150,000 yuan can land pure electric B-class sedan, endurance up to 500 kilometers, WM E.5 incense?
In order to catch up with the "Dongfeng" of new energy, many new domestic car companies have shown their best efforts to occupy a favorable position in the future pure electric vehicle market. Different from the well-known "Wei Xiaoli", although WM Motors was not established late, it has been focusing on the low-end layout of the new energy vehicle market, so it is far less than the first three new forces in terms of brand influence. It is precisely for this reason that WM Motors has realized the seriousness of the problem, in order to seek "opportunities", WM launched the WM E.5 in September 2021, making up for the gap in the 150,000 yuan pure electric medium-sized car market and providing a new choice for the target consumer group with a budget of 150,000 yuan. So, as a pure electric B-class car that can land for 150,000 yuan, is the WM E.5 product force worth the price?
In terms of design, WM E.5 adopts a family design language, and the overall outline is full and rounded. First of all, from the front face, the front grille is a unified closed grille design, the brand LOGO is engraved on the inverted trapezoidal plate floating in the center of the front, supplemented by the paint of the same color trim strip and the LED light group on both sides of the front of the car through the connection, stretching the visual width, and the imitation air intake shape under the front face echoes, enhance the dynamic atmosphere. The fly in the ointment is that the new car is equipped with halogen headlights as standard, and only the top edition is equipped with daytime running lights, which makes people doubt its new energy "identity".
In the side part, the overall lines of the new car are smooth and easy-going, and the common fuel car shape on the market is highly similar, and there is no hidden door handle design, and even the B-pillar and C-pillar are just ordinary plastic materials, and the visual effect is average. In terms of size, the length, width and height of the WM E.5 are: 4718/1838/1535mm, and the wheelbase is 2810mm, which meets the size standard of medium-sized cars and can provide better riding space performance.
The rear part of the car, the overall continuation of the gentle vertical visual posture, the top of the tail box cover slightly raised upwards, and the rear encirclement to form a full and smooth façade shape, there is a certain business atmosphere, in the previous Dongfeng A9 also has the same visual feeling. In addition, the new car adopts a uniquely designed LED taillight, and the internal light emitting structure of the taillight is composed of two "L" type angle stitching to form a "butterfly wing" style, supplemented by blackening treatment, and the recognition is improved.
In terms of interior, the new car adopts a decent design style, and it is not an exaggeration to even think of its interior as a fuel car version. There are no obvious popular design elements in the simple and smooth "T" type wrap-around cockpit, a large number of plastic buttons and knobs in the central control area, and the use of single-tone, large-area plastic materials, so that the interior sense of technology and comfort has fallen to the "public" level. There is only a 12.3-inch full LCD instrument and a plastic multi-function three-frame steering wheel that can bring a good technology experience.
At the same time, the functional configuration of the car can only be fully enjoyed by the top model, although the difference between the passenger line and the smart passenger line (priced at 160,100 yuan) is only 10,000 yuan, but the smart passenger line has added a lot of practical functional configurations, such as: panoramic sunroof, multi-function steering wheel, intelligent remote control key, main driving electric adjustment, front seat heating, 12.3-inch central control screen, 3 speaker audio, daytime running lights, rear exhaust air outlet and other configurations.
In terms of power, the WM E.5 series is equipped with a front-mounted single motor powertrain, the maximum power is 163 horsepower, the peak torque is 240 Nm, and the official zero hundred acceleration time is 8.9 seconds, the power level is decent, but it also meets the power needs of ordinary home users. In the endurance part, the new car provides two endurance versions, respectively equipped with lithium iron phosphate battery and ternary lithium battery, the maximum endurance can reach 410/505 kilometers, and both support fast charging mode, only 0.55 hours can charge the power from 0 to 80%, good practicality.
epilogue
From the analysis of product configuration, the Weima E.5 sold from 150,000 yuan provides people with two choices. One is a 500-kilometer range of that is, the passenger line, the other is the same range of intelligent passenger line, the former configuration is simple, the latter function configuration has been upgraded to a certain extent, but it is undeniable that the configuration sincerity of the car is indeed not very careful, although the price of pure electric medium-sized cars has been pressed to 150,000 yuan to start, but for most family users, rich and practical functional configuration and wide riding space is equally important. If you hold 150,000 yuan to see a pure electric family car, WM E.5 can be considered, but not recommended.