[EV Vision Original Shopping Guide] Today is the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, but also the last day of the holiday, it can be said that every time at this time most people are also full of heart to pack up the holiday, full of vitality and ready to start. Of course, for the new energy vehicle market, the beginning of the new year also announces that a new round of market heat will be ignited. So, if you're ready to buy a new energy model in 2022 and don't know who to choose, take a look at a few models recommended by ev vision editorial board that will be listed in the Year of the Tiger to see who will be your favorite first choice.
Without further ado, let's get to the point!
NIO ET5
Time to market: Delivered in September 2022
Cruising range: >1000km
At the "NIO Day 2021" NIO Brand Day held last year, NIO launched a new mid-size pure electric sedan ET5, which is also the second sedan product launched by NIO after ET7. It is reported that the new car has launched a total of 75kWh and 100kWh models, with a pre-price of 328,000-38.6 million yuan. If the user purchases according to the BaaS battery rental plan, the price of the vehicle will be 258,000 yuan, of which the monthly cost of 75kWh batteries is 980 yuan and the monthly cost of 100kWh batteries is 1480 yuan.
In terms of appearance, WEILAI ET5 is a new model based on the NT2.0 platform, and the appearance shape draws on the design of the first car ET7, which will be more coordinated in details, and it will also be more youthful and sporty. Among them, the new car adopts the front face design of Weilai's iconic X-Bar, the LED day running lights and headlights adopt a split design, adopts a closed air intake grille, and the front face design is sci-fi dynamic.
From the side, Weilai ET5 adopts a sneaky body shape, and the visual sense is larger than that of Tesla Model 3, with a length, width and height of 4790/1960/1499mm, and a wheelbase of 2888mm. In terms of color, nine body colors are available, of which clear space powder and cloud yellow are the exclusive colors of ET5, and the annual color Aerospace Blue will also be installed on ET5. In terms of the rear of the car, the new car tail uses the design of the ducktail, and the taillights adopt the popular through-line design, with the spoiler at the bottom, which is more fashionable and dynamic.
In terms of interior, NIO has been designing the cockpit space according to the concept of the second living room. The overall design is simple and full of personality, hidden air outlets, speakers make the overall sense of the interior stronger, and the interior uses new materials in many places to create a good sense of high-grade. In terms of configuration, ET5 uses Qualcomm's third-generation digital cockpit platform, equipped with 10.2-inch HDR digital instrument, 12.8-inch AMOLED central control screen, 5G mobile Internet, and ET5 is also equipped with 23 speakers, 7.1.4 immersive sound system, and the audio power reaches 1000W.
In terms of configuration, NIO ET5 is also equipped with NIO's latest autonomous driving technology NAD (NIO Autonomous Driving), based on NIO Aquila NIO supersensitive system, NIO Adam NIO supercomputing platform, etc., equipped with 33 perception hardware including lidar and equipped with 4 NVIDIA Drive Orin chips, with a computing power of up to 1016TOPS, and will gradually realize urban, high-speed, Point-to-point autonomous driving in scenarios such as power-up and parking.
In terms of power, the ET5 series adopts the form of dual motor four-wheel drive, of which the front axle is equipped with a 150kW permanent magnet synchronous motor, and the rear axle uses a 210kW asynchronous induction motor, the system has a comprehensive power of 360kW, a peak torque of 700N·m, and an acceleration of 4.3s from zero to 100 kilometers. In terms of endurance, the new car is equipped with a standard battery pack (75kWh) CLTC with a range of more than 550km, and a long-endurance battery pack (100kWh) with a range of more than 700km. At the same time, EV Vision also learned from the official that ET5 also has a model equipped with a long battery pack (150kWh), and the endurance will exceed 1000km.
Recommended reasons: It can be said that in the more than 200,000 subdivided automobile consumer market, NIO not only maintains a high-level aesthetic, but also for the tonality of the brand, it is naturally also the long board of NIO, coupled with the strong blessing of the high-reputation after-sales service team, I believe that the listing of NIO ET5 can reproduce the glory of the market, so that consumers can feel the care of the brand from "inside" and "outside".
