Seres Malaysia (Oriental Swan Motor Group) has teased the Seres E5 Plus on social media. What is it? It’s a seven-seater plug-in hybrid (PHEV) SUV that’s also known as the Landian/DFSK E5 Plus, and is a sister model to the Aito M7, but without Huawei features (Seres collaborates with Huawei for Aito).
Details are quite thin on the ground, but according to Car News China, the latest version, which was launched in China in December, features a 230 km CLTC EV-only range, compared to the older version’s 129 km WLTP EV-only range and 1,200 km WLTP combined range.
Measuring 4,760 mm long, 1,865 mm wide and 1,710 mm tall, with a 2,785 mm wheelbase, the E5 Plus is almost the size of a Leapmotor C10. It uses a 95 PS 1.5 litre engine to generate electricity for a 218 PS/330 Nm motor to drive the wheels. 0-100 km/h takes 7.8 seconds and the top speed is 180 km/h.
In China, the car has frequency-selective damping, multi-link rear suspension, a 760-litre boot with the third row folded (expandable to 1,694 litres), a 15.6-inch touch-screen and an 8.8-inch instrument panel. Seems like this marks Seres Malaysia’s move away from being a low-volume purveyor.
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Wish more cars would bring in Huawei Hicar features.
no huawei tech….err then no thanks