E-Car's original SAIC Volkswagen ID.3 is SAIC Volkswagen's latest pure electric compact sedan born on the MEB platform. In the European market, it is the first model of the ID family and the MEB platform, and also represents the transformation direction of the Volkswagen brand in the global market of new energy and rejuvenation and electrification.
At the beginning of the product, whether it is design, performance or function, ID.3 has many points that are suitable for young people. Can such a new product from head to toe attract the attention of the new generation of people? Today, there is a "slash youth" who wants to "taste fresh".
CY is a young post-95 boy whose job is to be an airline boy, but in his spare time, he is also a rapper (Rapper), composing many rap songs that incorporate Shanghainese elements.
In his work, in line with the requirements for flight safety and service quality, he has developed a meticulous and rigorous attitude; and in his other identity, Rapper, the label of youth, openness and vitality can be vividly displayed.
In ID.3, can CY find something that resonates with itself?
As an avant-garde Rapper, CY pays attention to publicity and personality in terms of clothing, and he believes that behind the personality is also a textured style. Color can be different from the conventional, but to pay attention to the priority, excessive fancy combinations can not be on the table.
He prefers to use a simple solid color denim jumpsuit to create a main color, and then use hats, shoes and other accessories with a sense of color conflict to create his own "out of the street style", which is cool and very popular.
As a model for young users, the color scheme of ID.3 is also very distinctive. The main color of the test drive for this experience is a simple crystalline white, but you can also choose a more "charged" and brighter aurora green or cyber yellow.
Although the color is relatively pure, ID.3 refuses to be monotonous, and its roof adopts a contrast design style, like a rap element added to a popular song, which is a little more playful.
The luggage compartment doors at the rear of the car are also black, which contrasts strongly with the color of the body, while the middle is transitioned by a sharp LED tail light group.
CY also found some interesting details, the parametric front face decoration, and the decorative patterns on the C-pillar, perfectly transitioning smoothly between different design elements.
Looking at the design of ID.3, id.3 born from the MEB architecture, it has the characteristics of short body and long wheelbase. Its short, sleek size allows id.3 to move more freely through the busy streets of a big city like Shanghai.
Unlike the segmented design of traditional fuel sedans or hatchbacks, the overall lines of id.3 are very rounded, full and smooth. With soft lines to create an overall silhouette and a sharp and straight waistline design, both boys and girls are hard to resist.
The ID.3 is 1568mm taller, about 100-120mm taller than the compact sedan of the same class, but if you don't look closely, it's hard to notice that it's getting taller. The 179cm tall CY made a slight comparison and found that this ID.3 head is really not short!
How is this done? First of all, the wheelbase of the ID.3 reaches 2765mm, which is about 100-150mm longer than the same type of fuel vehicle, so its A-pillar front end is closer and the windshield angle is gentler. This design helps to better comb the airflow, reduce the wind resistance, and incidentally hide the increase in the height of the car.
In CY's view, the key and most attractive to him is the very rare 20-inch large wheels in compact cars. Larger rims and wheel bags can create a better sports atmosphere, and in order to reduce the overall drag coefficient, this 20-inch rim adopts a close-closed shape and adopts a contrasting design. CY feels that this design style has a futuristic sci-fi feel, much like the metal style in the livehouse, as if it will show more magical light and shadow effects with the change of rhythm and rapid rotation.
CY said that before it really did not expect Volkswagen to make the car so "tide", the Volkswagen brand in the era of electrification, the design style is completely renewed, almost walking in the forefront of all car companies.
Just like a good Rap song that needs to combine a variety of different flows in a reasonable proportion and way, ID.3, whether it is color matching, contour lines, or detail polishing, is careful enough to conform to the trend of the times [ZW(S1], and both men and women can be impressed by its cheerful and lively style.
Inside the car, ID.3 uses a large area of light color schemes, plus two screens of just the right size, to create a simple and practical sense of technology.
CY immediately paid attention to the atmosphere lights in the ID.3 car, saying that if you listen to various musical works while driving, accompanied by the rhythm of the atmosphere lights, perhaps his creative inspiration will suddenly emerge.
Like to like, but as a young person, CY also has such a typical trouble when choosing a car: although the small size model is more "fun", the elders at home will always feel too impractical, and the limited space will lead to the experience of many people riding badly, especially considering that in the future, they will have to start a family and use more scenes of the car, so I hope that he will buy a new car with a larger size and a "one-step" riding function.
At this time, the magic of the MEB platform can be fully reflected. The advantage of about 100mm in height just mentioned plays an important role in the ride experience in the car, CY drives in a normal sitting position, and the head can also reserve a considerable amount of space.
