In 2020, Yaston conducted a comprehensive long-term test of the micro blue 6, including endurance, power, intelligence, safety and other aspects. At that time, when the tram was just starting out, the shape, space, power and endurance performance of the micro blue 6 was very good. For this reason, I also had the privilege of becoming a micro blue 6 car owner.
After a year, Buick launched the 2022 Buick Micro Blue 6, adjusted the battery, motor, and significantly reduced the guidance price, from the original 195,300-212,300 to 159,900-178,900.
If in 2020, there are not many choices for 100,000-class pure electric family cars, then in 2022, this market has become a red sea. What about the competitiveness of the updated Micro Blue 6?
More concerned about high speed and battery life
The 2020 Micro Blue 6 is equipped with a 110 kW, 350 Nm electric motor. The 2022 Micro Blue 6 features a brand new motor that boosts power by 20 kW to 130 kW and adjusts torque to 265 Nm. Although the motor parameters are adjusted, there are high and low, but on the whole, it is more of a choice in the direction, and the new micro blue 6 focuses more on power consumption.
The 2022 micro blue 6 hundred kilometers of electricity consumption is 12.6 degrees, compared with the 2020 model's 13.1 degrees electricity reduced by 0.5 degrees, which helps the micro blue 6 bring longer endurance.
The adjustment of the motor strategy did not affect the power performance of the micro blue 6. Although the new Slight blue 6 is not as good as the old model in terms of torque, it has improved the acceleration time of the most critical 0-50km/h by 0.5 seconds to 3.1 seconds. This means that the main performance of the micro blue 6 at medium and low speeds has not only not shrunk, but has improved.
Medium and low speed response has always been the advantage of the micro blue 6, as a pure electric vehicle for the main city transportation, this agile and fast power brings a very flexible use experience. The 2022 model retains this and adjusts the power and torque more for energy consumption at higher speeds.
Higher power leads to higher rpm, which leads to higher extreme speeds. The 20 kW increase in the motor has led to an increase in the speed of the new Micro Blue 6 from 150 km/h to 170 km/h. The increase in speed has improved the power consumption in high-speed road conditions, so that pure electric vehicles that are not good at high speeds can have as little "endurance discount" as possible at high speeds.
The new micro blue 6 can still continue the power characteristics of the old micro blue 6, such as maintaining 350 Nm of torque and increasing the maximum torque output range, but Buick did not do so, mainly believing that the target group of the micro blue 6 is female home users, power is not the first, endurance and feeling are more important.
To this end, the new micro blue 6 motor has reduced the peak torque and greatly increased the torque output range, resulting in a re-acceleration capability that is good even at high speeds.
The micro blue 6 corresponds to the Buick micro blue 7. The micro blue 7 also uses a 130 kW motor with a maximum torque of 360 Nm, which causes the micro blue 7 to have excellent endurance and power performance at low and medium speeds, but once it exceeds 120 km/h at high speed, the power consumption will increase rapidly.
In actual experience, the start of the new micro blue 6 is still very fast, although the zero hundred acceleration time is ten seconds away, but the entire torque output duration is more durable than the old model.
Larger battery
The battery capacity of the new Micro Blue 6 has been increased to 61.1 kWh, which is 8.6 degrees higher than the old model. Although the battery capacity has increased, the actual size and weight have not changed due to the increase in battery energy density from 140Wh/kg to 163Wh/kg.
The larger battery gives longer range, with the new Micro Blue 6's CLTC range increasing to 518 km, compared to the old NEDC's 410 km. Although the two use completely different cycle conditions, the new micro blue 6 NEDC endurance can be calculated from the battery capacity.
The weight of the new and old batteries is the same, according to the old micro blue 6 power consumption of 13.1 degrees, the increased battery capacity can travel 65 kilometers more, coupled with the new motor more energy-saving strategy, in fact, the NEDC endurance can be increased by about 15 kilometers, that is to say, the NEDC endurance of the micro blue 6 is about 480 kilometers.
