The accelerated development of urban life is also mixed with a number of urban diseases, such as traffic jams and parking difficulties that make people head large. In this context, the once edge model, the urban small scooter, has become the traffic code of major car manufacturers. Among them, the average monthly sales of 30,000, the sales king to get the soft Wuling Hongguang MINI EV deservedly become the flag bearer of the revival of urban scooters.
But is The Wuling Hongguang MINI EV really the "originator of scooters" in the eyes of many people? In fact, as early as the end of the 90s of the last century, Smart rose in European countries with its small body and young appearance. In order to fulfill the goal of "always young", Smart has launched a new Smart Genie #1 after combining the popular elements of the moment and the needs of users for products. The new car is expected to land at the Beijing Auto Show in April this year and is scheduled to be officially delivered in December 2022.
The appearance of the new car basically retains the image of the previous concept car, and the cute appearance is matched with rounded lines, which has a sense of "ice pier". The front face adopts the design of new energy standards, with "less is more" as the central idea. The dot-matrix grille, under the background of the internal light source, can form different light and shadow effects. Slender like ribbons of through-led headlights, the interior of the triangular elements of different sizes, forming a deep layering.
The side has a touch of BMW MINI's elegant texture, and the compact body adopts a three-dimensional through-waist line, and the visual effect is particularly full. And Xiaobian's favorite is also the petal-type wheel hub of matte paint, youth sports, and look forward to the mass production version can be retained.
The tail is designed with a "Y" shaped taillight, which is simple but not simple, and echoes the headlights.
In terms of appearance, Smart Genie #1 can definitely be called "the face value ceiling of the city scooter", and its control of details and levels can show "short and sharp" more than the generally straight body of domestic scooters.
In terms of interior, the configuration of the concept car is basically followed, and the "less is more" is successfully continued. The sight is rarely able to see the existence of physical press keys, the whole vehicle only has a 12.8-inch central control LCD screen and a small size LCD meter, which is particularly friendly to women with "press key phobia", and the maneuverability has been greatly improved.
In terms of size, the production version will inherit the data of the concept car, with a length, width and height of 4290/1910/1698mm and a wheelbase of 2750mm. This size is very suitable for the positioning of urban scooters, which can cope with small space demand scenarios such as daily shopping, grocery shopping, and travel.
In terms of configuration, Smart Genie #1 will be equipped with the "smart universe" intelligent human-computer interaction system, which can centrally control the infotainment system, driver assistance system, electric drive electronic control system and vehicle electrical system. With just one screen, you can control the whole vehicle, and it is still the main rule that it is simple and easy to use.
In addition, according to the currently available information, the mass production version will be equipped with intelligent driving functions such as HUD head-up display, intelligent parking, adaptive cruise, and lane keeping. This belongs to the absolute T0 category in the urban scooter market, which is relatively backward in intelligence, and the wind of inner wind seems to be rising here.
In terms of motivation, no specific information is revealed. But it is known that Smart Genie #1 is undergoing winter testing in Yakeshi, Inner Mongolia, and I believe that in a few days we will receive complete power data.
At last:
In the urban scooter market that is only "walking", the emergence of Smart Genie #1 is like a tiger falling out of the flock, elegant appearance, rich built-in, simple interior, in addition to the disadvantage of the price is bound to be high, it seems to be perfect. The emergence of Smart Genie #1 also proposes a new path for car companies that are restoring Wuling Hongguang MINI EV one-to-one. In the context of the "new four modernizations", simple transportation can no longer meet the needs of users, car companies can use Smart Genie #1 as a template, with intelligent, networked as a pen, to draw a high-end urban scooter belonging to China.