Recently, Changan Automobile released the official video of the 200,000-class pure electric sedan Changan Deep Blue C385.
After the release of the video, it immediately caused a hot discussion, and many netizens commented: "The front face has the feeling of Bugatti, so handsome!" "Frameless doors?" This is exclusive to luxury coupes! "Electric cars should be designed like this, it's so beautiful!"
C385 is the first model of Changan's new dedicated electric vehicle platform EPA1, the whole vehicle adopts minimalist style design, equipped with frameless doors, electric hatchback doors, and the avant-garde shape has been highly praised by netizens.
In addition to the praise of Changan Deep Blue C385, some netizens also questioned: Will it be flashy?
After all, before that, most of the electric vehicles launched by Chinese car companies were mainly 100,000-level family cars and online car-hailing cars, and rarely launched high-performance cars above 200,000 levels and mainly sports.
At present, the information released by the manufacturer is not much, but intuition tells me that this car cannot be underestimated, it is not simple.
Changan Navy C385 is by no means a good thing
The body size of Changan Navy C385 is 4820*1890*1480mm, and the wheelbase reaches 2900mm. In terms of aspect ratio, it is 0.78, which is lower than Mazda Artez.
Different from the general family car, Changan Deep Blue C385 and many rally cars, the use of "short front suspension, long wheelbase, low body, large wheelbase" design, so design, of course, the benefit is not only good-looking, more important meaning is good driving.
The heavy front and rear of the car are the enemy of control, and the longer the front and back of the car are suspended, the more serious the push head and tail will be when driving violently. Conversely, the shorter the front and rear suspensions, the more concentrated the weight towards the centroid, and the closer the four wheels are to the four corners, the easier it is to maneuver.
In addition, the low body design can make the whole car look more dynamic, while effectively reducing the vehicle's center of mass. With a low center of mass, the vehicle is not easy to roll when steering.
The rear spoiler provides a stable air downforce to the vehicle during driving, giving the vehicle better grip.
Changan Navy C385 is rear-wheel drive, this drifting shot, over-the-bending posture of the clouds and flowing water, looking really exciting!
Also considering that Changan Deep Blue C385 is based on Changan's new dedicated electric vehicle platform EPA1, there is no need to consider the layout of engines, exhaust pipes, fuel tanks and other parts, so the chassis is more regular, and the weight ratio between the front and rear of the body will be as close as 50:50 as possible, which is also conducive to improving the handling performance and speed limit of the vehicle when cornering.
Although the manufacturer did not announce more cockpit information of Changan Deep Blue C385, it is worth mentioning that the wheelbase of the new car reached 2900mm, the shaft length ratio was 0.6, and the axle ratio was so high that the interior space performance was very superior.
The size of the Changan Navy C385 is a full circle larger than the Tesla Model 3.
Changan Navy C385 pursues "excellent", not "just right"
Some people may ask, Changan Automobile already has an Ark architecture, which can adapt to a variety of powertrains such as fuel, pure electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid, so why should it create a new dedicated electric vehicle platform EPA1 to push electric vehicles?
In my opinion, this is a requirement of the market. The current automobile market has developed to a new stage, consumers are more and more demanding, unwilling to make any compromises, especially high-end electric vehicle users, relative to fuel vehicles, they regard electric vehicles as a consumption upgrade, they pursue a better experience, rather than enough.
The world's selling electric vehicles, almost all of them are dedicated electric vehicle platforms (such as Tesla), Volkswagen just started to take the route of the oil-power shared platform, launched the golf electric version, but soon by the market education, and now also changed to the special electric vehicle platform route, the launch of ID.4 and ID.6.
Changan is well versed in its way, and will specially create a new dedicated electric vehicle platform EPA1. Judging from the data of Changan Deep Blue C385, its pursuit is "excellent", not "just right".
A major embodiment of Changan Deep Blue C385's pursuit of "excellence" is that its vehicle windward area is only 2.38 square meters, and the wind resistance coefficient is 0.23Cd, which is level with Tesla Model 3.
What is the use of such a low wind resistance? It is really useless when the speed is low, but the air resistance is proportional to the square of the speed, and when the speed reaches 120km/h, the air resistance will account for about 70% of the total resistance. Under normal circumstances, when the speed is 100km/h, the wind resistance coefficient decreases by 0.01, and the cruising range of the new energy vehicle can run 10km more.
