Leapmotor C01, the Chinese sedan with batteries? Distributed? on the frame

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The Chinese Leapmotor, of which we already have in the past; spoken for the collaboration with Razer, presented the electric sedan C01, the first car of the brand that adopts a battery pack with technology defined & ldquo; cell-to-chassis & rdquo; . In summary, on this car the individual battery modules are installed individually in the vehicle chassis and not grouped in a single pack.

This is a brand new architecture, halfway through road between the traditional solution, with the battery pack housed in the floor, and the structural battery in which the accumulator becomes an integral part of the body.

LESS WEIGHT, LESS DIMENSIONS AND LESS COMPONENTS To further clarify the concept, with this architecture the individual cells are still grouped inside modules, but these, instead of being housed inside a single battery pack, are individually fixed to the car floor. with a number of component and weight benefits.

In fact, the House claims that the absence of a & ldquo; shell & rdquo; it has reduced the components by a good 20% and the masses by 15 kg. The new solution also reduced the overall dimensions by 14.5% and allowed for a more comfortable layout. & ldquo; flexible & rdquo; of the individual modules, as these are no longer & ugrave; bound to be grouped in a common housing.

UP TO 717 KM? IN CHINA

For the rest, the Leapmotor C01 & egrave; a three-volume with streamlined and aerodynamic lines that exceeds 5 meters in length and is; available on the market in 4 versions, with autonomy between 500 and 717 km according to the Chinese CLTC standard which, it must be said, is; less strict than our WLTP.

In the flagship version, the C01 & egrave; equipped with a 90 kWh battery that can & ograve; recharge at powers up to 200 kW. This is then accompanied by a 544 HP version (440 kW of power) with all-wheel drive that gives up something in terms of mileage (reaches 630 km with a single charge) but promises terrific performance, with a 0-100 in 3. , 7 & rdquo ;.

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY Made with a premium car setting, Leapmotor C01 is equipped with cutting-edge technologies, guaranteed by the adoption of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip which manages an infotainment system compatible with both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, and which uses a three-screen interface.

L & rsquo; auto & egrave; equipped with facial recognition that can & ograve; be used to manage 25 different functions, including opening and switching on. Modern from every point of view, the C01 & egrave; also equipped with the advanced driving assistance system Leapmotor Pilot.

L & rsquo; auto & egrave; regularly on sale on the Chinese market with prices between 180,000 and 270,000 yuan which at the current exchange rate would be placed in a range of between 25,000 and 38,000 euros approximately .

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