How much head space does ID.3 really have? It can be seen from one detail - its panoramic canopy is equipped with sunshades, which is not unusual on fuel vehicles, but in the limited vertical space of electric cars, many models have adopted the method of "stealing space" by eliminating panoramic canopy sunshades to optimize the head space of passengers. Such a design will lead to the sun exposure problem in the summer car, and the ID.3 does not reduce the sun blind, which not only ensures the head space, but also effectively avoids this problem.
Coming to the back row, CY's worries about practicality were completely dispelled, and the ID.3 rear seating experience was quite outstanding. While ensuring the head space, the ID.3 sitting posture is not low, higher than the front row, there is no feeling of "sitting on a small bench" in the back of many pure electric cars, and the cushion can ensure full support for the thighs.
At the same time, the 2765mm wheelbase also makes the ID.3 have better legroom performance than the compact fuel car, coupled with the flat floor design of the pure electric platform, even if it is full of five adult men, the riding experience is completely acceptable.
CY talks about the travel scenes he has encountered - although as a rapper he does not need to use too much instrumental music, when going out to perform, the agency sometimes pairs some live rock music, so occasionally he still has to use the car to transport some instruments. The trunk space of the ID.3 is also very large, and the overall is very regular, whether it is the height of the opening or the depth of the depth, it is very reasonable. It also supports the rear seats to be folded down by 4/6 minutes, which can better balance the ride and the load.
The pure electric platform also brings a very abundant central channel space for ID.3, so ID.3 is arranged with a number of storage compartments, including large storage boxes, cup holders, net pockets, etc., just enough to put down objects with different shapes and characteristics. The rear also offers two cup holders and two Type-C charging ports, further optimizing overall convenience.
CY felt that after experiencing the space of ID.3, he was a little surprised. The flexible car length of less than 4.3m, did not expect that whether it is the ride or storage space, it is arranged very reasonably, and the battery and the rear-drive motor are well hidden, and you almost forget their existence. Perhaps this is the unique advantage of the MEB pure electric platform.
CY said that the reason why he chose to play rap in his spare time was to try several possibilities in life when he was young and energetic. As a form of music that young people like, rap has a continuous output of passion and fast-paced explosiveness, which also requires Rapper himself to maintain energy and vitality at all times.
It is said that electric vehicles are more "energetic" than fuel vehicles, where is the specific strength? The output characteristics of the motor make the power output of the ID.3 more direct, and the transmission to the wheels is clean and clean, and its peak motor power reaches 125kW, and the peak torque is as high as 310N·m. At the same time, the ID.3 adopts the drive form of rear-mounted rear drive, and when accelerating sharply, the center of gravity shifts backwards, so the tires can better grasp the ground and transmit power to the ground without waste.
When steering, the ID.3 still maintains the precision and agility that a fun car should have, while the lower center of gravity also makes its high-speed line change more stable, and the driving pleasure is self-evident.
Theoretically, the wheelbase of 2765mm will increase the vehicle's minimum turning radius to a certain extent, and id.3 born from the MEB platform, the front wheel steering knuckle is designed to have a much larger corner space than the front-drive car, so in the end, the driver can hardly feel the change in the relative wheelbase of the oil car, and it will be more free to flash around in the city.
Id.3 offers a total of four different driving modes, and CY is very impressed that ID.3 is also very relaxed between different driving modes. In economy mode, the electric door will be softer, while in sports mode it will become a little restless, always teasing you to be eager to try, the power is not delayed, and it is always responsive to the driver's intentions.
Energy recovery also has two gears of adjustment, D gear under the car almost do not feel the obvious drag feeling, after closing the throttle like a gas car free and easy to slide, and B gear under the brake energy recovery will be significantly enhanced, the driver only with the opening and closing of the accelerator pedal can control the increase or decrease of the speed.
CY said that although he drives a pure electric model, he is more accustomed to the double-pedal driving habits of oil trucks and does not want to have an abrupt energy recovery intervention when the accelerator is released. Just like when singing rap, he is also more willing to add some traditional Shanghainese elements to the song, and find a sense of familiarity in new things.
This is also the advantage of ID.3, although the driving logic of pure electricity has changed, but ID.3 hopes to take into account as much as possible the driving habits of different users, inheriting the typical comfortable driving quality of oil trucks, but also can experience the excellent acceleration and simple single-pedal operation characteristics of trams. Tension is measured and retracted freely, just like rap needs to use different flow combinations to make the audience feel the change of rhythm.
Of course, it is not enough to have explosiveness and passion, and a liveshow carnival of young people is often high until the middle of the night, and there are countless climactic return moments in between. How can I not maintain enough "electricity"?
The battery life of pure electric models is also very important, urban commuting, suburban self-driving are common car scenes for young people, especially in winter, which is indeed quite challenging. The ID.3 uses a 57.3kWh ternary lithium battery with a NEDC range of 430 km. Just shanghai has entered the winter, cold air brings precipitation, in this environment, CY is very worried, how is the actual endurance of ID.3?
