BMW i3 takes the lead in taking stock of the mid-size pure electric sedan that will be launched in 2022

In the early stage of the development of pure electric vehicles, compact pure electric products can be said to be blooming everywhere, I believe that as long as the car companies in the field of new energy are entered, the probability of taking the lead in layout is this market.

However, with the development of pure electric vehicles, as well as the upgrading of the automobile consumer market, compact pure electric cars are no longer the first choice for consumers who buy pure electric vehicles, and medium-sized pure electric cars represented by Model 3 Xiaopeng P7 and other products have begun to gradually occupy the market, so in addition to these two models in 2022, what new options are there? Today we will take a look at the medium-sized pure electric car that will be launched in 2022, and the minimum 150,000 yuan or so can be started.

BMW i3

The i3 is a mid-size pure electric sedan that BMW will launch soon, and this model is a pure electric version of the 3 Series. According to the latest news, some BMW dealers have begun to accept the BMW Brilliance i3 model bookings, which are expected to start scheduling in May and be delivered at the end of May or early June.

On the outside, the new car adopts the current G28 generation 3 series styling design, while some of the core features of the BMW i brand have also been fully brought in. These include a fully enclosed double kidney grille with a very prominent blue trim on the front face, low-resistance wheels with greater coverage, and so on. In terms of size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4872/1846/1481mm, and the wheelbase is 2966mm, which is very close to the data of the current 3 series long axis version, which will provide better rear space performance.

In the rear part, the overall design continues the shape of the current 3 Series, but some details have been modified, such as a new design under the bumper, and the addition of blue decorative strips.

In terms of power, the new car is equipped with a drive motor with a maximum power of 250 kW and a maximum torque of 410 N·m, and is expected to be the most powerful model in the three series. The power battery capacity is not disclosed, but the energy density of the battery system is 138Wh/kg. In terms of endurance, the new car reached 526 kilometers, and the electricity consumption of 100 kilometers under working conditions was 14.3kWh.

Nezha S

Nezha S is the first B-class digital electric coupe created by Nezha Automobile's "Shanhai Platform". According to the latest news we received from the official, this model will open for pre-sale at the Beijing Auto Show, which opens next month. At present, the official revealed that the new car is equipped with a front double wishbone suspension, a rear five-link suspension, an elk test of 80km/h, and the new car also has the highest aspect ratio of the same class of 1.36, 450mm low center of gravity, 50:50 perfect ratio, and zero hundred kilometer acceleration of 3.9 seconds and other product details.

In terms of appearance, the new car uses a new design language, and the sharp front line makes the entire front face look very aggressive. In terms of design details, the new car adopts a closed grille design, which makes the front of the car look more three-dimensional through the hard lines, and the lighting also adopts a split shape, making the entire front of the car look more personalized.

From the side of the car can be seen, the shape of the whole car is very slender, the official positioning it as a B-class digital electric coupe, design details, can see that the new car may use a borderless door, sneak back design makes him look more sporty and advanced.

The rear of the car adopts a penetrating taillight design, and the wide light body makes the entire tail look very distinctive. At the same time, the rear line also echoes the line design of the front lighting part, increasing the three-dimensional feeling of the tail.

In terms of power, the Nezha S four-wheel drive version adopts the front and rear dual motor design, the peak power is 340kW, the overall peak torque is 600N·m, and the zero-hundred-mile acceleration is only 3.9 seconds. In terms of endurance, Nezha S provides two power types: extended range and pure electricity. Among them, the extended range version of the NEDC has a mileage of 1100km, and the pure electric version of the NEDC has a cruising range of 710km.

In terms of intelligence, the new car will apply Huawei's MDC computing platform that can achieve 200T high computing power, using 3 lidar, 5 millimeter wave radar, 12 ultrasonic radars, 13 cameras, high-precision positioning units and high-precision maps and other perception units, which can achieve pilot assistance driving on high-speed and urban roads, as well as L4 level intelligent driving in some scenarios such as parking and remote summoning. Based on the Ethernet SOA electronic and electrical architecture, Nezha S can also achieve unlimited expansion, self-evolution, and flexibly meet the different needs of users.

NIO ET5

The NIO ET5 is the fifth product of NIO and a new generation model developed according to the NIO NT2.0 platform. The model has already announced its price on December 18, 2021, and the price before the subsidy is 328,000 yuan and 386,000 yuan, according to the official announcement, this model will be delivered starting in September this year.

ET5 in terms of appearance can be said to continue the design style of WEILAI ET7, the family X-Bar design language gives the whole car excellent appearance, fully enclosed front face design, visual effect is very holistic. Only a small area of hollowing is retained under the bumper, and the split headlights plus segmented LED daytime running lights give the front of the car a sci-fi feeling, while these feminine lines make the whole car look soft, delicate and luxurious.

On the side of the body, we can see that the ET5 adopts the sneaky design line design commonly used in sports cars, which adds a sense of sport to the new car, and on the side details, the new car does not use a tough waist line, and a round and smooth waist line makes the side of the whole car look very tense. In terms of size, the new car has a length, width and height of 4790/1960/1499mm and a wheelbase of 2888mm, positioning itself as a medium-sized pure electric sedan.

From the perspective of the entire tail, it can be said that the ET5 is a small ET7, and the overall design elements are highly consistent, including the through taillights and the logo installed on the upper part of the rear trunk cover. However, in the details, you can see that the ET5's through-type taillights adopt a narrow design with wide and narrow middles on both sides, which makes him look more three-dimensional.

