Although the development momentum of the domestic new energy vehicle field is strong, to be radical, we still have to see the origin of the internal combustion engine - the European market.
In the recent 2022 European Annual Car List, a jury composed of 61 well-known auto journalists from 23 countries voted for 7 models that were shortlisted for the finals from more than 60 vehicles, 6 of which were pure electric models, and only 1 fuel car was struggling to support. In stark contrast to last year's shortlist of only two pure electric models, it has become the largest proportion of electric vehicles in history, and to some extent, it can also be regarded as announcing the opening of the European market fuel models, and the era of pure electricity has arrived.
After fierce competition, the Kia EV6 finally stood out from the 7-in-1 finalist competition with 279 votes and won the "European Car of the Year 2022" award. Renault Megane E-TECH (265 votes) and Hyundai Ioiq 5 (261 votes) followed suit, finishing second and third. The remaining four models all scored below 200 points, which shows the preference and recognition of the first three models in the European market. It is worth mentioning that there are also many familiar figures in the last four models, such as the Peugeot 308 and the Ford Mustang Mach-E.
In the domestic decline of the Korean brand, in the open sea new energy market mixed up, based on the same platform E-GMP to create gemini products EV6 and Ioniq 5, recently can be described as winning the award, especially the champion EV6, with a unique avant-garde design, 800V ultra-fast charging system, as well as 100 km 3.5s acceleration and up to 600km endurance performance, since the listing has been deeply favored by consumers.
The sister model of the Kia EV6, hyundai Ioiq 5 (Chinese Ani Kr), although it is the third place, but there is only a 4-vote gap with the second place, which shows the recognition of this model in the European market. The reason why this car is not as popular as the EV6, I think it is most likely because the design of the Ioniq 5 pixel wind is too personal, resulting in its more niche. These two Korean electric vehicles are expected to enter the domestic market this year, and it is not known whether they can play the role of the savior of Korean cars.
Although the Peugeot 308 successfully defended the last dignity of the fuel car, with a score of 191 votes to win the fourth place, in fact, this defense is not pure, because the Peugeot 308 also offers a plug-in PHEV version, and will also launch a pure electric model next year. The reason why Peugeot 308 can gain market recognition is that in addition to the deep reputation of the market, its comprehensive and renewed product performance has also significantly improved its competitiveness. I don't know whether it will land in the domestic market in the future, whether it is still the original taste, and whether it will continue to carry the three-cylinder machine that has been criticized by the Chinese people.
Everyone is more familiar with the Ford Mustang Mach-E, with 150 votes in the sixth place, in fact, this electric Mustang in the overseas market has always had a high degree of attention, its own comprehensive strength is relatively strong, full of sporty and scientific and technological design, 100 kilometers as fast as 3.65s performance performance, coupled with Ford over the years in the European market to accumulate word of mouth, it is not particularly unexpected to be selected on the list, after all, how much to give some face.
Skoda Enyaq iV (185 votes) was fifth and Cupra Born (144 votes) was sixth. I believe that everyone is relatively unfamiliar with these two cars, and putting these two models together is actually because they are of the same origin. As Skoda's first pure electric SUV model, it is no secret that the Enyaq iV was born on Volkswagen's MEB platform, and the interior layout maintains a high degree of similarity to the ID.4. And the Coupra Born under the Volkswagen sub-brand Seat is needless to say, not only from the Volkswagen MEB platform, but also has a close connection with ID.3, how close, it is not too much to say that it is a shell change product.
The lowest-key Renault Megana e-Tech Electric, surprisingly able to win the runner-up with a score of 265 votes, can be said to be unexpected by many people, although there is Renault's word of mouth blessing, but the starting price of 35,200 euros, the maximum endurance of 460km and 7.4s zero hundred acceleration performance, is really not excellent, perhaps the jury found that this body has unknown highlights and features.
Although the European annual list of the wind car has a history of 58 years, its gold content is much higher than other wild road awards, but for domestic consumers, its reference significance is not high, and even the models that can be shortlisted in the finals here are difficult to set off any waves in China. What really needs our attention is the aggressive attitude of the European market to new energy models: this attitude will accelerate the progress of global electrification, and may have a new chemical reaction with the domestic new energy market. The era of electrification 2.0 may no longer be far away.
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