(Ocean-X Concept Car)
(Seal declaration map)
(Seal Design Manuscript)
As for the front face of the seal, it also largely restores the design of the concept car, including the headlights and bumper area, which are highly consistent with the concept car. However, many netizens believe that the bulge on both sides of its headlights extends along the hood to the bumper design, which is suspected of imitating the Porsche Taycan, while the editor believes that the headlights of the seals spread downward in a "C" shape, which seems to be more like Renault Megana.
Coming to the side of the body, the wheelbase of the SEAL 2920mm is the same as that of the Han EV, but the Length of the Han series sedan is 4980mm, which is almost enough to reach the level of the D-class car. This wheelbase length is placed in the 4800mm length of the seal, making the front and back appear particularly short, this electric car's unique front and back high dive posture is actually easy to make the proportions strange (especially in the EQS such a large car is particularly obvious), but it is still relatively tight and pleasing to the eye on the seal that is not very large.
(The seal side lines are very close to the concept car, but the waist line that runs across the side is relatively convergent, and I personally think that if the complicated trims and lines can be removed, it will be more advanced.) ）
(Compared with the side lines of the ocean-X concept car, it can be seen that the seal even has two sculpted waist lines to continue.) However, the small triangular window behind the seal C-pillar is decorated with intricate fins, and the side fin version is also decorated with black ornaments. The taste of auto parts city is too strong. ）
(Due to the characteristics of electric vehicles, cars developed based on pure electric platforms can now have long wheelbase + ultra-short front and rear suspension characteristics, resulting in the unique body proportions of the new generation of pure electric cars, and also creating more space for the carriages, even the Volkswagen Aero B, which will be launched in 2023 and is still in the testing stage, is no exception.) Through their comparison with BYD seals, I wonder who you think has the best proportions? ）
In terms of rear design, seals also faithfully restore the concept car, even the two sides of the bumper, the lower diffuser are almost exactly the same, the taillights are unsurprisingly adopt a penetrating design, the two side light strips are as bright and concise as scalpels, and the concave trunk doors also make the rear of the car more exquisitely puffy. In addition, the rear camera is located in the middle of the rear of the car, and the tailgate opening button is above, which is not a common hidden handle layout, which is also quite rare.
On the personalized options, you can see that seals have declared three wheel styles in the declaration chart information, including two wheel sizes of 225/50R18 and 235/45R19. The four-wheel drive version is only equipped with R19 tires, and the other two rear-drive versions can be selected for R18 and R19, and are available in a variety of different caliper colors. It is worth noting that even the low-end wheels have not designed the shape too plainly, and the main visual tones are narrow spokes + thin tire walls, which has created a strong sports atmosphere.
In terms of body kits, the declaration chart saw three colors in addition to black: green, orange, and blue, covering the front and rear bumpers respectively, and I still feel that the flavor of auto parts city is too strong, far less advanced than black, gray, etc.
Interior design or follow the destroyer 05?
Regarding the interior of the seal, only a low-definition spy photo has been exposed. It can be seen that the LCD dashboard and steering wheel design of the new car are very similar to the recently launched destroyer 05 - of course, because the other parts are tightly covered, Xiaobian still hopes that seal interior design and material application can have a more creative solution.
(SEAL interior spy photo)
For reference, the destroyer 05 center control adopts a wave-shaped design, bringing an elegant and smooth sense of rhythm. In addition, the whole series is also equipped with a 12.8-inch 8-core adaptive rotary suspension Pad (upgraded to 15.6 inches for high-end models), an 8.8-inch full LCD instrument panel, a knob-type gear shift mechanism, mobile phone wireless charging, breathing atmosphere lights, etc., which are all expected of the SEAL interior.
(Destroyer 05 interior real shot)
(As a blockbuster product, SEAL's car machine is believed to be close to the latest version, after the destroyer 05 is equipped with The DiLink intelligent networking system, which is based on Android in-depth research and development, has a new MHI interface design and a highly localized in-vehicle application market, I don't know if Seal will have further upgrades in UI design or interesting selling points?) ）
In another spy photo, seals can be seen with eye-catching one-piece seats and panoramic glass canopy that covers almost the entire roof. However, it is not known whether it will be equipped with sun blinds or measures to block ultraviolet rays, after all, the seal body is also relatively low, only 1460mm, and the passenger's head will be closer to the roof than other models in the same door, which is really unbearable in the poisonous sunlight of the southern summer.
In terms of interior space, because seals are based on the development of e-platform 3.0, the length (4800mm) is not much longer than qin PLUS/destroyer 05, but the wheelbase is up to 2920mm, which is the same as Han EV, and the latter is still a little enough to get 5 meters long.
The picture above is the back row of han EV, after our 183-tall, more athletic model sat in, there was still two fists left on the knees, and the head was at least three fingers away from the roof. In addition, from the spy photo, we can see that the front seats of the SEAL seem to be lighter and more concave than the Han EV, so we can also expect the SEAL to have legroom performance that is not inferior to the Han EV, or even better. However, the height of the car at 1460mm may affect the performance of the head space.
Available in three power options 4WD Zero Hundred acceleration or 3.8 seconds
In the SEAL declaration information, it is also shown that the car will be available in 3 power versions, including two rear-drive and a four-wheel drive version, because there is a tail mark of "3.8s" in the declaration chart, according to BYD tradition, the most powerful four-wheel drive version is likely to have 3.9 seconds of 0-100km/h acceleration performance.
