Hengda Motor denies ＂indefinitely postponing pre-sale＂： Affected by the pandemic, the production time of Hengchi 5 has been adjusted to September 20, 2022

On May 18, according to Sina Finance, market news said that Hengda Automobile had indefinitely postponed the pre-sale of electric vehicles, causing heated discussions on the Internet.

"Today, the market news circulating on the Internet about’Evergrande Automobile’s indefinite postponement of electric vehicle pre-sale ‘is seriously untrue. Affected by the epidemic, the original production time of Hengchi 5 was adjusted to June 22, 2022, and the pre-sale work is progressing normally."

According to the official ********** release of Hengchi Automobile, on April 21, three Hengchi 5 appeared in the Guangzhou Hengda Center, and Xu Jiayin, chairperson of Hengda’s board of directors, brought the management team to experience Hengchi 5 in an all-round way. Previously, the media reported that Hengchi 5 will start pre-sale on May 20, with a deposit of 1,000 yuan. Hengchi 5 is the first mass-produced model of Hengda Automobile, positioned as a pure electric A-class SUV. The first car has been successfully rolled off the assembly line on December 30, 2021, 12 days earlier than the original time.

IT Home learned that Xu Jiayin, chairperson of the board of directors of Evergrande Group, held a "three-month big job" on March 22.

On April 30, Hengchi Auto officially announced the recruitment of authorized agents, and gave a detailed introduction to the sales channel model, store construction standards, investment promotion policies, qualification requirements and franchise process. The investment cities are 18 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Chengdu, which are basically first-tier, new first-tier and provincial capital cities. On May 8, the first round of authorized agent recruitment closed. According to the Red Star Capital Bureau, some dealers expressed a wait-and-see attitude towards the Hengchi brand.

Hengchi 5 is positioned as a pure electric A-class SUV. The new car is equipped with H-type through-type LED headlights and 21-inch wheels. The length, width and height of the model are 4725mm/1925mm/1688mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2780mm. Equipped with lithium iron phosphate battery provided by Ningde Times and drive motor produced by United Automotive Electronics Co., Ltd., the peak power is 150kW and the rated power is 60kW. The market price is about 200,000 yuan, and the NEDC cruising range will exceed 700km.