Chang'an released cross-border electric pickup truck: roof sliding switch to support low-orbit satellite communications

According to CTOnews.com news on September 4, Changan Automobile held the 2023 Changan Automobile Technology and Ecology Conference this evening, announcing that it will implement a new route of "digital intelligence and all-round development" in the future: 20 major new cars will be launched in the next three years, including 4 Avita models, Chang'an Deep Blue 6 models, and Chang'an Qiyuan 10 models.

A very unique new car was also unveiled at the event-- the CD701, which claims to be the "first mass-produced deformable car". From the outside, the car looks like a pickup truck, but it also has a closed roof and a bit of a full-size hard SUV. The new car is based on the newly released SDA intelligent electric super digital platform with a five-seat layout.

The car, which is expected to go into production and go on sale at a new factory in Yubei, Chongqing, next year, is under the Changan Qiyuan brand, but uses another brand new LOGO "E0"-the first model of the Changan Qiyuan E0 series.

According to reports, the car in the SUV form, the cockpit and trunk are separate spaces, and when the car's rear dome slides open, it can be transformed into an electric pickup truck. In addition, the car has more than 10 expansion interfaces, can be connected to other hardware, but also supports low-orbit satellite communications, claims to be able to achieve global coverage, Internet access at any time, no longer lost.