On January 5, GAC Aion LX Plus was officially launched, launching a total of 80 Zhizun Edition, 80D Flagship Edition, 80D Max Edition and Qianli Edition, with an official guidance price of 28.66-45.96 million yuan after subsidies. The new car has many highlights, equipped with self-developed sponge silicon anode chip battery technology and three second-generation intelligent zoom lidar, clTC cruising range of 1008km.
At the listing conference, the car purchase policy given by the official was quite powerful. In addition to the financial solutions, lifetime data traffic, and lifelong roadside assistance enjoyed by most models, AION LX Plus is also the first model in China to enjoy lifetime free triple/vehicle warranty and lifetime free basic maintenance, which really surprises consumers. There are also industry-first door-to-door intelligent driving personal training services, as well as one-click exclusive door-to-door pick-up and delivery of cars, valet charging, etc.
First, the importance of car purchase rights includes a lifetime double exemption
As the flagship model of the Aion family, AION LX Plus is also the vanguard of its efforts to develop high-end service rights; next, we will analyze what substantial benefits AION LX Plus will bring to consumers.
1. Lifetime free basic maintenance policy
Throughout the automotive industry, it is rare for car companies to give a lifetime free basic maintenance policy. In the era of fuel vehicles, car companies will hardly give lifelong free maintenance such rights, after all, the cost of maintenance is not low, but also to ensure the normal income of the after-sales service center.
For example, for fuel vehicles in the range of 300,000-400,000 yuan, the cost of doing a basic maintenance is about 1,000 yuan, basically at least once a year. And two or three years need to do a big maintenance, the cost is higher.
We take a small maintenance of 1000 yuan, large maintenance of 2500 yuan as an example, in 5 years to do about 3 times of small maintenance, 2 times of large maintenance, then 5 years down the maintenance cost of about 8000 yuan. The 5-year maintenance cost of AION LX Plus is about 2000 yuan.
The gap in maintenance costs over the 5-year period is already obvious, if the time is extended to the entire car cycle, the most intuitive benefit of lifelong free basic maintenance is to allow the owner to save more money.
Careful readers and friends may find that the official commitment of lifelong free maintenance is only to eliminate the cost of basic maintenance, such as the replacement of transmission oil, brake oil, vehicle coolant, etc. in the large maintenance is at their own expense.
In this regard, GAC Aeon has also intimately launched an exclusive service package, such as a 4888 yuan lifetime service worry-free package (free in-depth maintenance: including other fragile consumables replacement in addition to batteries and tires; unlimited pick-up and delivery service), which brings a more convenient and high-quality service experience while saving costs for car owners.
2. Lifetime free warranty policy
After talking about the lifetime free basic maintenance policy, let's take a look at the lifetime free warranty policy.
In an interview after the listing of AION LX Plus, the leader of the AION manufacturer once told the media that what AION LX Plus has to do is not only to eliminate the quality concerns of users in the process of purchasing and using pure electric models through a lifetime free warranty policy, but also to tailor-made hosted superior services to create high-end service rights and interests that no one has me and no one has my own, so that car owners can experience superior scientific and technological life one step ahead of others.
For users who are in contact with new energy vehicles for the first time, what they are most concerned about is not the problem of product intelligence, but the warranty policy for batteries, motors, and electronic controls. The car purchase policy given by GAC AION LX Plus includes one, the lifetime free warranty policy.
As long as the user buys the AION LX Plus, if there is a quality problem with the car during the use of the car (unlimited year, unlimited kilometers), they will enjoy the benefit of free replacement/repair. Therefore, whether it is in the three electric or in the car parts, there is no need to worry.
At present, the vehicle warranty policy and the three-electric warranty policy given by most models are not the same, most models give the three-electric warranty policy in 8 years and 150,000 kilometers, and the vehicle warranty policy will be shorter.
The GAC AION LX Plus has launched the industry's highest standard warranty, lifetime free three-electric vehicle warranty, that is to say, in the cycle of the user's car, there is no need to worry about the quality of the vehicle, whether it is the whole vehicle or the three electric, it is a lifetime free warranty, eliminating the user's worries.
