2021 is approaching, there are many people around me who are considering buying a car, one is a "small reward" for this year's hard work, the other is also a "new year and new atmosphere", buying a new car is a good start for 2022. However, for many young families at present, work career and income are in the rising period, they do not have much savings, although the purchase of a car is a necessary matter, but the budget is limited, so most young families will choose a family car of about 150,000-250,000 yuan. This can be confirmed in the sales performance, in the current young people as the main consumer group, the car market still occupies the largest share, in November 2021 sales of nearly 900,000 units, the first 11 months of sales of nearly 8.8 million.
In the city of Limited Purchase in the north, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen, pure electric home cars have become the first choice. Since it is a young person who buys a car, the requirements for the car will definitely focus on the aspects of "walking far away", "uncomfortable with using comfort", "sitting is not big", "smart enough". Based on these criteria, we found two high-quality pure electric sedans, namely the Recently Launched Xiaopeng P5 and the acclaimed GAC AION S Plus. But if we have to choose one of the two, we need to make a comprehensive comparison. The two models we have selected this time are the "550E" of the Xiaopeng P5 and the "80 Technology Edition" of AION S Plus.
■ Who goes further?
Of all the car purchase needs, I think the endurance is the most important, because the car is a means of transportation after all, and its range of activities determines our travel efficiency. For young families, although the five-day weekday is just a simple two-point and one-line city commute, it will definitely seize every opportunity to take a self-driving tour that can be walked away, releasing stress and adjusting life.
In this regard, both the Xiaopeng P5 and the AION S Plus are qualified, and the cruising range under the comprehensive working conditions of the two NEDC is 550km and 602km respectively, of which the latter data is 52km more, which can meet the needs of our daily commuting and short- and medium-distance self-driving trips. The other two models have extremely low temperature battery heating devices, and energy recovery also has three strengths that can be adjusted.
However, compared with AION S Plus, Xiaopeng P5 has another advantage in improving endurance, that is, the whole series is equipped with heat pump air conditioning, which will help the vehicle reduce the energy consumption of air conditioning in the winter car process and put more "strength" on endurance.
In terms of energy replenishment, the calibration endurance is longer, which means that the capacity of the battery pack is larger, but the charging time will be correspondingly longer, the current AION S Plus official calibration from 30% to 80% of the charge takes at least 45 minutes, and the Xiaopeng P5 only needs 35 minutes, so in terms of charging efficiency, it is better to charge the Xiaopeng P5.
■ Who is more comfortable?
With a more reliable battery life, we have to consider the performance of a car in terms of comfort and convenience.
If you compare it with the Xiaopeng P5 and the AION S Plus, let's first look at the hardware configuration. The AION S Plus has three advantages, namely the size of the panoramic canopy, the standard front seat heating, and the number of speakers is two more. The Xiaopeng P5 has more advantages in the configuration and function of the central control screen/dashboard size, seat material, main driver seat belt memory, central control screen adjustment of the front seat, rear seat belt is not fastened reminder and so on.
In addition, in terms of software, Xiaopeng P5 can install a virtual key on the mobile APP and also has a sharing function. The mobile APP remote control, sentinel mode, 4G network and other functions are also the configuration that AION S Plus does not have, allowing us to "senselessly" control the Xiaopeng P5.
■ Who is more spacious?
With a good functional configuration, there must also be a lot of space to enjoy, which is like a video game with a fine screen, without a high-performance console and monitor, you still can't play. Especially for young families, in addition to commuting to work, there will definitely be "tasks" to pick up and drop off children and parents, so the size of the back row space is particularly important.
At this point, the two models or Xiaopeng P5 perform better, although the AION S Plus body length is 2mm more, the width is more than 40mm, but the Xiaopeng P5 has a height of 5mm, and 18mm wheelbase advantage, although the value difference is not large, but there is a clear difference in actual feeling.
