2025 Deepal S07 price and specs: New Chinese electric SUV undercuts Model Y

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Deepal – another Chinese electric-car brand coming to Australia – has launched its first model, a battery-powered family SUV more affordable than the top-selling Tesla.

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 New Chinese electric SUV undercuts Model Y

The 2025 Deepal S07 electric SUV will be the next mid-size electric SUV from China to challenge the top-selling Tesla Model Y in Australia, priced from $53,900 plus on-road costs.

Prices for the new S07 SUV from Deepal – a sub-brand of large Chinese car giant Changan – were announced at an electric-car show in Sydney ahead of customer deliveries expected to begin within weeks.

It costs $2000 less than the latest price for the Tesla Model Y, the nation's top-selling electric vehicle year-to-date, in its base rear-wheel-drive form comparable to the single S07 variant on offer.

 New Chinese electric SUV undercuts Model Y

The Deepal has a larger battery and longer driving range than its rival – 475km vs 455km in European WLTP testing – but it charges slower and is less powerful.

Deepal vehicles will be sold locally through traditional dealers at negotiable prices – rather than online at fixed prices, akin to Tesla.

It has appointed local Subaru and Peugeot importer Inchcape to help launch its cars in Australia, and it is considering a broader range of models – including the Prado-style hybrid 4WD badged G318 – to follow the S07.

 New Chinese electric SUV undercuts Model Y

Powering the S07 in Australia will be a single rear-mounted electric motor producing 160kW and 320Nm, connected to an 80kWh battery pack for a claimed 475km driving range in European WLTP testing.

DC fast charging is available at a peak of 92kW – nearly half what the base Model Y can achieve (170kW), and close to a third of a Hyundai Ioniq 5 (about 250kW) – for a 10 to 80 per cent recharge time of 50 minutes.

AC 11kW home charging is standard, and claimed to enable an eight-hour empty-to-full recharge.

Standard equipment includes 19-inch alloy wheels, LED headlights, synthetic leather-look seat trim, heated and ventilated front seats, an augmented-reality head-up display and a 14-speaker Sony sound system.

 New Chinese electric SUV undercuts Model Y

The S07's 15.6-inch touchscreen can tilt by 15 degrees towards the driver or front passenger for better visibility, while akin to a Tesla there is no instrument display ahead of the driver, rather an augmented-reality head-up display.

Optional are 20-inch wheels – which are expected to join the order sheet a few weeks after the first deliveries – as well as premium paint.

The 2025 Deepal S07 is now available to order, backed by a seven-year/160,000km warranty on the vehicle – plus eight years/240,000km on the high-voltage battery.

2025 Deepal S07 price in Australia

  • Deepal S07 – $53,900

Note: All prices exclude on-road costs.

 New Chinese electric SUV undercuts Model Y

2025 Deepal S07 standard features include:

  • 19-inch alloy wheels with tyre repair kit
  • Dusk-sensing LED headlights with auto high beams
  • LED tail-lights
  • 15.6-inch tilting infotainment touchscreen with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
  • Augmented-reality head-up display (in place of an instrument cluster)
  • Synthetic leather-look seat trim in black or orange
  • Six-way power-adjustable driver's seat with memory
  • Four-way power-adjustable front passenger seat
  • Heated and ventilated front seats
  • Heated steering wheel
  • 14-speaker Sony sound system
  • Dual-zone climate control with PM2.5 filter
  • Panoramic glass roof with electric sunshade
  • Wireless smartphone charging (40-watt)
  • Keyless entry and start
  • 64-colour ambient LED lighting
  • Power-operated tailgate
  • Rain-sensing wipers
  • Power-folding heated side mirrors with auto-dipping
  • Rear privacy glass
  • 360-degree camera with 3D, 'transparent chassis' views
  • Front and rear parking sensors
  • Seven airbags
  • Autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian and cyclist detection
  • Lane-keep assist
  • Lane centring assist
  • Adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go
  • Blind-spot monitoring
  • Rear cross-traffic alert with braking function
  • Traffic sign recognition
  • Side exit warning
  • Tyre pressure monitoring

Optional are 20-inch alloy wheels.

Available exterior colours:

  • Comet White (no cost)
  • Lunar Grey (no cost)
  • Eclipse Black (no cost)
  • Nebula Green (no cost)
  • Celestial Blue (no cost)
  • Cosmic Yellow (extra cost)
  • Sunset Orange (extra cost)

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Alex Misoyannis has been writing about cars since 2017, when he started his own website, Redline. He contributed for Drive in 2018, before joining CarAdvice in 2019, becoming a regular contributing journalist within the news team in 2020. Cars have played a central role throughout Alex’s life, from flicking through car magazines at a young age, to growing up around performance vehicles in a car-loving family.

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