Here is some information we found out about the various new brands that been released to the Australian market in the last year or two. Information is as factual as we could find since the source material, due to the language barrier and the problem of getting real feedback from the country of origin. This week it is all about the Deepal brand aka Changan Sub brand.
Deepal : No brand image for the time being but say they sell electric cars.
To its credit there are no fancy or over the top marketing, even their website is bare bones.
The vehicle designs are generic except for the model featured.
Deepal is a Chinese government owned compay.
Deepal vehicles are overpriced in this market.
Deepal vehicles required regular servicing every 10000km.
Deepal vehicles have less complicated software that appear to only operate at lower speeds and very slow traffic.
Deepal vehicles like all electric cars they share data driving, personal details, location, pictures voices, speed distance etc.. with HQ.
Are Deepal electric cars/SUV worth buying? Tricky question as there don’t have a track record at dealing with real customers with real options. Is Deepal ‘good value for money’ – no not at these prices especially without a concrete backup support system – which they have not promised or committed to.