Xiaopeng G9
Time to market: Within 2022
Mileage: Not yet announced
At the 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show, Xiaopeng Motors released its fourth mass production car product, the Xiaopeng G9. The new car is positioned as a medium-sized SUV and will become the flagship product of Xiaopeng Motors in the future.
In terms of appearance, Xiaopeng G9 adopts a new family-style design language, with pure, extreme and pioneering design concepts as the modeling concept, showing Xiaopeng's aesthetic philosophy. The front face has once again evolved on the basis of the family X Robot Face and the through-beam lightsaber headlight design, and the two sides of the through-line day running lamp have added a new iconic design, like two very sharp eyes.
The design of the Xiaopeng G9 on the side of the body is very different from the traditional medium and large SUVs, a horizontal high-waist line runs through the body, and the whole vehicle is divided in the golden ratio in the longitudinal direction. The design of the side A pillar is relatively backward, and the slender cover and long neck, short front overhang, long rear suspension, plus 21-inch large wheel rim form a sense of immediate vision similar to the rear-drive coupe, which together create a yacht-like elegance and luxury of the whole vehicle.
The design of the rear of the car is very full, and the straight lines ensure a wider loading space in the trunk. The simple rear of the car brings a more atmospheric feeling to the appearance of the whole vehicle, making the Xiaopeng G9 look more solid.
In terms of interior, the new car uses the same 12.3-inch LCD instrument as the Xiaopeng G3i and Xiaopeng P5, and the central control adopts a central control screen with a horizontal layout. In addition, a suspected co-pilot entertainment screen has been added in the co-pilot's position, and the overall sense of science and technology is bursting.
The specific parameters of the power have not been officially announced, but according to the data, it is known that the Xiaopeng G9 is equipped with XPower 3.0 power system, which is the first mass production car based on the 800V high-voltage SiC platform in China, and will achieve overcharge 5min in the future, the ability to replenish energy of more than 200km, and at the same time, the maximum efficiency of the electric drive system can reach more than 95%. The 48-hour IP68-rated battery pack and the intelligent high-voltage protection system ensure the high safety of the overcharge battery system. At the same time, in order to give full play to the advantages of the 800V platform's supercharge technology, Xiaopeng Automobile will also lay the first batch of 480kW high-voltage supercharged piles produced in China to fully release the energy replenishment efficiency.
Recommended reason: Overall, Xiaopeng G9 is definitely a flagship SUV model with a high degree of intelligence, and it may no longer limit competitors to new energy vehicles in the future, but enlarge to the entire automotive market, including joint ventures, imports and other luxury car companies. In addition, the new car will not only face the domestic market, but also export abroad, when the G9 will take the first step for Xiaopeng to transform into an international brand.
Ideal X01
Cruising range: 1050km
Ideal X01, as the flagship SUV model of Ideal Auto's all-new hybrid platform, its safety and comfort to meet the comfort of family members have become the most important demands of this car. At the moment, only spy photos of the car are revealed, but it is expected to meet us in 2022.
In terms of styling, the ideal X01 also adopts the ideal family design style, but it is not equipped with a large-size grille, but the Mercedes-Benz headlight style is the same as the ideal ONE.
In terms of interior, according to the previous non-mass production version of the spy photos, the interior layout of the new car is also very similar to the current ideal ONE, the vehicle is equipped with a penetrating central control screen, in addition, it is also equipped with a four-spoke multi-functional steering wheel, and equipped with 6 seats with variable space seats.
In terms of intelligent configuration, intelligent driving services will be standard, including super intelligent parking, urban intelligent driving, multiple very attentive car remote summoning, intelligent driving, and OTA upgrades.
In addition, in terms of intelligent driving assistance, the car will have L4 level conditional autonomous driving hardware, including ap controller horizon J3+J5 chip and SP controller customized Orin-X chip, installed 1 128-line lidar, 1 DMS, 5 millimeter wave radar, 12 ultrasonic radar and 12 8M cameras.
