Last year, Wuling Hongguang MINI EV relied on its low price and cost of use, small appearance, precision marketing has become a big dark horse in the car market, although it has not shaken the position of Xuanyi's king, but it is also a long-term top three, with easy monthly sales of 30,000 units, which can be said to be one of the more successful models in domestic new energy.
However, recently, the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV has encountered a bottleneck. According to the January sales released by the Association of Passenger Vehicles, Wuling Hongguang MINI sold 28,882 units in January, although it is still the champion of the new energy car segment, but compared with 45,950 vehicles in December last year, sales are almost halved.
In the ranking of new energy manufacturers in the whole month, although Wuling is still in the top three positions in China, only One of the top fifteen in the entire list is declining year-on-year, which shows that the overall trend of new energy models of other manufacturers is good, but Wuling is driving backwards.
Of course, this situation also seems to have been expected by Wuling. Recently, someone took a picture of the new Wuling Hongguang MINI EV, including the exterior interior has been exposed, in addition, an infographic about the new Wuling Hongguang MINI EV has also been exposed.
The new Wuling made relatively large changes to the front face. The headlights have been replaced by a new C-shaped design, the daytime lights are connected with the car logo to have a feeling of penetration, and the bottom of the front face has also been blackened, echoing the three-dimensional light group design around it and a large number of black coverings, which looks very holistic and personal. The tail is a few minor adjustments, and the tail lights adopt a new Y-shaped light cluster design.
The interior is visible to the naked eye that the steering wheel has changed. This time the Hongguang MINI EV is equipped with a new two-frame steering wheel, which looks stronger than the design sense of the old model, in fact, this is the same model as the Hongguang MINI EV convertible version exhibited at the Guangzhou Auto Show, and the adjustment of the color block also makes it look more harmonious with the dashboard.
Of course, the accurate information of this new car is also revealed. This time, the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV has a particularly large improvement in space compared to the old model. The wheelbase reached 2010 mm, an increase of nearly 70 mm over the old model, and the length, width and height of the new model were 3061/1520/1659 mm, both in length and height have been significantly increased, it is foreseeable that the Macrolite MINI EV will be greatly improved in the internal space, and the obvious increase in the rear side windows also reflects the expansion of space.
In addition to the improvement in space, the Wuling MINI EV has ushered in a major upgrade in battery power. The maximum power of the new Wuling Hongguang MINI EV is 30kw, an increase of 10kw over the current model. It is reported that the battery capacity of the new model has reached 26.5kWh, almost doubled, of course, its cruising range will reach 300km, which is also the biggest attraction of the new Wuling Hongguang MINI EV.
After reaching three hundred kilometers, it can basically meet the long-distance transportation in the urban area, without worrying too much about the loss of mileage, but the large-capacity battery also brings a more serious problem, that is, charging. The current Wuling Hongguang MINI EV does not support fast charging, basically use the charger that receives household electricity, but its actual power is about 2kW/H, this speed is more than ten hours at night for the original 13.8KW battery, but the battery is more than ten hours at night after becoming the new 26.5kWh, counting the loss in the charging process, the time of one night is not enough, this experience is quite poor.
In fact, there is another car in the electric car market that sells relatively well, and even a car is difficult to find, that is, Changan BenBEN EV. Changan Benben EV can be killed in this market, space and fast charging is the biggest advantage, especially the latter, the convenience brought by the electric vehicle that can be fast charged in the use process is too much, which is especially important for the Hongguang MINI EV that increases the endurance and battery capacity, and even can determine the future sales trend of this car.
Of course, according to the existing information, it seems that Wuling is not ready to add fast charging for the new model, and still chooses to be equipped with a high-power charger. However, according to the personal experience of charging with the car, basically 3kW of household electricity is already the limit, and the high current will affect safety. I hope that Wuling can add fast charging to the new MINI EV, or learn changan Benben to separate the fast charging function, and consumers can enjoy it by adding five thousand.