The next pure electric sedan worth looking forward to
Will it be the Changan C385?
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2021 is a year for domestic new energy vehicles to take off, with a market penetration rate of more than 20%, and the set target for 2025 has been completed ahead of schedule. The booming new energy vehicle market can not only be limited to Tesla and a vote of "new forces", but also the independent brand car companies are also competing to launch their own new brands and pure electric architectures.
In such a big environment, Changan has launched a super collector electric drive and a new electric model codenamed C385. Not long ago, the first fully assembled prototype of the C385 was also off the production line, indicating that Changan's first strategic model in the field of new energy is just around the corner.
▎Where is the brand advantage of the head new force?
Before talking about the C385 in detail, I would like to talk about Tesla and Niolai, the world's first-selling "car-making new force" and the domestic first-selling luxury "car-making new force".
Tesla will musk adhere to the "first principle" to the extreme, can be summarized by "efficiency first, can save the province" eight words, so the new Model 3 canceled the last driver assistance radar, and the subversive octopus heat pump air conditioner is also the best embodiment of the "first principle".
Weilai is comparable to the "Haidilao" in the "new forces", with excellent service, rich activities, comprehensive supporting facilities to bring users a unique experience, the user stickiness and brand loyalty to the extreme. The APPROPRIATE RELEASE OF ET5 not only uses NIO's most advanced platform, but also reduces the price of the entry-level version to 250,000 through the BaaS battery rental program.
These two models will be the strongest opponents of Changan C385 in the future. In contrast, what are the features of Changan C385 that deserve attention?
▎ Aim at winter problems and develop more accurately
In fact, after several years of development, the core problems of new energy vehicles affecting the user experience have become less and less. However, in view of the "low temperature" of the biggest enemy of new energy vehicles, manufacturers do not have too good solutions. Low temperature will affect the normal use of the battery, light battery life is a large "diving", power attenuation, heavy nest, inch difficult to walk.
At present, the battery heating method commonly used in the industry is heating through heating membrane and hydrothermal system. Although there is a certain effect, there are still a series of problems such as uneven heating, large temperature difference, and large energy consumption (which greatly affects the endurance).
The high-frequency pulse heating technology first launched on the Changan C385 provides another solution to the problem. Due to the high-frequency pulse current generated between the drive battery and the electric drive, this technology makes full use of the internal resistance of the battery to achieve self-heating, so that the heating uniformity and efficiency are higher. Even in the extremely cold environment of -30 °C, it can achieve 5 minutes of heating 20 °C, overall, can bring better ultra-low temperature performance and endurance experience in actual driving.
▎Match high-quality hardware to create more mature and intelligent products
As mentioned earlier, Tesla hopes to eliminate all radar hardware in the future, relying only on cameras and machine learning software system "Tesla Vision" to achieve driver assistance functions.
Although this solution saves hardware costs, it has extremely high requirements for chip computing power and software optimization. So on the road of "pure visual perception", Tesla has no followers. New forces and traditional manufacturers have all turned to lidar, "rolling in" in the number of radar and other hardware.
After equipped with the APA7.0 system, the C385 can realize the unmanned autonomous queuing parking function outside the garage for the first time under the premise of meeting the relevant national regulations. That is to say, the owner can get off the car directly outside the garage, let C385 independently complete the operation of queuing, crossing the gate, finding a parking space, and complete the parking independently.
At the same time, APA7.0 can also enable the C385 to be connected at the elevator entrance and outside the garage. Imagine the future, when you drive the C385 to the highway service area, you can get off the car gracefully at the entrance of the service area, let the C385 find a parking space on its own, and then use the mobile phone to summon the vehicle with one click after the meal or rest, which is the "real smart car"!
▎ Continue to play the design advantages, the shape is more colorful
After talking about the two "black technologies" of the C385, we will focus on its sci-fi futuristic appearance. In fact, Changan's design in recent years has been very out of the circle, and the global design center has also played an important role.
The C385 adopts a stylish and dynamic slip-on design, and the closed front grille with a narrow and sharp LED daytime light group not only adds a bit of aggression and sportiness to the new car, but also brings a strong visual impact.
It also adopts the design of a split headlight group, and the matrix headlight group located in the traditional fog light area has an interactive lamp language function. The lines on the side of the car are sharp and angular, the unique shape of the "petal" wheels, and the hidden door handles with a sense of technology can effectively reduce wind resistance and improve endurance.
At the same time, the C385's rear design is also very outstanding, and the chic through taillights and two-stage spoiler can definitely be unforgettable.
▎ Write at the end
To this day, many people still claim that "electric vehicles have no soul". However, the era of electric vehicles is happy for consumers, because compared with fuel vehicles, the purchase of new energy vehicles with the same performance and better experience, we pay less cost, but more choices.
The emergence of C385 also indicates that independent brand car companies, including Changan Automobile, are focusing on the development and development of new energy vehicles with greater determination and higher investment. Changan C385 was not only born on a forward-looking pure electric platform, but also in terms of design sense and software and hardware investment, it is on par with strong opponents such as Tesla Model 3 and Weilai ET5. If the final price can be positioned at about 200,000-250,000, it should harvest a good order volume.
The competitive environment of China's auto market is destined to lead our new energy automobile industry and will be ahead of the world. As Zhu Huarong, chairman of Changan Automobile, said: "In the next 10 years, world-class Chinese brands will be born in the world, and Changan Automobile will be among them!" "As the first strategic model of Changan New Energy, the C385 deserves more expectations from us!