To some extent, GAC Ae-ON gives users a lifetime free warranty policy, which also shows that GAC Ae-On has greater confidence in the quality of this product.
When this confidence is further transmitted to the user side, what we see is not the arrogant posture of some brands, but more service benefits that can bring users personal enjoyment. For example, AION LX Plus is the first in-person intelligent driving personal training service in the industry, where users can enjoy the NDA intelligent pilot assistance driving system and AVP over-the-horizon summoning parking one-on-one door teaching without leaving home, and easily have the convenience brought by the intelligent driving assistance system. In addition, users can also enjoy a worry-free travel experience through the GAC E-An APP, one-click exclusive direct connection to E-An headquarters, roadside assistance, free installation of charging piles, transparent maintenance appointments, valet charging and continuous evolution of OTA vehicles, as well as exclusive travel services for car owners.
3. In addition to the double exemption policy, there are also the following car purchase policies
In the car purchase policy of GAC AION LX Plus, in addition to the double exemption policy first promoted by China Pure Electric, there is also a premium battery lease, which is reduced by 120,000 yuan, enjoys a fixed amount of 200,000 yuan, a 5-year ultra-low interest loan and a 2-year 30% discount repurchase of AION Care+ true value. Among them, the industry's first "AION Care + True Value" repurchase plan, that is, after 2 years of car purchase, exchange for any model of GAC Aean, the official will be repurchased at 30% of the market guidance price when the user purchases AION LX Plus.
For users, some of the car purchase rights and interests given by the official about lifelong free may affect the user's decision to buy a car. For example, the car purchase rights given by GAC AION LX Plus, for example, are enough to attract users. Cars with high vintages and kilometers will more or less have some unavoidable problems, which can well reflect the importance of a lifetime free warranty.
Users may be worried about the retention rate, think that the retention rate of pure trams is really so unsightly? Regarding the problem of retention rate, GAC E-An officials also gave a solution when users bought cars. After 2 years of purchasing a car, users will buy any model of GAC Aeon, and the official will give a 30% discount on the market guidance price for repurchase.
GAC Aion LX Plus has a lifetime free three electric / vehicle warranty, lifetime free basic maintenance and other lifelong enjoyment of the policy, will become the key to the owner of the car to buy a car, GAC Aeon seized the pain points of consumers, so that consumers in the purchase, use of cars more at ease, but also reached a new height of high-end pure electricity, this is the high-end models should have the rights and interests.
Second, more than 1,000 endurance, 3 second-generation lidar blessing
Why can GAC AION LX Plus give a double exemption policy? From another point of view, gac AION actually has great confidence in the technology of its models, such as the battery lifetime warranty, because GAC AION LX Plus applies exclusive self-developed sponge silicon anode chip battery technology.
In addition to the double exemption policy given above, there are also many highlights for the GAC AION LX Plus model itself, such as a cruising range of 1008km and the implementation of three second-generation intelligent zoom lidars, which can realize urban NDA functions.
1, over 1,000 endurance becomes a reality
In everyone's inherent cognitive range, the endurance of 700-800km at this stage is already the position of the ceiling of the car industry. Two or three years ago, we also fantasized about when a car company launched a 1000km cruising range, which is not, the maximum cruising range of the GAC AION LX Plus model is 1008km. This is the first mass production car to reach a range of 1,000km, which is indeed a memorable moment for China's new energy automobile industry.
How many medium and large SUV models in the field of fuel vehicles can have a cruising range of more than 1000km? Gac Aeon LX Plus's range has surpassed most fuel models. To bring more convenience to the user's life, for daily commuting, 1000km cruising range, only once a month to charge may be enough.
At the same time, GAC AION LX Plus applies the exclusive self-developed sponge silicon anode chip battery technology. This technology allows the silicon anode inside the battery to be soft and elastic like a sponge, especially in the process of charge and discharge, the expansion and contraction are limited and buffered, and will not break, which can store more energy.
