DEEPAL Vehicles is a high-end new energy vehicle brand under CHANGAN Automobile, formerly known as CHANGAN New Energy. In 2001, CHANGAN started new energy research and development; in 2017, it released the “Shangri-La Plan”; in 2022, Changan’s DEEPAL new energy brand was formally established and released, and it has become the core brand carrier of CHANGAN Automobile’s new energy transformation. In July 2022, the first strategic model SL03 was launched, which also pioneered China’s first sedan using hydrogen as a battery fuel. DEEPAL is a combination of the words DEEP and ALL, meaning “Deep Technology, Total Evolution”.DEEPAL takes “Deep Blue Technology, Advanced Future” as its development vision, inherits more than 160 years of Changan’s technological development, and continuously explores the infinite possibilities of new energy transportation.
DEEPAL brand owns an intelligent manufacturing factory that serves as a model for the global industry: Nanjing Smart Factory. The factory is not only equipped with the traditional four major workshops of vehicle stamping, vehicle painting, vehicle body configuration, and vehicle final assembly, but also has a specialized battery workshop, so DEEPAL vehicles have a strong customized production capacity and can be configured according to the unique needs of users. The factory adopts automated production lines, especially in the welding workshop, 215 robots work at the same time, the automation rate is as high as 98%, “four doors and four lids” automatic assembly and welding technology, not only to ensure the quality of the welded joints of the body, but also to protect the structural stability of the vehicle.
The stamping workshop is also equipped with an intelligent flexible inspection system, which has an inspection accuracy of only ±0.5mm, and a multi-link mechanical press and high-speed production line, which greatly improves the efficiency and quality of stamping in the workshop. In terms of vehicle quality control, DEEPAL has set up 11 “quality walls” in the production plant, which cover all aspects from vehicle parts to vehicle delivery. Taking the vehicle’s final assembly workshop as an example, it incorporates triple error-proof control procedures, automatic chassis fitting technology, etc. It utilizes an industrial control system to monitor the production process in real time to ensure that every DEEPAL pure electric model coming off the production line complies with the outgoing standards. In addition to the intelligent production plant in China, DEEPAL Automotive has also built a plant in Thailand. The Rayong plant in Thailand is currently the most advanced new energy vehicle plant in Southeast Asia, which also covers core process workshops such as welding, painting, general assembly, battery assembly, etc. The localization productivity of vehicles in the plant exceeds 60%. The localization productivity of the Thai plant exceeds 60%, and the plant has introduced CHANGAN Automobile’s “zero-defect” quality management system to ensure that the vehicles produced meet the dual standards of the European Union and ASEAN.
Backed by CHANGAN Automobile, DEEPAL has gathered professional talents from all over the world through its R&D network system of “six countries and ten centers”. DEEPAL Automotive’s R&D center in Chongqing, China, has the largest EMC laboratory in Asia, and it has also built the world’s first digital wind tunnel for new energy vehicles, which is equipped with 150 specialized testing capabilities. In addition, DEEPAL also set up a European R&D center in Munich, Germany. Especially, the “Aerodynamics 2.0” design language introduced by the center has lowered the wind resistance coefficient of DEEPAL S09 to 0.21Cd, which is the lowest among mid-size SUV. With its strong R&D capability and brand influence, DEEPAL is gradually becoming a strong competitor in the global new energy market.
The core technologies of DEEPAL pure electric vehicles include the following:
DEEPAL pure electric models are: DEEPAL S05, DEEPAL S07, DEEPAL L07, DEEPAL SL 03（changan shenlan SL03）
DEEPAL L07 is a medium-sized pure electric sedan, the front of the vehicle adopts a closed front face with diamond-shaped matrix texture design, and the vehicle’s LOGO can support dynamic lighting function. Single side 168 LED light source, irradiation distance can reach 450m, also supports the vehicle AFS adaptive steering lighting. The body adopts the C-pillar floating design, with the hidden door handle can make the vehicle’s wind resistance coefficient down to the lowest in its class. The frameless doors and double-layer silent glass can make the vehicle’s NVH performance comparable to some luxury car brands, driving high-speed wind noise is only 64dB. 270 ° rear with wrap-around taillamps, the rear of the carbon fiber pattern design can optimize the bottom of the vehicle when driving airflow. The interior of the vehicle adopts a triple screen system (15.6-inch center control screen + 10.25-inch full LCD instrument + 12.3-inch passenger screen), making the vehicle more technological. The center console adopts a floating design, which can reserve 15L of storage space for users, and the seats of the vehicle are made of NAPPA leather plus microfiber suede, which enhances the driving comfort of the drivers and passengers.The range of DEEPAL L07 is 540km, and the acceleration of 100km is only 5.9 seconds.The high-voltage fast-charging of 800V makes the vehicle’s power rise from 10% to 80% in only 18 minutes.
DEEPAL models are known for their high-end design and sense of technology, and DEEPAL S07 won the 2023 German Red Dot Award for product design for its appearance. In addition, DEEPAL also won the 2023 China New Energy Vehicle Quality Champion and the World New Energy Vehicle Congress Innovation and Technology Award.
Currently, DEEPAL Automotive has already established its presence in many countries and regions around the world, and the vehicles it produces have been sold to Norway, Paris, Bangkok and many other places. DEEPAL Automotive is leading the development trend of pure electric EV models and defining the new standard of future traveling with its excellent technological innovation and strong intelligent manufacturing capability.
