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On March 25th, some configuration information of NV, the first model of self-traveler, was exposed online. According to the news released earlier, the self-traveler NV model has a large five-seat SUV, which provides both pure electric and extended range electric options, of which the pure electric uses a closed grille and the extended range electric uses an active grille. Combined with some of the configuration information of this exposure, the overall layout of the new car is further clarified.

The exposed configuration information shows that the new car will use dual-motor intelligent four-wheel drive, support 220V external discharge, active air intake grille, 20-inch low wind resistance aluminum alloy wheels and hidden door handles. Interior part of the new car is equipped with seat massage, ventilation, heating functions, passenger seat support leg drag, center console seamless design, but also standard ACC adaptive cruise, LKA lane maintenance, automatic parking and other auxiliary driving functions. In terms of power, the new car will be equipped with intelligent electric four-wheel drive as standard and support seven driving modes, providing two power options: pure electric and add-on hybrid power, in which the add-on hybrid version is equipped with a 1.5T four-cylinder augmentation, the energy star certified thermal efficiency 41% has 939km mileage under WLTC operating conditions, and the two kinds of power 0-100km/h accelerate for 5.9 seconds.

So far, there is no official explanation for the configuration information exposed on the Internet.

NV, as the first model under the company, released its official picture on January 12 this year. According to the previous official picture, the new car was built with Urban Exploring (Urban Exploration) design concept, combining urban and off-road styles. Some of the new cars on the front face use the popular closed grille of new energy vehicles, with LED headlights designed on both sides of the semicircle, which looks very stylish as a whole. In the body part, the lines of the new car body are simple, and the B, C and D columns use fumigation treatment to create a suspended roof, especially the C column uses a metal decorative board and embedded dynamic charging indicators, so it can show the battery status of the vehicle. In addition, the new car is also equipped with hidden door handles. In the rear part, in addition to the design that the conventional LED headlights echo each other, the new car also integrates the design of the roof spoiler and the side wing, and inserts the rear wiper into the roof spoiler. In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car is 4915/1962/1745mm, the wheelbase is 2910mm, and the positioning is medium and large SUV, which is slightly smaller than the ideal ONE model. As a reference, the length, width and height of the ideal ONE is 5030/1960/1760mm, and the wheelbase is 2935mm. In terms of interior seat layout, the new car will adopt a five-seat layout, which is expected to be priced at more than 300000 yuan. According to previous plans, the new car will be released on March 31 and officially delivered in September.

According to the automotive industry's concern and access to information, the Niu Innovation Energy Technology (NIUTRON) car project first began in November 2018, the brand is headquartered in Beijing, the R & D center is located in Shanghai, and the R & D and intelligent manufacturing base is located in Changzhou (where it is also the location of the ideal car). At present, the core R & D team of Niu Innovation Energy Technology (NIUTRON) car building project is nearly 1000 people, all from domestic and foreign mainstream first-tier automobile companies. The average working life is more than 10 years. In December 2020, Jiangsu Niu Innovation Energy Technology Co., Ltd. was registered with a registered capital of 50 million US dollars. In August 2021, Jiangsu Niu Innovation Energy Technology Co., Ltd. moved to Jintan, Changzhou, and the registered capital further increased to 400 million US dollars. On December 15, 2021, the new brand "NIUTRON" of Niu Innovation Energy Technology was officially launched, and the first model was officially named "self-traveler". According to official information, the NIUTRON brand will focus on intelligent high-end new energy vehicles, and the models built by the brand will be built in both add-on and pure electric directions and will have intelligent cockpits and advanced intelligent driving assistance functions, so the first model self-traveler NV will also be built in accordance with the positioning of the NIUTRON brand.

As the self-traveler is an emerging brand, we may be relatively unfamiliar with this, but when it comes to the founder of the brand, Li Yinan, we have heard of it. The attention of the automobile industry has previously introduced in detail the figure of Li Yinan, who is known as a rare "genius". Li Yinan came from the field of Internet technology and held important positions in Internet companies such as Huawei and Baidu. The masterpiece more related to the automobile industry is that he personally built a calf electric car and crowdfunded 72 million yuan in 15 days by virtue of a calf electric car N1. It has become the fastest and largest crowdfunding project in the domestic equity category. Li Yinan founded Niu Dian Technology in 2015 and became the dark horse of the market under the pressure of Emma, Yadi and other celebrities, and landed on Nasdaq four years later, so although Li Yinan is not famous in the automobile field, but cross-border participation in the car-building boom is not inferior to other new forces. However, from the point of view of the time when Li Yinan founded the NIUTRON brand, the travelers are regarded as the "new forces of building cars" that have just entered the bureau, while at present, the domestic "new forces of building cars" have risen in an all-round way, and many car companies are also in the stage of white-hot competition. Whether they can open up the highly competitive market as a latecomer remains to be verified, but with the exposure of more information about new cars, there may be a clear answer to this question in the near future.

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