We also did a winter test some time ago, which attracted the attention of many netizens. Users in the north, in particular, are more concerned about the percentage of vehicles that lose power when they are driving in winter.
The sponge silicon anode battery cell equipped with GAC AION LX Plus has excellent low temperature performance, so that the whole package has excellent low temperature capacity retention performance, and the -20 °C capacity retention rate reaches 92%, thus ensuring excellent mileage in winter.
Make batteries safer and more reliable. This may also be the basis for GAC AION LX Plus to achieve a lifetime battery warranty.
2. Intelligent
In addition to the highlights of the mileage of the new car, the degree of intelligence should not be underestimated, and in terms of assisted driving, AION LX Plus can realize the urban NDA function in the follow-up.
In terms of hardware, AION LX Plus is equipped with 3 zoom lidar, as well as 6 millimeter wave radar, 12 ultrasonic radar, 12 cameras and 2 independent high-precision positioning modules. Up to 35 high-performance sensing hardware in the vehicle, achieving a leading position in the same class.
(1 is located on the roof of the car, which is the common "watchtower" style)
(2 of the lidars are located on the front wheels)
In fact, these three lidars are M1 lidar from Sagitar, with a maximum detection distance of 250 meters, and these three lidars are located on the top of the vehicle and at the left and right front fenders. This lidar has a zoom intelligent "gaze" function, as well as a millisecond detection frequency, after equipped with lidar, it can more accurately detect scenes in complex cities, such as quickly identifying unexpected situations such as jams and ghost probes.
Regarding gac Aeon's NDA function, it is actually what we often call the intelligent pilot auxiliary function. We have experienced the high-speed NDA function before, which allows the vehicle to automatically drive in/out of the high-speed ramp and can automatically change lanes as well as automatically accelerate and decelerate. Then switch to the city NDA, the vehicle can achieve traffic light intersection straight, autonomous lane change overtaking, traffic light left and right turn, U-turn and roundabout traffic.
With these three second-generation lidars, GAC Aion LX Plus can achieve urban NDA functions in the near future, realizing high-speed + urban NDA full-scene coverage.
In addition to the highlights of intelligent driving, there are also over-the-horizon summoning parking, clairvoyant cloud monitoring functions, and the vehicle OTA function can also be carried out, allowing users to continuously experience new functions.
3. Design of exterior interior
In the final part, let's review the exterior/interior design of GAC AION LX Plus. The new exterior design is domineering, inspired by the design of "Star Sea Ark", and is more loved by young consumers.
In terms of body size, the new car has a length, width and height of 4835/1935/1685mm, and a wheelbase of 2920mm. The wheelbase of 2920mm doesn't need to worry about space rides.
(Gac Aion AION LX Plus and the same class of vehicle body size comparison map)
The new owner plays the Daystar white interior, and the Daystar white theme interior is inspired by the early morning when the Daystar rises, supplemented by the star stream atmosphere lights, which appears full of ceremony.
3. Summary
In the one year since the independence of the Aeon brand, GAC E-An has continuously accelerated innovation and breakthroughs, enabled the comprehensive upgrading of products, in addition to bringing surprises to everyone in the product, it has also launched the high-end services that high-end brands should have, and gradually moved towards a new stage of "high-speed + high-quality" development.
In terms of products, I vaguely remember that when the AION LX was first launched two years ago, the 650km cruising range made it the longest production model in its own brand at that time. This designation will also be renewed after the launch of the AION LX Plus.
The cruising range of 1008km can be charged once a month, and even the intercity can travel at will. In addition to product highlights, lifetime free basic maintenance allows users to save money and worry, and the lifetime free vehicle warranty (including three electric) also allows users to eliminate worries, and the problem of battery attenuation or other parts of the vehicle is guaranteed.
GAC Aeon can be said to have launched such a double exemption policy for the first time in the field of pure trams, which deserves everyone's attention.