In terms of power, the new car still uses a range extender power system, but the three-cylinder range extender is replaced with a Miller cycle 1.5T four-cylinder range extender, which has a thermal efficiency of up to 40%, while the built-in drive motor comes from the Great Wall Honeycomb Power, and zero hundred acceleration will reach 5.8s. It is reported that it is expected that the pure electric mileage of the new car will be 250km, the cruising range will reach 800km under the state of loss of electricity, and the comprehensive cruising range will be 1050km.
Reason for recommendation: Overall, the Ideal X01 is a model positioned higher than the Ideal ONE. Not only is the size larger, but the overall high-tech atmosphere is also very strong, and the power is not inferior, which proves that it will enter the higher-end market.
BYD destroyer 05
Time to market: Q1 2022
Low charge fuel consumption: 3.8L/100km
As early as this year's 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show, the BYD Destroyer 05 equipped with the DM-i super hybrid system was officially unveiled, and as the first new car in the "Warship" series, it will be sold on the new ocean network. The new car is positioned as a compact sedan with a higher model and configuration than the existing sedan of the same class, and the new car is expected to be officially launched this year.
In terms of appearance, the destroyer 05 is based on BYD's "marine aesthetics" design concept, and the overall appearance is a low-lying, wide-body coupe. The new car interprets marine design elements everywhere in the appearance design, highlighting the technology, sports and youthful attributes of new energy models.
In terms of size, the Destroyer 05 is a compact sedan with a length, width and height of 4780/1837/1495mm and a wheelbase of 2718mm, which is similar to the size of mainstream compact cars.
In terms of the rear, the rear design of the destroyer 05 echoes the front face, and the rear air vent and the front face maintain the language unity, through precise control of the proportion relationship, so that the tail vision is wider, while enriching the layering of the rear.
In terms of interior, as the first model of BYD's marine network warship series, the new interior of the destroyer 05 is different from BYD's previous models, and the design style is more youthful and technological. The center console continues a large number of suspension design elements, with elegant and smooth lines to represent the rhythm of the ocean, which is very novel. The lines of the instrument panel extend to the door panels on both sides, creating a strong atmosphere of envelopment.
In terms of power, the destroyer 05 is equipped with a DM-i super hybrid system, which is composed of a 1.5L high-efficiency engine for Xiaoyun-plug hybrid, an EHS electric hybrid system and a DM-i super hybrid special power blade battery. Among them, the 1.5L engine has a maximum power of 81 kW and a peak torque of 135 N·m. The new car will offer two sets of EHS electromix systems to choose from, namely EHS132 and EHS145, the maximum power of the motor is 132kW and 145kW, and the peak torque of the motor is 316N·m and 325N·m, respectively. Models equipped with the EHS132 and EHS145 mixing systems have accelerated by 7.9s and 7.3s, respectively. It is worth mentioning that the lowest state of charge fuel consumption of the destroyer 05 is only 3.8L/100km.
Recommended reason: BYD destroyer 05 interior is young and stylish and very scientific and technological, the appearance of low lying motion full of sports, the power level is not weak, and the minimum state of charge fuel consumption is only 3.8L/100km. In addition, as the first sedan of Ocean Network, the new car is also the first new car in the warship series, so it is higher in positioning and configuration than the existing models of the same class.
Zero run C01
Time to market: first half of 2022
Cruising range: >700km
At the 2021 Zero-Run Car Partner Conference, Zero-Run Cars showed the layout of Zero-Run Cars in future product planning and development, and the C01 pure electric car launched in 2022 was among them. As the fourth model launched by Zero-Run Automobile, the new car is built based on the Zero-Run C architecture, positioning pure electric medium and large cars, and is expected to debut in the first half of 2022.
In terms of appearance, the front face of the new car features an enclosed air intake grille with through-line headlights, and the side is equipped with hidden door handles. The rear part adopts the popular slip-back design style, and the through-taillights at the rear of the car echo the headlights group.
In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the Zero-Run C01 are 5053/1890/1503mm, and the wheelbase has not yet been announced. In addition, the zero-run C01 will become the first model to adopt the "CBC battery + body" integrated solution, which can save a certain amount of chassis space, improve structural efficiency and rigidity of the vehicle.
