Text/Shore Qing
It may be a very common thing for a single model to achieve monthly sales of more than 10,000, but it is always a bit of miracle and luck to support the entire brand by relying on the sales of a single model and ranking in the first echelon of the segment.
Yes, it is the ideal car and its ideal ONE, as a member of the army of 300 new car-making forces, the ideal with this high-end SUV model priced at up to 300,000 yuan rushed into the door of the new energy market, and firmly occupied the head position, becoming a member of the synonym of new energy "Wei Xiaoli".
The hot sales of the ideal ONE and the status of the "only child" make it an indispensable contributor to the ideal car, but in the situation of the group of heroes competing for the central plains, the ideal understands that it is impossible to rely only on the ideal ONE model to go long and far.
Therefore, the ideal second car, the ideal X01, has also been in preparation, and it is reported that the car will meet with everyone in April this year, and the competition target is Mercedes-Benz GLS.
Like big brother ideal ONE, the ideal X01 is still a range extender electric vehicle, which is also a feature of the ideal brand, using a range extender engine to solve the problem of endurance anxiety.
However, the ideal X01 will be upgraded to varying degrees in technology, "X01" based on the ideal range platform 2.0 to build, NEDC pure electric mileage of about 200km, pure electric endurance under WLTC conditions of 155km, fuel tank volume of 65L, pure electric plus fuel total endurance will reach about 800km. It is possible to use the front suspension as a double wishbond structure, front and rear dual motor drive mode, the combined power is expected to be 330 kW, the maximum torque of 650 Nm.
It is worth mentioning that the ideal X01 will use a 1.5T four-cylinder Miller cycle range extender, with a thermal efficiency of 40%, and it is believed that NVH and fuel saving levels can be improved. The most complained about the ideal ONE is that the problem of the three-cylinder engine has finally been solved on the brother model.
Judging from the current spy photos, the ideal X01 will be one circle larger than the ideal ONE in terms of size, with a length, width and height of 5200/1998/1800mm, and a wheelbase of 3100mm, which is comparable to the size of the ideal ONE's 5030/1960/1760mm and the wheelbase of 2935mm, which is comparable to the size of luxury large SUVs such as Mercedes-Benz GLS and BMW X7.
It is reported that the ideal X01 will achieve L4 level intelligent assisted driving, which includes ap controller horizon J3+J5 chip and SP controller customized Orin-X chip, 1 128-line lidar and DMS, 5 millimeter-wave radar, 12 ultrasonic radar and 8M cameras.
Although the specific situation needs to be further confirmed after the listing, from the current configuration, the car's intelligent assisted driving at the L2/L3 level is definitely more than enough, and the ability to remotely summon and self-park will be greatly improved.
Similarly, in order to open the gap with the original model ideal ONE, the price of the ideal X01 should be positioned at about 450,000 yuan, which is not wrong, the two models to overcome different market segments, will not rob their own sales, is a good plan for both.
But for many consumers, the price of more than 400,000 yuan should be a huge pressure, although the four-cylinder machine is good, but the extra 100,000 yuan price is not acceptable to the public, the ideal ONE current configuration is already luxurious enough, in addition to the three-cylinder engine is always somewhat unpleasant, other problems are not available for the time being.
In contrast, I believe that many powerful consumers will continue to choose the former, the comprehensive performance of the ideal X01 is not yet known, but if there is no strong enough technology configuration, it is tantamount to want to seize the market, at present, in the next period of time, the burden of the ideal car volume must continue to be handed over to the ideal ONE.