In the past year, under the accelerated evolution of the century-long changes in the automobile industry, the determination of automobile companies to embrace electrification has become firmer, and the new energy market has experienced explosive growth, with an annual penetration rate of 15.7%, which is significantly higher than the penetration rate of 5.8% in 2020, realizing a partial substitution effect of new energy vehicles on the fuel vehicle market.
Since the beginning of this year, the new energy market has continued last year's good situation, and sales have continued to grow at a high rate. According to the Association of Passenger Vehicles, retail sales of new energy passenger vehicles reached 445,000 units in March, up 137.6% year-on-year and 63.1% month-on-month.
At present, the situation in the new energy market can be described as a hundred boats competing for the current, and thousands of sails are racing. According to incomplete statistics, there are about 300 new energy models competing in this red sea, and some of these products have become leaders in the new energy market with high cost performance or intelligent and personalized advantages.
AiTO Q&I M5 is one of them. The M5 officially opened delivery on March 5, and sales reached 3,045 units in the first month, ranking fifth in the sales list of high-end new energy SUVs with more than 200,000 yuan.
Waterdrop Automobile believes that the M5 can achieve such excellent performance in the first month of delivery, mainly based on the strong technical strength and manufacturing strength of Xilix, and at the same time with the empowerment of Huawei's ICT technology, which has brought an era-leading intelligent electric product to the new energy market.
Technology empowers to create super product performance
For a car company, the most important thing is to have the ability to continuously innovate. Over the years, Xilis has continued to invest in R&D in the field of new energy vehicles, and has formed systematic R&D capabilities, with more than 1,000 new energy-related technology patents, and is one of the few enterprises in China that has mastered both the range extension platform and the pure electric platform.
Especially in terms of intelligent range extension technology, Xilix has a deep foundation. In December 2021, Cialis released the Pure Electric Drive Range Extender Platform (DE-i). The platform is the result of 5 years of deep cultivation by Xilis, which realizes the global integration of software and hardware, the platform can cooperate with the core components such as the third-generation range extender, drive system, battery PACK for optimal matching, and the first intelligent range extension control system with multi-scenario recognition in the industry, which can achieve global optimization and continuous upgrading of OTA.
Falling on the product performance, the pure electric drive range platform (DE-i) can take into account both high performance and long endurance, support product endurance starting from 1000 km and 4 seconds of 100 km acceleration, at the same time, the platform also uses the industry's first precision oil cooling technology, compared with the traditional water cooling technology The average peak temperature drop of 30 °, to ensure the super stability of electric vehicles under high-speed cruising.
The Inquisitive M5 is the first model of the pure electric drive extended range platform (DE-i). The author believes that based on the pure electric drive extended range platform (DE-i) and the solid technical strength of Xilix, the M5 has two major highlights.
First, the M5 has a long endurance. It is equipped with a 1.5T four-cylinder range extender with a maximum compression ratio of 15:1, an ultra-high thermal efficiency of 41%, and a maximum power generation efficiency of 3.2kW·h/L. According to the latest multi-channel actual test of China Automobile Research Institute, the measured endurance of the M5 in the state of full power and full fuel reached 1080km, and the lift test reached 1102km, which solved the problem of users' anxiety about the endurance of new energy vehicles.
Second, the Q&I M5 has excellent driving performance. The all-wheel drive flagship version of the 100 km acceleration is only 4.4 seconds, just look at the data without impression, as a comparison, Porsche Taycan 100 km acceleration of 5.4 seconds, the M5 acceleration performance is not lost to the Million Marriott car. At the same time, the M5 also has 4 driving modes and 3 driving modes to meet the pursuit of different users for the driving control details experience; supplemented by an all-aluminum alloy chassis with front double wishbones, rear multi-link independent suspension, which can still maintain good stability and comfort under extreme control. The M5's excellent sense of control is the chassis tuning of Cyrus engineers for 8 months, more than 260 suspension matching schemes, and the combination of control and comfort is selected from hundreds of chassis component parameter combinations. In addition, 20-inch high-performance tires and Bosch iBooster intelligent braking system also add to the driving experience of the vehicle.