Some people may say that to increase the mileage, pile up more batteries on the line, do not need to reduce the wind resistance so hard, right?
The method is possible, but it is not the optimal solution. First, this will make the car become very heavy, the performance of the heavier the car will be worse, and the cost will be high; second, the space inside the car is limited, and the battery pile is bound to occupy the ride space.
Therefore, for electric vehicles, the optimal solution to improve the mileage is either to improve the energy density of the battery or to improve the comprehensive energy efficiency, and reducing the wind resistance coefficient is one of the ways to improve the comprehensive energy efficiency.
At present, the tesla model 3 high-performance version is priced at 367,900 and has a range of 668km (NEDC conditions); the price of the polar fox αs 708S+ is 345,000, and the endurance is 708km (NEDC conditions); the price of the Zhiji L7 is 408,800, 615km (CLTC conditions); from the interior pictures released by the official, it can be inferred that the endurance of the Changan Navy C385 is 700km, from which it is inferred that the price of the Changan Navy C385 is more than 300,000.
Another major embodiment of Changan Deep Blue C385's pursuit of "excellence" is energy efficiency.
Energy efficiency is an important technical indicator of electric vehicles, which is related to the energy efficiency of the whole vehicle, which can largely reflect the comprehensive technical level of a car company.
We drive fuel vehicles are pursuing lower fuel consumption, driving electric vehicles should of course pursue lower power consumption. The higher the energy efficiency, the lower the power consumption, the same battery capacity can have a longer range, but also truly low-carbon, environmentally friendly.
According to the China's automobile energy consumption data of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Tesla Model 3 (standard endurance version) consumes 12.6kWh/100km, and the Changan Navy C385 consumes 12.3 kWh/100km.
At the same time of high energy efficiency, the power performance of Changan Navy C385 is also good, and the power output of 190kW/320Nm exceeds that of most electric vehicles in the same class, and the acceleration time of 0-100km/h on the network reaches 5.9 seconds.
In my mind, this is the first model to beat the Tesla Model 3 in terms of energy efficiency level and acceleration time!
If an electric vehicle wants to increase its power, it is not difficult to implement it by equipping it with one more electric motor. The difficulty is how to ensure strong power while also taking into account low power consumption.
In terms of size, the Changan Navy C385 is one lap larger than the Tesla Model 3, but the acceleration and energy efficiency performance is better!
In terms of configuration, the official has not yet released too much information, at present, only know that Changan Deep Blue C385 remote unmanned valet parking system can realize the elevator entrance driving function, but also to achieve the garage external driving function.
In simple terms, users can easily realize part of the parking scene, so that the car "comes and goes" and becomes the user's exclusive parking lot private driver.
The super-collector electric drive system equipped with Changan Deep Blue C385 has the world's first pulse heating technology, which can heat up the battery by up to 4 °C per minute under the extreme cold conditions of -30 °C, improve the performance of winter cars, and the unique skills are enough to make Changan Deep Blue rank among the first echelon of new energy brands.
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The above is only the tip of the iceberg information I interpreted from the C385 video, but this can prove that the Changan Deep Blue C385 product is very powerful.
And after seeing the Changan Deep Blue C385, I have a very strong experience that the leader of the new energy vehicle market will be a Chinese brand. The strength demonstrated by Changan Deep Blue C385 is not inferior to that of any released luxury electric vehicle. And this is also the first model created by Changan Deep Blue, and there will be 4 models such as C673 EV released next, and Changan will usher in a wave of explosive tide in the field of new energy.
Overseas brands that are only preparing to launch electric vehicles in the Chinese market should try to find other market space.
I personally speculate that the price of Changan Deep Blue C385 will be 200,000-300,000 yuan and will be officially announced in the second quarter. Benchmark models are Tesla Model 3, Polar Fox Alphas, Zhiji L7, NIO ET5 and BYD Seals. The inner roll of the 200,000-level electric car after the listing will be serious, but this is also a good thing for consumers.
Text | Li Jianbo
(This article is the author's personal opinion only and does not represent the position of DearAuto.) )
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