In terms of interior, the entire curve is relatively straight, and it is expected to continue the design of three large screens, the air conditioning outlet is set below the central control screen, and the block area adopts the aircraft cabin shape.
In terms of power, the new car will also be equipped with a dual motor + four-wheel drive system, and the steering force can be adjusted in three modes. In terms of endurance, the longest cruising range of the zero-run C01 single-motor long-endurance version is expected to exceed 700km.
Reason for recommendation: The CBC chassis + battery integrated design technology used in the new car can improve the overall riding space in the car, while the rigidity of the body will also be improved, and the weight of the body will also be reduced. In addition, in the face of those brand models equipped with lidar or high computing power, the zero-run C01 may take the cost-effective route and become a people-friendly pure electric home model.
HiPhi Z
Last year, Through a science fiction movie "Machine Awakening 2041", Gaohe Automobile officially announced its second flagship model, the Gaohe Digital GT-HiPhi Z mass production finale car. The new car is the second flagship model released by Gaohe after HiPhi X. Ding Lei, founder of Gaohe Automobile, said that HiPhi Z will announce more detailed configuration and information at the Beijing Auto Show in April 2022, and will be officially delivered in 2022.
In terms of appearance, the complete vehicle shape of the HiPhi Z is very futuristic, and the new car uses the "digital mech" as a design and element. The front face shape is very tense, the straight trim strip on the upper side connects the vertical headlight groups at both ends, and the inverted V-shaped design at both ends is very visual.
From the rear, the front and rear doors of the car have blackened trim through, which is full of visual sense. The rear part of the car is equipped with a very windy automatic lifting and lowering tail wing, and the ISD intelligent interactive light group lighting effect is very significant.
In terms of automatic driving, Gaohe HiPhi Z is equipped with a total of 2 forward 8 million pixel high-definition cameras (1 forward 2 million pixel standby camera), 1 rear-view 2 million pixel camera, 5 millimeter wave radar, 1 lidar and 4 lateral cameras and other 31 driver assistance sensors, with high-precision map and positioning module will make the automatic driving assistance function more powerful. At the same time, the new car is also equipped with a new generation of NVIDIA Drive Orin-X chips with ultra-high computing power on the driving system domain AI computing platform, and has a dual redundant system, which has been backed up and designed in 6 aspects: perception, computing, communication, braking, steering, and power supply to ensure the safety of drivers and occupants in complex road environments.
Reason for recommendation: Whether in terms of design, technology, intelligence, comfort, luxury, etc., HiPhi Z has shown a very high level. In the field of new energy, even the current benchmark Tesla has to pay tribute to three points. Previously, Gaohe has used HiPhi X to surprise consumers, and used the sales of more than 600 vehicles in January to prove its love, so the more sci-fi HiPhi Z may not be in the face of sales.
WM M7
At the 2021 Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, WM officially released the interior of the new model WM7, and the new car is more subversive and innovative in the interior interaction design. It adopts the design concept of "zero button" interaction, and the interior adopts a minimalist line layout, which greatly simplifies user operation.
In terms of appearance, WM M7 is based on the design of the WM Maven concept car, the line outline of the whole car is very smooth, you can see that the shape of the headlights is also highly consistent with the concept car, and the slender shape extends backwards. The shape of the taillights is also a slender strip of silhouette, which maintains a similar design to the front of the car, echoing front and rear.
On the side of the body, the lines of the WM M7 are extremely simple and smooth, and the two-color body and the suspension roof design make the WM7 look more youthful and vibrant. From the side of the body, you can see that the line from the front headlights extends to the front fenders, and the Weima M7 also uses the hidden door handles used by new energy in order to reduce the wind resistance.
The design of the rear of the car echoes the front of the car, and the seemingly penetrating taillights are actually still black high-gloss trim in the central part, and the rectangular light groups inside the taillights are staggered and look more delicate.
