It's time for "New Energy of the Week" to chat with everyone and blow water. There are a lot of new energy vehicles on the market recently, traditional car companies and new brands have accelerated the pace of pushing new products, and old faces such as Volkswagen's ID series, Nezha, and Hechuang have also launched 2022 new models early to strengthen their competitiveness.
Unfortunately, the impact of the epidemic on the supply chain has not been eliminated, so that WEILAI had to announce that it will suspend the production of the whole vehicle and delay the delivery of some new vehicles. If there are no accidents, there may be some car companies that will face similar production and delivery problems in the future. Friends who have already made an order or are about to sell should have some psychological preparation.
Among the so many new cars released this week, I guess the one you are most interested in is smart brand genie #1. When I posted the official picture of this car on social platforms, many people's first reaction was "really beautiful", and the second was "how much to sell".
Indeed, for most girls and friends of the "Appearance Association", good looks are far more important than performance. Genie #1 inherits most of the design elements of the previous concept car, both the exterior and interior are a cute and cute taste, and the treatment of many details is also full of thought, mercedes-Benz design skills are really convincing.
However, some smart fans also regret that the ruthless years have made smart genie #1 no longer as petite as it was then, and the body is too plump and round. With a body length of 4.27 meters and a wheelbase of 2.75 meters, it has become a standard A-Class car.
This also means that Smart Genie #1 has entered a broader segment, but it also needs to face more competitors.
Of course, the current smart brand is operated by Mercedes-Benz and Geely, so smart genie #1 is built based on the Geely Haohan SEA architecture, which is the second new car based on the Haohan architecture.
Although at this conference, the official performance and configuration information of Genie #1 is still reserved, but the endurance of 560 km (CLTC), support for 150kW supercharge, 6.7 seconds of 100 km acceleration time, in this level of electric vehicles is also quite good.
So for most people who like this car, as long as the car system does not collapse, I believe that even if the price is slightly higher, it will not reduce people's desire to have it. You may have turned it away in the past for practical reasons, but now you can really think about it.
In fact, electrification is not only an opportunity for Chinese car brands, but also a great opportunity for those once niche brands and classic models to be "revitalized" again.
A few days ago, Lotus Lotus took advantage of the release of the first pure electric SUV Eletre, which suddenly brought the Lotus brand back to people's attention; now the smart brand has also thrown off the "niche" hat with genie #1 and returned to the broadest mainstream consumer market.
The "niche" friends who were once "niche" are now grown up and "electrocuted". It's really gratifying that they can continue and evolve in this form.
On this path, there is also MINI, and perhaps even a beetle.
Mini's electrification is no secret, last month MINI official has released a new generation of pure electric MINI COOPER winter test photos. Happily, the figure and appearance of the new generation of pure electric MINI are still quite compact, and there seems to be no obvious sign of blessing.
Although there is no information on size parameters and performance, due to the development of current battery technology, the endurance problem that was most criticized in the past should no longer be a problem. Judging from the body size of the current MINI COOPER five-door version, the body size after electrification is estimated to be quite close to smart genie #1.
The most interesting thing is that the "family background" of these two old rivals has undergone some changes, behind the smart is Mercedes-Benz and Geely, while behind the electric MINI, there are BMW and great wall.
The electrified "rebirth" of the Volkswagen Beetle is also what many people hope to see. In fact, in my opinion, the resurrection of the Beetle is really much simpler than smart and MINI. Technically, Volkswagen's new car based on the MEB platform has already begun the rhythm of dumplings.
In the past, the Beatles and golf were "one set of two brands" operations. Now ID.3 is quite popular with young people, so as long as volkswagen's genius planners are a little more creative, the birth of the electric beetle is a natural thing.
Therefore, even Mr. Dies, the head of Volkswagen, has publicly stated: "If the call is loud enough, it is possible to reproduce a classic model for China." I think that if smart and electric MINI can succeed in the Chinese market, the Volkswagen Group will naturally not turn a blind eye.
I'm curious, if volkswagen really brought the Beetle to life, when he galloped on the road and came across an Euler good cat or punk cat coming at him, I wonder if he would think that this was a long-lost brother?
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New energy for a week
by Wei Xiyu
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