For automotive independent brands in recent years, small days can be described as "comfortable to the extreme". Not only is it difficult to distinguish between the hot-selling SUV market and joint ventures and imported models, but the market share has increased significantly. Nowadays, it is even more turned over as a master, successfully getting rid of low-end labels, and mixing in the high-end market. In the past, there were 3,000 Zhiji L7s sold in 48 seconds, and then Gaohe HiPhi X won the luxury pure electric vehicle championship, which can be described as blossoming everywhere.
Today, Uncle Che invited the two giants of the pure electricity market - "small fresh meat" Gaohe HiPhi X and "veteran" Weilai ES8. Among them, the former was listed in March last year, with a price range of 570,000 to 800,000 yuan. The latter was first listed in December 2019, with a price range of 468,000 to 624,000 yuan, and both models have successfully broken the "price ceiling" of domestic cars. So, which of these two models is more in line with their own pricing, and who is more able to satisfy the appetite of young people? Let Uncle Che take everyone to find out.
The power of fuel vehicles, the face of new energy, is the housekeeping skill of both models. As the price "handle" of domestic new energy, Gaohe HiPhi X and Weilai ES8 have made great efforts in appearance.
Among them, Gaohe HiPhi X adopts a standard new energy face, a fully enclosed front face + a penetrating light strip, which echoes the current trend well. In addition to running through the light strip, LED headlights are also configured on both sides, which can interact with the surrounding passers-by and project corresponding patterns, which is very innovative.
The side also adopts a more cross-border design concept, double waist line body, slipback roof, hidden door handle, two-color wheels. The elements are very rich, but the visual effects have a sense of "tail size" due to the extraordinary size.
Speaking of which, we have to improve the size performance of Hehe HiPhi X, which is 5200/2062/1618 mm in length, width and height, and a wheelbase of 3150mm, which also belongs to the top stream in medium and large SUVs, and the driving texture and storage space have been greatly improved, but this also makes Gaohe HiPhi X less capable of SUV.
The tail is also designed to further enhance the sporty properties of HiPhi X.
Weilai ES8 has a lot of experience in appearance design, although it does not use the common new energy design, but the "X" shape of the chrome front face + banner grille + sharp split headlights, the same is not inferior to any of the same level of models, but also with a strong recognizability.
Sideways, the WEIO ES8 is also "the opposite". A big hot leeward ride, using a conventional SUV design. The curved waist throughout the front and rear + suspended roof, under the blessing of chrome elements, the high-level fan is full.
In terms of size, the NIO ES8 is slightly inferior, with a length, width and height of 5022/1962/1756 mm and a wheelbase of 3010 mm. Although it was crushed by Gaohe HiPhi X in all directions, the body of more than 5 meters long can also be regarded as the mainstream level of the medium and large SUV market.
The tail is relatively flat, and the only thing that stands out is the red and black taillight, which is quite recognizable.
First of all, it is worth affirming that the appearance and space of the two models are first-class and excellent, worthy of the domestic price ceiling. But as far as Uncle Che is concerned, the appearance of Weilai ES8 is more pleasing to the eye, and it is accustomed to the "colorful" domestic new forces, and finally found that it is still plain and indifferent.
In terms of power, The HiPhi X will offer two power configurations. Among them, the deluxe version and the flagship version will be equipped with two electric motors in front and rear, with a total maximum power of 440 kilowatts and a peak torque of 820 Nm, equipped with a battery pack capacity of 97 kWh and a NEDC cruising range of 550 km. The Zhiyuan version will be equipped with a permanent magnet synchronous single motor with a maximum power of 220 kW, a peak torque of 410 N·m, and a NEDC cruising range of 630 km.
The NIO ES8 is equipped with a front permanent magnet synchronous + rear induction asynchronous motor with a total power of 400 kW and a total torque of 725N·m, matching a fixed gearbox. The maximum speed is 200km/h, the official 0-100km/h acceleration is 4.9 seconds, equipped with a power battery pack with a capacity of 100kWh, the mileage of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is 580 km, it takes 1 hour to charge to 80% of the power in the fast charging mode, and it takes 14.5 hours to fill in the slow charging mode.
In fact, at the moment when 600 kilometers is the mainstream endurance level, the endurance performance of both models is not eye-catching. Although they are equipped with advanced fast charging technology, they do not alleviate the user's battery life anxiety very well. But let the car uncle choose one, that is still more recommended high-he-he HiPhi X, which not only accelerates fast, but also has a better endurance performance.
In fact, as the main high-end market, Gaohe HiPhi X and Weilai ES8, whether it is appearance, configuration, power, endurance, are the T1 ranks of the automobile market, which can well meet the needs of users for new energy models.
However, from the perspective of the car uncle alone, the comprehensive performance of Gaohe HiPhi X is even better, not only the sales are quite outstanding, but the product performance can also meet the needs of young users. Of course, if the user is not in a hurry, you can also wait for the successor version of HiPhi Z, after all, buy new and do not buy old.