As a leading provider of overall operation solutions for light vehicles in China, Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd (DFMC) is not only responsible for Dongfeng's independent light commercial vehicle brand, but also has a mission to promote light vehicles in the whole market.
From September 22 to 27, 2021, a hundred of media came into Dongfeng Motor Co. with the theme of "Keeping the Beginning Heart of Dongfeng and Taking the Leading Path", and through the first-hand experience of test-driving and other experiences, it allowed more media to see Dongfeng Motor Co.'s determination to build the high quality of Dongfeng light-duty vehicles centered on the user experience.
During the on-site test-driving session of this activity, the participants evaluated and experienced the "One Sword and Two Stars", i.e. the new generation of strategic light trucks of Dongfeng Light Duty Vehicle - "Dongfeng Kept Nebula" and the new generation of forward-looking light trucks - "Dongfeng Kept Nebula". The participants evaluated and experienced the "One Sword and Two Stars", namely the new generation of strategic light truck of Dongfeng Light Duty Vehicle - "Dongfeng Kept Nebula" and the new generation of forward-developed green and intelligent city distribution expert - "Dongfeng Kept e Star". These two models are important masterpieces of Dongfeng Light Duty Vehicle's brand concept of "full of trust", and at the same time mark the opening of a new era of intelligent logistics.
Dongfeng Kept Nebula, jointly created by Dongfeng and Nissan R&D teams, is positioned as the leader of intelligent logistics, focusing on four major application scenarios, namely cold chain, express, department store and special purpose vehicle, and is customized for high-end customers, and is the masterpiece of Dongfeng Light Duty Vehicle's traditional fuel light trucks, which becomes a brand new benchmark in the country in terms of driving, reliability, intelligence and efficiency. Both in appearance and inside, it has great attraction to the young generation of customers.
Benefiting from the positive design, the truck has an overwhelming advantage over similar models in terms of passenger seating position, comfortable operation and excellent NVH performance. 510kg weight reduction has greatly improved vehicle maneuverability, fuel economy and driving safety. In addition, the entire cab provides as many as 18 places of storage space, which is very considerate. Inside the vehicle, there is enough head and leg space, and the extra wide area can provide users with temporary rest during medium and long-distance transportation. The seat adjustment range reaches 200mm, and the driving vision is further enlarged, effectively avoiding blind spots.
Configuration level, Dongfeng Kaiput Nebula rich L2-level automatic driving, to reach the mainstream high-end sedan level, ABS, ESC, LDW, FCW, AEBS greatly reduces the degree of fatigue of the driver's long-distance driving. Full LCD instrument technology sense of interaction interface, the innovative introduction of "graphics + voice" reminder, the size of the center control screen reached 10.1 inches, large color block UI interface at a glance. Built-in Telematics, with big data distraction, remote locking, calibration download and fleet management, provides the hardware foundation and software support for intelligent logistics.
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Dongfeng Kept e-Star performs equally well.
Dongfeng Kept e-Star is positioned as a green intelligent city distribution expert, inheriting the advantages of new energy research and development technology of Dongfeng Motor Co. for more than 10 years, 15 years of technological precipitation as well as up to 26 months of forward research and development, and embodies a great leap forward of Dongfeng Light Duty Vehicle in the new era of intelligent logistics by virtue of the design and modeling, humanized configuration, and breakthroughs and innovations in the safety and intelligence level of the three electric appliances.
It is understood that, taking into account the daily working conditions and other factors, the electric core of Dongfeng Kept e-Star has gone through 10 safety tests to ensure that the electric core does not heat up or explode in the case of impact or even puncture, so as to guarantee the safety of people and vehicles. The brand-new EEA architecture and communication system help the data security of logistics and transportation, reaching the comprehensive protection of end/pipe/cloud. Strengthened parts, assemblies and systems are tested through virtual simulation to simulate high-load operation under various working conditions, and the exclusive special harsh test completely dispels users' concerns.
At the configuration level, it is also reassuring. Combined with the new energy models in the electrification of the unique hardware advantage, a full set of L2 level automatic driving hardware are equipped, BSD blind zone monitoring, FCW front collision warning, LDW lane departure warning, AEB automatic emergency braking system, ACC adaptive cruise control and LKA lane keeping system, these high-tech configurations can only be found in the luxury family car, which can greatly improve the daily driving The new car has been designed to be safe and secure.
Remote locking, waking up, security gateway and even monitoring of the vehicle can be accomplished through mobile devices. the AI system is upgraded remotely online through OTA, making the whole set of car machine always stay in the latest state, and escorting the user's intelligent car scenario through continuous iteration.
The model has unparalleled economy, a large cargo volume, and a platform advantage that enables it to easily reduce weight by 300kg. the EKG index reaches 0.27, nearly reaching the industry peak of 0.25. wind resistance and electric drive axle efficiency are also optimized and upgraded to varying degrees. In the context of intelligent logistics and transportation, the powerful loading capacity and the long range advantage brought by lightweight are further amplified.
As the leading independent brand of light vehicles in China, Dongfeng Motor Co. has started from the first generation of "Dongfeng Xiaobajing" and "Dongfeng Dolica" light trucks, to the second generation of B07 series, and has been fighting in the north and south, until today's "One Sword and Two Stars" light truck. "One Sword and Two Stars" is not only a qualitative leap in the development history of Dongfeng light-duty vehicles, but also a leading standard in the field of Chinese light-duty vehicles.
In the future, Dongfeng Motor Co. will also pull the whole supply chain system, production and manufacturing system, quality control system and marketing service system and other full value chain to the high-end direction and comprehensive upgrade of customer experience, in order to challenge the annual sales of 300,000 units in 2025 to help, promote a new round of high-quality development of China's light trucks, and accelerate the industry's standardized, healthy and sustainable development.