For a long time, there is an old saying in the automotive circle called "Honda is to buy the engine to send the car", the engine is its core advantage for Honda, so in the era of new energy, how is Honda's pure electric vehicle technology?
On April 25, Honda China released the "e:N Brand Manifesto" that embodies Honda's 70-year-old car-making genes and brand beliefs. The next day, Honda's first e:N brand pure electric model - Dongfeng Honda e:NS1 was officially launched, the new car is positioned as a pure electric small SUV, and at the same time launched 420km and 510km two kinds of cruising range versions, a total of 4 models, the price of 175,000 yuan - 218,000 yuan after subsidies.
In terms of exterior design, Dongfeng Honda e:NS1 highly restores the shape of the concept car. The front face of the new car adopts a closed design, the shape of the headlights is narrow and sharp, and there is a blackened trim strip in the middle to connect the two side headlights together, and also has the "Heart beat heartbeat interaction lamp language" function, and the Honda LOGO in the lower middle can also be lit, which is more in line with the positioning of pure electric vehicles. The black style mid-mesh under the front bar, while with chrome trim strips, adds some sportiness overall.
Side modeling part, the line of the new car is more straight and tough, the body posture belongs to a relatively heavy type, the door handle does not use the hidden design used by pure electric vehicles, the back of the tilt angle is larger, the body is also equipped with black surround, the entire side is the shape or closer to the style of traditional fuel models. Another point worth mentioning is that the new car uses a large 18-inch wheel rim, and the wheel hub also adopts a louver shape, which looks more visually impactful. In terms of body size, the new car has a length, width and height of 4390/1790/1560mm, and a wheelbase of 2610mm.
In terms of tail design, the new car looks more concise and has an international standard, the previous "H" tail mark was changed to the English "Honda" tail mark, the tail light uses the popular through-channel design, and the interior of the light source is also blackened, including the bottom of the bumper also increased the blackened motion encirclement.
Entering the interior, Dongfeng Honda e: NS1 pure electric vehicle style is more obvious, the past Honda's interior style has not been retained at all, the first thing that catches the eye is the 15.2-inch vertical central control screen, and the center console basically can not see any physical buttons, most of the operations are realized in the central control screen, which is also the usual design of a number of pure electric models and new car-making forces.
This 15.2-inch central control screen is equipped with Honda CONNECT 3.0 intelligent guidance interconnection system, which has multimedia configurations such as voice interaction, AR navigation, car home interconnection, etc., and can support OTA upgrades. In terms of driver assistance systems, it has functions such as automatic parking, lane keeping, and adaptive cruise.
In terms of power, the new car is equipped with a ternary lithium battery pack from the Ningde era, the corresponding battery pack capacity is 195Ah and 153Ah, the maximum power of the motor is 134kW and 150kW, and the cruising range is divided into two versions: 420 km and 510 km.
So as Honda's first pure electric model, how is it different from other electric vehicles? According to the official introduction, the new car integrates a high-efficiency and high-power drive motor, a large-capacity high-density battery, an exclusive frame for pure electric vehicles, and an intelligent and efficient front-drive pure electric architecture of the chassis platform, which is safer, more efficient and comfortable in driving, and it is not easy to get motion sickness. In addition, for this new car, Dongfeng Honda has also launched an online car purchase platform, which is also a new experience for traditional car companies.
Detective Che has something to say
Overall, Dongfeng Honda e: NS1 should only be considered decent, after all, pure electric vehicles are more interested in the mileage, e: NS1's highest mileage is only 510 kilometers, it can be said that just passed, the performance of other new cars is not bad, just look at the official declaration of high efficiency and high-power drive motor, large capacity high-density battery, pure electric vehicle exclusive frame, and the chassis platform of intelligent and efficient front-drive pure electric architecture These aspects can have a more excellent performance, Specifically, let's look forward to the test drive of the new car.