In addition, the M5 has also obtained the "CN95 Health Cockpit (5A Level) Certification" issued by Kerry, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd., and has become the first model in China to obtain "Health+" certification, which is currently the highest level of health cockpit certification in China. This is due to the fact that the M5 attaches great importance to the health of the car from the beginning of the design, and in the efficient purification test, the average bacteriostatic and antibacterial detection of the seat, backrest and other parts of the car is as high as 97%, reaching the vehicle antibacterial sterilization A class cockpit standard. A number of professional tests not only highlight the core technology of Cyrus, but also demonstrate the high level of comfort design of Cyrus.
Intelligent manufacturing strength to lay the foundation, to adapt to the market demand in the electric era
Some people say that in the era of electric vehicles, the threshold for building cars has become lower. This is not the case. To be precise, although the core three major parts of electric vehicles become batteries, motors, and electronic controls, and these components can be purchased from suppliers, the birth of a car is indispensable to the production and manufacturing links in any case. Especially with the rapid development of science and technology and the changes in the demand of the automobile market, new requirements have been put forward for the manufacturing process and manufacturing equipment of car companies.
Waterdrop Automobile believes that the requirements for the production and manufacturing capacity of enterprises in the era of intelligent electric vehicles have not been reduced. Enterprises with high-level manufacturing capabilities can quickly adapt to the changing market demand, complete more complex manufacturing processes in a shorter period of time, and ensure quality standards and production efficiency. At the same time, with the help of modern intelligent computer assistance in the production and manufacturing process, the production management system is controlled and improved, and the fully automated production system is adopted to achieve a high degree of consistency in product quality.
Xilis not only has deep new energy technology reserves, but also has outstanding production and manufacturing capabilities, and has many production bases such as Liangjiang Smart Factory, Second Factory, Jinkang Power Factory, etc., and has rich experience in vehicle manufacturing.
The Q&I M5 was born in the Xilis Liangjiang Smart Factory. The plant was officially commissioned in 2019 and built in accordance with Industry 4.0 standards. The factory has stamping, welding, painting, assembly and battery PACK workshop, more than 1,000 robots work together to achieve a high degree of automation, 100% automation of key processes, 24-hour full-time online inspection, effectively reduce labor costs while ensuring the quality of products. Under the strong guarantee of Xilis Liangjiang Smart Factory, the M5 can achieve high-quality and rapid landing. Today, a new second plant at Cyrus has been built to meet rising delivery demands.
The author believes that with the independent control of core technology, the stable expansion of self-built factories and the perfect supply chain system, Xilis can better control the entire production process and product quality, so as to lead other brands in product presentation, and can successfully complete delivery in the absence of cores, laying a solid foundation for subsequent sales climbs.
Xilis + Huawei, the latest model of borderless integration
At present, the automobile industry presents the dual characteristics of electric acceleration + intelligent upgrading, which puts forward higher requirements for car companies and new energy products. The participants in the new energy track also show a diversified phenomenon, traditional car companies, new car-making forces, technology giants, Internet companies based on their respective advantages, are accelerating their participation in this torrent of intelligent electric vehicles. Relying on the technology accumulation of mature and globally competitive technology companies, car companies can achieve efficient division of labor and cooperation with them, help quickly enter the second half of intelligence, and create personalized advantages.
On the basis of continuously accumulating its own advantages, Xilix has chosen to carry out in-depth cooperation with Huawei, and the Q&I M5 is equipped with Huawei's new HarmonyOS smart cockpit, which can enable vehicles to seamlessly flow with mobile phones and smart homes, and truly realize the connection of everything.
Based on the HarmonyOS smart cockpit, the M5 also has industry-leading voice interaction, intelligent xiaoyi suggestions, excellent navigation experience of the car map, all-round digital car key and many other black technologies, to enhance its intelligence to a new height. At the same time, in the second month of delivery in early April, Q&I M5 pushed the first OTA upgrade service, involving the optimization of many functions such as welcome seats, light prompts, smart voices, large-screen UI interfaces, turn signal tones, etc., to open up the commonly used car experience for users.
With excellent performance, ultra-long endurance, healthy cockpit, leading intelligent interaction and other advantages, the M5 has opened up a new way of high-quality travel in the new energy era, and the success of sales in the first month also indicates a certain recognition of the market. As a comprehensive enterprise integrating R&D, production and sales of automotive technology, Xilis and ICT giant Huawei innovate cross-border cooperation to jointly empower the M5, providing users with a new choice, and its follow-up market performance is worth looking forward to.