Author —— Gaga User: Mr. Dong Feng of Big Dreams
When it comes to Xuanyi, what comes to mind? Home, big sofa, running Didi? Last week, I was passing by the Nissan booth in the mall and was forced into a brochure with the words "Technology Nissan, People, Cars, Life."
Since the launch of VC-Turbo Tianlai, I have never paid attention to Nissan from the "technical" level, nor have I forgotten this slogan. Inside the booth was an ePOWER Pavilion. Xuanyi's positioning is very simple, conservative and stable family car. So, can ePOWER provide technology and technology to make Xuanyi glow with a different style?
The workflow for ePOWER is simple. This car is only driven by an electric motor, usually from the battery, not enough to let the gasoline engine work. The gasoline engine only manages to generate electricity, flash charge and flash release, and immediately let the motor use it after powering. Coupled with the kinetic energy recovery system, it is all alive. Nissan said the car was "more electric than the hybrid," which was aptly described.
From the appearance point of view, there is no obvious difference between ePOWER and fuel Xuanyi. The larger size in the same price point, with a low bodywork and powerful lines, can indeed cater to the aesthetics of this era.
ePOWER's powertrain emphasizes technology, but the interior is probably stable. The common black interior is lackluster, but the softer materials, as well as the right bright strips on the steering wheel, the car machine, and the air conditioning panel, break the silence, and the air conditioner controlled by the knob and the physical button highlights the happiness of "human and car life". But if you sit low and backward, the screen is not easy to operate.
It is said that Nissan is a large sofa, and now it can come to inspect the goods. Seated in the front row, the cushions and backrests are very soft and the sinking feeling is very strong. However, the seat is soft, which does not mean that the seat is close to the body. First of all, the seat flanks are small, easy to collapse when cornering, and can't wrap the body. Secondly, the shoulder support is slightly protruding, and the headrest also has a significant preconceived protrusion. In order to slow down these two bulges, I had to put on the reclining backrest, and the result was that I lost my back and up.
The lack of wrapping is regrettable, and the seat model is flawed. The seat is moved wide enough that the steering wheel can also be pulled very far back, but the cushions are too flat to become a problem. Because the knee point is low, if you want to sit low, you have to encroach on the back row space. Finally, I adjusted to a lower and more comfortable sitting position, as shown below, but the back space is very reluctant. Therefore, KaiXuanyi, or sit a little higher.
The rear seats are generally better than the front seats, which is also a tradition of generations of Xuanyi. The rear cushions are soft and the backrests are gentle, but unfortunately the headrests are still slightly convex. There are beams under the front seats, and the front foot is higher than the heel, which is a bit awkward. I know this is nVH and battery protection considerations, but its impact on ride comfort should not be underestimated.
If you sit paralyzed, you will feel that the waist support is somewhat protruding. If you sit close to the back, then friends who are over 180 in height will definitely head over. It's not that there's a problem with the waist support, it's that I'm too thin to hold back. It is worth mentioning that the seats of the ePOWER Xuanyi new car have obviously the feeling of uneven filling, the seat cushion is hard at the knees, the hips are soft, the backrest shoulders are hard, and the waist rebound is too large. After the run-in test drive and exhibition car, this phenomenon was not found.
Overall, the interior of ePOWER Xuanyi is not exquisite, the seats also have many small problems, the front row is not wrapped enough headrest convexity, and the rear seat is somewhat awkward. But this static performance, at the same price point is still good level, home is enough. It is worth mentioning that the top with orange and black double color panel interior is very young and sporty, and the diamond-shaped stitching is full of high-grade feeling, but the eight-way electric seat does not solve the problem of low knee point, leaving regrets.
Started ePOWER, and there was no engine sound, as expected. The torque is not as violent as other trams, and the start is not as jumpy as the old Xuanyi, which is unexpected. Speed up to 80 on the expressway, the clouds are flowing; in the stop-and-go working conditions, there is no low-speed setback like Lao Xuanyi, and it is easy to follow the car. ePOWER travels through the urban area, calmly, and then thinks of the 3.9 MIIT fuel consumption, as if it is for the urban area.
EPOWER travels through the city, and when the gasoline engine intervenes, there is no obvious power fluctuation. Xuan Yi has an old problem, the throttle is one foot deep and one foot shallow, it is not easy to stabilize at a certain speed, which improves a lot on ePOWER. But when the throttle is released, the deceleration of kinetic energy recovery is immediately established, without the process of enlargement, which is slightly abrupt.
The brakes of ePOWER are kinetic energy recovery plus mechanical brakes. The connection between the two brakes is generally smooth and linear, but it is still perceived. The strength of electric braking and mechanical braking is not large, simply put, it is a soft foot of the brake, it is recommended to step hard and decisively.
