On March 28, 2019, a major event occurred in the automotive circle, Daimler AG and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group announced that the two sides will establish a joint venture.
At that time, there was a detail that you don't know if you remember, the new smart model is expected to start on the market in 2022 and be sold worldwide, and will be produced in a new factory in China.
Mercedes and Geely did not jump tickets. On April 25, 2022, the new smart genie #1 was listed in Asia and took the lead in opening pre-sale, and the pre-price of Pro+ and Premium models was 190,000 yuan and 230,000 yuan respectively (after subsidies for new energy vehicles and excluding paid options), and then sold globally.
In just three years, from the official announcement of "marriage" to the final birth of the first baby, it can be seen that mercedes-benz and auspicious speed is quite fast.
And different from the previous smart fortwo, smart forfour models, this new smart genie #1 positioning "tomorrow's urban close friends", in addition to the new electrified identity, the growing up and trendy, technology product force subverted the previous small, smart, micro, cute product impression, there is indeed a bit of "new luxury pure electric car technology brand" look.
Take the three keywords of new luxury, refinement and fashion, although I could not personally go to the scene to see the appearance of the elf, but through 11 body colors, 4 interior styles and a variety of color collocations, the screen is full of fashion.
I have to say that the road of smart transformation electrification is really timely. Compared with a few years ago, it was still driven by policies, and now new energy has become a fragrant feast, not only the retail volume continues to rise, the penetration rate is growing at a frightening rate, and in recent months, it has actually increased the price collectively, which is not worrying about selling.
It can be seen that the precise positioning of smart into the new energy market, holding the two trump cards of Mercedes-Benz and Geely, coupled with smart's own popularity and premium ability, as well as its position in the minds of young people, can almost certainly be the possibility of popularity.
No, for the smart technology that young people like very much nowadays, the new smart genie #1 is equipped without landing. For example, this smart Pilot intelligent driver assistance system, relying on the 23 high-precision sensing hardware installed in the vehicle, can realize 23 items (including L2+ level) intelligent driving assistance functions.
By the way, the new Smart Genie #1 is also equipped with a series of hardware and software configurations including Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 smart cockpit chip, 12.8-inch floating central control large screen, smart OS full-scene digital ecological car machine system (supporting WeChat), and wizard assistant Avatar, which is much more intelligent than the previous smart.
Coupled with the interior design of Mercedes-Benz, the familiar sense of luxury comes to the face, and the sense of honor that young people want is created in place. For example, this 1.3-square-meter oversized immersive canopy, Beats sound system, intelligent fragrance system, 10-inch HUD head-up display and other configurations are good illustrations.
In terms of power, the new car is equipped with a 66 kWh ternary lithium battery and a permanent magnet synchronous electric drive, with a maximum power of 200 kW and a peak torque of 343 Nm. For a small car, such data does not need me to say more, you know what it means. That's right, completely small steel cannon performance.
Further, the official zero-hundred acceleration performance is 6.7 seconds, the CLTC's pure electric range is 560 kilometers, and the DC overcharge mode (150 kilowatts, 380 amps) increases from 10% to 80% in less than half an hour. Of course, these are still official data, and we will do further measurements later if we have the opportunity to see how much accuracy there is.
Through the new smart genie #1 product strength, it can be found that, like the original joint venture agreement, Mercedes-Benz's global design department is responsible for design, and Geely Holdings' global R&D center is responsible for engineering research and development. Both sides take out their advantages, and the children born will not win at the starting line.
Finally, the key price, some people say that the pre-price is 190,000 yuan, 230,000 yuan, that is, the price of about 200,000 yuan is expensive, and it is better to have this money to add a little bit of the whole edamame 3.
In fact, different cars have different positioning, in terms of the product power shown by the new smart genie #1 and the tone of the smart brand, it is really worth the price. Of course, if you have other views and opinions, such as "It is not too early or too late, can the smart transformation of new energy still attract young people?" Such a point of view, are welcome to leave a message at the end of the article to interact.