The interior design of WM M7 is very avant-garde and concise, and in the interior interaction design, the M7 is more subversive and innovative. It adopts the design concept of "zero button" interaction, and the interior adopts a minimalist line layout, which greatly simplifies user operation. M7 for the first time using i-Rota super knob, the "smart watch" into the car, it can not only be transformed into a function control of the central knob, to achieve different functions of different scenes of control, such as controlling the volume size, adjusting the temperature of the air conditioner, etc., but also can evolve into a carrier of emotional interaction, display pictures, expressions, symbols and other interesting interactive content.
In terms of automatic driving, the WM M7 is equipped with three autonomous zoom high-precision super-vision lidars, which can arbitrarily change the lateral and longitudinal scanning speed according to the different emphases of environmental perception in different intelligent driving scenarios, and dynamically adjust the frame rate and resolution. In addition, there are 5 millimeter wave radars, 12 ultrasonic radars, 7 8 million pixel ultra-high-definition cameras and 4 2-million pixel high-definition surround view cameras, forming a 360° all-round fusion perception network, which can efficiently analyze and process complex external information. At the same time, WM M7 is also equipped with NVIDIA DRIV Orin-X automatic driving chip, a single Orin-X chip hashrate of up to 254TOPS, can calculate 254 trillion times per second, and the maximum computing power is as high as 1016TOPS.
In terms of power, according to previous news, WM M7 will be equipped with WM's third-generation Living Motion three-electric energy system, which can control the power consumption of 100 kilometers within 14kWh/100km, and the comprehensive cruising range of NEDC will be greater than 700km.
Reason for recommendation: One of the main points of the Maven concept car at that time was the endurance of NEDC 800km, and the long endurance was basically inherited on the WM M7. Not only is it more abundant in terms of technology configuration, but it can be concluded from the short film of WM M7 officially released by WM in the extreme cold environment test of -30 ° C, and the new car can still maintain a high level of endurance in an extremely cold environment, which happens to be the most critical in the sales highlights of pure electric vehicles.
Lantu Dreamer
Time to market: Mid-2022
At the 2021 Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition, The second model of Lantu "Lantu Dreamer" was officially unveiled. The new car provides both hybrid and extended range power, can achieve 5.9s to break the hundred, and equipped with air suspension system, it is reported that the new car will be officially launched in mid-2022.
The new car adopts a huge size hexagonal intake grille, and the vertical grille inside is very thick, which is very in line with the current business MPV trend, giving the vehicle a solemn, powerful and domineering feeling.
The body side shape is similar to the current business MPV, flat and square, and the new car does not use the hidden door handles used by new energy vehicles, which may be for the sake of convenience. The car is also equipped with a rear row equipped with privacy glass, the wheel rim adopts a multi-spoke shape, and the shiny chrome material further enhances the aura of the whole car.
The rear part of the car is simple in shape and square in shape, compared to the design of the front of the car, the design of the light source inside the tail light group echoes the brand LOGO, and the rear surrounds the two sides with grid-like decoration.
In terms of power, the new car will launch a pure electric version and a range extended hybrid version, of which the extended range model is equipped with a 1.5T engine, the maximum power is 100kW (136 horsepower), the maximum power of the front/rear motor is 130/160kW, and the energy storage battery is equipped with a three-dimensional lithium pool in the Dongfeng era. In addition, the chassis of the new car will adopt the front double wishbone rear multi-link independent suspension, and will be equipped with air suspension + CDC + magic carpet function.
Reason for recommendation: In general, whether it is from the perspective of appearance aura, body size, interior luxury, ride comfort, or power performance to look at this product, The performance of Lantu Dreamer is almost unique in the field of MPV, and has the qualification to compete with star models such as Buick GL8 and Honda Odyssey for the MPV market.
Editor's Summary:
Based on the above recommended models, it can be seen that with the continuous development of new energy technology, independent brand models have changed the image of "shoddy manufacturing" in the past, both in workmanship and taste, and gradually developed to the high-end technology route. Therefore, 2022 or will become a year of independent brand outbreak, when those who are about to become owners of new energy vehicles will have more model choices, I believe you will find the "it" that really belongs to you.