Omoda E5

[steveting99]

The famous (or is it infamous) maker of the Chery QQ is back with a new sub-brand called Omoda. The B&B brand of China's automotive giant - Chery Automobile.

For Singapore, Chery has assigned Vertex Automobiles as the Authorized Distributor (AD) of the Omoda brand and only one model is currently available - the Omoda E5.

First released back in April 2024 in the Cat B territory with 150kW of power.

Unfortunately for Chery and Vertex, sales were lackluster for the first six months (April 2024 to September 2024) with only 51 units being sold. With sales going no where, both decided to wise up and offer the 99kW power front drive motor Cat A version of the Omoda E5 around early October 2024 and sales have kicked into high gear. In the last six month period (from December 2024 to May 2025), a total of 154 units have been sold. A solid 200% improvement in sales simply by offering the Cat A version of the E5 and an annual run rate of over 300 units. Three cheers for consumers and the market in showing what Chery/Vertex should have done in the first place. Hip-hip-hooray...!

Details above on the Omoda E5. With five passengers and cargo, the maximum total load is 536kg.

A unique feature is the front side charging port of the Omoda E5. Which means you'll have to get used to front parking into the charger (which is normally located at the rear of MSC) rather than the reverse parking.

The Omoda E5 also comes with a small (19L) front truck - can store a few packets of smelly durian there.

A full size spare tire s available underneath the boot! Not many BEV's have this feature and will come in handy one day when travelling up north. Cargo space for the boot is a bit small, about 300L and with the back seats folded down - increases to 1,079L. Some additional data on the E5.

Battery type: LFP Blade battery (think it comes from BYD)

Battery capacity: 61kWhr

Charging time: 8 hours on [email protected] (three phase) from 0 to 100% and around 45 minutes on DC@80kW from 10% to 80%. The DC charging rate is low powered and thus slow.  

Driving range: 430 km (WLTP cycle)

Claimed coefficient of drag: 0.281

Energy consumption: 15.5 kWhr / 100 km

Drive unit: 99kW for Cat A and 150kW for Cat B.

Maximum torque: 340Nm

Top speed: 172 km/hr.

The century sprint is a pokey 11.1 seconds for Cat A version.

The interior starts with fake food and fake leather materials. Lots of soft touches where contact points are to make it feel better than Toyota/Honda/Nissan/Hyundai/Kia which have hard plastics. Close enough to some conti brands for the price paid on a B&B ride.

Whilst Chery/Vertex will claim a 24.6" wide front screen, it's actually split into two 12.3" screens. 

There is the 12.3" infotainment touch screen that supports wireless Apple Carplay and Android Auto. 

Next to it is the 12.3" digital instrument cluster behind the wheel for the driver. 

The drive mode selector is located at the steering wheel (freeing up space in the center console) with buttons nearby for those who prefer some physical contact rather than going through the center infotainment touchscreen.

More physical buttons on the center console. The 50W wireless charger with cooling and is hidden beneath the front hatch. Apparently the front arm rest comes with a cooling system.

Unfortunately no panoramic roof to get the feeling of open space while drive - only the standard sunroof for the front passengers.

The front seats are ventilated - good for the hot weather of Singapore. Driver's seat is six adjustable while the front passenger is only four way.

Processor powering the display is the older Qualcomm 8155. There's a 360 deg surround view camera available to help with parking at MSC. The Advanced Driving Assistant Systems (ADAS) is at least Level 2, Chery claims to be 2.5. There's been some over the air software updates that allow settings to be remembered when the vehicle is switched OFF and then back ON again - will save some frustrations in getting those annoying bings/bongs silenced every time one gets into the car.  

With high CoE costs (Cat A at $101.1k) the current price of $159.9k seems a good deal. 

Will do a follow up post on cost breakdown on the Omoda E5.

 

Edited July 17 by steveting99
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[Si4dr]

SGD 150,000 lower spec vs RM150,000 higher spec...... haiz SG driver really carrot by gahment gao gao

[13177]

On 7/18/2025 at 9:15 AM, Si4dr said:

SGD 150,000 lower spec vs RM150,000 higher spec...... haiz SG driver really carrot by gahment gao gao

This EV can get it at 150k? I always thought this model same price as atto3, like at least 170k.

[Benarsenal]

On 7/18/2025 at 9:15 AM, Si4dr said:

SGD 150,000 lower spec vs RM150,000 higher spec...... haiz SG driver really carrot by gahment gao gao

What to do. COE is a fair system ok. Ah Loong say one. 

[citydrivingsg]

The review seems very good mostly 4-5 stars saying it's most value for money with conti-like features etc.

https://www.sgcarmart.com/new-cars/info/21854/omoda-e5-electric/reviews

A one year 3 mth old Omoda E5 (150W version) with 14K km mileage is sold at SGcarmart only at $132.8K, a drastic drop from new at $177K, considered a steal?

https://www.sgcarmart.com/used-cars/info/omoda-eletric-e5-1362468

 

Edited Friday at 05:20 PM by citydrivingsg

[13177]

On 8/2/2025 at 1:19 AM, citydrivingsg said:

The review seems very good mostly 4-5 stars saying it's most value for money with conti-like features etc.

https://www.sgcarmart.com/new-cars/info/21854/omoda-e5-electric/reviews

A one year 3 mth old Omoda E5 (150W version) with 14K km mileage is sold at SGcarmart only at $132.8K, a drastic drop from new at $177K, considered a steal?

https://www.sgcarmart.com/used-cars/info/omoda-eletric-e5-1362468

 

Car price drop so much? Car has problems? Lol.

[citydrivingsg]

@13177 Possible. The COE was also bought high at $105K so not due to COE. With $40+K drop after only 1 yr 3 mths, it makes one wonder what are the problems the owner faced. Although it reportedly comes with '7-year vehicle warranty and an 10-year battery warranty plus free servicing for 10 years, according to some promotional materials. ', but if the car keeps going into workshop for repairs whatever warranty offered also useless LOL.

IMO, I think that although very tempting to switch with so many EV brand offerings, guess will have to wait for a few more years for the tech to stabilize and all these quality issues to be sorted out first. Not forgetting that Solid State Batteries (SSB) will out in production soon as early as next year. Once adopted on masse, it will be a real game changer with longer range, 4-6x faster charging times, lower weight and with high safety as SSBs are itself non-flammable.

 

Edited Saturday at 09:02 AM by citydrivingsg

[steveting99]

@citydrivingsg The new solid state batteries will take years before it become available to B&B electric vehicles. High costs due to low volume production will mean solid state batteries will be exclusive to the luxury end. There is also the new tech nature of solid state batteries where early adopters will be effectively the guinea pigs for the rest of us. So good luck to those whose going to be first timer buyers of EVs with solid state batteries.