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The most practical "driverless", test drive WMA W6 2021 ACE Smart Edition

Nowadays, as smart electric vehicles become more and more popular, automotive products are becoming more and more fun and interesting. Almost every once in a while, almost all car companies rack their brains and introduce "new skills" on their own car bodies, hoping to crush their opponents into slag or even throw them a few streets. But what's the use of the all kinds of cool features that are actually talked about? It is better to overcome a difficult problem or create a precedent, such as the WM W6, when it flaunted the first to achieve the "driverless mass production model" in the limited scene, it shocked the industry. This limited scene is very practical, is "unmanned driving under the parking scene", to put it simply, it is a trick to solve the parking problem, very practical, if this function is standard in the future, then the "subject two" can be cancelled in the future. Of course, WM W6 is not only this new skill, it is proficient in eighteen martial arts.

The most practical "driverless", test drive WMA W6 2021 ACE Smart Edition

Appearance: Avant-garde and simple

Born from the EVOLVE concept car, WM W6 adopts a new "Aerospace Technology" modeling design language, although it still uses the closed grille commonly found in new energy models, but the simple design lines of the body, with the front M type integrated through the light group, look full of technology. WM's car logo will still show different flashing effects through different states such as unlocking, charging, and locking the car, and the sense of ceremony is full.

The most practical "driverless", test drive WMA W6 2021 ACE Smart Edition

On the side of the body, the rounded waistline extends from the front of the car to the rear, while the suspended roof, black painted exterior mirrors, hidden door handles, and black trim surrounded by wheel eyebrows create a sporty atmosphere. The body length, width and height are 4620x1847x1730mm, the wheelbase is 2715mm, the space performance is not the best in the same class, but the front and rear seating space are relatively rich, and the rear middle floor is not raised, which also improves the comfort of the ride. At present, the more popular three-stage through-taillights, coupled with the luminous car logo that echoes the front face, greatly improve the recognition.

Interior: Two-tone building, still minimalist

The two-color built interior makes the WM W6 look young and stylish. In the door panels, seats, steering wheels and other places are used leather wrapping, diamond-shaped decorative panels, bright black gear shift knobs, and driving mode adjustment rollers, etc., these details have enhanced the texture of the whole vehicle.

The most practical "driverless", test drive WMA W6 2021 ACE Smart Edition

WM W6 adopts the popular smart dual screen design, and the dimensions are 12.3 inches. In the LCD dashboard also added a "sunshade", to prevent reflection, the screen has also done privacy treatment, in the co-driver almost can not see the content of the dashboard clearly, to prevent reflection is important, but if the driver speeds, the co-driver can not see the screen can not be reminded in time is also a certain risk. However, don't worry about the driver's fatigue driving or driving inattention, the camera on the A-pillar in the car has a variety of reminder functions in addition to facial recognition of the owner. The car machine system has made a new UI design, which is more concise and clear. The car machine system also adopts the latest Living Mate full vehicle interaction system, which supports voice recognition control, mobile phone interconnection, and can also watch live broadcasts online.

The most practical "driverless", test drive WMA W6 2021 ACE Smart Edition

The car machine menu is still quite rich, almost all the functions and third-party programs in the world have them, and with a microphone, you can also Sing in the car. But the most interesting thing is that it takes the lead in realizing SOA technology, you can experience the official preset "nap moment", "parent-child space", "intelligent energy saving", "performance mode", "high-speed and worry-free" five major scene modes, but also through the WM Zhixing APP to support personalized programming, free combination and setting of driver assistance configuration, windows, seats, air conditioning, driving mode, music, mood lights and other more than 200 functions, to create a car that truly belongs to you.

The most practical "driverless", test drive WMA W6 2021 ACE Smart Edition

The strongest killer of the game: AVP unmanned parking technology

We are familiar with the automatic parking function equipped with many cars, but this "unmanned parking technology", that is, the "unmanned driving in the parking scene" pioneered by W6 W6, is still quite rare, which can allow you to park with one click and solve the problem of parking difficulties such as the last 100 meters.

The most practical "driverless", test drive WMA W6 2021 ACE Smart Edition

You can simply understand it as an upgraded version of automatic parking, which uses a fixed route for driverless parking, and is divided into two situations. A kind of parking you only need to press the first button, the vehicle can automatically drive into the parking lot, automatically search for parking spaces, and automatically park into the parking spaces. And another HAVP operation is also very simple, just need to lead WM W6 to learn a parking route, it will use a variety of radars and cameras installed in the body, automatically remember the driving trajectory and the location of the preset parking space, after learning after the completion of the study you can remotely control the vehicle through the mobile phone Bluetooth to achieve automatic out of the library / storage, if you encounter pedestrians or obstacles in the middle, it can also avoid obstacles and avoid pedestrians. And the function also supports recording multiple trajectories, and the family is not afraid to stop. This cool function, Xiaobian said that it is very practical and quite friendly to novice xiaobai.

Power: Driving feels like a fuel car, endurance official 520km

Of course, the test drive electric car is most concerned about its endurance. The entire series is equipped with a permanent magnet synchronous motor with a maximum power of 160kW and a maximum torque of 225Nm, but the battery capacity is slightly different. The NEDC service range is available in 520km/620km versions, with a 66kWh power battery and a larger capacity 82kWh power battery pack.

The most practical "driverless", test drive WMA W6 2021 ACE Smart Edition

After lightly stepping on the electric door pedal, the starting performance of the WM W6 is not as abrupt as the traditional new energy vehicle, and the overall performance is relatively stable. The feeling of the whole speed increase is closer to that of the fuel vehicle, but it will be more direct than the dynamic response of the traditional fuel vehicle.

It has three driving modes, ECO, Comfort and Sport, and small chrome roller handling under the gear change knob. From the performance of power data alone, WM W6 is not born for sports, so in sports mode, its performance is not obvious, coupled with more comfortable suspension tuning, this stable comfort and ease of control is the just need of home SUVs.

WM W6 is also equipped with a new Living Pilot 3.0 intelligent mobility assistance system, for China's road conditions of the L2 level intelligent assistance system has been fully upgraded, providing 20 driving assistance configurations, in the actual driving experience, this intelligent driving assistance system is still quite easy to use, the functions are responsive, greatly improving the safety of driving.

The most practical "driverless", test drive WMA W6 2021 ACE Smart Edition

Of course, since it is an electric vehicle type, the sound insulation and noise reduction performance is also its advantage, most of the time the car is very quiet, only when the speed exceeds 100km/h, there will be a slight noise transmitted to the cabin.

summary

With the EX5, WM Motors has successfully opened the door to the smart electric vehicle market with high cost performance. And now as a pure electric SUV in the 200,000 price range, WM W6 has indeed killed many competitors with its own AVP unmanned parking technology and interesting scene programming. WM CEO Shen Hui's constantly mentioned corporate philosophy of "benefiting the people" to create products that consumers can afford and use, has been well interpreted in the WM W6 car: good body size, pragmatic technology configuration and high cost performance.

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