Stepping into 2022, with the increasing maturity and popularity of new energy technology, as well as the recent high domestic oil prices, many consumers have begun to pay attention to new energy vehicles. Even if it is affected by many factors such as the current supply of pure electric vehicles, the further decline of national new energy subsidies this year, and the rise in the price of battery and chip raw materials, it still cannot stop consumers' enthusiasm for choosing new energy, after all, on average, the travel electricity expenditure is far more than the fuel cost.
What's more, in the mainstream fuel family car demand price segment of about 150,000, many powerful new energy models have emerged. There are radical new car-making forces Xiaopeng G3, Zero-run C11, WM EX5, etc., as well as independent brands that actively transform from traditional car companies to new energy, such as BYD Qin PLUS, GAC Eian S, Geely Geometry A and so on. Mentioning this, the joint venture brands that occupied the absolute right to speak in the past fuel vehicle period seem to be relatively silent, is it that they lack the support of new energy technology?
Obviously not, compared with the collective "beach landing" of new forces and traditional independent brands, the reason why the joint venture brands are not alarmed is that they care more about the reliability of the final form of the product, and spend a lot of time to improve each pure electric travel pain point, including battery safety, endurance anxiety, vehicle-machine interaction and so on. For example, Chevrolet launched a pure electric coupe - Chang Patrol, which upgraded the endurance to 518km in the annual remodeled model, which low-key interprets Chevrolet's steady and pragmatic style in the process of electrification as a joint venture brand.
The battery life is not much, it is real enough
Most consumers have always maintained a wait-and-see attitude towards pure electric vehicles, stemming from the questioned pure electric endurance and the imperfection of social public energy replenishment facilities, which will seriously affect the user's travel experience. Since it is impossible to change the fact that the latter is insufficient in the short term, many new energy manufacturers choose to increase the pure electric endurance from the former to try to solve the problem of consumer endurance anxiety.
But as we all know, if you want to improve the mileage, you can't simply rely on the battery pack stacking. An oversized battery pack will result in a larger vehicle load, and the consequent ultra-high power consumption will make extended battery life counterproductive. This means that the longer the cruising range, the better, as for how long is the appropriate endurance? At present, there is no accurate answer, the mainstream pure electric endurance on the market is generally about 500km, and some radicals even claim to reach more than 1000km.
The gold content of the endurance is believed to be well known to consumers. Regarding the actual endurance of pure electric vehicles, although there is already a tacit understanding of discounts in the minds of the general public, as a consumer, you must hope that the pure electric products you buy will be as close as possible to the official published data, and Chevrolet Patrol is probably one of the best.
Recently, in the 2022 CCPC China New Energy Vehicle Competition and the Actual Road Endurance Real Rate Challenge that came to an end in Hainan, Chevrolet 2022 Chang Patrol under the WLTC working conditions, with excellent endurance, pressed Nezha U PRO, Aian S Plus and Xiaopeng P7, and achieved the first place. It is worth mentioning that the endurance reality of the Aeon S Plus and Xiaopeng P7 does not exceed 70%.
In fact, I am not surprised that Chang Cruise can have such a stunning real endurance performance. Last year, the 2021 model that was test-driven, the official announcement of the endurance was 410km, when I was in the more demanding driving conditions, including turning off the air conditioning, kinetic energy recovery to adjust the strong mode, the average speed does not exceed 60km/h, actually drove out a longer than the official endurance of 410km actual endurance. Looking back at the new power models that have been driven before, driving only tens of kilometers, but watching the mileage of the odometer dive by hundreds of kilometers, the anxiety and uneasiness in it may only be deeply experienced by the driver.
The three electric specifications are high and the quality is the same
The reason why Chang Patrol can have such a reliable endurance performance stems from Chevrolet's technical support for the three-electric system. First of all, the high-performance electric drive system composed of a permanent magnet synchronous motor and a high-precision single-stage gearbox has a transmission efficiency of up to 96%, and the motor continuously provides power to transmit to the wheels at the optimal speed, so that the vehicle can drive stably.
