As Shanghai increased the restrictions on foreign license plates, Zhang Chi bought a Model 3 in 2020. However, in the subsequent use of the car, Zhang Chi found that the various inconveniences of the electric vehicle.
"Have you experienced the big winter, what is it like to get up at 6 a.m. and run to the supercharging station to queue up for charging?" I was impressed by his words last winter. Battery life discount, slow energy replenishment, charging queue... Not only Zhang Chi, almost all pure electric vehicle users, in the process of using the car more or less will encounter similar problems, Zhang Chi decided to change the car may be the reason for this.
The reason why Zhang Chi is ready to start with AITO Q&A M5, in addition to the fact that there is too little choice for non-pure electric vehicles that can be green branded for about 300,000 yuan, more reasons are that AITO Q&I M5 meets his needs in all aspects.
"You know, I chose the Model 3 for its looks, technology and performance. To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that pure electric cars were really inconvenient, I wouldn't have changed cars, so my requirements for the second car are the same. I went to the store to experience the M5, and I felt that this car met my needs in terms of both appearance and performance, and in terms of technology, I felt that it was better than the Model 3. Zhang Chi explained to me why he finally chose the Q&A anthology M5.
To have a good look, to be luxurious and luxurious
"At first, I wanted to change the car and my wife was not very satisfied, mainly because she thought the Model 3 looked very good, and she was afraid that I would change to a car she didn't like. Later, I simply took her to the store to personally experience the M5, and she liked it at first sight. Zhang Chi is a typical "tracheitis", and changing the car has to consider the opinion of the wife.
The aesthetics of the domestic automotive industry have gone through two stages, the generation after 60 and 70 prefers a stable and square shape, and to the 80/90 or even after 00 generation, the aesthetic is more inclined to the style of fashion, avant-garde and sport. Therefore, it can be found that in recent years, not only independent brands, but even joint venture brands including Toyota, their new car styling has become more and more radical.
The styling design of aito M5 is typically to cater to the current aesthetic trend. The new car features a natural aesthetic front face design, a large trapezoidal grille, and shark fin streamer lights, revealing several non-angry momentum. At the same time, the rounded shape design, combined with the streamlined body design of the coupe, creates an elegant and sporty temperament, giving people several unspeakable feelings of the Audi A7.
As a mid-size SUV, the AITO Inquisitive M5 has a length, width and height of 4770/1930/1625mm and a wheelbase of 2880mm. The nearly 4.8-meter length brings more trunk space, the luggage compartment volume reaches 369, and the second row can reach 776L after falling, close to the wheelbase of 2.9 meters, which also ensures the rear seating space.
"My kids like to go out camping and outing, and the Model 3 storage space was still a little smaller, and a little more stuff was stuffed. The M5 storage space is very large, and it is convenient to travel as a family or move something in the future. Zhang Chi is obviously very satisfied with the space of the AITO Q&A M5.
Zhang Chi's wife prefers the exterior styling of the AITO Q&A M5, but Zhang Chi prefers its interior: "I feel that I don't lose the luxury of BBA and Lexus." ”
Unlike many independent brands that create a so-called "sense of luxury" through various exaggerated designs, the AITO M5 cockpit adopts a simple and luxurious design concept. The T-type center console adopts symmetrical design, with a 10.4-inch curved full LCD instrument panel and a 15.6-inch 2K HDR intelligent central control large screen, which takes into account the sense of science and technology in simplicity.
The most satisfying thing for Zhang Chi is that the interior materials of the AITO M5 are extremely exquisite. The entire cabin is made of high-grade Nappa leather materials, including the steering wheel, center console, seats, and other places within reach, which are very delicate and soft to the touch. At the same time, the hidden air conditioner outlet and wood grain decoration are embellished, which greatly enhances the luxurious texture of the interior.
Performance and handling are comparable to luxury brands
"I've tried a lot of electric cars, and the control of the Model 3 is the one I'm most satisfied with, but now I have to add the Q&C M5." There is no man who does not like performance and handling, and the important reason why Zhang Chi chose the Model 3 at that time was that it had strong performance and control tuning comparable to that of luxury brands.
AITO Q&I M5 uses a pure electric drive range extender platform, the four-wheel drive version is equipped with front AC asynchronous, rear permanent magnet synchronous motor, the four-wheel drive flagship version of the system has a maximum power of 365kW, a peak torque of 675N·m, and a 100-kilometer acceleration of only 4.4 seconds. On the fuel car, this is the acceleration performance of a million-level performance car, for example, the Porsche Macan's zero hundred acceleration is 4.5 seconds.
In terms of handling, aito M5 is equipped with a rare aluminum alloy chassis of the same class, the advantage is that it is 30% lighter than the traditional steel chassis, and at the same time, the suspension form of the multi-link after the front double wishbone also brings super high stability and more accurate control. "Although it is an SUV, I tried it down, and the control of the M5 is not worse than that of the BBA." Zhang Chi said.
In addition, AITO engineers conduct targeted adjustments and tests for China's road conditions, accumulating 100,000+ kilometers of road condition data and 3 million + kilometers of chassis durability tests to ensure that the vehicle can take into account the comfort and also ensure the durability of the vehicle.
