The picture of Changan's new pure electric car C385 is constantly updated on the Internet, which has also aroused the curiosity and questions of many people: Is this not a pure electric version of UNI-V? Chang'an took oil to change the electricity to fool people? First there is an Avita 11, why another C385?
Indeed, whether it is the low-lying front of the car, the back of the coupe, the contour and parting logic of the headlights + the front face, or the shape of the through-type taillights, the Changan UNI-V and C385 are like a pair of twin brothers, except that one burns oil, and the other is hybrid plus pure electricity.
Even the aspect ratio of the two cars is strikingly consistent — both are 0.78 , and unless it's an auspicious number derived from the I Ching, it's hard to say they're not related.
It looks like another oil-to-electricity scammer with a deceptive abacus.
But the I Ching is a philosophy after all, and if we want to understand the matter of industrial civilization, we still have to use the scientific method.
UNI-V is 4680/1838/1430mm in length, width and height, and wheelbase is 2750mm, which was born from the Chang'an Ark architecture; C385 is 4820/1890/1480mm in length, width and height, and the wheelbase is 2900mm, which was born from the Changan EPA1 platform, which is one of the platforms jointly created by Chang'an, Ningde and Huawei.
Different sizes, different platforms, C385 and UNI-V are indeed two different varieties.
However, as far as the information that has been released so far, the difference between the two cars is easier to experience, in addition to the form of energy, but also in the difference in intelligent configuration.
For a large-scale national car brand like Changan, automatic parking is a product experience that is more concerned and needed by consumers than automatic driving. Many ordinary people have doubts about the reliability of high-end automatic driving, but they are willing to start with new technologies from the convenience experience of 360 images and low-speed parking, which has little to do with driving.
After all, these technologies are relatively safer and more reliable.
At this point, Changan's idea is still very clear: one of the highlights of UNI-V's promotion at the time of listing is the APA6.0 remote intelligent parking system, through which you can park remotely on your mobile phone; and the C385 will be equipped with APA7.0, which achieves richer functions on the basis of 6.0: when the entrance to the parking garage of the mall is congested, you can get off directly outside the garage, and the vehicle will queue up to pass through the barrier, find a parking space and complete parking; in addition, you can also make an appointment to wait for the vehicle to automatically drive from the parking space to the elevator entrance after booking a good time.
7.0 is indeed a bit more sci-fi.
To be smarter, the C385 is equipped with 27 smart hardware, including 5 4D millimeter wave radars designed to solve parking lot perception, 12 ultrasonic radars, and 10 8-megapixel cameras.
However, the difficulty of parking lot navigation is often that shopping malls are reluctant to disclose the map data of internal parking lots, so it is bound to take a lot of effort to open up the ecology of public parking lots. Chang'an's official statement is that it is expected to cover 500 public parking lots such as core business districts and large hospitals in major cities across the country by the end of this year, and expand to all large commercial districts and hospitals in all second- and third-tier cities after 5 years.
How it is implemented on the ground remains to be tested in the future. Like Xiaopeng's VPA, it can already share the map data of individual users with all users, which can achieve the effect of using more and more abundant, and Changan's huge customer base still has a lot of advantages in data collection.
As an electric vehicle that will only be interviewed in 2022, what does Changan C385 rely on to attract the attention of the market that has long been occupied by new forces?
Automatic parking alone is certainly not enough.
Marx told us that to see the essence through the phenomenon, Changan C385 can still make a fuss about which product points, only need to see its essence - that is, what the manufacturer is good at.
For example, one of the shareholders, Ningde Times, a USP established for the Changan C385 is the ability to control the attenuation of the battery at low temperatures.
The poor performance of lithium batteries at low temperatures has always been the core reason why many northern brothers dare not choose to buy trams. To solve this problem, a variety of solutions have emerged in the industry, and there is even a controversial transition plan of installing diesel engines in Weimaga to heat the battery.
In Changan's view, solving this problem better reflects the responsibility of the national team and is more in line with the interests and needs of mainstream affordable consumers - after all, in the eyes of most ordinary people, the tram is first of all a car with stronger tool attributes, and the practical mileage is more important than the fancy intelligent gimmick.
So how to solve it?
