2022 is coming, are your new cars about to be delivered?
Looking back on 2021 as a whole, it was a year of extreme unfriendliness for everyone who intended to buy a car. Maybe it's because of the surge in consumption, maybe it's because of the shortage of chips, anyway, it's not easy to buy a car in 2021. Waiting for three to six months is a trivial matter, and some hot-selling models also face the problem of price increases.
"It is difficult to buy a car, it is expensive to buy a car", this is the car market in 2021.
However, as more and more car companies began to adopt the direct sales model, we began to be forced to accept a new car purchase model, that is, "futures car". From the release of the mass production model and the announcement of the price to the official delivery to the consumer, you may have to wait for half a year or even more than a year.
Although this treatment has long been commonplace for the owners of distinguished Porsche, Ferrari and Lamborghini, the difference with these ultra-luxury brands is that these "futures cars" are still in the research and development stage for a long time after listing, rather than encountering production capacity problems.
So in 2022, which of our long-awaited "futures cars" will be officially delivered?
Polar Fox αS Huawei HI Edition
Delivery time: Q1 2022 Release time: April 2021 Price: 388,900 to 429,900 yuan
Polar Fox αS believes that everyone should be no stranger, as the second model of the Polar Fox brand, αS label is not many. For example, Magna's production, 708 kilometers of ultra-long endurance, 20.3-inch central control screen and other features make the Polar Fox αS look not ordinary.
However, at this stage, the Polar Fox αS does not show its full strength, because there is also the existence of Huawei HI version.
At the same time as the release of αS, Polar Fox showed the HI version of the model cooperated with Huawei. On the basis of the ordinary version of αS, Huawei's HI version model is also equipped with three lidars, which can realize the Huawei ADS intelligent driver assistance system. I think you should be able to remember that on the eve of the conference, Huawei's HI version of the model won a high degree of attention and topic with its automatic driving ability displayed on the city road.
Of course, in addition to the intelligent driving assistance system, the HI version of the model will also be equipped with the Hongmeng OS vehicle version and a more powerful dual motor, which will bring further improvement to the intelligent experience and driving experience.
As for the delivery time, Huawei's HI version of the model has actually delivered about 200 units on December 20 last year. However, because they are all delivered internally, they are strictly speaking, the testing stage. But the time for official delivery to the average car owner is indeed very close, and it should not be a problem in the first quarter of this year.
NIO ET7
Delivery time: March 28, 2022
Published: January 2021
Price: 44.80 ~ 526,000 yuan
The first time I heard the term "futures car" should be at NIO DAY in early 2021, When Weilai released the brand's first sedan ET7.
The most popular thing about et7 is that many of the technologies or exaggerated data that everyone thinks are still far away are on this model released in early 2021. For example, the 150kWh solid-state battery pack can achieve an endurance of more than 1,000 kilometers; four NVIDIA Orin chips bring 1016TOPS computing power, coupled with the AQUILA super sense system composed of other hardware, which can make ET7 realize The automatic driving function of NIO.
It's no exaggeration to say that even if ET7 is released today a year later, I think people will still be amazed.
Of course, NIO ET7 is still not delivered according to the original plan, and at present, according to NIO's plan, ET7 will officially begin delivery on March 28. However, the above-mentioned 150kWh solid-state battery and NIO's automatic driving are still in the "futures" stage, after all, limited by technical, regulatory and other conditions, solid-state batteries and automatic driving systems are indeed still some distance away from us.
However, I also believe that in these two aspects, NIO ET7 will be a pioneer.
Zhiji L7
Delivery time: April 2022
Published: April 2021
Price: 408,800 yuan
Since the Weilai ET7 is mentioned, then the Zhiji L7 will inevitably follow.
As a high-end brand jointly founded by SAIC, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech and Alibaba, Zhiji L7 seems to be pointing to NIO ET7 in all aspects. Positioning, pricing, size, performance and other data needless to say, even in the design, L7 and ET7 between the indeed some similarity.
