This is a Foton Fengjing i7 painted in White Jade, seen in northern Beijing in the summer of 2025. The Fengjing i7 is a new fully electric minivan with six seats, a 110 kW motor, and a $13.7K price tag.
What is Foton?
Foton Motor is a Chinese commercial vehicle maker. Foton’s owner is the BAIC Group. BAIC is short for Beijing Automotive Industry Corporation. This company also owns the ArcFox and Beijing brands, and it produces cars for the Stelato brand.
Characters: 北京•福田汽车: Běijīng • Fútián Qìchē, Beijing • Futian Motor.
BAIC founded the Foton brand in 1996. Foton makes a wide range of heavy trucks, light trucks, vans, pickup trucks, buses, and specialty vehicles.
The Foton Fengjing i7
The Foton Fengjing i7 is an electric minivan, launched in early 2025. Foton also sells a panel-van version (Fengjing i7 Professional), a long-wheelbase variant (Fengjing i9), and a pickup truck (Fengjing T7).
The design is fairly typical for the segment, with a one-box body, a short nose, a short front overhang, large empty body panels, relatively small windows, and wheels with aero covers. The charging port is way up front, on the left side of the vehicle.
Characters: 风景i7, Fēngjǐng i7. The literal meaning of Fengjing is “Landscape”.
The interior
Even though this car is very new, it looks like it has been used for years. The owner clearly doesn’t mind a big mess. The aftermarket seat covers have a Mickey Mouse theme. There’s a tower atop the dash shelf and a bag hanging from the center stack. The interior design is basic, but with some nice details, like the hidden air vents and the blue trim.
The plastic-fantastic steering wheel is perfectly round, with 3 spokes and a thick rim. The shifter is mounted on the steering wheel column. It has an 8.8-inch instrument panel, 4G connectivity, and a 2-speaker audio system.
A gold-colored statue with two red flags: the one on the left features a yellow hammer and sickle symbol, associated with communism. The other one is the Chinese flag.
The Foton Fengjing i7 is a six-seat car in a 2/2/2 configuration. The owner folded the second row down. The benches are removable as well. There are boxes, cartons, and a handcart.
Vans like this are very rudimentary. They need to be, because the owners will use them relentlessly without any care or respect. Maintenance? Maybe. Overload? Always. Slamming doors? Yeah!
The specifications of the Foton Fengjing i7
Note the exposed external hinges and the small rear windows.
The Foton Fengjing i7 is a large vehicle. Its dimensions are 4895/1810/1960, with a 3100 mm wheelbase and a rather modest 1670-kg curb weight. The passenger compartment has a 7200-liter volume. The i7 is a single-motor front-wheel drive car, with an output of 110 kW and 220 Nm. The top speed is 100 km/h. The CATL LFP battery has a 41.86 kWh capacity for a 300-kilometer CLTC range. Charging (20-80%) takes 36 minutes.
The price in China
Electric minivans are cheap in China. All of them. The Foton Fengjing i7 costs 96.900 yuan. That translates to $13.7K. For a big electric van! However, the competition in this segment is murderous, with new entrants arriving seemingly every day. One of the i7’s main competitors is the SRM E3L, a similar van with less power but with a bigger battery. More Chinese electric vans soon!