According to the statistics of the Federation of Passenger Vehicles, in 2021, the cumulative sales volume of the passenger car market reached 20.146 million units, an increase of 4.4% year-on-year, in the model category, except for the MPV model, which fell by 1.0% year-on-year, the rest have risen; among them, the highest increase is for new energy models, and the cumulative sales volume for the whole year is 2.989 million units, an increase of 169.1% year-on-year, which shows that the acceptance of new energy models by users and the market in 2021 has increased significantly.
On the occasion of the New Year, the author takes stock of the most worthy of user expectations for several electric vehicles in 2022-2023.
Technological breakthrough - Xiaopeng G9
Xiaopeng unveiled its flagship SUV model, xiaopeng G9, at the 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show, which not only adopts many of Xiaopeng's latest technologies, but also is Xiaopeng's first product designed for both international and domestic purposes, and is also Xiaopeng's first global model.
Xiaopeng G9 will be equipped with X-EEA 3.0 electronic and electrical architecture, compared to the P7 era 2.0 version, 3.0 is still based on full-stack self-research, the core of the traditional scattered multiple vehicle processing modules for synthesis, constitute a central supercomputing + multiple area control of the high fusion hardware architecture, can reduce production costs at the same time, increase production efficiency, reduce vehicle wiring harness, is also an important "killer" in the future of Xiaopeng.
Xiaopeng as a representative of intelligent cars, Xiaopeng G9 is equipped with two Nvidia Orin X chips, the computing power reaches 508TOPS, supports XPILOT 4.0 auxiliary driving level, and is also the basic guarantee for Xiaopeng's future urban NGP advancement; Xiaopeng G9 is Xiaopeng's first mass production car based on 800V high-voltage silicon carbide platform, the maximum charging power can reach 480kW, the maximum power charging state, charging 5 minutes, supplemental energy endurance up to 200km; Xiaopeng G9 is Xiaopeng's future benchmark model for establishing its own capabilities , very worthy of consumer expectations, about the 800V high-voltage platform content, you can click the jump link to learn more. (Link to the auto farm article)
Transforming the Future – NIO ET7
Nio released the latest flagship sedan - ET7, a PPT concept car after more than 1 year, and is about to open the first batch of deliveries in March 2022, why ET7 will change the future, because the semi-solid-state battery it is equipped with is likely to open the beginning of changing many industry problems of electric vehicles.
At present, the lithium-ion batteries carried by the industry, including mobile phones and other electronic devices, are liquid lithium-ion batteries, lithium-ion battery structure is divided into: positive and negative electrodes, electrolyte, separator composition, lithium-ion batteries in the charge and discharge, lithium ion in the electrolyte, through the diaphragm to the positive and negative electrodes back and forth shuttle, the formation of current, because the electrolyte is liquid, so in the winter, the battery is afraid of cold, will affect the battery performance, and, lithium ion in the positive and negative poles between the shuttle, if the battery itself has a problem, Metallic lithium will crystallize on the negative electrode to form dendritic metal lithium - lithium dendrites, lithium dendrites will puncture the diaphragm to a certain extent, causing a short circuit inside the lithium battery, causing safety problems.
And after the electrolyte is upgraded to solid or semi-solid, in the cold temperature, the electrolyte will not be affected by temperature, electric vehicles will not be afraid of cold, and in terms of safety issues, it can also solve industry problems; but from the perspective of the Weilai ET5 conference, it has not announced the price of the 150kWh battery version, the author analyzes that the Weilai ET7 equipped with semi-solid-state batteries will most likely be stranded, and for the PPT that everyone jokingly calls, when can be cashed, wait and see, also look forward to seeing the "legend" as soon as possible. Semi-solid-state batteries.
Traditional representative - Cadillac LYRIQ
Traditional car companies on the road to electrification, the biggest change is Cadillac LYRIQ, users have seen too many traditional car companies in the electrification "perfunctory" operation, and Cadillac LYRIQ, more like the traditional car companies to launch a formal challenge to the new forces.
Cadillac LYRIQ is based on the development of the general Aoteneng electric platform, with a pure electric pedigree, there is no "oil to electricity" operation like many traditional luxury brands; in the appearance design, it has also changed the traditional concept, especially in the lighting, it has also made sufficient efforts to do a "light show" on the car.
In order to catch up with the pace of new forces, Cadillac LYRIQ is equipped with many flagship configurations, equipped with Qualcomm 8155 processors, intelligent voice and Cadillac Super Cruise super assisted driving system, for this set of auxiliary driving system, the author is very much looking forward to; under the blessing of many technologies, Cadillac LYRIQ allows many consumers to see the "determination" of traditional luxury brands to enter electrification, and also proves that the threat of new forces to traditional car companies is very large Cadillac LYRIQ after-driving long endurance luxury version pre-sale of 439,700 yuan, from the current point of view, the determination is located in luxury electric vehicles, but want to achieve results in the market, there is still a way to go, after all, in the electrification market, we have experienced the consumer's car purchase concept change, if only rely on brand power and do not have product power, the final result will be "eclipsed departure".
The killer of the market – the Tesla Model Q
According to foreign media recently revealed, Tesla is likely to launch a more people-friendly product in 2023 - Tesla Model Q, the market starting price is expected to be 24990 US dollars, equivalent to about 160,000 yuan, the current car does not have much information to reveal, put aside the product, talk about the market.
In the early days, the electric vehicle market was polarized, and the two best performing markets were mini cars of about 50,000 yuan, as well as flagship products in the range of 250,000-300,000 yuan, for the simple reason that buying low-priced consumers just wanted a car that could walk and shield the wind and rain, similar to Hongguang MINIEV can meet such consumers very well; and the purchase of flagship products is more to "step in place" and experience the best electric vehicle products and capabilities, so the market has a polarized performance.
With the rapid development of electric vehicles, as well as the influx of many new forces, so more markets are concerned by enterprises, including 10-20 million yuan of consumer attention to the market, in 2021, such as dolphins, leading C11 and Xiaopeng P5 and other high-quality products to join, so that new energy ushered in the market "blossoming everywhere", and Tesla as a domestic pure electric vehicle market leader, after model 3 and model Y have achieved very proud market performance, the launch of a more people-friendly model Q, the author analysis, The Tesla Model Q has the potential to become a market killer, quickly capturing the largest consumer market.