On April 25th, under the theme of “New Era, New Vehicles,” the highly anticipated 2024 (18th) Beijing International Automotive Exhibition opened grandly, drawing attention from all corners. At this grand event, Changan Kaicheng unveiled its first intelligent large VAN – the Changan Kaicheng V919, marking its global debut with outstanding performance and unique design, bringing the best solutions to the urban commercial product field and becoming the center of attention at the exhibition.
Changan Kaicheng Sets Sail with Renewed Vitality: Building a New Chapter in Low-Carbon Smart Commercial Vehicles
In the era of new energy and intelligence, automobiles are not just means of transportation but also carriers of endless possibilities for innovation. As the bearer of Changan’s commercial vehicle strategy, Changan Kaicheng actively embraces a new round of transformation, transitioning from a traditional commercial vehicle brand to a smart new energy commercial vehicle technology brand.
Before the debut of the new vehicle, Changan Kaicheng underwent a renewal and upgrade of its brand logo, presenting a new brand image to the world. The refreshed Changan Kaicheng logo inherits the spirit of the Changan sun logo breaking through, evolving into the intelligent cube logo, representing Changan Kaicheng’s pursuit of technology, efficiency, and integrity, growing upward, breaking through, rooting downward, and achieving mutual success with users. Changan Kaicheng, driven by ultimate efficiency and with low-carbon energy-saving and intelligent efficiency as its core, leads commercial technology to benefit human life.
Equipped with an original new energy and intelligent architecture, creating a naturally excellent light commercial vehicle
Excellent products stem from excellent technological strength. Leveraging Changan Automobile’s “Six Countries and Ten Locations” global research and development capabilities and collaborating with industry resources, Changan Kaicheng has created the original new energy and intelligent architecture – K01. The K01 architecture is based on a skateboard platform and boasts core technological advantages such as “decoupling of upper and lower parts, separation of soft and hard parts, intelligent low carbon, vehicle-cloud integration,” etc., enabling “variable body, wire-controlled chassis, super three-electric, commercial digitalization system,” etc., providing extremely efficient, scenario-based, and ecological urban mobile commercial solutions.
Compared with traditional architectures, the entire vehicle products developed based on the K01 architecture can shorten the development cycle by 1 year, reduce R&D investment by 40%, and increase production efficiency by 30%.
Extreme efficiency creates a powerful “money-making expert”
In the increasingly competitive market, improving logistics efficiency and benefits has become an important issue to be addressed in the commercial vehicle field. The launch of Changan Kaicheng V919 is precisely tailored to meet this demand for a highly efficient logistics vehicle.
To address the user’s pain point of “not enough space,” Changan Kaicheng V919 achieves a cargo length exceeding 3.3 meters while the vehicle length is 5.5 meters. Thanks to the original architecture, cargo volume has increased by 10%-15%, with a loading rate of 57.4%, leading the industry.
Not only can it carry more, but it can also carry faster! Ensuring battery safety, the Changan Kaicheng V919 has a cargo platform height of 547mm, achieving optimal platform design. Moreover, the mid-door opening is 1050mm, meeting European standard pallet usage, making mid-door forklifts and manual loading and unloading very convenient.
Carrying more also means pulling more. Through optimized vehicle structure design, the Changan Kaicheng V919 achieves a maximum payload of 1700kg. At the same time, for the first time in the commercial vehicle industry, a 540V high-voltage motor is used, with a peak torque of 360N·m, leading the industry in the same class, and providing more power when running. Leading in payload and power, it better meets the user’s demand for “more carrying and faster running.”
Saving more is necessary to earn more. The Changan Kaicheng V919 is the first commercial vehicle in the industry to be equipped with line-controlled braking technology (IBCU) across the entire series. This technology increases brake pressure speed by 50%, optimizes braking distance by 7%, and achieves an energy recovery efficiency of up to 26%, an 11% improvement compared to the same level of competitive products, with a maximum range of up to 500km. Using 2C super fast charging technology, the time to charge from 30% to 80% of the battery is about 15 minutes, a 50% reduction compared to similar models in the industry. In terms of energy consumption per ton per hundred kilometers in load scenarios, it is only 9.7kW·h, costing 3.5 yuan per hundred kilometers, compared to 47 yuan for fuel per hundred kilometers for the same level of fuel vehicles. This saves 20,000 yuan per year and 120,000 yuan over 5 years, reducing vehicle operating costs and increasing comprehensive benefits.
With a square and spacious interior, capable of carrying more; rear-wheel-drive with large bearing capacity, capable of pulling more; low consumption and high returns, capable of earning more, the Changan Kaicheng V919 is truly a “three-benefits” vehicle, with lower vehicle operating costs and higher comprehensive benefits.
The product is robust, and its name carries deep meaning. In the Changan Kaicheng V919, the letter “V” represents both “VAN” and the idea of victory (Victor), wishing users a journey of triumph; the number “9” signifies the largest single digit, showcasing ultimate space and efficiency; the “1” comes from the K01 architecture, conveying it as the first product of the K01 framework. Additionally, the combination of “919” symbolizes long-lasting peace, paying tribute to every hardworking and ambitious individual.
Varying Vans in Thousands: Customizable to Suit Various Models
In addition to its “three-benefits” product attributes, the Changan Kaicheng V919 also has outstanding expandability, with 3.5-4.5t load-bearing second and third-class chassis, flexible coupling of upper and lower bodies, and a frame-type vehicle body structure design. It supports deep customization of functions and performance, enabling low-cost and efficient implementation of modification requirements, providing users with an unprecedented “thousand changes” experience.
Moreover, based on the convenient modification of the Changan Kaicheng V919, Changan Kaicheng simultaneously launched Vanlife commercial cooperation, making the vehicle more than just a vehicle and helping drive the development of mobile commerce.
VAN Intelligent Connectivity, Initiating the Era of Smart Logistics
The Changan Kaicheng V919 is not just a vehicle but also a new intelligent logistics ecosystem. Based on the integration of ecological elements of automotive product technological innovation, it improves efficiency for ecological partners and creates more value.
Relying on the intelligent and digital technology of the K01 architecture, Changan Kaicheng is creating a “smart vehicle” and “intelligent cloud,” promoting all-time vehicle-cloud interconnection and integration, and building a one-stop full-value chain integrated management platform. Vertically intelligent linkage of the core components of vehicles, used car processing, finance, insurance, scrapping, recycling, and other elements extends the vehicle’s use cycle and enhances its value; horizontally intelligent matching of core logistics elements such as people, vehicles, goods, warehouses, and scenes improves logistics efficiency and ensures logistics safety.
With new quality in architecture, more extreme efficiency, easy customization of scenarios, and intelligent logistics, the Changan Kaicheng V919 will undoubtedly provide the best solutions for future urban distribution, commercial operations, and outdoor activities, offering the best choice for a wide range of commercial vehicle users. Looking to the future, we look forward to the V919 demonstrating even more outstanding competitiveness in the market, bringing users a better value experience, and injecting a continuous stream of vitality and innovation into the entire industry.
