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For high speed (>=100km/h) electric cars, the price marked on this page is equivalent to the manufacturer’s suggested retail price in Chinese market, you can get a car at this price if you come to China and use it in China. But if you want to get it out of China, there will be a lot of additional costs.

The producer cannot export the car at the same price and it hasn't authorized any company to export their vehicles.

Considering the generous subsidies China gives EV producers for sales of battery electric cars in domestic market, expensive aftersales service in overseas market and other additional costs related to export, we estimate that the pricing for export vehicle should be about USD3,000 higher than that for domestic sales.

Other Chinese suppliers might be able to export this electric car at lower price, while without authorization of the producer, you cannot expect any effective warranty for the car at all, and the cheap car you get from them is likely to be used car or defective car or smuggled car.

We posting this car on Alibaba is out of two good intentions:

If you are a professional car dealer who determined to establish healthy cooperation with Chinese automakers to get long-term supply of cost-effective HSEVs as well as good after-sales warranty, we can help you to the best of my ability.

While the expectation of individual customer to get cheap electric car for personal use is totally unfeasible. Most HSEV producers are giant companies of billions of dollar investment, they don’t handle retails which are the work of their distributors.

Please don’t place order for this high speed electric car here. Thank you!

Meantime we have many economical and practical low speed electric vehicle models for your option, please hit this link for details:

We can provide one year’s warranty for the whole vehicle except for quick-wear parts. The threshold for handling LSEV is not so high as that for HSEV.

Related report about Benben E-Star

https://pushevs.com/2021/05/20/changan-benben-e-star-gets-new-low-cost-edition/

Changan Benben E-Star gets new low-cost edition

The Changan Benben E-Star is now available in a new low-cost version called National Edition with a starting price of 29.800 yuan (3.792 euros). Yes, you seen it right, it costs less than 4.000 euros and makes the popular Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV look overpriced…

The biggest downside of this low-cost edition is that it’s based on the old model, the exterior and interior don’t look as modern as the refreshed edition, as you can see in the image below.

Let’s see the main differences between the National Edition and the refresh.

Changan Benben E-Star National Edition (Heartbeat trim-level)

Length: 3.730 mm
Wheelbase: 2.410 mm
Width: 1.650 mm
Height: 1.560 mm
Curb weight: 1.125 kg
Tire specifications: 175/60 R15
Wheels: steel
Number of seats: 5
Trunk volume: 147 L
Motor: 30 kW and 150 N.m of torque (air cooled)
Maximum speed: 101 km/h
DC fast charging: not available
On-board charging: 5,5 hours
Range: 150 km (NEDC) and around 110 km in WLTP
Battery capacity: 23,38 kWh (LFP chemistry)
Starting price: 29.800 yuan (3.792 euros)

Changan Benben E-Star National Edition (Xinyue trim-level)

Length: 3.730 mm
Wheelbase: 2.410 mm
Width: 1.650 mm
Height: 1.560 mm
Curb weight: 1.150 kg
Tire specifications: 175/60 R15
Wheels: steel
Number of seats: 5
Trunk volume: 147 L
Motor: 55 kW and 170 N.m of torque (liquid cooled)
Maximum speed: 125 km/h
DC fast charging: optional
On-board charging: 8,35 hours
Range: 301 km (NEDC) and around 220 km in WLTP
Battery capacity: 32,2 kWh (NCM chemistry) and 31,18 kWh (LFP chemistry)
Starting price: 39.800 yuan (5.064 euros)

Changan Benben E-Star refreshed edition

Length: 3.770 mm
Wheelbase: 2.410 mm
Width: 1.650 mm
Height: 1.570 mm
Curb weight: 1.180 kg
Tire specifications: 175/60 R15
Wheels: aluminum alloy
Number of seats: 5
Motor: 55 kW and 170 N.m of torque (liquid cooled)
Maximum speed: 125 km/h
DC fast charging: 30 minutes (30-80 %)
On-board charging: 8,35 hours
Range: 310 km (NEDC) and around 220 km in WLTP
Battery capacity: 32,2 kWh (NCM chemistry)
Starting price: 69.800 yuan (8.882 euros)

The National Edition shows us how cheap electric cars can be and seems to be a good alternative to the Wuling Hong Guang MINI EV. The name of this edition suggests that it’s only made for the domestic market. Moreover, it’s as unsafe as most regular heavy quadricycles, since it doesn’t even have airbags…

While more expensive, the refreshed edition seems like a proper A-segment electric car that could be exported to Europe, unfortunately it isn’t available with cobalt-free batteries yet.

Anyway, I think that the Changan Benben E-Star refreshed edition looks great, but the Leapmotor T03 offers much better value for money. It has more range (403 km in NEDC) and optional safety features rare in the A-segment, such as ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control), LKA (Lane Keep Assist) and AEB (Automatic Emergency Braking). Another good alternative is the JAC Sihao E10X.

1. The prices are just for indication and subject to our final confirmation as material cost fluctuates.

2. The prices may not include accessaries.

3. The prices are usually on FOB basis, while for orders less than one full container load, prices should be on EXW basis.