On February 20, GAC officials said that the second phase of the production capacity expansion of GAC Aean Intelligent Ecological Factory was completed, and the first new car AION LX Plus with a range of more than 1,000 kilometers was officially rolled off the production line.
AION LX Plus has been officially launched on January 5, 2022, a total of 4 models, the guide price is 286,660-45.96 million yuan. Gac's AION brand originally had a production capacity of 100,000 yuan, but it was obvious that it could not meet the demand, and the capacity utilization rate of the production line even exceeded 160%. The second phase of the expansion took only 15 days, and AION also plans to build a second plant.
AION LX Plus is the first model in China with a CLTC range of more than 1000km, which is also its main selling point. In daily life, is it really necessary to buy a model with such a high endurance? Xiao Lei believes that electric vehicles are naturally as long as possible, and in the case of imperfect infrastructure, this can effectively reduce users' power anxiety.
When commuting across cities for long distances, drivers do not need to spend energy on the road to find charging stations, and do not have to be afraid of collective travel such as May Day and National Day, and users can arrange charging time more flexibly.
Speaking of the parameters of the car alone, the small partners may not have much concept. Take Tesla's highest-selling Model 3 standard endurance version in China as an example, its NEDC endurance is 460km, the battery capacity is 55kWh, and the endurance is only half of that of the AION LX PLUS.
The GAC AION LX PLUS has more than twice the battery capacity of the Model 3 standard endurance upgrade, which is twice the battery life. The battery capacity has increased, the weight must also increase significantly, and the car with such a heavy battery will consume a lot of power. Therefore, increasing the endurance of electric vehicles can not simply stack batteries, but should start from innovating key battery technologies, improving battery energy density, and striving to reduce weight.
In terms of power, the acceleration performance of the 80 Zhizun edition is relatively average, only 7.8 seconds, and the acceleration performance of the 80D flagship version is much stronger, entering the 4-second mark, and the acceleration time is only 3.9 seconds.
Now users buy a car, it is inevitable to consider assisted driving, it has reached the L2 level of assisted driving, the whole series is equipped with ACC adaptive cruise. Whether it is high-speed road conditions or traffic jams, it can maintain an effective distance from the car in front of it, and can also greatly reduce the user's driving fatigue.