[EV Vision Original Test Drive] A friend asked me on the day: "Recently, when I visit the mall, I can always see a show car in the Huawei experience store. Did Huawei also build cars? What about the car? "Friends, this series of questions really makes me wonder where to start. Because this car has many advantages, it is not possible to say it in a word or two, so what is the car in my friend's mouth?
AITO asks where does the DNA of the M5 come from?
The car that my friend said was actually called AITO Q&I M5 (hereinafter referred to as Q&I M5), which is a new car brand launched by Xilix Automobile, deeply empowered by Huawei. Presumably seeing the two words "Huawei", everyone is familiar with it, which is a brand that each of us knows, most of us have used, and surrounds us. Seeing this, do you think that the brand of AITO is actually no stranger at all!
As early as last year's Huawei winter flagship new product launch, the Q&I M5 was officially released. This time, Huawei's winter conference was more than an hour longer than ever, and the finale was a car! At the press conference, it was announced that the M5 will also be sold in the Huawei Smart Choice Mall, so there are rumors that "Huawei's commitment to practicing 'no car' is going to overturn"! But in my opinion, Huawei did not build a car, he just participated in the automotive industry in a special capacity.
At the beginning of this year, the Inquisitive M5 was officially launched, "Running" came to everyone, as the first model under the new high-end new energy vehicle brand jointly created by Xilis and Huawei, the Inquisit M5 is positioned in a new energy medium-sized luxury SUV. The car is based on the pure electric drive range platform DE-i, which has a 4-second 0-100km/h acceleration experience and a range of more than 1100km. Today we got a Q&I M5 4WD performance version, take you to experience what it has to do.
The appearance seems simple, but it is not simple
The overall style of the M5 feels more like a fuel vehicle, which belongs to a very sporty design. The trapezoidal grille occupies almost the entire front of the car, and the area of fog lights on both sides is relatively large, coupled with the slender headlight group and the bulging ribs of the body, there is also a bit of a performance car flavor.
The headlight quad design looks very sharp, and its interior also uses a full LED light source. The daytime running lights located under the headlights are more like two "fangs", adding a lot of fierce feeling to the front of the car.
The body side of the M5 is different from the tall and straight lines of the traditional SUV, the side of the new car looks more like a coupe SUV model, the roof curves rapidly from the B-pillar, creating a feeling similar to the back of the car, and the design of the hidden B and C pillars also realizes the visual effect of the "suspension" roof.
The rear of the new car adopts the eagle wing through taillight design of the double parallel line design, the lower tail light is left blank, retaining the visual sense of breathing, and the central "AITO" word mark has a high degree of recognition, which echoes the simple movement design of the side.
The interior is technologically advanced and luxurious
Inside, the new car adopts an integrated wrap-around cockpit design, the center console is distributed in a "T" shape, and the symmetrical wood grain decoration and hidden air conditioning outlet are extended left and right, which are naturally connected to the sub-instrument panel. The center console is equipped with a 10.4-inch curved full LCD instrument panel and a 15.6-inch 2K HDR intelligent central control screen, which makes the cockpit full of technology.
The new car is equipped with the Harmony OS intelligent cockpit, breaking through the three major pain points of the traditional car machine "few applications, slow upgrades, and poor experience". Its minimalist interaction method is characterized by a unified notification and control center and efficient multi-tasking operation, taking into account driving safety and operational efficiency.
Due to the use of HarmonyOS, as long as the mobile phone and car with the same Huawei account are logged in, under the distributed technical support of HarmonyOS, the navigation, music, video, and changlian services can be realized to be naturally connected and seamlessly flowing between the mobile phone and the car.
The M5 is equipped with HUAWEI SOUND sound system, with 19 units of sound, 7.1 surround sound field and 1200W peak power, with Huawei music, Huawei video multi-channel audio and video content, so that you can get live performance in the car.
It's not bad to open, the performance is cracked and comfortable
In terms of power, the M5 will be equipped with a range extender power system, and its 1.5T range extender has a compression ratio of 15:1, thermal efficiency of 41%, and power generation efficiency of 3.2kW·h/L. In addition, the new car is equipped with a SEP165 asynchronous AC motor on the front axle and a Huawei HW150 permanent magnet synchronous motor on the rear axle, forming a dual-motor four-wheel drive solution.
Our four-wheel drive performance version of the front motor has a maximum power of 165 kW and a peak torque of 420 N·m, and the maximum power of the rear motor is 150 kW with a peak torque of 300 N·m; the official announcement of the new car accelerates by 4.8 s per 100 km/h.
The Q&I M5 is equipped with a battery pack with a capacity of 40kWh, a pure electric WLC cruising range of 150km (SOC 100%-20%), and a 56L fuel tank, and the WLC range of the new car can exceed 1100km.
In contrast, I think in comfort mode this car is more comfortable to drive, power heel foot, kinetic energy recovery intervention is very small, power output is linear, the match between the acceleration pedal and power output is more like the feeling of a fuel car.
In terms of driving assistance, the M5 is equipped with 1 high-perception camera, 3 millimeter wave radars, 4 surround view cameras, and 8 ultrasonic radars. This allows the new car to achieve L2 level driver assistance functions.
Editor's Summary: Not long ago, Xilis announced that sales in March reached 3160 units, an increase of 1310.71% year-on-year. With Huawei's technology and channel support, Xilis has made a breakthrough in the field of new energy vehicles. Q&A M5 exterior sports, interior technology takes into account luxury, power burst is not comfortable. There is a saying that goes well: don't turn around and leave at the trough, don't come to the top. The reborn AITO Inquisitive M5 will become a strong contender in the extended range SUV market.