FAW Group officially announced that recently, FAW’s first new Red Flag H5 fuel cell vehicle was completed in the General Research and Development Institute. Zhao Huichao, Acting Vice President of the General Research and Development Institute, Han Linghai, Director of the Powertrain Department, and more than 20 members of the project team attended the ceremony and witnessed this important moment together.
According to the introduction, the new Hongqi H5 fuel cell vehicle is equipped with the second-generation fuel cell engine independently developed by the Powertrain Department. The engine adopts advanced modular and lightweight design concepts, with a volume specific power density of 694 W/L, 40% higher than the previous generation, and a rated power of 65 kW, achieving a fast cold start at -30 ℃ and reaching a leading level in China.
In addition, the first vehicle program achieved data freeze 15 days earlier, A prototype data freeze 30 days earlier, 7 days earlier than the original plan to complete the vehicle trial production.
Before the online market news, red flag H5 will be launched pure electric version, codenamed E001, as the brand electric drive focus models to market. This new car life cycle of 7 years, is expected to September next year mass production, annual production capacity of 80,000 units, is expected to be in the 200,000 yuan, the main focus of “professional, safe, premium”.
