If you ask a person who has just bought a fuel car why he doesn't buy an electric car, I think his answer must have the keyword "endurance anxiety". Indeed, from the day of the birth of electric vehicles, "endurance" seems to have been the biggest obstacle to the growth of the share of such products. Although many electric vehicles can now achieve a range of 500 kilometers, and there is no difference between ordinary fuel vehicles, but slow charging is the second excuse for consumers to reject it. So when a car can achieve a range of thousands of kilometers, will you still feel anxious about travel?
For example, GAC Aeon recently launched the redesigned AION LX PLUS, the official guidance price is 28.66-45.96 million yuan, a total of 4 models are provided, the biggest highlight of which is the top thousand mile version of the cruising range of 1008km, at least in my impression, it is the only model in China that currently has a four-figure endurance.
In terms of appearance, as a modified model of the AION LX, the front face design keeps up with the latest style of the family, and the elements are further simplified and radicalized, which is more in line with the positioning of electric vehicles. The two parts of the trapezoidal grille atmosphere symmetrical left and right look layered. The headlights on both sides are irregularly contoured, the impact is very strong, and the daytime running lights are quite delicate when lit.
The waistline from bottom to top stretches and flows smoothly, making it more three-dimensional under the illumination of the light, and the slightly prominent eyebrows show a sense of strength. The B-pillars, C-pillars and D-pillars are painted in black to create a suspended roof. In addition, hidden door handles and low wind resistance wheels are available. In terms of size, AION LX PLUS has a length, width and height of 4835*1935*1685mm, and a wheelbase of 2920mm.
The rear windshield tilt angle is very large, which further lowers the visual center of gravity of the entire rear, and the through-type light strip is surrounded by a half-package style, showing a relatively good sense of technology, and the lower encirclement forms a contrasting color match with the body, equipped with a silver diffuser, and the vehicle has a stronger sense of movement.
Inside the car, the interior of the AION LX PLUS takes a minimalist design route, and the air outlet of the through-channel air conditioner further highlights the visual layering. Most of the functions are included in the 15.6-inch screen of the central control, which has a built-in ADiGO 4.0 intelligent IoT system, and in order to ensure the smooth operation, it is equipped with a Qualcomm 8155 computing chip, and stronger performance redundancy can also be supported for subsequent OTA upgrades.
In addition, as an electric vehicle with a top price of more than 400,000, the material can be said to be pulled to the top, the area touched at hand is covered with a large number of soft materials, the door panel area is also added to the fur, with the piano paint on the operating table, the luxurious atmosphere can be said to be quite in place.
In terms of power, AION LX PLUS provides two solutions: single motor and dual motor, of which the maximum power of single motor is 180kW and the peak torque is 350Nm; the maximum power of the dual motor version is 360kW, the peak torque is 700Nm, and the acceleration time of 100 km/h is only 3.9 seconds. In terms of endurance, in addition to the 1000-mile version, it is equipped with a battery with a capacity of 93.3kWh, and the endurance is 600 and 650 kilometers, while the 1000-mile version has a battery capacity of 144.4kWh, and the endurance can be 1008 kilometers, but the power configuration is a single motor, and the performance is much worse than that of the double motor, which is a little regrettable.
Model prospects
From the pricing point of view of AION LX PLUS, it is just in the most competitive range of 300,000-400,000 new energy SUVs, in addition to tesla Model Y, ideal ONE, Nio ES8 and the upcoming Xiaopeng G9 launched in the second half of this year, are strong opponents. Compared with these competitors, AION LX PLUS does not seem to have many advantages to support its price in addition to the top 1008 km endurance, which can be called a selling point. In particular, the brand of GAC Aean gives people the impression that it is more within 200,000, and now that the price of this product has risen by 100% at once, will consumers really be willing to spend more money to choose you?