In the current hot energy vehicles, many traditional car companies seem to be lagging behind, in addition to BYD, GAC, Geely and other independent brands invested earlier, achieved better market results, other joint venture brands seem to have failed to have much achievements in the new energy vehicle market.
Recently, many luxury brands seem to want to change this situation and begin to intensively release new energy vehicles. Interestingly, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Lexus have all come together in recent days to release new energy models.
Mercedes-Benz unveiled its Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) version of the EQS on April 19, with a range of up to 660 km. Interestingly, in December last year, Mercedes-Benz released the pure electric flagship model EQS, which was built with a new EVA platform, and the exterior and interior also used a new design style.
Mercedes-Benz unveils a large pure electric SUV
On April 19, Mercedes-Benz released the EQS SUV model, positioning the luxury large SUV, planning to be launched at the end of the year, what are the highlights of the EQS SUV?
The EQS SUV has a wheelbase of 3210mm in length, 1959mm in width and 1718mm in height, and has two layouts of five seats and seven seats, which is much larger than the size of the fuel-based Mercedes-Benz GLS, and the ride space is good.
Interior texture and luxury have always been The strengths of Mercedes-Benz, and the EQS SUV, as the flagship pure electric model of Mercedes-Benz, has a high degree of consistency with the interior style of the EQS sedan. The MBUX super screen equipped with it is very technological, (full LCD dashboard 12.3 inches, central control screen 17.7 inches, co-pilot entertainment screen 12.3 inches) The car chip adopts the Xavier chip of Nvida octa-core CPU + 24GB memory.
The Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV is available in two versions, rear-wheel drive and dual-motor four-wheel drive, and comes standard with air suspension and rear-wheel drive versions, with a maximum power of 265 kW and a peak torque of 568 Nm. The four-wheel drive version has a front and rear dual motor bursting out with a maximum power of 400 kW, a peak torque of 858 Nm, and a 100 kW battery pack. The cruising range will reach 660 km under WLTP conditions.
Lexus blockbuster all-electric models arrive
On April 20th, Lexus' new pure electric SUV model - Lexus RZ was officially released, the new car is based on the Lexus LF-Z Electrified concept car, using e-TNGA pure electric architecture, this car will be a very important strategic model for Lexus to transform to pure electricity.
In terms of appearance, Lexus' iconic design is all in place. The front face is still lexus's classic spindle design, and the headlights on the sides are sharply shaped. In terms of size, the new car has a length, width and height of 4805*1895*1635mm and a wheelbase of 2850mm.
In terms of power, the Lexus RZ is equipped with a dual-motor drive system with a maximum power of 150kW (204 hp) for the front motor / a maximum power of 80kW (109 hp) for the rear motor, equipped with a power battery pack of 71.4kWh. The new car is equipped with a DIRECT4 electronic dynamic all-wheel drive system that distributes power between 0:100 and 100:0.
However, the endurance has not been officially disclosed. Combined with the battery pack capacity and body size, the battery life may not be the long board of the Lexus RZ.
BMW's flagship is replaced by a new electric model
On the evening of April 20, 2022, BMW Global released its flagship sedan, the new BMW 7 Series and the pure electric version of the BMW i7. As a replacement model of the 7 Series, BMW also brought the pure electric 7 Series model to the market.
In terms of appearance, the new BMW 7 Series will enable BMW's new family design language, upgrade the popular ring-shaped flare grille, and the new "big mouth" style of the larger grille looks more coordinated than several other "big mouth" BMW.
The body size of the new car was further increased, reaching 5391mmx1950x1548mm in length, width and height, and wheelbase was 3215mm, surpassing the competitor Mercedes-Benz EQS.
The new 7 Series is positioned between the front and rear rows, equipped with a 31-inch large screen with a resolution of 8K, BMW has introduced a large number of domestic ecological applications iQiyi and Huawei App Stores, changing the old style of luxury brands with insufficient localization.
The control position of this large screen is operated by a 5.5-inch touch screen, and supports one-click switching of cinema mode, the vehicle will automatically adjust the lighting mode and sunshade, with Borgward Vegen 4D diamond surround sound, to create a private mobile cinema.
In terms of power, the BMW i7 is equipped with the fifth-generation BMW eDrive system, and the pure electric cruising range will exceed 600 kilometers. Among them, the maximum output power of the front and rear dual motors reaches 400 kilowatts, zero hundred acceleration takes only 4.7 seconds, and the energy consumption of 100 kilometers is as low as 18.4 kWh.
According to the official introduction, the new generation of the 7 series will achieve L2.5 level assisted driving, while the actual hardware configuration will reach the L3 level.
It seems that the appointment is general, and several luxury brands have released blockbuster pure electric models in two days, but everyone seems to have forgotten to "tell" Audi.
Judging from the new energy vehicles released by various luxury brands, according to the current measurement standards of new energy models, these models are not considered to be outstanding players in terms of battery life, charging or intelligence.
Although luxury brands have traditional advantages in terms of brand reputation, interior texture, and functional integration, in the new market environment, whether these advantages can add convincing to the new energy models of these brands depends on the market test after listing.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Hu Xiong