In the face of the new era of rapid development of new energy vehicles, traditional car companies are rapidly transforming into a "carbon neutral" era step by step. Japanese car companies, mainly Toyota and Honda, have vigorously developed oil-electric hybrids and achieved good sales results in the Chinese market; independent car companies such as BYD and Great Wall have taken the side and vigorously develop plug-in hybrid and pure electric technologies. The Qin PLUS family and blade batteries are a very good example.
However, some people buy new energy vehicles, or prefer to "stick to" the use of traditional fuel vehicles, and Buick micro blue 6 is a good example. So, qin PLUS EV, the new energy representative of independent car companies, and weilan 6, the new energy representative of traditional joint venture car companies, who will you choose? Today we might as well look for answers through design, intelligence and performance.
Appearance: The design has its own advantages
The Buick Micro Blue 6, which is based on the Velite concept car, is still easy to see that it is a Buick model. Flying wing chrome trim strips are slimmer than the old model, and the entire front face is fresh and smart. The LED daytime running lights designed by the polyline also make the temperament of the whole vehicle more sharp and radical.
The design of the Qin PLUS EV is very similar to its big brother Han EV, and the design language of Dragon Face 3.0 also gives the Qin PLUS EV a very spiritual face. The closed grille further highlights the identity of pure electric vehicles, and the headlight group is also like an arrow off the string, further adding The elements of Chinese style to the appearance.
The body sides and rear of the Qin PLUS EV are more conventional. The back-and-back roof arc shows a hint of a coupe feel, and the waistline arched by the rear wheels also brings a sense of power to the car. The tail is a popular through-type tail lamp, which contains a "dragon claw" shape, and the recognition of lighting at night is still quite high.
But relatively speaking, I still prefer the slight blue 6's "station wagon" shape. The slender body lines with the flowing waist line are directly connected to the rear of the car, and the "L" shaped rear tail lights further echo the front face, which is quite dynamic and outlines a very three-dimensional visual feeling. It is worth mentioning that the new slight blue 6 also added a low wind resistance rim design, the shape is also very good, but it will be very painful to scrape.
Interior: Radical vs Sticky
Entering the slight blue 6 car, we can still feel a very strong fuel car atmosphere, but it is slightly different from other Buick models. The whole interior is embellished with a lot of blue that highlights the new energy, and the fur material is not absent, and the sense of grade is very strong. The 8-inch LCD dashboard and 10-inch floating central control screen are relatively traditional, and the physical air conditioning buttons are also retained below, and they do not follow the tide, which is also a significant label for traditional joint venture car companies to build new energy vehicles - the rationality of the button layout.
The interior of the Qin PLUS EV is more aggressive, and the strongest visual impact is the 12.8-inch rotatable central control screen. In order to make room for the large central control screen with a strong sense of science and technology, the air conditioning entity button had to be hidden in the secondary menu of the central control screen, which was not very friendly to blind operation when driving. The LCD instrument panel of the driver's seat is also built-in design, which is quite limited in size and looks relatively stingy.
The inside of the 12.8-inch central control screen is equipped with BYD's Wang Fried - DiLink3.0 intelligent network connection system, which not only has built-in voice control, cool music, Himalayas, AutoNavi maps and other commonly used car entertainment software, you can also download more and richer APP in the app store, and even brush vibrato, brush B station, watch movies in the car, the degree of playability is very high.
Like the interior design, the micro blue 6's engine system sticks to tradition. The operation fluency of the car-machine system is not bad, and it supports functions such as on-board 4G hotspots, group travel, AutoNavi navigation, and CarLife. iFLYTEK's voice system has also undergone a comprehensive upgrade, and the accuracy of speech recognition has been greatly improved, and continuous input can be carried out. However, for me, the most convenient thing is that it supports Apple CarPlay. However, because the USB interface of the Micro Blue 6 is set in the handrail box, it is occasionally disconnected.
We can intuitively see the understanding of "car machine" by independent car companies and traditional car companies. Traditional car companies hope that users do not feel that this is a pure electric vehicle, in the interior design, the rationality of the button layout to maintain the natural advantages of traditional fuel vehicles; independent car companies hope to create a new era of pure electric vehicles through a stronger sense of science and technology, support more functions of the car machine system, the car machine system into a similar to the smart phone "mobile travel terminal", after all, they feel that consumers need is "fresh", but sometimes because of this and give up some of the humanized functional components. All I can say is that turnip greens have their own love.
Blade battery to pull back a city?
Compared with the old model, the upgrade of the new micro blue 6 is mainly in the three-electric system. The new single-pedal mode and the increased capacity of the ternary lithium battery have upgraded its CLTC range to 518km. A maximum power of 130 kW and a maximum torque of 265 N·m are more than enough for daily commutes and suburban outings.
The Qin PLUS EV is equipped with BYD's proud lithium iron phosphate blade battery and is available in three versions with a range of 600km, 500km and 400km. Among them, the 600km ultra-long endurance version is equipped with a drive motor with a maximum power of 135 kW and a peak torque of 280 N·m.
From the performance point of view, the difference between the two is actually not large. The lithium iron phosphate blade battery equipped with Qin PLUS EV pays more attention to low production costs and better cycle life, but the upper limit of energy density is lower, the low temperature performance is slightly worse, and the friendliness to the southern region where the temperature is suitable is higher; the ternary lithium battery equipped with micro blue 6 has higher manufacturing costs, but its energy density upper limit is higher, the charging and discharging efficiency is also higher, and the mileage will be more "real". Ternary lithium batteries are more suitable for some pure electric vehicles that focus on experience and position high-end. Commuting in first-tier cities and spending 1 hour a week charging and charging can meet basic travel needs.
From this point of view, if your charging conditions are more convenient, or living in the southern region, Qin PLUS EV may be more suitable for you; if the primary means of vehicle daily energy replenishment is public fast charging pile, or living in the northern region where the temperature conditions are relatively low, Buick Micro Blue 6 may be your first choice.
Qin PLUS EV and Micro Blue 6 are also pure electric vehicles, but they take a completely different product route. Qin PLUS EV hopes to bring consumers more "freshness", including a more technologically powerful interior and an updated blade battery; Micro Blue 6 hopes that consumers do not feel that this is a pure electric vehicle, and many Buick fuel vehicle designs are retained in the exterior interior, so that consumers can quickly transition from the era of fuel vehicles to the era of new energy, without more re-adaptation.
Obviously, the advantage of Qin PLUS EV is the low production cost of lithium iron phosphate batteries, which can easily open a more people-friendly price positioning; the ternary lithium battery equipped with micro blue 6, the production cost is placed here, so its product positioning is also higher than that of Qin PLUS EV. But from the market I recently learned, the terminal offer of micro blue 6 is also quite tempting. If you still don't know how to choose, you may wish to go to the 4S shop to test drive it!