Text/Shore Qing
All along, Ideal Auto has opened the market door of new energy SUVs with the ideal ONE extended range SUV, and with a model, it has become the runner-up in the sales of new power car companies in 2021, firmly occupying the first echelon in the new car manufacturing force.
In the face of the impact of the market, Xiaopeng Automobile is naturally not willing to show weakness, at the 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show, Xiaopeng Automobile's new intelligent flagship SUV Xiaopeng G9 was officially unveiled. At the same time, Xiaopeng has set its sights on overseas markets, and it is said that Xiaopeng G9 is developed in accordance with the dual certification standards of Chinese and EU vehicles, and is a smart electric SUV that is truly oriented to the international market.
It is reported that xiaopeng G9 will open pre-sale in April this year and deliver in the second half of the year, so that the pressure on the ideal ONE begins to be heavy.
At present, Xiaopeng G9 has only made a public appearance at the Guangzhou Auto Show, and is expected to be officially released at the Beijing Auto Show, and the new car will become the first model in the Xiaopeng series to carry Xiaopeng's new LOGO, although the appearance adopts the latest design language of the family, but the front face shape is still similar to G3i and P7.
Equipped with the closed air intake grille commonly used in electric vehicle models, the iconic split headlight group with the lower through air intake, making the whole vehicle very unique to Xiaopeng, while the front part of the new car through the light strip also further increases the visual effect of the new car. The side is equipped with borderless doors, hidden door handles and multi-width wheels, which are standard shapes for new forces.
It is worth mentioning that the Xiaopeng G9 is based on the X-EEA 3.0 electrical and electronic architecture, equipped with a capacity of 100kW · h Battery pack, the maximum charging power up to 480kW, is the first domestic production car based on 800V high voltage SiC platform. With the support of this technology, xiaopeng G9 only needs to be charged for 5 minutes, which can increase the cruising range of more than 200km, and problems such as difficulty in replenishment and lack of endurance will no longer be troublesome.
According to the "White Paper on the Research on the Market and Technology Development Trend of Smart Cockpits" released by IHS Markit, at this stage, the intelligent technology configuration level of car cockpits has become the second largest factor influencing the choice of products by car buyers.
As a new car-making force, Xiaopeng Automobile will naturally not lose in intelligence, Xiaopeng G9 will be equipped with X Pilot 4.0 system to achieve higher-level automatic driving functions, and it is also the first mass production model to support XPILOT 4.0 intelligent auxiliary driving system.
From the current appearance and power configuration and degree of intelligence, Xiaopeng G9 is still very worth looking forward to, and consumers also have a very high voice for it, if the price is right, it will become a powerful opponent of the ideal ONE.
The further decline of the new energy subsidy policy in 2022 is under considerable pressure for all new energy companies, and the 2022 of new power car companies is also full of uncertainty, and problems such as chips and raw materials have yet to be solved stably.
This pressure is more full of crisis for the first echelon of new car-making forces, facing the challenges launched by the other side, Ideal Auto will also launch a second model this year - the second car Ideal X01.
This model is also equipped with lidar, which supports higher levels of autonomous driving. In terms of appearance, it continues the family design of the ideal ONE, the interior adopts the second generation of intelligent cockpit, and is also equipped with dual "Journey 3" chips, 128-line lidar, 5 millimeter wave radar and 12 ultrasonic radars, which are also not inferior in intelligence.
The new car is positioned as a full-size extended range SUV, with a length, width and height of 5150/1980/1800mm, a wheelbase of 3100mm, and a size larger than the ideal ONE. It is expected to be released in the second quarter of this year and officially delivered in the third quarter. If the Xiaopeng G9 is listed at the same time, the price of the two is similar, and the winner or loser is still full of unknowns.