We began to test from the time we got the remaining 90% of the car's power, and we can notice that the remaining power displayed at this time is not a simple 430km×90%, but 256km, indicating that ID.3 is more conservative in estimating the actual endurance.
After clearing the meter, in the weather of about 10 ° C, it was driven in an economic mode for two days, of which 70% was in the congested section of the city with rainfall, and it was necessary to use the hot wind to blow the front wind at all times.
In the end, after driving 170 km at an average speed of 25 km/h, the remaining power is 28%, the remaining endurance shown is even 106 km, the meter endurance consumption is 20 km less than the real mileage, and the power consumption is 17.5 kWh/100 km.
Under relatively complex urban road conditions, ID.3 can still maintain a practical endurance of more than 300km in winter, and for pure electrical products of the same size and level, the battery life is solid and excellent. Young people's self-driving tour can go as long as they want, and it is still out of the question.
More importantly, the endurance figure displayed by the ID.3 meter is very realistic, which is a good dispelling of the concerns of CY for the first time to drive a pure electric vehicle. It can accurately estimate the impact of various factors on the actual endurance, and even leave a certain safety margin for the owner, so that the owner can plan his travel more reasonably and avoid unnecessary trouble.
CY's other job, Emptyshom, seems to have completely different characteristics from Rapper. The air shortage needs to be highly responsible for the safety of the cabin crew, and behind this job is up to 3-4 years of repeated training. A seemingly inconspicuous safety detail must be repeatedly honed to ensure that when an emergency occurs, the correct emergency response can be made at the first time. This attitude of excellence is also an "invisible threshold" for becoming empty.
Building a car also has a large number of "invisible thresholds". As a representative of a German pure electric car, the ID.3 precipitates SAIC Volkswagen's consistent exquisite car-making technology, and has many pursuits in details.
In terms of vehicle safety, id.3 body-in-white adopts high-speed laser welding technology as a whole to ensure the uniformity and strength of the weld, and uses more than 70% of the ultra-high strength steel with a yield strength of more than 420MPa, of which the key parts of the A-pillar, B-pillar, sill beam and other key parts accounting for about 24% also use the thermoformed steel with a yield strength of more than 1500MPa, which can better protect the cockpit and battery, which is also one of the highlights of the MEB pure electric platform in safety.
In the European E-NCAP test, ID.3 achieved a five-star safety score. The ID.3 produced by SAIC Volkswagen adopted the C-IASI Zhongbao Research Standard, and the working conditions far exceeding the C-NCAP standard for safety testing, and performed well in the most challenging 25% bias collision, front and side collision tests, and even in the non-mandatory 100km/h high-speed crash test, the battery pack still did not catch fire for 48 hours.
Volkswagen ID.3 also strengthens the safety of the battery pack in a targeted manner, using a series of measures such as 2ms high-voltage shut-off, breathing pressure relief valve, aluminum alloy housing, double insulation protection cell, etc., to ensure the safety of the system from the battery cell to the module to the group, and better channel the risk of the battery pack. For the acceptance of battery performance, 338 different tests were also carried out, including wading, durability, temperature, electrical, mechanical and attenuation cycles.
In terms of the durability of the vehicle, ID.3 has also undergone a road durability test of more than 4 million kilometers of equivalent user conditions, and almost all the long-term use of decay and aging you can imagine, including a series of harsh conditions such as sand and gravel blows, heavy rain, salt spray, etc., as well as the repeated opening and closing of door handles, glove boxes and other parts in daily use, ID.3 has completed the advance verification.
Although these rigorous manufacturing processes or almost harsh durability tests cannot be reflected through a simple test drive, for CY, whose professional skills have also undergone high standards and repeatedly tempered, there is a sense of empathy for the birth process of ID.3. In his eyes, ID.3 is not only fashionable and trendy, but also has the rare label of safety and reliability, which is precisely what many new energy models in the industry lack.
summary
Through a day's experience, CY did not expect that the first test drive of pure electric vehicles, can be "planted grass", Volkswagen ID.3 is a model that perfectly matches its own temperament, and it is also a perfect model that is truly born for youth.
Volkswagen ID.3 not only represents the avant-garde energy form He environmental protection concept, but also has the enthusiastic and unrestrained external temperament that young people love, whether it is modeling or driving experience, it can well meet the needs of young people, while taking into account the needs of different aesthetics and driving habits.
Through the external essence, ID.3 has a solid endurance and high-quality characteristics given by Ashkenazi genes, which also matches the never-tired lifestyle of young people and the spirit of uncompromising in achieving perfection.
In November this year, the sales share of new energy models has reached the 20% mark and is becoming an increasingly mainstream car buying choice. For young users who want to "try early", saic-volkswagen ID.3 is not to be missed.