Overall, the performance of the ePOWER powertrain is worthy of recognition. Pedal calibration is OK, the response is fast enough for the walk, the electric drive makes it smooth enough, and the mid-section acceleration is sufficient. There are still flaws in some working conditions, when the speed is about 30 per hour, the large throttle is given, and the intervention of the engine is occasionally delayed, which may be that the engine wants to start it. Similar conditions may also have steep slopes, which I have no conditions to test.
The steering wheel feels good to hold, but the foamed material reveals a sense of cheapness. Turning to calibration is still the old taste of Nissan. In order to create a false calm, the central area of the steering wheel is very damp, but the back is not large, it is easy to stay at any small angle, and it is also easy to break. It is precisely because of this calibration that drivers with many small movements drive this car, and passengers are easily dizzy. I enjoyed this treatment today, so how does the sales drive always love to twist the direction...
Once out of this central area, the damping becomes small and has to change the force of the direction of the attack. When the car has a small steering angle, the body response is very general, and with the steering machine of 1.5 laps on the left and right, I usually have to add a little steering halfway.
In fact, after leaving the central area, the steering is still relatively smooth, and the direction is still quite clear, "it is not unusable." But the calibration of the central area is definitely problematic, and the driver may feel that the steering is very calm, but behind the steering wheel, the steering input has been undercurrent.
Bigger than the steering problem is the chassis. It can be said that the chassis is the biggest shortcoming of ePOWER Xuanyi. In fact, ePOWER Xuanyi's chassis is quite balanced, and when it is not intense driving, the posture is at least controllable. But the seismic performance can be said to be a mess. On good roads, small vibrations are well filtered, driving is very soothing, and the damping at low speeds is relatively small. But once the road conditions get worse, everything changes.
Driving on a rough and uneven road, too small damping makes the vibration attenuation insufficient, in short, it is very broken. Continuous passage through medium potholes, such as shallow pits, when the road gap, there will be a clear impact sensation on the rear axle, accompanied by a lot of aftershocks. When there is a large vertical rise and fall, the ePOWER Xuanyi performance is even more disappointing. When passing the speed reduction belt, the front wheels have a flutter but the impact is not strong, and the rear axle has a clear sense of jacking and falling. At higher speeds, the rear row has a bouncing sensation, and the front row may even hit the compression limit because of the small damping.
The most uncomfortable is that the unilateral wheel has passed the pothole, and when it is up, first the impact of the back wheel on one side is transmitted, and then the torsion beam makes the posture of the other wheel change immediately, and this impact can also be transmitted to the front row, as if to say that there is a blessing and a difficulty. When the hurdle is down, the above process is the same as repeating itself.
To sum up, the dynamic performance of ePOWER Xuanyi can be called a classic case of torsion beam chassis. The small damping makes it attenuate insufficiently shaken and attenuated, and it has no confidence in the face of harsh road conditions. If you live in an area with poor road conditions and continuous potholes, ePOWER's seismic performance is not enough.
ePOWER's NVH performance is mixed with joys and sorrows. Surprisingly, in the car, the entire powertrain is extremely quiet, and no obvious noise or vibration is found regardless of whether the engine is turned off or running. Wind noise is not obvious, and the resonance of noise in the back row is acceptable. The worry is that the isolation of the vehicle from external noise is not strong, coupled with very obvious road noise and tire noise, the overall noise performance can only be considered to be moderate. However, ePOWER Xuanyi tires are reasonable in specification and can replace the Primacy 3ST by themselves, which is also a advantage in NVH, right?
So, can ePOWER Xuanyi be a hit? (Harmonic Terrier Deduction)
ePOWER is still Tai Xuanyi in the final analysis. Xuanyi's goal is a competent family car, so ePOWER's goal is to save money on family cars.
From the perspective of product strength, the introduction of ePOWER has taken Xuanyi to a higher level. This powertrain is the icing on the cake for better rides, faster response, a more natural start, lower fuel consumption, and not too much encroachment on the interior space. But its seat is not perfect, the chassis is picky about the working conditions, and some shortcomings of Xuanyi's product strength have been moved to ePOWER Xuanyi unchanged.
For the positioning of family cars, ePOWER Xuanyi is undoubtedly competent. Whether it can ePOWER red, it falls to the price level. The second low guidance price is 149,900, which is bound to compete directly with domestic and foreign opponents such as Carola Leiling, Lingpai immd, Qin Plus dmi, Weipai Latte and so on. Compared with these opponents, ePOWER Xuanyi has advantages in size and space, but the quality of the chassis is timid. Eating well or eating is always a question.
Can ePOWER Xuanyi ePOWER red? Perhaps only by letting the bullets fly for a while and looking at the future terminal price can we give the answer.