1. Rear drive low power version permanent magnet synchronous motor (TZ200XYL): rated power 70kW, peak power 150kW
2. Rear drive high power version permanent magnet synchronous motor (TZ200XYCL): rated power 70kW, peak power 230kW
3. Four-wheel drive version AC asynchronous front motor (YS210XYA) + permanent magnet synchronous rear motor (TZ200XYC): rated power front 75kW / rear 70kW, peak power front 160kW / rear 230kW
Regarding SEAL's e-platform 3.0, BYD also disclosed its technical details on the occasion of the launch of the ocean-X concept car in September last year. The platform has blade battery, body and battery integration, a new domain control electronic and electrical architecture, independent research and development of BYD OS operating system, eight-in-one electric drive assembly with an overall efficiency of more than 89%, wide temperature range efficient heat pump system, 800V high-voltage fast charging and other technical highlights.
Where is e-Platform 3.0 Intelligence? According to BYD data, the e-platform 3.0 is also essentially modular and centralized design for the vehicle electrical architecture. One of the biggest highlights is the integration of dozens of ECUs into 4 major domain controllers (left body domain controller, right body domain controller, intelligent domain controller, power domain control). The simple understanding is to change from a single ECU single function to a multi-core CPU domain with stronger processing power to control multiple functions, through CPU fusion, the e-platform 3.0 computing power is increased by 30%; through function fusion, the controller interaction efficiency is increased by 50%, which lays a solid foundation for the powerful driver assistance system in the future.
It is worth expecting that at that time, BYD also announced that most of the technology of e-platform 3.0 technology would appear on the mass production version of the ocean-X concept car, in other words, seals.
Estimated price/competitive environment
As for the price issue that everyone is most concerned about, according to the information previously exposed on the Internet, the pre-sale price of seals is expected to be 220,000-280,000 yuan, which means that the hot models from Xiaopeng P7 to entry-level Model 3 are touched, and it is inevitable that they will be on the same stage in the future, and considering the brand appeal of competitors and the accumulated reputation, it can be seen that the pressure on seals is not small.
Tesla Model 3
Subsidized price: 27.99-36.79 million
Model 3 can be said to be a benchmark that all models of the same level cannot avoid, Mo said that new energy vehicles, even gasoline car customers have been taken away by it. In 2021, the model 3 sold 572,000 units in the whole year, becoming one of the top ten best-selling models in the world and reaching annual sales of 150,890 units in China.
Although there have been public opinions and controversies about Model 3 since domestic production, it has not yet caused a fatal impact on its high sales, and the brand's appeal and inherent technology content have always been the winning magic weapon of Model 3. The top price of seals is about 280,000, while the subsidized price of the Model 3 entry-level model is 279,900, which may lead to a slightly embarrassing situation for the top seals. In addition, as the production capacity of Tesla's overseas gigafactories has kept up this year, the pressure of the Shanghai factory that undertakes export tasks is relatively reduced, and it can concentrate on responding to domestic orders, and the delivery time of model 3 can be further shortened, and the delivery volume may rise to another level.
Xiaopeng P7
Subsidized price: 22.42-40.99 million
Xiaopeng P7 also has a fairly excellent performance, the P7 launched in 2019 with the continuous innovation of coupe modeling and intelligent hardware, so that it has long been in the field of pure electric cars to grab the popularity in advance. In 2021, Xiaopeng delivered 98,155 new cars, ranking in the TOP1 of the three giants of the new forces, of which the P7 is the best selling model, 7,459 vehicles were delivered in December alone, and 60,569 vehicles were delivered throughout the year, accounting for 62% of the total delivery volume of the year! And the starting price of Xiaopeng P7 is 219,900, which is just similar to that of low-grade seals, but the appearance, aura and intelligence level are not lost, and the temptation for consumers is very high.
NIO ET5
Subsidized price: 328,000-386,000 / Battery rental scheme from 258,000
Originally, WEILAI ET5 did not belong to the price range where the seal was located, but after consumers chose the battery rental service of WEILAI, they could reduce the starting price to 258,000 yuan, the monthly fee of 75kWh battery was 980 yuan, and the monthly fee of 100kWh battery was 1480 yuan, with the high-end sense of styling design and carriage materials, there is also a certain attraction.
As the youngest model under NIO, et5 has a unique taste of elegant interior, a variety of material options, panoramic digital cockpit PanoCinema and a full set of autonomous driving hardware equipped with NIO NT2.0 platform as standard, etc., as well as NIO's perfect power services... After some experience, it is likely to make people "grit their teeth" on ET5 ideas.
Write at the end
Judging from the pictures and information currently exposed, BYD seals are quite exciting, whether it is design or platform technology, I believe it will have a more obvious leap forward than BYD's pure electric sedan before. Although the carriage design has not yet been released in any pictures, in view of BYD's radical design style in the past two years, it is not excluded that it will bring a series of surprises. Of course, the range of seals will have to face Tesla, Weilai, Xiaopeng, which have already seized the position and have a good reputation, can the performance of seals stand out enough? Welcome to leave a message to discuss, and we will also timely for everyone to carry out new car tracking reports, please pay attention to. (Photo/Text/Photo: Yang Jiazhen, Pacific Auto Network)