The reason why this value is calculated is because the old micro blue 6 can completely drive to the NEDC endurance, and even in some cases can exceed the NEDC endurance, so 480 km as an important reference for the actual endurance of the micro blue 6.
In fact, the micro blue 6 is a pure electric vehicle built by a pure electric architecture, and the biggest advantage is safety. Compared with the news that the new forces are pure electric vehicles are thermally out of control, Buick, as an old manufacturer, has always adopted a safer and more cautious attitude towards batteries.
Micro Blue 6's battery uses aerospace-grade nano temperature-controlled material aerogel for cell insulation, ensuring that even thermal runaway does not affect the surrounding cells. The whole battery has undergone seven types of 13 extreme safety tests such as puncture, extrusion, immersion, fire, overcharge, overdischarge and short circuit, and has increased the rail, fall and transverse column collision experiments above the requirements of the regulations to ensure driving safety to the greatest extent.
The fast charging performance of the battery maintains the performance of the old model, and it only takes 30 minutes to charge from 30% to 80%. In actual use, it is recommended that users avoid using fast full full discharge, fast charging function is only used as a means of rapid energy replenishment in long-distance travel, so 30-80% of this range, even if frequent use of fast charging will not have much impact on the battery.
The appearance of pure electricity in the home
Although the micro blue 6 is not an exclusive pure electric platform in the strict sense, as a family car, the micro blue 6 still has a very good performance.
Styling changes focus on the front face, tail, and hubs. The front face is more holistic and concise, with a reduction in the grille prominence, and the shape of the tail lower lip smiley face and large mouth is changed to a flatter design, less agile, and increased sophistication. The wheel hub adopts a new 17-inch aerodynamic insert low wind resistance wheel hub, rigid and soft, flat and twisted curved surface make the light and shadow change at different angles, there is a futuristic aesthetic look.
Compact car positioning, micro blue 6 maintains the MAV setting, making the longitudinal space very abundant, especially the rear, spacious legroom and panoramic sunroof, the riding experience is very good. The low sitting position and the suspension of the car make the slight blue 6 very comfortable to drive, and it can filter the road bumps as much as possible. Compared with the same level of fuel vehicles, the micro blue 6 has the inherent advantage of tram silence.
The Micro Blue 6 offers three driving modes of "Normal, Sport, and Single Pedal", eliminating the economy mode on the old Micro Blue 6. In any mode, the owner can choose the "light, medium and strong" three levels of energy recovery intensity.
Under normal circumstances, the normal mode is adopted, the energy recovery is medium, and the entire driving experience is almost indistinguishable from that of ordinary fuel vehicles, and there will be no obvious drag. The new single-pedal mode provides a creative option for drivers looking for freshness, controlling the vehicle's acceleration and deceleration via the throttle.
The micro blue 6 series is equipped with a 10-inch high-definition central control screen as standard, equipped with Buick eConnect intelligent interconnection technology. The new Micro Blue 6 adopts the upgraded iFLYTEK voice, which has a significantly faster response and also supports interrupts and multiple rounds of dialogue. However, the intelligent voice of the new micro blue 6 is like rushing to work when replying, and the answer speed is very fast.
Along with the upgrade of the voice system, the windows, sunroof and air conditioning can now be controlled by voice.
The map is still the auto-machine version of AutoNavi Map, real-time online, intelligent interconnection, support mobile phone navigation location, standard with Onstar to provide full-time online monitoring and remote vehicle control.
In fact, the new micro blue 6 has made adjustments for battery life, focusing on the improvement of endurance to make it more in line with the positioning of family cars. Sufficient space, gentle driving, comfortable suspension, and simple and convenient starting power, it is precisely because of this positioning that female customers in the micro blue 6 account for the vast majority.
Most female car owners have a greater degree of praise for the micro blue 6 than the micro blue 7 (both are the same price), but the more comfortable positioning and larger space performance of the micro blue 6, as well as Buick's trust as a joint venture veteran, make most families tend to choose the micro blue 6 as the second car of the family, daily transportation.
As a slight blue 6 owner, I think this is very real.
Figure | Derived from Yaston live shooting, the Internet
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