A few days ago, overseas media exposed the renderings of the new generation of Smart, and the overall shape is very similar to the smart genie #1 concept car of the previous Munich Motor Show. The biggest feature of the car is actually based on Geely's latest SEA vast architecture. In fact, Smart has decided to transform into a pure electric brand, and the main market in the future will shift to China.
In addition to smart, the previous electric BMW MINI has also been exposed, it will be produced by the Great Wall and BMW's beam car, will use the Great Wall Hive Energy power battery. Toyota's upcoming blockbuster electric vehicles in 2022 will be produced by a joint venture between BYD and Toyota, using BYD's three-electric technology.
It seems that overnight, the cooperation between domestic brands and international brands has changed. In the past, joint venture companies basically used foreign technology, and now these international brands are increasingly relying on the technology of domestic brands.
What do they really think? Let the kung fu car take everyone to see it together.
(1) Geely version of Smart, a great architecture
First of all, let's talk about the Geely version of Smart, which was officially unveiled at the Munich Motor Show last year, and its characteristics have been exposed to 7788, which is infinitely close to the state of mass production.
The new Smart is positioned as a small SUV, which also makes it the first SUV in Smart history. But from the appearance alone, the new car is more like a crossover model, with soft lines and closed grilles that indicate its electric vehicle identity.
Thanks to the advantages of the new pure electric platform, its body size is 4290 * 1910 * 1698mm, but the wheelbase has reached 2750mm, which is too exaggerated. For comparison, a mid-size SUV like the Volkswagen Tiguan L has a width of 1839mm and a wheelbase of 2791mm. In other words, this small car, which is less than 4 meters 3, is wider than the mid-size SUV, and the wheelbase is comparable, which looks small, but in fact, there is a hole in the interior. You may not imagine that the large space will become the advantage of Smart in the era of electrification.
The new Smart adopts a minimalist design concept inside, eliminating most of the physical buttons, and most of the functions are integrated into the central control screen. The independent four-seat design leaves enough space. The two-sided open door layout makes its sense of luxury even higher. The new car also inherits the high intelligence of the SEA haohan architecture, it is said that 75% of the intelligent functions can achieve OTA evolution, and it is also equipped with the latest generation of intelligent driving system, intelligent parking, pilot assistance, lane keeping, adaptive cruise, emergency avoidance these functions will definitely be carried.
At present, the performance of the new car is still not exposed, but the electric car seems to never have to worry about insufficient performance, after all, the motor can output the maximum torque at the first time, even if it is the entry-level Hongguang MINI EV, many people also feedback 0-50km/h acceleration to crush the oil car. In terms of battery life, according to the previous information, the new Smart endurance will be about 450km, to meet the daily commuting needs, and will not bring too much pressure to the car, which is the golden endurance of the electric car.
At present, the biggest suspense is probably when the pure electric Smart will be listed.
(2) The Great Wall version of MINI is not a shell euler
It has been previously determined that the new generation of pure electric MINI will be produced by Beam Auto, a joint venture between Great Wall and BMW. As a joint venture between the Great Wall and BMW, Beam Auto has planned an annual production capacity of 160,000 units, considering that Wei Xiaoli's annual sales have not yet exceeded 100,000, Beam Auto can be described as ambitious.
Previously, the pure electric version of THE MINI COOPER unmasking spy photos have been exposed, and the new car completely continues the classic design style of the MINI family two-door hatchback, in addition to the closed grille such an electric vehicle "standard", its entire temperament form is also completely MINI's consistent style. It can be seen that the main design of the new car should be completed by BMW.
But the information about its "core" is more ambiguous. It is said that the new car is neither based on Euler's ME platform nor BMW's i platform, but an original platform born from the beam car, which combines the advantages of the two. The power battery comes from the Great Wall's hive energy, which is most likely the "Dayu Battery" announced earlier, which has high safety; the electric drive and control system will be jointly developed by BMW and the Great Wall to ensure that high performance can be achieved at the same time, but also enough energy saving.
In terms of vehicle system, the new car will be equipped with BMW's iDrive 8.0 human-computer interactive in-vehicle system, which is the same as the iX and i4. It is said that the biggest advantage of this system is that it has excellent intelligent networking capabilities, which allow the vehicle to obtain more information than the driver. Specifically, according to real-time data and historical data models, it brings users traffic conditions prediction services, prejudgment of destination parking spaces, danger prediction and so on. However, the specific configuration information needs to be further exposed.
However, from the perspective of the completion of the spy photo, this new car has a high probability of having begun to test the road, and it is almost a foregone conclusion to be listed in 2022, and it is likely to be listed one step ahead of the pure electric version of Smart.
(3) BYD version of Toyota, blade battery arrangement?
On December 14 last year, Toyota unveiled 15 pure electric models in one go, of which the model standing in the C position is the model cooperated by Toyota and BYD. According to previous information, the new car will be launched at the Beijing Auto Show in April this year and will be launched a few years ago, which is also a very high-profile model.
As the first new car of the "Bifeng" joint venture, the bZ SDN is positioned as a medium-sized sports sedan. Its futuristic design, with low wind resistance wheels, slip-back body and concealed door handles, all foreshadowing a model with very low wind resistance for longer endurance.
The new car will be built on Toyota's latest eTNGA architecture, the biggest feature of which is that all designs are based on drivers, forging the entire model from scratch. Its laser spiral welded body, the overall rigidity compared to the ordinary model increased by 30% to 65%, which means that it will have excellent safety, while the handling limit will be higher.
The new car will also use BYD's three-electric system, the most anticipated of which is undoubtedly BYD's unique secret technology "blade battery". This new type of battery based on lithium iron phosphate batteries adopts a very advanced module-free design, which directly withstands external pressure through the strength of the cell itself, which greatly improves the volume utilization rate of the battery pack and achieves the same energy density as the ternary lithium battery.
But in addition to the energy density, it also has better safety performance than the traditional lithium iron phosphate battery, can accept the test of "needle prick test", even in the steel needle puncture and no open flame, smokeless, and the battery surface temperature is maintained at 30 ~ 60 ° C, completely bidding farewell to the possibility of "spontaneous combustion". And the blade battery also has a long life, which can provide new cars with more than 1.2 million kilometers, which is also industry-leading.
Of course, BYD's electric drive and electronic control system are also very powerful, not only has a strong performance output, but also enough energy saving, enough to make Toyota's new car a hit next year.
(4) Kung Fu shooting
Cooperation with domestic first-line car companies seems to have become the "method" of rapid electrification of international big names. First, directly use the pure electric platform and three-electric system of domestic car companies, which can greatly reduce research and development costs; second, it can also reduce development time and go public as soon as possible to seize the highland of the electrification market; third, you can learn more new energy core technologies, use your own brand to fight the market, and achieve win-win cooperation, which is probably the reverse "market for technology".
Foreign brands, China's "core", such new energy vehicles you look forward to?