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According to the Weibo release of Chery New Energy vehicle, the code name of Chery New Energy S61 has been officially named "Ant" after hundreds of thousands of votes. In the previous online recruitment link, there were eight names: "Ant", "Wisdom", "Boyi", "Aoyue", "Ether", "Fengyun", "Dazhi" and "Jia Rui".

Like the Harvard Dog, the Chery S61 is in the form of online naming, and the name ant is eventually recognized by netizens. It is worth mentioning that Ant coincides with Little Ant, another mini electric car owned by Chery New Energy.

Officially named "Ant", the new car positioning compact SUV, based on Chery New Energy LFS pure electric aluminum platform, and uses a new design language. It is understood that the car is expected to go on sale in the third quarter of this year, the price may be in the range of 20-250000.

The Chery Ant is very different from the current Chery car in terms of vehicle styling. The front face adopts a closed design, the split headlights are integrated with the cabin cover, and the lower lamp group adopts a penetrating design, with large air intakes and decorative strips. Distinguish it from Chery's current models. In terms of size, the length, width and height of Chery ants are 4630/1910/1655mm, and the wheelbase is 2830mm.

According to the previous declaration information of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the front face logo of the ants in Chery can be optional. In addition to the Chery LOGO, it can also carry Chery's new independent LOGO. From the new LOGO point of view, the whole is a shield-shaped outline, with a smooth transition edge, black elements as the background, a design similar to a mesh grille above and below, and a familiar Chery brand logo in the center.

The interior decoration adopts the popular penetrating large screen style, and the biggest highlight is the use of double 12.3-inch conjoined screen design. However, the idea of using a large number of wooden panels for interior decoration is at odds with the technological atmosphere of new energy vehicles. In terms of configuration, it is equipped with face recognition, ADAS+-assisted driving, multi-screen interaction and other functions.

According to the information declared by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Chery Ant Power will adopt the power form of rear rear drive, the maximum power is optional for 120kw and 130kw, and the mileage is 510km.

From the netizens' evaluation of this car, it is also mixed. Some netizens think the name of the new car is very interesting. The Great Wall has set up a zoo, while Chery wants to create an insect world. Some netizens think that this car is very good, and it is a bit like the design of Porsche and NIO, which feels like a piece of work cobbled together.

After years of development, independent brands have made great progress in appearance design, so as to form a unified family style and increase brand identity. However, there is some controversy on the appearance of this new model, and the follow-up development has yet to be verified by the market.

Chery is also an established independent car company, and it has a brilliant history in China's automobile industry. However, Chery has encountered bottlenecks in its development in recent years, and sales remain depressed.

Chery has a large number of brand models, in addition to the previous Kaiyi and Guanzhi, there are Chery, Jetway, Star Road, Ruihu and other brands. In terms of models, Chery has launched hot-selling models such as Ruihu 8, Jetway X70 and Erize GX in recent years, and its sales have also increased to a certain extent.

Since the beginning of this year, affected by the epidemic, the sales of the vast majority of car companies have dropped sharply. According to Chery Holdings, a total of 235200 vehicles were sold in the first half of the year, nearly 90, 000 less than the 325000 in the same period last year.

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