Chery Q electric car launched in Pakistan at Rs 5,554,000, 400 km range

Chery Master Pakistan has launched the Chery Q at an introductory price of Rs 5,554,000, with a 7kW home charger worth Rs 100,000 thrown in for the launch period.

The name is a revival. Chery's original QQ badge first appeared in 2002 on a small petrol hatchback, and the car in the photograph above is that original QQ, not the new model. The 2026 Q is an electric car on the same nameplate, and Chery referred to it as the QQ3 in earlier material.

The numbers that matter

The Q carries a 42.7 kWh battery. Chery claims 400 km on the NEDC cycle and 310 km on the stricter WLTP cycle, which the company puts at 9.4 km per kWh. Use the WLTP figure for planning; NEDC flatters every electric car ever tested on it. Drive is electric to the rear wheels.

The car is 1,811 mm wide on a 2,700 mm wheelbase, with 152 mm of rear knee room and a 15.6-inch 2.5K centre display.

Equipment includes six airbags, a level-2 driver assistance package the company counts as 21 functions, a 540-degree camera, automatic parking, app control, voice command, 6.6 kW vehicle-to-load output and both Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.

What a charge costs, in rupees

This is where an EV is either worth it or is not, and the answer depends on your electricity slab, not on the brochure.

A full 42.7 kWh charge at Rs 40 a unit is about Rs 1,708. At Rs 60 a unit it is about Rs 2,562. Spread over the realistic 310 km WLTP range, that is Rs 5.5 to Rs 8.3 a kilometre.

Petrol is Rs 389.14 a litre from midnight on 19 September. A petrol car returning 12 km a litre costs about Rs 32.40 a kilometre. Even at a punishing domestic slab the Q runs at roughly a quarter of that, which is where the company's claim of 94pc lower running costs comes from, though that headline figure leans on the NEDC range and a low tariff assumption.

Before you take it at face value, put your own slab into the electricity bill calculator and see what an extra 42.7 units a charge does to your monthly bill. Domestic tariffs in Pakistan step up hard, and a household already near a slab boundary can find a charge costs considerably more than the arithmetic above. Compare against your current car with the fuel cost calculator and today's pump price on our petrol price page.

Where it sits

At Rs 5.554m the Q lands in the Rs 4.5m to Rs 6m bracket. PakWheels lists its direct rivals as the Dongfeng Vigo, the MG4, the BYD Atto 2, the Dongfeng Box and the GAC Aion UT, and puts the Q below the MG Binguo EV on price. Our car price list tracks official prices as makers announce them.

What is not yet public

Chery Master Pakistan has not published variants, a battery warranty schedule, confirmed booking amounts or delivery timelines with this announcement. Battery warranty is the number to ask a dealer for before signing anything: on an EV at this price the pack is the single largest replacement cost you will ever face, and the terms are not in the launch material.

One more practical point. The free 7kW charger needs a suitable connection at home. A 7kW draw is not a standard socket, and the installation cost, plus any load enhancement your distribution company requires, is yours.