The interior design of the ET5 continues the concept of "second living room", which is exquisite and warm. Clean+ eco-friendly fabrics wrap softly around passengers while enhancing the acoustics of the cabin. The invisible air conditioner outlet keeps the dashboard neat and sophisticated. It is worth mentioning that the ET5 is equipped with NioJin Cinema, a digital cockpit with AR/VR technology. NIO and innovative AR equipment company NREAL have jointly developed exclusive AR glasses that can project a large screen with a visual distance of 6 meters and equivalent to 201 inches; and have also cooperated with NOLO to develop NIO VR Glasses, equipped with ultra-thin Pancake optical lenses, which can achieve binocular 4K display.

In terms of power, the ET5 is equipped with two motors in front and rear, equipped with an intelligent four-wheel drive system as standard, the maximum power of the motor is 150kW and 210kW, the maximum total output power of the system is 360kW, the maximum total output torque is 700N.m, and the acceleration time from zero to 100 kilometers is 4.3 seconds. In terms of endurance, the CLTC model equipped with a 75kWh battery pack has a range of more than 550 kilometers, and the model equipped with a 100kWh battery pack has a range of more than 700 kilometers. In addition, according to Weilai's previous statement, ET5 also has a model equipped with a 150kWh semi-solid-state battery and CLTC with a range of more than 1000 kilometers, but the price of this model has not yet been announced, but for Weilai, which can replace the power, it can also replace a larger battery pack after purchase.

WM M7

WM M7 is a medium-sized pure electric car to be launched by WM Motor, the new car has been officially unveiled before, at the time of the unveiling, the official said that this new car will be mass-produced and delivered this year, we judge that the new car will be announced at the Beijing Auto Show interior design, and is expected to open pre-sale at the auto show site.

In terms of appearance, the WM M7 adopts a new design language, which is more modern than the previous SUV model, and adds some more fashionable elements, such as two-color hood, and through-beam headlight and taillight design. In terms of details, the new car has lidar on the roof and left and right front fenders, as well as cameras on the roof, which are all hardware for autonomous driving.

In the side part, M7 also adopts the current more popular slipback modeling design, but because of the higher body, so that the whole car lacks some coupe models of the low body posture, in the details we can see that the new car front LED daytime running lights have been extended to the position of the A pillar, very characteristic, at the same time on the side we also saw the hidden door handle and two-color body design, the only drawback may be that the roof of the lidar protruding higher, lack of some sense of design. In terms of body size, the official has not yet announced the specific parameters of the vehicle, but the official said that the new car will be more than 5 meters long.

The design of the rear part of the car is still very distinctive, the first most obvious is the vehicle's through-type taillights, and the segmented design is also used in both sides to make it look more distinctive.

In terms of power, the official has not yet announced the power information of this model, and the known news is that the mileage of the new car will exceed 700 kilometers. More news about this model will wait for the official release, but according to the previous WM products are more cost-effective pricing, M7 may be equipped with lidar in the medium-sized pure electric sedan, the price is very cost-effective product.

WM E.5

WM Motor announced not long ago that its new pure electric sedan E.5 will be officially listed at the Beijing Auto Show, after this model is a product launched for the B port market, the price range is 150,100-170,100 yuan, according to the latest official news, the new car will be listed at the Beijing Auto Show, and after the auto show listing, this new car will also face the C-end personal consumption market, according to the previous price for the B port market to infer, the future of this model may be the best cost-effective medium-sized pure electric car on the market.

In terms of appearance, we can see that the new car adopts a more traditional design, which is more conservative than the products of many new car companies, and is more like a product created by a traditional car company. In terms of the front face, the headlights adopt a square design, the two headlights are connected by a bright black decorative strip, and the center is inlaid with the brand LOGO, which still continues the design elements of the WM brand.

On the side of the body, we can see that the new car uses a relatively tough and stable styling design, a waist line runs from the front of the car to the rear of the car, and the straight waist line creates a stable visual effect. In terms of body size, the new car has a length, width and height of 4718/1838/1535mm and a wheelbase of 2810mm, positioning itself as a medium-sized pure electric sedan.

In the rear design, the new car also continues the more square modeling style of the whole vehicle, the taillight shape echoes with the headlights, and we can also see that it adopts the X-type width light modeling inside the taillight, and it is expected that the visual effect and recognition will be very good after lighting.

In terms of interior, the new car adopts a simple design style, and we can see from the pictures that the new car adopts a three-spoke steering wheel, a suspension central control large screen, an LCD instrument and a gear shift knob. The official configuration sheet shows that the lcd instrument size and the central control large screen of the new car are 12.3 inches, and they are standard for the whole series.

In terms of configuration, the first standard of the whole series is the 1.91㎡ panoramic canopy, in addition to the LCD dashboard, central control screen, gear shift knob, four doors and windows one-key lift, automatic air conditioning and CN95 micron air filtration system. In terms of safety, the new car is equipped with ESP electronic stability control system, AUTO HOLD automatic parking system, TCS traction control system, HHC hill assist system, etc. as standard. In addition to the above configurations, the high-end model is equipped with The Living Pilot Intelligent Mobility Assist System, including ACC Adaptive Cruise, AEB Automatic Emergency Braking, and FCW Forward Collision Warning System.

In the power part, according to the officially announced configuration list, the new car will launch two models, one for the Pro version and one for the Zhikexing version. Both models are equipped with a permanent magnet synchronous motor with a maximum power of 120 kW and a maximum torque of 240 N·m, an acceleration time of≤ 8.9 s per 100 km/h, a ternary lithium material for a power battery, and a comprehensive working range of 505 km under NEDC. In terms of charging, E.5 fast charging takes only 39 minutes from 30%-80%, and intercity travel can also be calmly handled. At the same time, the E.5 is also equipped with a high-temperature liquid cooling system, a battery pack electric heating system and an energy recovery function.