The Changan C385 uses a technology called "electric drive high-frequency pulse heating". To put it bluntly, it is to use a small frequency range of alternating current to directly stimulate the positive and negative poles of the battery, in the form of a short period of small amount of charge and discharge, so that the chemicals inside the battery heat themselves.
Compared with the traditional heating film and water heating system, the data given by Chang'an official is that this technology can increase the battery temperature by 20 °C in 5 minutes in a -30 °C environment, and the fast heating is its core advantage, so it can improve the low temperature cruising range by 40-70km.
In addition, in order to solve the problem of mileage anxiety more pragmatically, Changan also placed a super electric drive system integrating motors, reducers, motor controllers, DCDC, DCAC, DC boost, high voltage distribution, AC charging and other multi-modules on the C385, which can reduce the weight of the electric drive by 10%, increase the power density by 37%, and increase the overall efficiency by 5%.
One is open source, one is throttling, the storage end and the drive end are two-pronged, C385 can achieve a cruising range of 515km in the case of a 58.1kWh battery pack, and the power consumption of 100 kilometers is less than 11.3kWh/100km, compared with BYD Han's 13.9kWh/100km, Tesla Model 3 is 13.2kWh/100km.
Of course, if the future actual test results can also be so outstanding, Changan C385 provides a new idea for the industry both in terms of technology itself and industrial cooperation - with the investment of Ningde, the cooperation between OEMs and suppliers can indeed become more sufficient.
And in the environment of the sharp rise in lithium costs, if I am Ningde, I will definitely protect my own shares more than my own son.
Another partner in the CHN project is Huawei. That is to say, another big difference between Changan C385 and UNI-V is that it "contains Huawei".
The IMS intelligent cockpit interaction system and UNI-K equipped with UNI-V are changan's own systems, while the C385 will use Huawei's Hongmeng and carry other cockpit configurations such as AR-HUD provided by Huawei.
Changan UNI-K interior
Without discussing the advantages and disadvantages, just like some people are sweet and some people are salty, it is a good thing to let consumers have more choices - after all, even if it is a new energy vehicle, in addition to the C385 that will be listed under the name of "Qiyuan", Changan also has Avita 11.
Therefore, some netizens began to analyze, both Avita 11 and C385, Chang'an's new energy products are heavily involuted, unable to concentrate on doing big things, and in the end they will only kill each other.
In fact, horizontal comparison, SAIC has Zhiji and Feifan, the Great Wall has Salon and Euler, Geely has Extreme Kr and Geometry, and launched more than two new energy brands, not only Chang'an.
Why is it so rolled?
At present, the best products sold in the new energy market have three categories, one is a low-end electric vehicle represented by Hongguang MINI EV, the other is a high-end electric vehicle represented by Tesla, and the other is a policy-oriented Didi car.
In the three categories of two ends and one specialty, if you want to do products with good experience and high profits, it is obvious that you must develop high-end electric vehicles, which is also the motivation of many new forces to target the market of more than 300,000. Not only do you want to make money, but you also need to use more expensive technology to maintain the brand's fresh experience and competitiveness – Changan's Avita is clearly such a brand.
What about the C385? It is not aimed at the most demanded market at present, but the mainstream consumer market with the greatest growth potential in the future, 150,000-250,000. If you look at it now, it is still the world of fuel vehicles; but if by 2030, the new energy penetration rate of this part of the market will reach 38.5%, which will release the largest new energy demand.
The "origin" represented by C385 does not contradict Avita. Even compared to the more adventurous Avita, it is the best solution for Changan to replace its own fuel vehicles.
At present, BYD, the boss of China's new energy market, has completely stopped production of fuel vehicles, and the recently released seal refers to Tesla Model 3, which also wants to kill a world of independent brands in the pure electric car market of about 200,000.
In addition, there are a series of competitors such as Feifan R7 and Weilai low-end brands on the string. Although the target market is gradually growing, it is also a strong enemy for The Changan C385, and the game is not simple.
Only with the blessing of Ningde and Huawei, Changan C385 seems to be more targeted to solve consumer pain points. To some extent, the competition between C385 and competitors is more like a route battle, and the industrial cooperation model of each performing its own duties and the traditional car-making method of going it alone are better or worse, and the answer is about to surface when various products are listed in a few months.
At least letting different breeds of cats catch the mice that they are good at catching is also a kind of wisdom that fully liberates productivity.
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