【EV Vision New Car Analysis】In recent years, with the growing prospects of the new energy vehicle market, many domestic car companies have set their sights on IKEA's MPV models under the premise of meeting the diversified needs of families. And how can there be less of the ideal car that focuses on "home travel"?
In recent times, on the Internet, road test spy photos of the first MPV model of Ideal - W01 project model have been exposed one after another. Although the exterior wrap is heavily camouflaged, you can roughly see its appearance design close to the "bullet train". The new car will have a streamlined design similar to a bullet, more inclined to the design of Toyota Previa, which is likely to be the first pure electric MPV whale model under Ideal, project code W01.
In addition, Li Xiang, chairman and CEO of Ideal Automobile, responded to the "preview map" of the ideal W01 through the blogger Road, saying that the whale light group in the trailer picture was wrong, and at the same time previewed the product plan of Ideal Auto for future pure electric models, that is, "one whale (aircraft carrier) and five sharks (ships) form a fleet battle group of ideal car with high voltage pure electricity." This also means that on the basis of the existing extended-range models, Li Auto will launch six new pure electric models, and the whale is the MPV pure electric model that has been mentioned on the Internet, which will be released within this year.
So, what kind of information can we get from the information that has been revealed so far? EV Vision will analyze it.
Judging from the latest renderings, the overall appearance of the W01 can be said to be very intuitive to make an impression. Because it is different from other MPVs on the market that use large grilles, the W01 presents a "bullet" design language like the Harmony train, and this is one of the most talked about slots of this car.
Of course, the first reason for adopting such an appearance design is the design to effectively resist the pressure of wind resistance.
We know that in automobile design, when the vehicle is driving, the resistance to be overcome is not only the resistance of mechanical wear and the resistance caused by tire rolling, but also the air resistance that increases with the increase of driving speed. The size of the drag coefficient depends on the shape design of the car, and the maximum wind resistance that a car receives when moving forward is from the front, and the wind resistance has a great impact on the performance and energy consumption of the car at high speed.
According to research, if the range of a pure electric vehicle is about 600km, each time the drag coefficient is reduced by 0.01, its endurance can be increased by about 3%, that is, about 8km. The visible effect is very significant. Therefore, in addition to the common family car, for larger vehicles, if you want to reduce your own energy consumption, it is bound to adopt a more streamlined shape, such as the wind resistance coefficient of high-speed rail is only 0.48cd, and the Tesla Semi electric semi-trailer truck with a similar warhead design, its wind resistance coefficient is only 0.38cd.
So look at the W01, after such a design is bound to reduce the overall air resistance, it is expected to be less than 0.28cd, which will become the lowest drag coefficient model in the industry.
Let's look at the design details of the body.
Looking at the front of the car, the front of the car naturally adopts a large front windshield because of the inclined low wind resistance design with low wind resistance. And the front windshield is also compatible with the cabin at the front of the car, so it visually presents a more simple line.
The non-clear version of the W01 front face spy photo revealed before
In addition, the W01 has a huge front triangle window next to the large inclination front windshield, which not only reduces the blind zone of the front/side front view, but also enhances the impact resistance of the front of the car in terms of structure and improves the overall passive safety.
W01 side large triangular window spy photo
Suspected W01 front patent diagram
In terms of the front face, the new car may still continue the design of the closed front face + split headlights + "star ring" light strip, and it is worth mentioning that regarding the design of the "star ring light" at the front of the car, a car blogger has previously made a set of preconceived pictures about W01, but was personally named by Li Xiang and said "too conservative!" ”。 So about this "star ring lamp", what exactly should it look like?
Let's look forward to it.
It's time to talk about the point, or not long ago, Ideal Auto announced the body contour of W01 on the official media platform, and this is also the first official teaser image of W01.
Although the overall black color only highlights the outline of the upper part of the vehicle, we can still see one or two things from the details.
First of all, the entire shape is generally the same as the silhouette in the spy photo, and from the C-pillar position, the roof line is very unnaturally and suddenly upward, and the overall appearance is slipping.
W01 road test spy photo
Another W01 body patent drawing
As can be seen from the above patent diagram, the third row of W01 windows is very large, and the rear overhang of the body is also very long, so it can be judged that the interior, especially the third row, will have a more comfortable space, and the third row of seats can still maintain the volume of the trunk without collapsing.
According to the data previously disclosed, the W01 is 5300-5400mm long, 1900-2000mm wide, 1800-1900mm high, and 3200-3400mm wheelbase. This body data is much longer than almost all the MPV models on the market.
In addition, when EV Vision flipped through the patents, I found two interesting patent diagrams.
As can be seen from the previously released spy photos, the rear door of the W01 adopts the side sliding door setting of the traditional MPV.
This is nothing, from the digged patent diagram, W01 is suspected to be on the traditional side sliding door, and also introduced a door that can be opened up and down.
The reason for the introduction of this door, how is it written on the patent diagram:
Indeed, this way of opening up and down can indeed reduce the disadvantages of limited space due to the rotation of conventional doors. However, as the second row occupants of MPV models, this "space limitation" factor is obviously not valid. Therefore, EV Vision believes that the appearance of this door may indicate that the W01 will launch a well-being version similar to Senna, bringing convenience to passengers with inconvenient legs or wheelchairs.
This is ideal!
Not only that, in addition to the doors in the second row, on the door of the front driver's seat, the W01 also introduced a door that opened in an unusual way. It uses a folding opening and closing method, which can effectively reduce the space required when the door is opened.
Form 1
Form 2
However, it is still impossible to make up for the opening and closing process of this door for the time being, and I hope that when the real car appears, EV Vision will explore it well.
Written at the end:
The above is EV Vision's analysis of some easily overlooked details about the appearance of the ideal W01, although the true face of this car has not yet been revealed, but we believe that its appearance may break people's perception of conventional MPV models. After this issue, EV Vision will also analyze the interior and smart devices of the ideal W01, so please look forward to it.