SAIC Motor’s Rising Auto puts F7 all-electric sedan onto market

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Rising Auto, the mid-to-high electric vehicle brand wholly-owned by SAIC motor, officially put its fire new full-sized all-electric sedan model, the Rising F7, onto the market on Mar. 27.

Coming with six trim levels, the model is priced between 209,900 yuan and 301,900 yuan. Of those, the entry-level version, equipped with a 64kWh LFP battery pack, will go on sale in the second half of this year.

Notably, if a user chooses to purchase the car and the battery separately, the starting price will be further lowered to 145,900 yuan.

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As for the exterior, the closed-off front design with a smaller height-to-width ratio creates a low-slung visual impression. Although the LED daytime running lights do not adopt a through-type design, the slender outline combined with delicate dot-matrix light sources can also draw the viewers' attention on the car’s front. The split-type headlight design cleverly hides on both sides of the front, and the contrast created by the folding lines gives the front end a strong multi-layered sense.

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The car's side adopts a short front overhang and long rear overhang design, combined with large-sized wheels. Additionally, the car features frameless windows and pop-out door handles. The Rising F7 measures 5,000/1,953/1,494mm in length, width, and height, respectively, with a wheelbase of 3,000mm.

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At the rear, a light strip runs across the car’s width with an R logo in the middle. There are also dynamic aerodynamic vents on both sides of the rear, and the rear window is integrated with the sunroof.

The R7 sedan features a drag coefficient of 0.206Cd.

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As for the interior, the new car features a two-tone steering wheel, with a relatively simple button layout. Like the Rising R7, the new car also adopts a 3+1 RISING MAX 43-inch triple-connected-screen, which is equipped with the RISING OS intelligent cabin interaction system and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip. In addition, behind the central armrest, there is an 8-inch entertainment screen facing towards the rear-seat passenger, which can not only control the seats and multimedia system, but also play iQIYI videos.

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The Rising F7’s “Bach” cockpit comes standard with 16 speakers and utilizes 3D vector audio technology, allowing for 7.1-channel surround-sound theater audio effect within the car. Moreover, the model is equipped with frameless electric suction doors as standard and uses double-layer laminated sound-insulating glass throughout the vehicle.

In terms of power, the RWD version carries an electric motor that is good for a maximum output of 250 kW, and can accelerate from 0-100 km/h in 5.7 seconds, while the AWD version can zip from 0-100km/h within 3.7 seconds, powered by two electric motors with a combined output of 400kW.

As for the range, the Rising F7 offers two battery options for the models that are already on the market, 77 kWh and 90 kWh. The CLTC-rated range for the 77kWh RWD, the 90kWh RWD, and the 90kWh AWD version is 576km, 666km, and 600km, respectively.

Both the RWD and the AWD trims come with a battery swappable and a non-battery swappable version.