In the past, the medium and large SUV market was almost the world of joint venture brands, especially volkswagen Tuang basically had no opponent two years ago, but with the entry of domestic new energy vehicle products in the past two years, the advantages of Volkswagen Tuon have actually been weakened a lot. Recently, the CEO of Ideal Auto has caused a wide discussion in a data map posted on Weibo, in 2019, the number of insurance vehicles in a single month of Ideal ONE was only 1011, and by November 2021, the car has achieved 13438 data, with an amazing growth rate.
In stark contrast, the Volkswagen family's medium and large SUV products, in December 2019, the cumulative sales of the two cars of Tuon and Touareg were just 13173 units, and by November 2021, the Volkswagen family's medium and large SUV product line was expanded to 5 models, including Tuon, Touareg, Lanjing, ID.6X, ID.6 Crozz, but the total sales did not advance and retreat, adding up to only 12445 units.
In fact, in September 2020, Volkswagen China CEO Feng Sihan also spoke on the ideal car's range extension plan, he said that the range extender technology is an outdated technology, the development potential is not large, at that time the sales of the ideal ONE is still in the climb, and indeed suffered a lot of market controversy, and Volkswagen is still the hegemon in the field of medium and large SUVs, so there is also the courage to say the above remarks. But today, he was punched in the face, and Ideal Car made the best counterattack with actual sales.
The Ideal ONE is now on track, and the brand is also preparing a second new car, the X01, which will continue to use range extender power. How the specific design of the model is not known for the time being, but the road test car has passed through thick camouflage and cannot be distinguished. But the size is as large as ever, its length, width and height will reach 5150/1980/1800mm, the wheelbase will reach 3100mm, which is a little higher than the ideal ONE positioning, and the interior space is more spacious. And the interior style seems to have changed a lot, the central control center provides the ideal ONE does not have a floating screen.
On the power system, the extender drive is still used, and the power comes from the front and rear dual motors, the combined maximum power or up to 330KW, and the peak torque is 650N·m. And the range extender used to generate electricity for the electric motor uses a 1.5T four-cylinder turbocharged engine, which is much more upgraded than the ideal ONE's 1.2T three-cylinder. In contrast, the maximum power of the motor used by the current ideal ONE is 245KW, the peak torque is 455N·m, and the performance of the ideal X01 is expected to have a considerable improvement.
Although there is only one model on sale at the ideal ONE, the actual sales have already surpassed the NIO brand, which currently has four models in delivery. With the subsequent listing and delivery of the ideal X01, it may be expected to pull sales up again, presumably not only the public, weilai will face greater pressure, after all, the two brands may face a closer market.