The battery safety issues that consumers are quite concerned about are directly developed in accordance with GM's global safety standards to meet the highest functional safety level ASIL-D, and achieve all-round protection in driving, parking or charging scenarios. Nowadays, the phenomenon of spontaneous combustion of trams is not uncommon, mostly for new power brands, but like a smooth tour, the author has not heard of similar battery safety incidents so far.
The use of intelligent water circulation temperature control system, aerospace-grade nano temperature control materials, balanced pressure relief valves, high-strength protection frameworks and other high-specification measures, while through puncture, extrusion, fire, short circuit and other 7 heavy 13 types of limit detection, to ensure that the hands of the user to patrol, after withstanding a variety of harsh extreme environments can still be safe and sound, so that the majority of consumers put down a piece of battery safety.
In addition, Chevrolet Cruise offers three driving modes: normal, sport and single pedal, and matches the three kinetic energy recovery intensities of lightweight free (weak), medium high efficiency (medium), and strong empowerment (strong). Compared with other new force products, the amazing speed increase and the strong drag feeling after releasing the electric door often make consumers who try pure electric for the first time unaccustomed, and the harmonious adjustment of the three-electric system by Chang Patrol appropriately highlights the deep heritage of the traditional joint venture brand in the car.
It is undeniable that as a pure electric vehicle, its driving texture is relatively close to that of ordinary fuel vehicles, and even because there is no engine noise and the interference of transmission shifting, it is better in comfort. What is more commendable is that even if the kinetic energy recovery mode of the patrol is adjusted to the strong gear, the brake drag of the vehicle will not be uncomfortable, and the whole process of acceleration to braking is smooth and easy to retract.
It is worth mentioning that the energy of the 2022 changchuan battery has been upgraded to 61.1kWh, which is 8.6kWh more than the old model, and the feedback to the endurance has increased to 518km, which is 108km more than the old model. What is even more valuable is that the power consumption of 100 kilometers is reduced by 0.5kWh compared with the old model, and it is reduced to 12.6kWh/100km. In the era of fuel vehicles, we fight to save fuel, and in the new energy era, we are still obsessed with how much electricity is consumed, which represents the cost of travel that consumers care about.
The standard configuration is complete, and the product-price ratio is high
Looking at the entire range of models, the standard equipment can be described as readily available. Like 17-inch wheels, rear reversing radar, EBD/EBA/TCR/ESC auxiliary control system, automatic parking, remote start, one-button lift of all vehicle windows, front soundproof glass, automatic air conditioning, rear seat air outlet and so on, all the configurations are not absent.
Of course, although the impact of Chang patrol in the experience of science and technology is not as strong as the new force products, but its car machine system adopts the iFLYTEK intelligent voice system, which can control the multimedia system, set navigation, voice calls, adjust air conditioning and open and close the sunblind through voice operation, at the same time, Chang Patrol also supports Apple CarPlay and Baidu CarLife, comprehensively, the price ratio of Chang Patrol is quite high, and the product power is worthy of its overall price, or even more than enough.
As a pure electric product in its early 150,000s, the richness of the configuration of Chevrolet Chang tour subverted our inherent impression of the joint venture brand Hanbei in the past, and even had an unmatched height of the same level of joint venture fuel vehicles in terms of intelligent technology experience. Chevrolet's configuration of good conscience is really not much in the current joint venture brand camp, which will inevitably make more consumers feel satisfied.
Asteron summary
The development of pure electric power has not been an emerging product so far. However, there are still many consumers who are worried about the subsequent battery decline of pure electric vehicles. In addition to providing a 3-year or 100,000-kilometer quality guarantee for the whole vehicle, Chevrolet Patrol also has an ultra-long warranty of 8 years or 160,000 kilometers of the three-electric system, which should also be the service life of the general model. Therefore, Chevrolet Patrol, which relieves users of worries, should occupy a place on behalf of the joint venture brand in the field of pure electric.
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