More than forty years old, in the eyes of the post-00s and even the post-90s, I seem to have become one of the greasy uncles. But greasy uncles often look around for the breath of youth to make up for the lost years, and after accumulating, the eyes and smell have become more and more acute. A few days ago, I got a Lexus UX300e test drive, and after driving for a while, I found that this car is definitely the favorite car of the exquisite sister.
The first thing that gave me this idea was the sensory sensation of sitting in the car from my butt: the soft leather steering wheel has a delicate grip, the control buttons at my fingertips and easy-to-read instrument information, and the delicacy and luxury of Lexus. Coupled with the good vision and compact body of the SUV's characteristic higher sitting position, I was convinced that this must be a pure electric SUV that my little sister loves.
After a few days of driving, what impressed me the most was the driving sensation of the UX300e, which in my opinion is a "tram most like a gas car", which is not like the strange slowdown caused by the powerful kinetic energy recovery device of the new force, but a linear deceleration like a gas car. In addition, the chassis filter shock also impressed me.
Many people will say that some exquisite design materials in the interior, or the intimate small configuration hidden somewhere, but I think the most highlighting of the texture of a car is actually its chassis tuning. But where the car is moving, the suspended connecting rods, shock absorbers, springs, bushings, etc. work all the time, and these 4D actions strongly affect the feelings of passengers in the car all the time.
The filtering feature of the UX300e is that it is extremely textured and "expensive". Yes, it's expensive and the sense of luxury is strong. I can feel that the spring and shock absorber damping options are soft and hard, first of all, no matter what kind of bumpy road section is rolled over, the vibration will not be transmitted to the body without filtering, and the impact is very soft. In a rebound stroke of the shock absorber, these vibrations can be completely absorbed, so as not to cause unnecessary shaking of the body, commonly known as "driving like a boat". Settings like the UX300e are too suitable for China's uneven road surfaces, manhole covers and speed bumps.
If you describe the metaphysics a little more, the chassis of the UX300e gives people a relaxed, breathing and rhythmic experience. Filter vibration does not appear too panicked, but it is not to satisfy the sense of isolation by blindly "silly soft" sacrificing body control. pliable! It can be said that it is a cross-level existence.
As for drivability calibration, the UX300e is really Lexus. First of all, for the CRBS collaborative regenerative braking system, the overall foot feel is basically no different from the traditional pure mechanical brake, linear and in line with expectations. In many Toyota models have been poorly handled energy recovery torque withdrawal and mechanical brake gradual intervention of the articulation, UX300e is also more delicate, almost imperceptible to the critical point.
On the side of the accelerator pedal, Lexus has long been an old player of motor torque control, and has built a hybrid vehicle for so many years, and simply calibrating the motor is actually reducing the difficulty several times. However, on a logical level, the UX300e is indeed very different from the emerging electric vehicles, there is no energy recovery under the D gear, and the sliding feeling of pine oil is no different from that of gasoline cars. Even if it is placed in the B gear of forced energy recovery, the overall drag feeling is not strong, basically similar to the weakest gear of some radical new forces electric vehicles.
The feeling of UX300e driving up is exquisite, delicate, comfortable and natural, from the steering wheel pedal to the body movement, it makes people feel very comfortable to open up and sit up, and at the same time enjoy the strong texture conveyed by the chassis all the time. You don't care if it's an electric car or not, you just feel like it's great, and this great car happens to be Lexus.
When I learned that the UX300e's NEDC had a range of 400 km, I was frankly surprised, but after driving for a while I realized: a compact SUV, but equipped with a Maclee Vincent sound, leather front and rear ventilated heated seats, sunscreen glass that isolates ultraviolet rays, excellent NVH silent control, ultra-low cost of use and never have to worry about gasoline, oil transmission oil and other complex and obscure car maintenance knowledge... Aren't these all accurately grasping the needs of the little sisters? What little sister who loves shopping and sisterly parties would refuse such an exquisite pure electric car?
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Zhang Yi