The Jaecoo J5 Hybrid has been sighted in China sporting a variety of upgrades, including a hybrid powertrain with greater pure-electric driving range, and the next AC rating for its V2L (vehicle-to-load) capability, reported Automotive News China.
The report cites Chery as stating that the J5 Hybrid will get an upgraded hybrid system, improving upon the present self-charging hybrid powertrain that may be a version of the powertrain within the Chery Tiggo Cross Hybrid that wears the Super Hybrid System – Hybrid (SHS-H) name.
This is identical because the ICE unit within the J7 PHEV, which feeds the 1.82 kWh battery for the 204 PS/310 Nm electric motor, and clutches in to help in driving the front wheels at higher speeds via the single-speed dedicated hybrid transmission (DHT), thus producing 224 PS.
The broader Chery group has the Kunpeng 2.0 hybrid system that pairs the 1.5 litre turbocharged petrol engine with electric drive fed by a bigger 5.1 kWh battery, combining to output 260 kW (354 PS), surpassing the outputs of the J5 PHEV, which makes 279 PS and 365 Nm. Nevertheless, it’s unclear at present if that is the setup that can go into the J5 Hybrid, in line with the publication.
Thus equipped, it could actually be expected to enhance upon the performance figures of the present J5 Hybrid, which does 0-100 km/h in 7.9 seconds and a top speed of 175 km/h. For the present model, Jaecoo claims fuel consumption figures of 18.9 km per litre (5.3 litres per 100 km), and a complete range of 980 km from a 51 litre fuel tank.
Other updates found elsewhere on the instance depicted here include a roof-mounted lidar unit, suggesting the inclusion of more advanced assisted-driving capabilities, while the front door of this unit also has a vertical section in black that appears to deal with one other camera, or sensor.
Shown earlier this 12 months on the Chery International Business Summit (IBS) in Wuhu while this 12 months’s edition of Auto China was ongoing, the Jaecoo J5 Hybrid gets an interior that continues to get a 13.2-inch portrait-oriented infotainment display, in addition to the monochrome driver’s digital information display.
As for Malaysia, Malaysian Omoda & Jaecoo officials have told us that the J5 Hybrid is amongst a variety of products being considered for the Malaysian market, with the others being the J7 Hybrid and the J8 PHEV.
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