For example, Xiaopeng P5 can remove the headrest of the main passenger seat in the front row, so that it is completely "lying flat" in the true sense, so it can effectively break the partition between the front and rear rows, and make full use of the 2768mm wheelbase space, whether we take a nap in the car, or temporarily watch a romantic car movie, or need to load large items when moving, xiaopeng P5's car can be flexibly adjusted, with both comfort and practicality.
In contrast, the one-piece seat of the AION S Plus can also have a good reclining angle, but it cannot be completely flattened in the end. The reason for this is that I think it is all different in the understanding of the model positioning in the early stage of development.
■ Who is smarter?
Regarding the intelligence part, we need to compare both hardware and software. In the hardware part, Xiaopeng P5 is equipped with a rich number of high-precision millimeter wave radar, ultrasonic sensors, surround view cameras and high-perception cameras, and the total number of devices is more than that of AION S Plus.
In the software part, the XPLOT 2.5 intelligent driving assistance function of Xiaopeng P5 has ACC full-speed adaptive cruise system, FCW forward collision warning, SLA intelligent speed limiting assistance, DOW door opening warning, RCW backward collision warning, ALC intelligent lane change assistance, ATC adaptive corner cruise and other high-end intelligent driving assistance functions, while AION S Plus's intelligent driving assistance is relatively small, especially like cornering assistance, The lack of intelligent lane change assistance and rear monitoring and early warning functions in the rear makes us unable to "enjoy" the ease and sense of security brought by GAC Aeon intelligent driving assistance in many cases. It should also be noted that at present, AION S Plus cannot even choose the ADiGO 3.0 system, which means that even if our car purchase budget is sufficient, it is still "more than enough and not enough".
At the same time, Xiaopeng P5 also has a variety of car games, or control drones, in addition, when we communicate with xiaopeng P5 car robot "Xiao P", as long as we say ideas, such as "I am hungry", or "I am tired", it can recommend delicious restaurants or good places to relax in a timely manner, and sometimes push games and songs for us using car applications, which not only makes Xiaopeng P5 more intelligent and interesting, but also invisibly makes us more dependent on this car.
The regular functions of the AION S Plus car system are still relatively rich, but after a lot of entertainment functions are missing, the spacious rear space feels a bit wasteful.
■ In addition to these, the car buying process is also very important
Now the pace of young people's work and life is very fast, so more and more consumers will choose a more convenient and fast way to choose a car and buy a car. Therefore, whether the purchase experience can be "more affordable and less routine" has also become an important factor in whether a new car is competitive.
Xiaopeng P5 and AION S Plus can choose the desired version through the mobile app, and then choose the exterior interior color and various optional bags, and finally the app of the two brands can calculate the actual price after the final comprehensive subsidy, and can be determined with one click. Therefore, in the car purchase process, the experience of both models is very good.
However, it should be noted that AION S Plus has five configurations that need to be individually selected in the purchase process, namely the super-visual distance memory parking package, the ADiGO 2.5 intelligent driving assistance package, the 5G pioneer set, the 1.9㎡ light sense vast canopy, the intelligent ETC, and the super-visual distance memory parking package also contains a key remote control parking function, ADiGO 2.5 intelligent driving assistance suit also contains the function of the ADiGO 2.0 intelligent driving assistance package, so it takes some time and effort to understand clearly. The Xiaopeng P5 is more crisp and clean, and the separate optional part only needs to choose between "smart sleep space" and "smart living space".
■ Bang reviews
On the whole, the Two models of Xiaopeng P5 and AION S Plus have their own characteristics, and both belong to relatively high-quality pure electric cars. In contrast, AION S Plus has better calibration endurance, while Xiaopeng P5 has a richer intelligent/humanized configuration, while the space performance is more flexible, which can allow family life and space to be more extended in the car. In addition, Xiaopeng P5 can also make us more worry-free and labor-saving in the car purchase process through a more convenient and faster selection process and a simpler optional package. That's why in both models, we recommend the Kopeng P5 550E for younger families.