On the eve of the 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show, the Great Wall released a big move, using a mysterious poster to officially announce a new high-end brand - Salon, and heralded that new brands and models will be unveiled at the auto show.
As the first in China to deepen the field of new energy vehicles, the Great Wall Motor Group has a deep heritage and remarkable achievements, it is also time to launch a new high-end pure electric brand.
Today, we saw Salon's mysterious new car in Hall 2.1. When I first saw it, I could only say that this car was really amazing!
▲ Sharon Car - Mecha Dragon
The new salon brand, sword refers to the market of more than 400,000 high-end new energy models, and today's "Mech Dragon" is also one of the most watched models in the entire auto show.
The Mech Dragon is positioned as a "high-performance mech battle run", and the new car's cabin cover, lower surround, light set, rearview mirrors, etc. are all designed with an angular design.
In today's era of pursuing roundness and large streamlines, such tough models are really rare.
This lamp, love.
The mech dragon is full of retro feelings, especially this bracketed headlamp is more oldschool, and the grille decoration above the headlamp is also a great plus.
Not only are there many details with hard edges and hard corners, but the back line of the tail of the mech dragon is also full of toughness. Combined with the hard waistline of the multi-dimensional shape, the mecha dragon can be described as carrying the mecha wind to the end, except that the tires are still round, and no part of the body is soft.
The tail of the mech dragon is equally charming, and the exaggerated size of the through-type taillights and the bright metallic underside make its tail shine. After looking at the whole body of the mech dragon, it can be said that this car is 360 ° handsome without dead angles.
The strong "mecha style" of the mech dragon is highly consistent with the powerful performance of the new car and the highly intelligent setting. It is not a mecha style and a mech, its design style is highly integrated with its technical foundation.
The Mecha Dragon will be equipped with a dual-motor intelligent four-wheel drive system, with a maximum power of 400kW, a peak torque of 750N·m, and only 3.7s for the hundred, and the performance is comparable to that of a 5.0T supercharged engine. Performance-related equipment such as Michelin-based high-performance tires and Brembo four-piston calipers are also available in new cars.
In addition, the Mech Dragon has also been overhauled in terms of intelligent driving.
"Less than 4, please don't talk" – this is a loud slogan that Sharon put up in the warm-up poster.
The Mech Dragon will be equipped with four Huawei 96-line hybrid solid-state lidars, of which a single lidar can achieve a viewing angle range of 120° * 25°, and four can achieve a viewing angle coverage of 360 °.
▲ Comparison of Huawei, Lanwo, and Tutton lidar parameters
At present, many models equipped with lidar on the market have chosen to place lidar on the front of the car to supplement the redundancy of millimeter-wave radar and visual perception system.
Whether it is the WEILAI ET7 with a watchtower layout with +1 lidar, or the Polar Fox Alpha S HI version equipped with 2 lidars, there is no such thing as Sharon who uses lidar as a surround view camera.
▲ Schematic diagram of Huawei lidar imaging
From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, the cost of lidar continued to plummet, which also gave a stronger impetus to car companies that hoarded heavy troops in intelligent driving.
After domestic brands have launched more cost-effective semi-solid-state lidar, the veteran company Velodyne has also been a bit unable to sit still, and the price of its entry-level product VLP-16 has been reduced by 50%. Huawei's 96-line lidar, which is widely optimistic in China, has also continued to surprise everyone in terms of cost, and after the continuous improvement of production capacity, the quotation of Huawei's 96-line lidar is expected to be gradually reduced from $500 to $200.
Although the cost of lidar is much lower than the previous sky-high price, it is still necessary to pay a higher cost for 4 cars.
Mecha Dragon adopts the world's first dual MDC intelligent driving computing platform, which adopts the Da Vinci architecture, NPU computing power up to 400TOPS, CPU computing power up to 440K DMIPS, this architecture has dual security redundancy, can achieve high-level MRC, and more independent MCU security monitoring.
A one-time arrangement of 4 expensive lidar, 7 8 million ultra-high-definition cameras, 4 surround view cameras, 5 millimeter-wave radar, 12 ultrasonic radars, 1 independent high-precision positioning unit and other 38 intelligent sensing elements to form a super-intelligent perception system, which shows Sharon's determination in intelligent driving.
The Mecha Dragon will also be equipped with a 115kwh extra-large capacity battery, and the CLTC has a cruising range of up to 802km.
Mecha Dragon will be the world's first model with Dayu battery technology, the battery pack adopts a 4-level 5-dimensional matrix design, which can resist 1000 ° C high temperature, 1m water depth soaking for 30min and can still be used normally, no fire, no explosion.
With the continuous maturity of the market and users, we are also more and more aware that in many scenarios (such as long-distance travel, emergency cars), the significance of charging efficiency is even greater than the battery's own power reserves. The battery system peak current of the new car can reach 600A, the peak voltage is also as high as 800V, and its peak charging power supports up to 480kW.
Under the CLTC standard, the new car can add 401km of battery life within 10 minutes of fast charging.
As a high-performance mech combat run, the "silent" driving experience is regrettable.
The Mech Dragon will be powered by Harman's second-generation interior acoustic simulation technology (iESS), which, combined with multi-mode exterior electronic sound, will make you forget that you are driving a pure electric car.
On the first day of the 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show, Sharon Automobile opened a global limited edition reservation of 101 mech dragons, priced at 488,000 yuan, and the first car owners can enjoy the rights of high-level intelligent driving assistance for free for life.
Although the mech dragon is expensive, in the face of the hard power of the above models, this car does need to be set at such a price. Next, do we have to look forward to which fast friends will snap up this mech battle run?
■ Bang reviews
In recent years, Great Wall Motor Group has more and more strong sub-brands, and Great Wall has also become the strongest strength in the field of model naming, and it can be said that the upward trend of the Great Wall is obvious to everyone.
As the first model of Salon Car, the Mecha Dragon has been initially successful in attracting fans at the 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show, and this new car with a sci-fi sense and retro temperament can be said to be unforgettable. In terms of intelligence, the Salon brand and the Mecha Dragon model are also promising in the future, and I hope that we can test drive this new car as soon as possible!