Text/Qin Ming
Since the beginning of 2018, Geely has gradually acquired shares in The Daimler Group, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, and eventually became the largest shareholder with a 9.7% share ratio, costing about $9 billion. Two years later, Geely Holdings and Mercedes-Benz jointly injected 5 billion yuan to form Zhimada Automobile Co., Ltd. in a joint venture to jointly operate the smart brand.
As the first model of the brand's new life, Smart Genie #1 has been favored by the two companies, Mercedes-Benz is responsible for the design of the smart Genie #1 vehicle, Geely is responsible for production and research, and this Smart Genie #1 is the same "Vast SEA" architecture as The Extreme Kr 001.
That is to say, the appearance and interior of the smart genie #1 we see are designed by Mercedes-Benz, while its chassis, architecture, motor, electronic control and other systems are mainly developed by Geely.
Mercedes-Benz has also designed a new styling style for new cars. The lower area of the front of the car retains the trapezoidal grille, the triangular LED light group, and is run through by the running light belt, the overall "X" style, the lower area of the front of the car retains the trapezoidal intake grille, the overall personality is full, giving people a rounded, concise visual experience.
The side of the body is very clean, there is no obvious waist line, shoulder line, the use of the more popular low wind resistance rim and hidden door handle design, under the door handle, there are also lights, can be described as a great attention to detail. The design of the bezel-less doors creates the visual effect of a suspended roof. On the B-pillar, the logo of "STYLED BY Mercedes-Benz", which is also the only car that is not a Mercedes-Benz, can legally use the "Mercedes-Benz standard" model.
The tail light group adopts a through-line layout, which also presents an X layout and headlights that echo each other, and have a high degree of recognition after lighting.
The overall layout of the interior is relatively simple, equipped with a 9.2-inch LCD instrument, but smart genie #1 is also equipped with a 10-inch HUD head-up display, which is more convenient for drivers to directly view driving-related information, and the important part of the car to bear the display of scientific and technological information is the central 12.8-inch floating touch screen, which supports voice interaction assistants, mobile APP remote control and richer digital ecological service functions.
Among them, the console layout has great similarities with the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the middle has a yacht-style bevel design, on the degree of refinement, smart genie #1 is even more than enough, its interior panel uses a large number of arc elements, matte metallic paint layout is very textured, in the center console, T-shaped area and doors, there are or conspicuous, or subtle atmosphere light arrangement, and support 64 colors and multiple levels of brightness adjustment, so that the atmosphere of the entire car has the texture of a luxury car, thanks to the excellent design of Mercedes-Benz, This gives the Smart Genie #1 a sense of luxury that surpasses its class, a texture that is hard to experience on other small, all-electric SUVs.
The architecture of Smart Genie #1 is based on the "Vast SEA" platform. There are four core modules of integrated control infotainment system, driver assistance system, electric drive electronic control system, and electronic/electrical system. Support intelligent parking assistance, adaptive cruise, pilot assistance, lane keeping, emergency avoidance and other functions.
Although smart genie #1 is only a small SUV, its length, width and height are 4270/1822/1636mm, the wheelbase is 2750mm, the shaft ratio is more than 64%, higher than the Tesla Model Y, and the body width is far beyond the standard of small SUVs, which makes it have more space in the car than its peers.
The car is small and large, which will play the most convenient role in urban commuting, the smart genie #1 rear seat supports 2/3 ratio reclining, while also sliding forward and backward, luggage compartment space can be expanded up to 986 liters, which is already the volume of mainstream compact SUVs.
Smart Genie #1 pure electric mileage of 560km, fully able to cope with urban commuting and long-distance travel, from the space and interior point of view, smart Genie #1 has been fully comparable to some high-end models, and has Mercedes-Benz as a background, but also let smart Genie #1 cloaked in the attributes of luxury brands, which is a major impact on the same level of small SUVs or MINI entry-level pure electric models, if the smart genie #1 pricing is reasonable, The impact is bound to affect the top three seats in the sales list.
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