Debuted in January 2021, opened pre-sale in April of the same year, and officially launched in March 2022, the Zhiji L7, as one of the few pure electric medium and large cars at present, has satisfied our appetite since its release. I believe that friends who pay attention to it have long been familiar with the configuration and function of Zhiji L7, this time we will talk about some dry goods, see how it performs in driving experience and function use experience, if you are wavering for whether to place an order, this article will definitely help you!
Really easy to drive and not just easy to get started!
The starting point of the test drive is in the APM shopping mall in Wangfujing, Beijing, in such a small area, whether it is a basement or a nearby social road, can be described as "narrow" or "very narrow", the first moment of getting started with the L7, its four-wheel steering system has brought me a sense of calm, from driving out of the narrow parking space, to making a U-turn on the road in both directions, it can be completed.
Equally excellent is the throttle, brake pedal adjustment of the Zhiji L7, tap the accelerator vehicle will begin to move forward, giving you a very light feeling, continue to step deep on the peak torque of the dual motor 425kW will not bring you a sudden push back feeling, the acceleration process is still smooth, after you need more power, after vigorously stepping on the throttle, the strong power reserve that continues to be on standby will come in an instant, even if it is the second acceleration under the medium and high speeds, it can be called rapid. This is also what I have emphasized more than once, after the car enters the era of electrification, it is easy to accelerate faster, and it is more effective to bring strong power to accelerate the experience to be silky, and the Zhiji L7 should be praised in this part.
The excellence of the Zhiji L7 brake pedal stems from two aspects, one is that it has a good degree of linearity, the system coordinates the combination between the electric brake and the mechanical brake, the braking force release is uniform during the pedaling process, there will be no sense of paragraph; the second is that the brake pedal foot feeling changes significantly between different driving modes, the harder force in the sport mode, the shorter stroke, when you need to brake vigorously, you can have stronger confidence.
After steering, throttle, brake, another will increase the difficulty of getting started is the kinetic energy recovery setting, Zhiji L7 in this aspect of the tuning is very conservative, the vehicle provides multi-gear kinetic energy recovery mode adjustable, in the strongest kinetic energy recovery mode, after releasing the accelerator pedal, the drag sensation generated is not obvious, is definitely a daily usable range.
If the above is the part that zhiji L7 can give absolute praise in driving control, then the next few points are different. First of all, the sports style is obvious suspension adjustment, the wheel and the road surface have a good fit, over the road joints, stones, and even lane lines, the unevenness of the road surface will be transmitted to the car, although the vibration will not appear stiff after filtering, but also to achieve 1:1 transmission, as a non-complete motion orientation positioning of medium and large cars, so the sense of road transmission will still appear a little too sensitive; then the long wheelbase brings poor tail following, even with the rear wheel steering system blessing, in the process of rapid line change, The rear of the car is more obvious, will not give the driver the flexibility of low-speed U-turn; finally, the layout of the dual permanent magnet synchronous motor in front and rear of the Zhiji L7 series, so that the vehicle cannot switch to the two-wheel drive mode when cruising, which will have a certain impact on the overall energy consumption.
Deliver ready-to-use driver assistance features!
As a function that car companies have used to flaunt their technical strength, the driver assistance system will naturally not be absent on the Zhiji L7, and it is surprising that in our test drive, it already has excellent usability. Functionally, in addition to conventional functions such as AEB, adaptive cruise, and lane centering, it is also possible to control the vehicle's autonomous lane change through turn signals.
In terms of experience, the most surprising thing to me is its lane centering function, which can not only easily cope with the conventional corners on the loop, but also show more stable characteristics when passing some ramps with relatively large curvature, and the steering wheel in the corners will not have too many repeated corrections, and the angle and speed of rotation can be transmitted to the driver with strong confidence. As the first model of a new brand, it is still remarkable to have such a driving assistance experience before delivery.
In the full LCD dashboard, Zhiji L7 also does a good job of real-time feedback of road information, which can quickly and richly display a variety of surrounding road participants, lane lines, etc., so that the clear presentation can give the driver more confidence in the use of the process.
Another point to say is that the future of Zhiji L7 in high-level driving assistance functions is worth our expectations, on the one hand, Zhiji L7 has a wealth of perception sensors at the moment, a total of 11 high-definition cameras, 5 millimeter wave radar and 12 ultrasonic radar, on the other hand, in the future, it also supports the OTA upgrade function of the driver assistance part of the hardware, and the follow-up will add two laser radars and replace the Nvidia Orin chip with higher computing power. Make it reach the absolute first echelon of sensor and chip capabilities at present.
The freshness of many careful thoughts!
After having a good driving experience and a driver assistance system, the Zhiji L7 has also added some careful thinking in the use of functions. The headlights part, programmable digital geometric headlights and front and rear interaction lights, using the same supplier products as Gaohe HiPhi X, go further in terms of parameters, so that the headlights of zhiji L7 have a clearer display effect when projecting to the ground, and higher resolution allows the front and rear interactive headlights to display more content.
Zhiji L7 also arranged 3 high-definition cameras in front of the roof, through the algorithm fusion, can record the external environment without distortion, and this system is completely independent of the driving recorder, in Zhiji's own words, it is specially used to record the mountains and rivers and cities, the sea and the stars during the journey."
The car's central control screen and co-driver screen support independent lifting and lowering functions, although this function is definitely a gimmick in use that is greater than the actual significance, but in terms of the positioning of Zhiji L7, it can give passengers in the car more freedom of choice, and there is nothing wrong with it. A small drawback is that the touch area below that controls the rise and fall of the screen is actually reflective.
And the screen, Zhiji L7 car supports the lifting and lowering of the mobile phone wireless charging board, after the mobile phone is placed on it, the charging board will automatically fall, the mobile phone will be placed in a groove, to ensure that the mobile phone will not fly out in the fierce driving, this function can be said to be full of ritual, but in the face of frequent demand for taking the mobile phone, the little noise generated during the lifting process will still bring certain nuisance.
Finally, the lift controller of the Zhiji L7 window, which adopts an all-touch design, this novel structure adds freshness while also bringing a problem, that is, when the arm is placed on the door panel hand pillow, it will be easy to lower the car window by mistake.
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