In the face of the growing cake of new energy, even the staunch fans of the traditional fuel faction are quietly changing their positions.
For example, in the Japanese camp that has always insisted on hydrogen energy and hybridization, Akio Toyoda's attitude towards electric vehicles has changed from the original "shelling" to the current "true fragrance", Honda Mibu Toshihiro has also changed his previous exclusive mix in the Chinese market, perfunctory pure electricity attitude, put away the probing move (Siming/concept), and formally challenged the pure electric market.
At last year's Honda China electrification strategy conference, Honda made it clear that all new models launched in China after 2030 will be all electric models such as pure electric and hybrid vehicles, and no new fuel vehicles will be launched. It also released a new pure electric vehicle brand "e:N", which depicts Honda's forward-looking and strategic plan for the future domestic electrification market under the empowerment of e:N Architecture pure electric architecture and e:N OS full-stack intelligent control ecosystem.
However, to say a thousand ways and ten thousand, in fact, it is not as convincing as pulling out and walking around. Honda is also well aware of this, so in order to let consumers see Honda's figure in the electric market as soon as possible, its entire electrification rhythm is particularly compact: October announced the birth of the "e: N" brand, the first new car e: NP1 was unveiled at the Guangzhou Auto Show in November, and the car declaration map flowed out in December, and it is reported that it is planned to be listed in the first quarter of this year.
Although in the field of pure electric has not been able to catch up with the pace of new domestic car-making forces, in terms of the progress of the transformation of traditional car companies to electrification, Honda is not slow. However, this kind of fast-paced play to catch up with the progress and seize the market opportunity is bound to be impossible to do all aspects, such as in terms of styling design that requires extra time and energy to polish, many people think that the first model of the "e: N" brand, Gac Honda e: NP1 is a bit of a "trick" suspicion.
When e:NP1 debuted, its shape caused many friends to speculate, and this speculation finally settled with the emergence of the declaration chart without P plain face. Even with the cover of the family design language, the overlap between the shape of the e:NP1 and the new Japanese Binzhi is really a bit too serious, whether it is the shape of the front and rear headlights, the design of the closed grille, or the waist line and wheel brow outline on the side of the body, and even the design of the front and rear door handles. Here I have to diss about the e: NP1 front door handle design, this traditional retention is really a loss of pure electric vehicle identity (the new Binzhi: my pot?). ）。
Although this kind of designer's "lazy shell" approach has attracted a lot of netizens to complain, and let e:NP1 almost "break the work" in the "informal" first meeting, but look at the original "electric technology" face of Honda on board, many consumers have said that "patience can also be accepted".
Yes, in a sense, e:NP1 does have "lazy" capital, TA is not the so-called "oil to electricity" model, but from the new pure electric architecture "e: N Architecture", which integrates high-power drive motors, high-density batteries, exclusive frames for pure electric vehicles and chassis platforms, with two different driving methods. Among them, the front-facing front-drive FWD for small and medium-sized vehicles equipped with e:NP1 comes from the "e:N Architecture F" pure electric architecture.
The "e:N Architecture F" pure electric architecture continues Honda's athletic genes and has a brisk and responsive driving performance. The control program of the three-in-one motor integrates up to 20,000 scenario algorithms to meet the driving conditions of multiple scenarios. And in order to allow drivers to feel the excitement of fuel vehicles on e:NP1, while equipped with Honda noise reduction technology, you can also enjoy the simulated sound of accelerating sound after turning on the sport mode. In terms of performance, it can be said that e:NP1 brings a pure electric taste.
In terms of another major feature of pure electric vehicles - intelligence, thanks to the full-stack intelligent control ecosystem e:N OS, the intelligent performance of e:NP1 can also be remarkable. The intelligent control system is mainly divided into Honda SENSING safety supersensitive system and Honda CONNECT 3.0 intelligent guidance interconnection system. The former can cover the blind spots around the vehicle, avoid accidents, and let the vehicle "learn to actively avoid accidents"; the latter basically includes the mainstream functions currently on the market, such as car interconnection, digital keys, etc., and can continue to grow through OTA upgrades.
Although there are quite "flaws" in the shape, it can still be seen that Honda's dedication to e:NP1, the perfect integration of pure electric architecture and full-stack intelligent control ecosystem give e:NP1 distinctive Honda electrification characteristics. As e:NP1 gets closer and closer to the time when it comes to us, its vehicle information will gradually be unveiled, and this model that carries the pure electric dream of Guangqi Honda, I don't know if it can successfully break the consumer's inner defense line when officially meeting, and keep looking forward to it.
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