On April 15, WM E.5 was officially launched, before this car was only for the travel market, and this time finally launched a model for ordinary users, but now the compact car market competition has entered a white-hot stage, WM E.5 is somewhat late, so what are the characteristics of this car? What is the advantage against competitors? What is the market outlook?
On the outside, the WM E.5 follows the family design of the SUV model, the front of the car runs through the decorative strip to stretch the lateral width of the front, and the LOGO in the middle can also display the charging information to judge the power. There are no highlights in the shape of the headlight group, and the light source of the high/low model is halogen.
The Pro version is equipped with the Living Pilot Intelligent Travel Assistance System, which includes ACC adaptive cruise, as well as AEB automatic emergency braking and FCW forward collision warning system, and the Pro version is only equipped with cruise control.
In terms of body size, the WM E.5 length * width * height is 4718mm * 1838mm * 1535mm, the wheelbase is 2810mm, compared with the popular models of the same class in the wheelbase advantage is relatively obvious, theoretically more ample riding space.
Ride space comparison
With a clean and stretched side line and a tough waistline stretching from the headlights to the rear, the WM E.5 added a lot of blackening elements to the details, while also becoming more youthful.
The interior part of the overall dark color, in order to highlight the sense of hierarchy of the center console using different materials, lcd instrument and central control screen size are 12.3 inches.
The in-vehicle system comes with its own 4G network, which covers navigation, online music, online video, and most of the vehicle control functions.
The seats are made of leather + fabric, the front seats are equipped with heating, the main driver is equipped with electric adjustment, unfortunately the rear seats in the middle seat are not equipped with headrests, which is obviously not very friendly to passengers.
The WM E.5 is equipped with double sunroofs, which occupy almost the entire roof of the car, and the light transmission area reaches 1.91 square meters, which is not much in the same class.
In the power part, the maximum power of the new car drive motor is 120kW, the maximum torque is 240N·m, the officially announced time to break the hundred is 8.9s, the matching ternary lithium battery pack capacity is 58.6kWh, and the NEDC cruising range is 505km.
BYD Qin PLUS
GAC AION S PLUS
WM E.5 launched a total of 2 models, the price of 18.01 and 190,100 yuan after subsidies, the price is not low in pure electric compact cars, the same price range models are BYD Qin Pro, Qin PLUS, GAC Aion S PLUS, Geometry A and other models.
Comparison of roofs at the same price
These models have been deeply rooted in the Chinese market for many years, with a relatively wide user base, BYD Qin series, AION S series model sales exceeded 200,000 and 70,000 units respectively, in the pure electric compact car market has an absolute advantage.
Compared with the Qin PLUS EV and AION S Plus at the same price, the WM E.5 has a difference of nearly 100km in the endurance of NEDC, and the safety configuration lacks paralleling assistance, lane departure warning, lane keeping assistance and traffic sign recognition, and the auxiliary control configuration lacks a 360-degree panoramic image system.
So at a glance, Weima E.5 does not seem so tempting, but the manufacturer launched a 10,000 deduction of 40,000 benefits, the first 10,000 users can enjoy, which means that the actual purchase price of 15.01-16.01 million yuan, compared to the price of the Qin PLUS EV 500km premium range is close, compared to the lack of parallel assistance, lane departure warning, lane keeping assistance and traffic identification, auxiliary control configuration lack of 360-degree panoramic image system, Therefore, on the whole, it is quite difficult for WM E.5 to compete for market share from these models.
From the beginning of the development of new energy, compact cars have not been valued, in contrast, manufacturers prefer to build mini cars or SUV models, so from the beginning of the user's choice of models are not much, so the early entry and technical strength of the model gradually occupied the market, and users in the car selection will also be affected by word of mouth, and then the sales of these brand models will be more and more
Xiaopeng P5
For consumers of this level of model, the selection of cars is a just need stage, like BYD Qin series, AION S Plus pursues a balanced and comprehensive, and Xiaopeng P5 pays more attention to the sense of science and technology, in summary, either your car is comprehensive and comprehensive, or has its own very prominent advantages enough to attract people, such products can grasp a part of the consumer, so the pressure of the future WM E.5 is still very large.