schemes: Black-Brown and Pure Black.

Dimensions-wise, Fengyun T7 body dimensions 4570/1852/1694mm, wheelbase 2700mm, standard compact SUV. Rear floor completely flat, space utilization 84%. Trunk regular 450L, rear seats folded down max 1550L, can form 1955mm×1310mm fully flat large bed.

Cockpit-wise, Fengyun T7 cockpit adopts 15.6-inch 2.5K Anti-glare Floating Center Control Screen + 8.8-inch instrument cluster, equipped with 4nm process 8775 Cockpit-Integrated Driving Chip, 72 TOPS computing power, Lingxi Smart Cockpit 2.0 with Doubao Large Language Model, supports dual-zone voice, fuzzy semantic recognition, CarPlay/HiCar/CarLink mobile phone interconnection.

Interior-wise, Fengyun T7 adopts Electronic Column Shifter, center console below leaves storage space, with 50W Air-cooled Wireless Charging and Dual Cup Holders. Large area soft wrapping, diamond quilting craftsmanship, Sony Speakers floating design. Full car 8 Speakers Sony Audio, 64-color Ambient Lighting, opening Panoramic Sunroof.

Intelligent Driving-wise, Fengyun T7 equips Falcon 500 ADAS, hardware adopts 3 Millimeter-wave Radar + 7 Cameras + 12 Ultrasonic Radar totaling 22 sensors, supports Highway Pilot, 300+ Scenarios Auto Parking (Remote Park In, Remote Park Out, Cross-floor Memory Parking), 100m Track Back Reversing.

Power-wise, Fengyun T7 adopts Rear Single Motor Maximum Power 178kW (approx. 242 HP), Peak Torque 275 N·m, Top Speed 180 km/h. All models standard 65.05kWh Rhinoceros Battery, CLTC range 600km. Recharging-wise, new car supports Fast Charging 30%-80% takes 22 minutes, supports 6.6 kW External Discharge (V2L).

Chassis-wise, Fengyun T7 adopts Front MacPherson + Rear Multi-link Independent Suspension, tuned by Maserati Front Chassis Expert Team, 50.8:49.2 Axle Load Ratio, 70 mm large size Shock Bushings.

Regarding Guarantee Rights, Fengyun T7 supports two Guarantee Policies: First is Battery Safety Guarantee, if battery self-caused Thermal Runaway leads to whole vehicle damage, Chery compensates with a new car of the same model; Second is Intelligent Driving Guarantee, within one year of purchase, if parking or Intelligent Pilot scenarios are judged as Intelligent Driving System causes leading to accidents, causing personnel and third-party losses, compensation up to 5 million.

In same class models, Fengyun T7 will directly compete with Deep Blue S05, BYD Yuan PLUS, Leapmotor B10, Geely Galaxy E5, Aion N60, Toyota bZ3X etc. models, full score 10 points, what score do you think Fengyun T7 can get?

How to Choose Among the Three Versions?

① Budget 110,000 choose Entry Version, 109,900, 600km range, 65kWhRhinoceros Battery, 8155 Chip,,15.6-inch Center Control Screen, Sony 8 Speakers Custom Audio, Cloud-Feeling Quilted Leather Seats, Driver's Seat Electric Adjustment, Heat Pump AC + PTC, AGS Active Air Intake Grille, 6 Airbags, Trunk Storable Storage Box, Adaptive Cruise Control + Automatic Emergency Braking, 17-inch Whirlwind Sport Aluminum Rimsall give you, Core Configs Not Cut, Enough for Commuting and Home Use.

② High Volume choose Mid-Range, pre-sale price 119,900, more than Entry includes 540° HD Surround View, Front Seat Ventilation & Heating / Electric Adjustment, Panoramic Sunroof + Electric Sunshade, Power Tailgate, BSD Blind Spot Monitoring, Power Folding Exterior Mirrors, Surround Vanity Lights, 50W Phone Wireless Charging,, Sentry Mode etc. comfort configs, highest cost performance.

③ All-in-One choose Top Trim, pre-sale price 129,900, more than Mid-Range includes 8775 Cockpit-Driving Fusion Chip, Falcon 500 ADAS, Full-Scenario Auto Parking, Driver's Seat Electric 4-way Lumbar Support, 9 Airbags, DMS Drowsy Driving Monitoring, Multi-color Music Sync Ambient Light, 18-inch Obsidian Wind Blade Aluminum Rims, suitable for users with needs on Intelligent Driving.

