As an auto media practitioner, it is a very common thing to be frequently asked by the family when returning home during the Spring Festival what car is worth buying, after all, there are not one hundred or eighty cars in hand, and ordinary consumers really do not have this condition. However, for test driving, the length of time is still easy to bring different feelings, after all, many short-term test drives in one or two days can only reflect some of the advantages and disadvantages of the vehicle in terms of interior, driving, etc., and are not enough to fully show the full picture of a car.
Therefore, trying a car during vacation time can better reflect the characteristics of the car: on the one hand, the driving route is more random, the mileage is long, it can cover more road conditions and environments, and there is a better restoration of the vehicle's situation; on the other hand, the intelligent driving and machine system of the vehicle today actually need a long-term experience to allow the driver to fully experience the characteristics, and we also need to run in with Co-pilot.
This year's Spring Festival I spent ten days to test drive the WMAR W6, this is actually the second consecutive year I have test-driven a pure tram during the Spring Festival (last year's test drive was Weilai ES8), with some questions and minefields last year, this year's experience of WM W6 is still quite good. The following are all practical tips for the use of pure trams that I have summarized.
Winter endurance must not be as good as summer, so trip planning is very important
The WM W6 test drive is the ultimate version of the ACE with a 520-kilometer range of NEDC. WM's car machine supports the range of NEDC and WLTP display switching, so when using it, I chose the WLTP standard that is closer to the actual mileage. In the winter, the use of pure trams, due to the relationship between heating and battery pack heating, the mileage is shorter than in summer, coupled with the average speed of about 110 kilometers of high-speed kilometers, there is still a certain pressure on electricity consumption. Therefore, it is very important to plan for charging in advance for long-distance driving, and at least there should be a pre-understanding of the charging situation near the route and destination.
On the other hand, after using a large number of pure trams, we will find that the compatibility of different vehicles for charging piles is not the same. The Porsche Taycan, which previously participated in the winter endurance test, could only be recharged on Porsche's exclusive charging piles and special calls, and some Tesla Model 3 models I met with my friends and around me had about a 50% probability of not being able to charge on the charging piles of the national grid. Although this WM W6 has been tested to be able to charge on the State Grid, Small Orange Charging and Special Call, I still recommend that this homework can be done first.
The Spring Festival high-speed service area is indeed charged by many people, but it is already improving
During the Spring Festival, everyone has always had doubts about the charging capacity of the charging station in the high-speed service area, before the National Day and the Spring Festival in the service area charging queue, and even for the charging pile to fight a big shot, let everyone have PTSD for the use of pure trams at this time. This year's Spring Festival, the Chinese New Year's Eve and the first three or two days of the first month of the new year, I have been driving on the highway for a long time, and in the service area for refueling, although the number of people is not too small, but did not encounter the need to queue up.
In fact, the overall charging demand this year is greatly improved, taking the 23rd and 24th (January 25 and 26) two days of the lunar month as an example, the daily charging capacity in the same period of 2021 is only 300,000 kWh, but it has reached 800,000 kWh in 2022. Compared with last year, this year's State Grid has actually added some measures. When I passed the Wuxi Meicun service area of the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, I saw the emergency charging vehicle arranged by the State Grid parked in the charging area.
This emergency charging vehicle is actually a mobile charging station, which will use the line of the existing charging station to increase the number of charging piles by connecting to the charging equipment on the car. One car can add 6 charging piles, plus the original 6 charging piles in Meicun, forming a charging station that supports 12 vehicles to charge quickly.
The reliable charging speed is also a great improvement for the experience of using pure trams
After supporting fast charging, pure trams are also more able to meet the needs of short-distance family visits during the Spring Festival. Although there is no home slow charging pile, after several actual measurements, it takes about 45 minutes for W6 to charge more than 95% from about 15% of the power, and it takes a meal to complete. If it is on the high speed, that is, a short rest time, as long as the charging pile does not have to queue for a long time, it will not cause too much pressure on the overall itinerary arrangement.
