With Seres, the Dutch car market has gained an ambitious new brand since the end of last year. The manufacturer of the electric Seres 3 does not bother and will bring two other models on the market this year, Techzle can report exclusively.
Things can go fast in the car country. At the beginning of December, Seres announced itself as a new player, a Chinese-American manufacturer whose electric models find their way to the consumer via Green Mobility Group Europe. The just under 38 grand 4.39 meter long electric crossover Seres 3 is the first car of the brand intended for Europe, but it does not stop there. Techzle can exclusively report that he will also be joined by Seres 5 and Seres 7 in the Netherlands this year.
Seres 5
Seres 5
The Seres 5 is a so-called SUV Coupé, an SUV-like with a strongly sloping roofline that is further emphasized by the strongly squeezed windows towards the rear. Where the ‘3’ with its 163 hp electric motor and 52 kWh battery pack is clearly aimed at a more average audience, the 4.7 meter long ‘5’ aims at a different audience. The four-wheel drive SUV gets an electric powertrain that produces no less than 694 hp and 1,040 Nm. With this, the car spurts to 100 km / h in about 3.5 seconds. Count on a battery pack with a capacity of about 90 kWh, good for a NEDC range of over 480 kilometers.
The Seres 5 was presented to the Chinese consumer in April 2019 by the company then called SF Motors as SF5. The SF5 is also available with a range extender in China. That version also has a system power of almost 700 hp, although the battery pack is a lot smaller with 33 kWh. Like the SF5, the Seres 5 will most likely have an interior in which a 17-inch vertically oriented display dominates the center console.
Seres 7
Seres 7
One step higher is the Seres 7, an electric crossover with a more sedan-like but also slightly raised body. Extensive technical specifications are not yet known, although we expect that it will at least be available with the 694 hp electric powertrain. This exciting-looking EV comes to the Netherlands a little later than the ‘5’. If all goes well, the first Seres 7 will be on Dutch soil before the end of this year.
Seres 3
The first copies of the Seres 3, introduced in the Netherlands in early December, were released on Dutch registration just before the end of the year. According to Green Mobility Group Europe, the first shipment destined for the Netherlands concerns 50 cars of which the first cars were registered on 31 December. They are delivered from European stock; for the time being there is no limit on the number of copies destined for the Netherlands.