The author has communicated with many people in the industry, and they all believe that the competition will be more fierce in 2024, which has almost become the consensus of practitioners. For car companies, high-intensity competition will crush weak car companies, but for strong car companies, it is a good opportunity to eat away at market share. A giant like Geely has also launched a heavyweight medium and large new car such as the Geely Galaxy E8 while the iron is hot, positioning a new generation of pure electric flagship, which is currently in the pre-sale stage and will be listed on January 5, as of the date of writing, there are still 2 days.
Geely Galaxy E8 pre-orders have a total of 5 models, with pre-orders starting at 188,000, based on SEA's vast architecture. Pre-purchase car owners enjoy a deposit of 1,000 yuan to 6,000 yuan, as well as a replacement subsidy of 10,000 yuan. It's all on your own. So what kind of product performance will this Galaxy E8 bring? Let's take a look.
The exterior of the new car is an aggressive sporty shape, with a low-lying posture as a whole. The front of the car adopts a fully enclosed middle grille, concave deflector grooves on both sides, and a split headlight shape. In addition, there are many small holes in the entire mesh area, which will form a starlight effect of light and shadow rhythm after being lit, like making the "starry sky roof" to the front of the car. The silver Geely Galaxy logo on the top is also a more sci-fi design.
The side, known as the "tiger body" design aesthetics, has a low front and high rear, a swooping attitude, a restrained line, and a concave door, making the whole very compact. There is a slight feline feeling that the muscles are tense and ready to pounce on the prey. The body size is 5010/1920/1465mm in length, width and height, and the wheelbase is 2925mm, which is the standard size of medium and large cars.
In terms of safety, Geely Galaxy E8 creates a cage body, and uses the "eye" shape 7 series aluminum alloy as the anti-collision beam + dragonfly force transmission structure, as well as Volvo's classic boron steel door knocker, and for the battery part, there is also a ten-square aluminum extruded battery anti-collision structure. The degree of solidity is higher, and the energy absorption is also relatively good, and the impact force is counteracted by high strength and then consumed and transmitted layer by layer, and the destructive force that can be formed in the end will be greatly weakened. Of course, no matter how good passive protection is, the key is to have the awareness of safe driving by the car owner, which cannot be replaced by anything.
The perspective of the car, the first thing you see is the large through screen, which reaches 45 inches, and is standard for the whole system. Narrow bezels, 8K high resolution, and a simple and refreshing UI interface make this screen look relatively high, and there is no rough graininess. Using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295 chip as a support, the overall smoothness of the car machine is relatively good, the AI computing speed of the 8295 chip is 8 times that of the 8155, and the startup speed is 4 times that of the 8155.
The more powerful chip also brings more playability, such as generating dynamic MVs based on song titles when listening to songs, and generating AI comics in real time based on pictures uploaded by users. These are not the ecosystems of other companies that Ji uses, but the Flyme AI model released by the acquired Meizu company. With the blessing of the Meizu system, the experience of car machine, mobile phone and human-computer interaction has increased significantly.
Speaking of the interior design, the light-colored interior brings a more obvious sense of luxury, and the leather interior of Chuji white is slightly brighter than ordinary white. The front centre tunnel also features a wood grain trim in the same colour and retains the silver adjustment knob. In addition to the first color, it also adds a blue color as an embellishment, the more obvious is the direction white, white inside and outside green, and the upper and lower flat bottoms, which not only have a certain sense of movement, but also integrate with the overall atmosphere. The UI interface of the car machine in front has to be mentioned again, and the screen theme adopts a landscape painting background, leaving a large blank space. Distant mountains and near water, green, white and blue colors are more harmoniously integrated. Of course, this set of themes can also be replaced, changing according to the owner's preferences.
I won't go into detail about the space performance here, but the 2925mm wheelbase brings ample interior layout, which is more than enough for most families. It is worth noting that the seat uses a 4D zero-pressure cloud feeling slow rebound seat, which is filled with five layers of material inside, and also uses slow rebound memory foam, and the wrapping and support performance of the seat are not bad. The co-pilot supports 180° reclining, and after sitting down in the co-pilot, you can see the "Galaxy Giant Screen Dome," with a better view.
The top 2024 620km Starship Performance Edition uses a front and rear dual-motor layout, with a maximum power of 475kW, a total motor horsepower of 646Ps, and a peak torque of 710N·m, which can achieve a speed of 100 seconds in 3.49 seconds. The other four models all adopt a rear-mounted single-motor layout, with a motor power of 200kW and a horsepower of 272Ps, achieving a speed of 100 in 5.95 seconds. All models are mated to a single-speed gearbox.
As for the battery, the top-of-the-line version is equipped with a 75.6-degree battery pack to achieve a range of 620km. The entry-level model, the 2024 550km PRO version and the 2024 500km MAX version of the sub-low-spec model, are equipped with a 62-degree battery pack to achieve a range of 550km, while the two higher configurations, the 2024 665km Starship Voyage Edition and the 2024 665km Starship Intelligent Driving Edition, are equipped with a 76-degree battery pack to achieve a range of 665km.
Summary: Geely Galaxy E8 is more than enough as a family coupe in terms of power and endurance, but the author is more concerned about some new experiences brought by this car. Including the overall appearance and interior aesthetic level, interactive experience, intelligent experience, and comfort performance, it has given high sincerity. Some people believe that the words "high-end" and "flagship" should exist in high-priced models, perhaps starting at a million, and there is no cap. But the author believes that Geely has given a new interpretation, Galaxy E8 played the slogan of "China's new generation of pure electric flagship", "high-end", "flagship" The definition of these words may be understood to have nothing to do with price, but related to the use experience. Excellent performance, cutting-edge aesthetic experience, rich configuration functions, and reliable safety factor are the criteria for measuring flagships, do you agree?