Written, photographed | Wang Ziyun
As a Japanese luxury brand, Lexus leads the way in the field of hybrid power, almost monopolizing the Japanese luxury market, Lexus hybrid technology can have such a deep foundation in the industry, I believe it is inseparable from the combination of Japanese technology seiko and craftsman spirit.
So Lexus has done the hybrid technology so well, I don't know how pure electric vehicles are? Let's take a look at Lexus' first pure electric vehicle UX300e today.
As a landmark model of Lexus, the UX300e is designed from the GA-C platform under the TNGA architecture, which is world-renowned for its mature technology, including Toyota's CH-R and Yize models.
As can be seen from the structure of the model, the characteristics of the GA-C are that the body is relatively compact, maintaining a sporty car without losing comfort.
In terms of appearance, the front face of the UX300e is roughly the same as that of the fuel version, still continuing the Lexus family-style front face and spindle grille, with its sharpened L-shaped daytime running lights and fangs fog lights to make the entire front look gentle and elegant.
Body side, Lexus UX300e line design is very rich, up and down double waist line using an upward design, although it is an SUV model, but the overall body side will not appear bloated, but show a delicate and sporty side, while the irregular wheel arch also further enhances the three-dimensional sense of the body side.
Looking at the rear part of the car, the new car adopts a unique through taillight design, creating a good visual aesthetic, which is very visually impactful when lit up at night.
When I entered the UX300e's car ready to drive it, and saw that it was exactly the same interior style as the fuel version, I knew that the UX300e was completely transplanted from the interior of the fuel version, and it did not follow the avant-garde technology that today's pure electric vehicles should have, which was my disappointment.
The grip of the steering wheel is very good, and the thickness of the control directly affects the confidence and confidence of the control when operating.
Multi-function button area, the left side is the conventional driving computer and volume, telephone control; the right side is the focus, lane departure warning, anti-collision warning these active safety configurations are here, the car is also equipped with active braking, lane keeping, these functions can avoid a lot of daily accidents and safety hazards.
In the operator interface, the UX300e still retains most of the physical buttons. The seats are made of more comfortable perforated leather materials, the main and secondary seats support heating and ventilation, it has to be said that the Lexus seats are very comfortable, through a week of deep driving, and there is no feeling of back pain, which also shows that Lexus is as always in the pursuit of comfort.
This UX300e has one point that I can't forget, and that's the NVH. In this level of luxury brand, it is indeed very rare to have such excellent noise control and driving texture.
During the whole test drive, it seems that I can't hear the noise and noise of the city, and the wind noise, road noise, and the metal sound of the chassis bouncing are all excluded from this cockpit, and the whole driving process is extremely comfortable.
UX300e as Lexus's first pure electric vehicle, the power is also sharp, it is equipped with a front-facing single motor power system, the maximum power of 150kW, peak torque of 300N·m, 100 km acceleration time of 7.5s, the battery specification is 54.3kwh lithium battery pack, its NEDC comprehensive cruising range is 400km.
In addition, the car officially gave the fast charge 0-75% takes 50 minutes, and the slow charge can be fully charged in 6.5 hours, which is accurate in the actual charging process.
On the whole, with the current pure electric vehicle standard, the UX300e has no advantages, but this is also the characteristic of toyota models, that is, to ensure the overall reliability of the battery and power system.
In my real driving, this car gives me the feeling that the power performance is very good, its throttle is very light, light on the accelerator will respond, and in the street fight can basically crush the 2.0T front-drive original car on the market.
Even at high speed driving, it can easily accelerate from 80 miles to 120 miles without effort, in the power output of the motor, Lexus does not have any reservations about the UX300e, so the battery consumption of this car is faster, and the mileage under normal driving is only about 350km, which is somewhat different from the official 400km endurance.
Lexus' positioning has always been based on comfort, supplemented by handling, so the UX300e's shock absorber damping setting is softer, which has the advantage of maintaining good comfort when driving on bumpy roads.
Almost all manufacturing plants in the world have invested a lot of manpower and material resources to develop shock absorbers that coexist with comfort and handling, but due to the competition between these two performances, the UX300e's performance under extreme control is not good, and there is a push head in the corner, so the positioning of this car can only be daily transportation.
In general, UX300e as an A-class SUV positioned in the city, in addition to the problem of mileage, other performance is more balanced, especially its driving texture, completely owned by a luxury car, but the price of 36.2w-38.5 allows consumers to have more choices, so before buying this car, it is still necessary to consider it. 【iDailycar】