For example, both models have bulges on the roof, but in terms of function, the Zhiji L7 is a CarLog function for shooting, while the ET7 is a lidar. Of course, in terms of automatic driving, the Zhiji L7 is also equipped with NVIDIA chips (computing power can be compared to ET7) and supports the upgrade of lidar.
Last year, Zhiji also released and demonstrated the driving ability of the IM AD automatic driving system equipped with the L7 on the actual road, compared with Weilai, which is still in the PPT stage.
In addition, Zhiji L7 has more powerful customization functions, such as intelligent interaction between front and rear headlight groups. Even in the car, in addition to the integrated liftable through-screen, through the SOA platform, the Zhiji L7 also supports deeper customization and OTA functions, which can bring more smart cockpit new gameplay.
And more preemptive than ET7 is that the first batch of beta experience versions of Zhiji L7 have rolled off the production line, and even hung up the official license plate to drive on the Bund in Shanghai. Weilai's side is more procrastinating, and if you want to see the ET7 real car, you can only go to Anting to see the road test of the camouflage car.
However, in terms of delivery time, the release of the later Zhiji L7 will also be delivered later, and it will be officially delivered in April.
NIO ET5
Delivery time: September 2022
Published: December 2021
Price: 32.80 ~386,000 yuan
At last month's NIO DAY 2021, as previously conjectured, NIO released the brand's second sedan, the ET5.
The same exterior and interior design as the ET7 can also be equipped with a 150kWh solid-state battery pack and can support NIO's NAD autonomous driving technology. In every way, ET5 is the smaller ONE ET7.
However, ET5 made Weilai's APP crash directly on the night of release with its amazing price. The official price starts at 328,000, and after using the battery rental scheme, the starting price of the ET5 directly goes to 258,000, and configurations such as dual motors, electric suction doors, and 23-speaker audio are standard.
Whether it is compared with similarly positioned Model 3, P7, or the traditional 3 Series, C-class, A4L, THE COST PERFORMANCE OF WEILAI ET5 is indeed ridiculously high.
However, the official delivery of ET5 will need to wait until September this year, although the waiting time has been shortened a lot compared to ET7. But in the next 9 months, there will definitely be more new cars benchmarking THE ET5, and the cost-effective advantage of ET5 is really difficult to say.
Sharon Mech Dragon
Delivery time: within 2022
Published: November 2021
Price: 488,000 yuan
Before last year's Guangzhou Auto Show, not many people may know that there is a car brand called Salon. However, after the auto show, with its first model, the Mech Dragon, Sharon became the most talked about new brand during the entire auto show.
As a new high-end brand under the Great Wall Group, the Salon brand has been silent for too long, so with the release of the Mecha Dragon, everything seems to have exploded.
For most people, the most controversial aspect of the mech dragon is definitely the design. Unlike other models that are becoming more and more minimalistic, the mecha dragon seems to come from another time and space, and the complex and tough lines bring a completely different sense of visual impact, which I think is not contrary to putting it into Cyberpunk 2077.
In addition, under the exaggerated appearance, the mecha dragon is also equipped with 4 laser radar and 115kWh battery pack. The CLTC has a maximum cruising range of 802 km/h and an acceleration capacity of 3.7 seconds to 100 km/h.
Of course, the starting price of 488,000 yuan also makes the mech dragon look so different, but compared to the above four have a rough delivery time, the delivery time of the mech dragon does not seem to be clear, and Sharon just said that it will be delivered in 2022.
Write at the end
In addition to the above 5 models, there are more equally heavy models that should be listed and delivered this year, such as WM M7, Xiaopeng G9, Gaohe HiPhi Z, Polar Star 3 and so on.
And in 2022, there will certainly be more new models that are in line with this era and even lead the times, whether it is a traditional brand, an "old force" or a new "new force" brand, they will surely bring us more interesting new models, new features or new ways to play.
So for you who plan to buy a car this year, you may really need to get tangled up.