Wu Guan
With the closing of the Guangzhou Auto Show, thousands of cars are dazzling, but there is such a medium and large smart SUV with a length of nearly 5 meters, the starting price is down to 200,000 yuan, it is a new generation of intelligent SUV Ford EVOS light chaser (hereinafter referred to as "EVOS").
Everyone is saying that this new generation of intelligent SUV is likely to be the fuel vehicle that looks most like the "new force car product" at present, whether it is the stunning debut at the Shanghai Auto Show, or the official listing at the Guangzhou Auto Show, many professional audiences have given Ford EVOS a humorous evaluation: "Not to let others have no way, but from the traditional car companies and new forces to build cars, out of a new road." ”
At this Year's Guangzhou Auto Show, the official price of 199,800-25.98 million yuan, this pricing range is lower than the previous general forecast of the outside world, bringing many surprises to industry observers and potential consumers. Because, from the perspective of the market segment where EVOS is located, the pricing of many competitors is basically maintained in the range of 220,000-300,000 yuan, and some even give a pricing of more than 320,000 yuan.
If the price range is the first surprise, then at a glance, EVOS's outstanding texture is the second surprise.
"Wolong Awakening"! The new generation of users want a sense of ceremony at all
First of all, in terms of appearance, it adopts Ford China's next-generation design language "potential energy aesthetics", which reveals a strong scientific and technological sports style as a whole. Official data shows that it has a nearly 5-meter (4920mm) golden-ratio body with a 2945mm wheelbase of the same level, and the avant-garde skateback design creates a harmonious and sculptural artistic beauty, showing the unique power of rigidity and softness between movement and static.
It is derived from the EVOS ST-Line designed by Ford Performance, which can be called "the highlight of the appearance". Whether it is a penetrating wind blade light belt, or a breathing 3D "kinetic scale armor", or a smooth tail "fast back" shape, there is a "hidden heart machine" everywhere.
If you are approaching, evos peer-only "Wolong Awakening" intelligent welcome induction system, in the moment of approaching can be automatically opened, head and tail lights in turn, the grille like scales undulating, hidden door handles slowly pop out. From the moment you board the car, let the sense of technological ceremony run through the whole process, highlighting the outstanding driving taste. Sitting in the car, the 1.1-meter ultra-wide-area giant screen equivalent to 13 smartphones can grab all your attention in a second.
You know, this is a large screen that rarely appears on traditional fuel vehicles, it integrates a 12.3-inch high-definition dashboard and a 27-inch large real 4K central control screen, as if the theater screen crosses the eyes, with the B&O echo wall, to create a private "IMAX" viewing enjoyment for car owners. In the interior, delicate red trim strips can be seen everywhere around the cockpit, awakening the sporty spirit of the Ford ST-Line.
"Immersive IMAX"! 5.5㎡ super cockpit interprets intelligent and comfortable "superposition" for the new generation of users
I don't know when it began, the word "intelligent" was taken by the new forces of car manufacturing and became the proper noun of new energy vehicles in the new era. However, the existing new energy vehicles, at the moment when the technology has not yet achieved explosive breakthroughs, always have a part of the compromise, such as the compromise in mileage and control experience, which is often difficult for the new generation of users to accept.
However, the intelligence of the car is not related to the form of energy, and the fuel vehicle does not lack the foundation of intelligence, but lacks the idea and determination to compete with new energy vehicles on the intelligent battlefield. The emergence of EVOS has truly changed this situation, so that the inherent comfort of fuel vehicles and the intelligence of the new era have achieved a "superposition state", explaining to the new generation of users what is the perfect unity of intelligence and comfort.
After "pounding" this large screen with a width of more than 1.1m and can be called the "in-car IMAX class", you will find that the interior space of the EVOS is full of surprises - it not only has a huge screen, but also has a leading ample cockpit space in the same class.
The data shows that the extra long 2945mm wheelbase and 1920mm width of the same class give EVOS nearly 5.5 square meters (projection area) of the same level of super large car space.
Although the appearance of EVOS adopts a slippery back design, but the rear space is still very spacious, in the Chinese consumers are very important in the rear space, Ford engineers gave a series of ingenuity and optimization, without sacrificing the length and comfort of the rear seat cushion, so that EVOS has a leading rear knee space, shoulder space, and head space.
After a variety of intelligent configurations are superimposed, EVOS owners get a nearly 5.5㎡ intelligent hugging cockpit. Among them, the new generation of SYNC+2.0 Zhixing interconnection system integrates Baidu's industry-leading artificial intelligence technology, supports 70+ vertical semantic recognition, and "understands" all needs in seconds.
