The comprehensive mileage of pure electric vehicle products is gradually climbing upwards, and in recent years, there have been several products with a nominal comprehensive mileage of more than 1000km. Leaving aside the fact that 200km cruising was "enough for home" ten years ago, the Xiaopeng P7, which had a cruising range of 700km, was only two years ago. The rapid development of the pure electric vehicle market is reasonable, and it is unexpected to spend only two years to directly increase the mileage ceiling by 300km.
However, at present, the nominal mileage of more than 1000km of products, such as AION LX PLUS Thousand Mile Edition, NIO ET5 have not opened the official delivery, WEILAI ET7 listed for more than a year before it began to deliver, many consumers think that these pure electric vehicles to achieve mass production is difficult, "pure electric endurance break 1000km" is just a gimmick of the manufacturer.
A few days ago, Mercedes-Benz officially released the real test data of its Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX, mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX successfully ran 1008km in full power, and there was still about 15% of the power left when it reached the destination, and it was about 140km. Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX is a new pure electric concept car launched at CES 2022, officially claiming that this car is the most energy-efficient model in history, with a wind resistance coefficient as low as 0.17Cd and a single charge range of more than 1000km. Is it actually that strong? This data may give the answer to Brother Rudder.
Data disputed?
Let's sort out this set of data first. The Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX drove 1008km from Sindelfingen in Germany to Cassis in France in a total of 11 hours and 32 minutes, with an average energy consumption of 8.7 kW·h, an average speed of 87.4 km/h and a top speed of 140 km/h.
According to the official statement, the Reason why the Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX can do this is mainly achieved by the three conditions of ultra-low resistance, 95% transmission energy efficiency, and high-speed cruising. In addition, the kinetic energy recovery of the Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX is not through mechanical braking, but through 117 solar panels to replenish energy, thereby obtaining 25km of battery life.
We know that the behaviors that make the range of pure electric vehicles decline include winter cars, violent driving, squirming in congested road conditions, uphill and so on. In this set of test data of Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX, it can be found that the two major factors of suitable temperature and basic high-speed driving throughout the whole process have great help to improve the endurance of the vehicle.
In addition, after looking at the map, he found that the altitude difference between Sindelfingen in Germany and Cassis in France was about 250 meters, which also made the endurance of the Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX not decline so quickly.
Therefore, the pure electric mileage of Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX exceeded 1000km, which is the result of a variety of objective factors, and it is still impossible to break through the pure electric endurance of 1000km under the daily urban road conditions.
However, this does not affect the fact that the Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX is an admirable craft.
Remember that on the morning of October 12, 2019, Kipchoge, a marathon runner from Kenya, completed a full marathon in Vienna, Austria, with a time of 1 hour, 59 minutes and 40 seconds, becoming the first marathon runner in human history to "break 2".
However, the reason why Kipchoge was able to "break 2" was mainly because of the customized competition environment and the outstanding "rabbit group". So this result is not recognized by the IAAF, but even so it does not mean that Kipchoge is not a great athlete.
Looking back at the Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX, we can see that the new car adopts a black technology rarely seen in the pure electric vehicle market, such as the use of solar panels to replace the kinetic energy recovery of mechanical brakes, the ultra-lightweight body of 1775kg, the 100° battery pack with a weight of only 495kg, the efficient energy management system of passive + active cooling, and so on.
The use of solar panels to replenish energy in the field of pure electric vehicles is the industry's first. In view of the product lightweight, the rear frame of the Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX is not a traditional metal welded structure, but a cutout structure similar to a vein, which reduces the weight by 15%-20% compared with the traditional manufacturing method.
For the battery pack, looking at the current nominal endurance of more than 1000km products, although a lot of new technologies are used in the battery pack, the battery pack capacity is basically around 150kW·h (WEILAI ET7:150kW·h, AION LX PLUS 1000-mile edition: 144.4kW·h). In addition, battery packs using CTP technology and silicon anode technology can greatly increase the energy density of individual cells without increasing the size of the battery pack.
In addition, from the perspective of the overall quality of the vehicle, compared with the AION LX PLUS, which also realizes the mass production of silicon anode batteries, the pure electric endurance reaches 1008km, while the Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX is only 1750Kg, and the AION LX PLUS is not expected to be less than 2180kg, equivalent to the weight of 8 adults.
How competitive is it after mass production?
With the continuous upgrading and development of new energy vehicles, major automobile brands have successively made breakthroughs in the battery life of their pure electric vehicles. In addition to the above-mentioned Weilai and GAC, Zhiji will also launch the Zhiji L7 with a range of more than 1000km. The data performance of Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX is definitely a benchmark level in it. So the question is, after the new car is mass-produced and listed, how will its market competitiveness be?
From the current pure electric market, the old joint ventures and luxury brands that have always occupied a large advantage are difficult to pose a threat to independent brands and even new car manufacturers in terms of product strength and sales performance. However, with the official launch of a new round of layout, the real strength of the old joint venture and luxury brands in the field of electrification has gradually emerged.
Mercedes-Benz's layout in the domestic pure electric market has gradually improved, according to the strength of Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX, its price is more likely to be higher than Mercedes-Benz EQS (107.96-151.86 million yuan). At present, the price of domestic cars with a nominal endurance of more than 1,000km will not reach the level of one million. In other words, mercedes-benz VISION EQXX can not form a direct competitive relationship with these models, and consumers only need to choose a long-lasting pure electric vehicle, Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX does not have too many market advantages.
Looking at the two competitors of BMW and Audi, there is no relevant long-lasting version of the pure electric new car plan. The only one that can match the Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX should be the Tesla Roadster.
The new generation of Tesla Roadster and Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX are both sports cars, and the mileage has exceeded 1000km, so it will form a certain market competition. According to Tesla's official data, Tesla's 100 km/h acceleration time is 2.1s, and the speed can reach 400km/h. However, so far, mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX mainly publishes data on endurance, and there is no relevant information in terms of power output. However, as a pure electric sports car, the Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX will not be bad in performance, and then carry out a detailed analysis when the data comes out.
On the Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX, we see the appearance of high-end luxury electric vehicles, although there is some controversy about the result of the endurance of 1000km, but its revolutionary innovative technology and unique styling design make Mercedes-Benz once again the key to leading the future of travel. What Brother Reel is looking forward to is the real strength after the mass production of Mercedes-Benz VISION EQXX.