M-Hero revealed footage of the upcoming M-Hunter excessive SUV earlier than its debut at Auto China 2024 in Beijing subsequent week. The corporate teased the electrical automotive as a super-luxurious SUV for world off-road fans.
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M-Hero is a model beneath state-owned Dongfeng that focuses on opulent electrical SUVs. It’s nicknamed China’s Hummer as a result of M-Hero began to realize reputation by launching civilian variations of navy automobiles – primarily the M50 ICE pickup truck. M-Hunter shall be its second electrical automotive after the M-Hero 917, launched in August of final yr with 1,088 horsepower.
917 is obtainable as a BEV and EREV. The BEV has a 505 km CLTC vary, whereas the EREV has a 1,032 mixed vary and begins at 637,700 yuan (88,000 USD). The BEV model has an NMC battery from CATL with a capability of 140 kWh. Regardless of the large curb weight of three,293 kg, the 800 kW of energy motors present 0-100 km/h acceleration in 4.2 seconds.
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The EREV model has 600 kW (816 horsepower) motors mated with 1.5 liter ICE, which isn’t related to the wheels and works as an influence generator for the battery. The battery is once more from CATl, however capability is decreased to 66 kWh.
The 917 is about for world markets and launch within the Center East and European Union. The automotive landed in Switzerland in early April, and check drives have been performed in Czechia.
Dongfeng introduced that the M-Hunter is just not an idea however will make it to mass manufacturing, and the automotive could be seen since April 25 in Beijing in corridor W1. It’ll additionally not be an inexpensive automotive, with a worth of over 1 million yuan (140,000 USD), the M-Hunter will compete with Hummer EV and BYD’s YangWang U8.
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Editor’s remark
It will likely be attention-grabbing to see the true automotive subsequent week as a result of the launched footage are computer-generated renderings. Additionally, the manufacturing model will want some homologation-wise changes. We are going to keep watch over it.
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