Interestingly, owners also have a "little partner", which is Ford's world's first visual virtual artificial intelligence assistant - VPA Zhixing Partner, whose design is inspired by the classic oval shape of the Ford logo. This "little partner" will always accompany and respond to the exclusive needs of car owners at any time.
EVOS's "black technology" is not only this, it is the first in the industry to launch the "joint driving fun" function, which can realize the main and passenger drivers split screen, not only can the main and auxiliary drivers work together, increase driving safety, but also realize the independent channel of the main and auxiliary drivers, navigation and entertainment do not disturb each other. It is also equipped with gesture control, face recognition, and a large number of entertainment and travel services. This EVOS smart cockpit full of black technology is a "treasure" that can dig out many hidden surprises.
"Show off the wisdom"! The new generation of users are looking forward to L2+ autonomous driving and driving control fun
Entering the third decade of the 21st century, the attributes of the automobile are quietly evolving from simple tools that help people complete point A to point B displacements to a "third space" that provides mobile services. The status of smart driving is rising to unprecedented heights.
But no matter how much people value smart driving, driving is the duty that a car should do well, and for those new generation users, a "smart and easy to drive" car is what they really need. And EVOS is exactly the best response of Changan Ford to the needs of the new generation of users.
Based on the long-term insight into the Chinese automotive market, Ford has made a pre-judgment on the demands of the new generation of SUV users, and introduced the new generation of intelligent SUV EVOS to the market, hoping that it will fully meet the needs of users for intelligent technology, performance control, spatial performance and full-scene adaptability of such models.
In the face of the escalating demand of Chinese consumers, Ford's innovation will never stop. If you want to know what a disruptive driving experience is, you must open another "hidden treasure chest" of EVOS - the new generation of Co-Pilot360 Intelligent Driving Assistance System. The system has up to 18 intelligent driving assistance configurations, in addition to Ford's world's first L2+ blueCruise active driving assistance function, integrating ADAS map data, cameras, radar sensors and GPS positioning systems, with the driver attention monitoring system, in the high speed and urban expressway specific sections can achieve a long-term quasi-autonomous driving state, alleviate driving fatigue, the use of intelligent technology to assist driving, make travel safer.
At the same time, it is also equipped with the industry's first mass-produced vehicle-road coordination system (V2I), which is interconnected and integrated with the urban intelligent transportation system, making driving fun more predictable. According to the official future plan, Changsha, Wuxi and Guangzhou have been opened, and by the end of 2021, the Ford Vehicle-Road Synergy System will be connected to the intelligent transportation network of the eight major cities in the country.
In the foreseeable future, EVOS will bring more innovative fun for car owners to explore the world through the deep integration of people, cars and cities. It is worth mentioning that as Ford's first fuel vehicle equipped with FNV intelligent interconnection network-wide architecture in China, EVOS also has the ability to evolve the whole vehicle - more than 95% of the modules of the whole vehicle support air upgrades, covering the full functional domain including intelligent cockpit, intelligent driving, and power-related modules, thus continuing to bring EVOS owners a common and new car experience.
Of course, more importantly, as an authentic fuel vehicle, evos inherits Ford's performance DNA, 2.0T +8AT golden power combination, power output of 238 horsepower, peak torque of up to 376 Nm. This set of "golden partners" allows EVOS to have a very good acceleration ability, official data show that its acceleration time of 100 kilometers is only 6.6 seconds, among the 6 second clubs, starting to lead.
In addition, the new car is also tuned to the traffic environment of the Chinese market, supplemented by a variety of driving mode options, which can fully meet the needs of different groups of people for SUV performance and handling.
epilogue:
Whether it is the eye-catching exterior interior, or the innovative smart cockpit, or the intelligent driving that can explore the future, the blessing of various subversive intelligent configurations makes this Ford EVOS light chaser have quite unexpected surprises everywhere.
From it, we can see changan ford's keen thinking and determination to act on the intelligent battlefield. Therefore, in terms of using traditional identities to bring a new generation of users a more intelligent new experience, Ford EVOS Light Chaser may be the excellent answer handed over by The Century-old Ford in the face of the current era of change.
With the launch of Ford EVOS Light Chaser, this product will be called a link between Changan Ford and young consumers. Innovative products and sincere service experience will bring every car owner a more comfortable and more pleasant travel life, which is the core goal of the brand.
As the first strategic model under the "Ford China 2.0" framework, the Ford EVOS Light Chaser is the beginning of the brand's evolution of the next generation of smart SUVs. As one of the most intelligent models under Changan Ford so far, its intelligent innovation and reasonable pricing have greatly reduced the threshold for SUV users to transition to intelligent products. We can see that in the joint venture medium and large SUV market, a competitor that should not be underestimated has begun to shine the sword.