WM W6's support for fast charging piles is still in place, and it has not encountered the situation of picking up piles or not being able to charge. Although there have been several cases where less than 10% of the remaining electricity is left, the layout of urban fast charging in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai areas is relatively complete, so it has not brought any trouble to the actual use.
WM W6 car machine experience overall smooth and smooth,
The 8155 is reliable and has highlights for its entertainment features
The smart cockpit and the car machine are already parts that cannot be bypassed in the use of pure trams today. As the first mass-produced model equipped with the 8155 car machine chip, the WM W6 has a deep cooperation with Baidu, and the on-board navigation is also provided by Baidu. Judging from the actual experience of more than a week, the experience of WM W6 in terms of car and machine is quite good. Speech recognition is very fast and accurate, and the speed of wake-up and response is remarkable. You can also use the mini program of the B station on the car machine, and it is also possible to relax a little when charging and replenishing energy.
In addition, the WM W6 can currently do karaoke in the car. Through the WM configuration of the wireless microphone with the program in the car machine can be completed, with this function for the family outing has a new entertainment experience - parents for the need to charge the car is not so high acceptance, but during the charging period everyone together to have a rare "music party", or a very novel experience.
The assisted driving function is a great help for spring festival highway driving
WM W6 currently supports L2+ level assisted driving, in addition to lane keeping, lane centering and full-speed adaptive cruise, it also supports the function of lighting and changing lanes. Previously, for the Spring Festival self-driving, driving about 200 kilometers a day will bring about a more obvious sense of fatigue. Now the addition of assisted driving functions makes this process more relaxed, hanging 110 km speed in their own lanes to maintain speed driving, occasionally encountering slow cars to change lanes to overtake, basically do not need to carry out too many operations, just need to monitor some potential situations.
The assisted driving start mode of W6 W6 is still relatively convenient, and it is concentrated on the button on the right side of the steering wheel to enter the ACC and intelligent pilot system. Of course, we still need to say that assisted driving functions are not a panacea. This year, the weather in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai during the New Year is not very good, continuous rain, in the heavy rain for some of the identification of the auxiliary driving function of the W6 is still somewhat unstable, such as the loss of lane line recognition, so when using assisted driving, it is still necessary to remain vigilant at all times, and once the situation occurs, it will be taken over in time.
The trunk can be loaded, the rear row is large enough, and the space for the Spring Festival car is a big demand
On the issue of space, the use of cars during the Spring Festival is particularly obvious. On the one hand, visiting relatives at home is inevitably full of people in the car, and the comfort of sitting in the back row must be needed. On the other hand, the most direct way parents love us who are far away is to stuff the trunk with things, so it is also very useful to have a special trunk.
The WM W6 is 4620mm long and has 543 litres of trunk space. When I came home for the New Year this time, I also loaded my own Wang Xingren into the car, and the dog who had not been happy in the car for a long time jumped up and down in the back seat very comfortably. The unique smoothness of electric vehicles makes dogs born with motion sickness will not have obvious discomfort, which is still a lot of improvement compared to when driving fuel vehicles before. And this brown and yellow interior of the Weima W6 just matched my Wang Xingren color match, the circle of friends posted a picture successfully became the "most beautiful boy" of the day, but also another harvest of the Spring Festival car.
Summary: The use scenarios of pure trams are becoming more and more extensive,
The experience of excursions quickly increased
For a person who has seven or eight years of experience driving fuel vehicles, the use experience of pure electric vehicles has improved very quickly in the past two years. This depends on the three aspects of battery life, energy replenishment, and intelligence. Take W6 for example: a charge of dozens of dollars, after the battery life discount is still better than the use of fuel vehicles; fast charging stations more and more, rapid energy replenishment began to become "senseless", time costs began to gradually lower; intelligent car machines can solve more than 80% of the physical button operations in the use of vehicles, especially navigation and media playback such conventional actions.
So it seems that the good time to buy a pure tram has come?