Data-wise, Fengyun T7 takes "Go Global First, Then Return Home" route, same source model LepasL6 has already launched in South Africa, Thailand, August into Indonesia, September into EU. Whole vehicle 2 years planning 3 years R&D, 81 Durability Cars ran 6 million km, covering -40°C to 55°C environment.

More than 10 days ago Fengyun A9 pure electric sedan just launched starting from 106,900, T7 is Fengyun Brand second pure electric car expected T7 official launch starting price may drop to 99,900. Then the question arises, 110,000 buy 600km pure electric SUV, you choose Fengyun T7 or BYD Yuan PLUS?

When the automotive industry falls into "quick-fix" involution, Chery Fengyun T7, with the declaration that "Global cars cannot be rushed a bit," uses 5 years of tempered hardcore strength to redefine the value standard of pure electric SUVs. On August 12, this global quality pure electric SUV that has undergone global rigorous verification officially started pre-sales, injecting a sobering agent into the market with the long-termism of "slow work builds good cars."

Slow R&D: Sharpening a Sword for 5 Years, Global Standards Forge Hardcore Quality

The "slowness" of Fengyun T7 is the deep plowing of R&D investment. A 3-year R&D cycle and global 1+7+N R&D system tempering enable it to benchmark against the 2026 version E-NCAP global highest safety standard from birth, pre-research global regulations 2 years in advance, and incorporate user requirements from 15 typical countries into product design. 1.45 million kilometers of global extreme environment verification, covering -40°C extreme cold to 55°C high heat, 500mm deep water wading, and other 100+ extreme road conditions, along with all-around testing of 963 prototype cars, ensures every detail can withstand the global market test.

This "slowness" is also reflected in the integration of global resources: over 100 global designers collaborating, 5000+ users co-creating, allowing the model to combine European aesthetics with Eastern elegance; supported by world-class suppliers such as Bosch, Sony, etc., the European chassis is tuned by senior engineers formerly from Maserati, reaching global top standards from materials to tuning.

Strong Product Power: Full Coverage of 6 Essential Needs, Top-of-Class Benchmark is Well-deserved

Fengyun T7's core competitiveness lies in the precise satisfaction of the 6 essential needs of family users. In terms of appearance, the wind-taming front face, wind-blade headlights paired with 6 Eastern elegance car colors, "Crimson Flame Orange" even uses luxury car-level tri-coat craftsmanship, showing high-class feel amidst light and shadow; in terms of space, the 2700mm wheelbase brings an 84% interior space utilization rate, rear pure flat floor + 4/6 fold-down pure flat big bed mode, accommodating home and outdoor scenes.

Safety is its hardest core confidence: 80% high-strength steel rock body, unique shotgun structure in class, paired with 9 airbags and 6D battery protection, IP68 waterproof standard reaches 96 times national standard, building a dual safety fortress from body to battery. Regarding range, all series standard equipped with 65.05kWh Rhino battery, CLTC range 600km and actual test "reverse false marking" reaches 667+km, 20 minutes to complete 30-80% fast charging, -40°C extreme cold environment range achievement rate still improves 30%, thoroughly solving range anxiety.

Smart experience is also leading the class: 4nm process 8775 cockpit-driving integrated chip, computing power crushes 5-7nm class chips, supports cross-floor memory parking and 300+ full-scenario automatic parking; Lingxi Smart Cockpit 2.0 integrates Doubao large model, 6 human-feeling companion experiences make interaction more natural. In addition, cloud-feel comfortable seats' three-level heating ventilation, 50W wireless charging and other details, fully show humanized care.

Market Competitiveness: Long-termism Breaks the Game, Global Quality Dimensional Strike

In the market flooded with "quick-fix cars", Fengyun T7's competitiveness stems from the dimensional strike of "global cars". Its homologous model LEPAS L6 has launched in South Africa and Thailand, will land in the EU in September, and Chery system in over 130 countries worldwide endorses its quality. Compared to class models, Fengyun T7 reconstructs value with global standards: safety benchmarks against 2026 regulations, range breaks temperature limits, intelligence carries cockpit-driving integrated chips, and more with whole vehicle lifetime warranty, battery safety backup and other policies, eliminating users' concerns.

This "slowness" is not low efficiency, but an extreme pursuit of quality. When the industry chases short-term traffic, Fengyun T7 takes 5 years to complete the loop from R&D to global verification, meeting Chinese family needs with global quality, establishing a "long-termism" new benchmark in the 150,000-200,000 RMB class pure electric SUV market.

The launch of Fengyun T7 is not only the release of a new car, but also a return to the original intention of automobile manufacturing. In the game between "fast" and "slow", it proves with global quality: truly good cars are never afraid of slowness.