Cruising range and replenishment are the most important reasons why Zhang Chi chose AITO Tomei M5. Equipped with a 1.5T four-cylinder range extender, aito M5 has a super high thermal efficiency of 41%, as well as a maximum power generation efficiency of 3.2kW·h/L, and the comprehensive endurance of both NEDC and WLC conditions exceeds 1100 kilometers, which completely ends the range anxiety of electric vehicle owners.
One reason for the discount on the battery life of pure electric vehicles is that the "energy consumption households" such as cockpit heating and battery heating will consume a large amount of battery power, while THEO Q&I M5 is different, its range-extended platform is intelligent, efficient and safe, which can make full use of the waste heat generated by engine operation, greatly weakening the impact of "energy consumption" on the cruising range.
Of course, the convenience of AITO's M5 energy replenishment also makes Zhang Chi extremely satisfied: "There is no need to burn oil at all for commuting, and there is no need to worry about running long distances without worrying about insufficient battery life or inconvenient energy replenishment." ”
AITO Q&I M5 is equipped with a 40kWh ternary lithium battery, WLTP pure electric endurance of 150km, charging 20% to 80%, fast charging only takes 45 minutes, slow charging 5 hours is enough. If you run a long distance, don't worry, the gas station only needs a few minutes to fill up the fuel to continue to drive, without worrying about the lack of battery life like a pure electric car, or the charging queue of the service area supercharging station.
Addictive smart technology
"The Q&I M5 is like a smart terminal, and after getting on the bus, I feel that the mobile phone is completely useless, which makes people a little addicted." After experiencing the unprecedented intelligent technology experience brought by the HarmonyOS smart cockpit, Zhang Chi suddenly felt that the Model 3 in his hand was completely unscented.
Zhang Chi's biggest feeling for the HarmonyOS smart cockpit is "smooth". Unlike many car systems that start particularly slowly, the HarmonyOS cockpit opens very quickly after landing, and whether it is opening the application or switching the application, there is almost no sign of stuttering and card frame, which is very smooth and followed. Secondly, the central control screen touch of the M5 is also different from the central control screen of most other new cars, and the whole screen is particularly smooth when sliding.
"You don't feel like you're operating the operating system at all, it's like you're operating a tablet or a mobile phone." Zhang Chi summed up the fluency of the HarmonyOS cockpit.
In terms of smooth operation and ease of use, tesla is probably only left compared with the harmonyOS smart cockpit, but Tesla's biggest problem is that the function is too streamlined, the lack of a large number of entertainment applications, the stickiness of the car machine system to the user is slightly lower, and the mobile phone is still unable to get rid of the car after getting on the car.
In contrast, the HarmonyOS cockpit is better than Tesla in the application ecology, and the large number of applications such as navigation, music, listening to books, videos, etc., are completely enough to make the interior space become the user's "second space".
Another big advantage is the high degree of intelligence, the HarmonyOS cockpit uses a small art voice assistant, can carry out continuous dialogue in 60 seconds, no need to repeat the wake-up at each command, even if the plug interrupts the system can accurately identify, more importantly, it can achieve two tasks in one sentence.
"When I experienced it, I said 'I'm a little cold' to the car system, and then immediately said 'play Jay Chou's song', which can very accurately identify these two commands, turn on the air conditioning heating and play music." Zhang Chi was very surprised by the powerful function of HarmonyOS, in his opinion, in general, this kind of one sentence and two tasks, other car machines are difficult to accurately identify and perform.
Of course, the intelligent technology of the AITU Q&A M5 is not only in the HarmonyOS intelligent cockpit, but also in the L2 level of intelligent assisted driving he carries. "After using the driver assistance of the Model 3, I was afraid that the M5 would be much worse in functionality, but after the experience, I found that my worries were superfluous." Although he is a Model 3 car owner, Zhang Chi's evaluation of the intelligent assisted driving system of the AITO Q&A M5 is not low.
The main reason is that THE AITO Q&I M5 adopts the industry's mature L2 level assisted driving solution, and the hardware is equipped with 1 visual perception camera, 3 millimeter wave radar, 4 APA cameras, 12 long-distance ultrasonic radars, including parallel assist, lane departure warning, lane keeping assist, adaptive cruise, active braking and other traditional L2 level driving assistance functions.
However, the most surprising thing for Zhang Chi is that the AITO M5 is equipped with a 360° intelligent panoramic parking system. This system uses visual plus ultrasonic fusion methods to identify parking spaces and obstacles, and supports more than 100 parking scenarios (including special scenarios such as incomplete parking lines and curved parking spaces), which can realize parking space limiter recognition and ensure the safety and convenience of parking. According to Zhang Chi's words: "I don't have to worry about my wife stopping and rubbing at all." ”
During Zhang Chi's chat, I obviously found that he was a bit impatient, and it was expected that he would not be able to get the designated AITU Q&A M5 until May. In less than 7 days since the launch of the AITO Q&I M5, the number of online orders has exceeded 8,000 units.
The hot sales of AITO Q&I M5 have also been expected, after all, with high-value styling, luxurious interiors, powerful intelligent technology and comparable to luxury brand performance and control, AITO Q&I M5 also perfectly solves the problem of endurance and energy replenishment anxiety of pure electric vehicles.
AUTHOR Shen Liming
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