Xingtu Yaoguang C-DM super native hybrid model is reported to be listed after the Spring Festival, although the new car has not yet arrived in the store, but suddenly overnight, the automobile circle and even the audience group, have expressed obvious differences in affirmation, questioning, praise, negation of various different attitudes, like boiling water, and the reason comes from yesterday's Yaoguang C-DM an extreme endurance test drive, what is the specific situation?
In general, before the launch of pure electric and hybrid models, long-range test drives have been a "traditional repertoire". Sing it, there are few followers, don't sing it, I always feel that there are shortcomings, why can Xingtu Yaoguang C-DM stir up this pool of stagnant water? You have to run leisurely at a fixed speed in a certain speed range, such a set of tailor-made, although the final results are good, but consumers are less and less interested in such a "long endurance test". And this time Xingtu Yaoguang C-DM's long test drive has aroused great attention from the media and users, and there is just a full uninterrupted live broadcast of the whole process, let's review it together, there are many interesting reasons for it to study and discuss.
Real, real, real, really real
It is said that when the long-term test plan was released, the product director of Yaoguang was so anxious and worried that he jumped his foot and pointed at the planner's nose and scolded, always thinking that they deliberately embarrassed him by engaging in "hell difficulty" as soon as they came up. Let's take a look at what hell method is.
First, now even ordinary consumers know that in addition to the show and objective measurement by the media, no manufacturer will go to the Northeast to "self-detonate test" when testing pure electric and hybrid models. Xingtu Yaoguang C-DM not only came, but also went straight to China's most North Pole - Mohe, although the final test route was chosen from Harbin to Beijing, but people said in the live broadcast that it was because the communication signal in the Daxing'an Mountains was really not good, and it was impossible to start the live broadcast, which was very reasonable. And the official video also shows that the test team did start from Mohe, and it took 3 days to drive all the way to Harbin through Jiagedaqi and Qiqihar. Judging from the timeline, the team only repaired overnight, refueled and charged, and the next day the long test began to be broadcast live in one shot to the end.
Second, Harbin, which is red and purple this year, seems to be arrogant, but it didn't give Xingtu Yaoguang C-DM a good face. On the day of the long test on January 22, the temperature in Harbin dropped to a rare -32 °C in the early morning, which was not much worse than the Mohe Arctic Village of -42 °C, which also made the "extreme cold test" mentioned by Xingtu Yaoguang C-DM absolutely worthy of the name. I thought that the leaders of the manufacturer should be worried, but their relaxed state in the live broadcast made everyone have more expectations.
Third, it is the vehicle load in the live broadcast footage, which is obviously seriously unreasonable for a "long-range show". Other people's long-range tests are that there is only the driver in the car, and there is nothing superfluous to see except for the mobile phone that shoots. The star journey is good, full of people talking and laughing, as if a large family rushed back to their hometown for the New Year, as if they completely forgot about the "long endurance test", you must know that even if there is one more person on the fuel car, 100 kilometers will increase fuel consumption by 1 liter. The lens that rested halfway also captured 2 large mobile power supplies to ensure the continuous shooting of the camera, and the live broadcast of other people's thin mobile phones, why is it a complete set of equipment and 4 people when it comes to Xingtu? People can't help but worry a little about whether this "not very professional" photography team will deduct wages.
Fourth, the route and process are not well planned. The team set off in a hotel in the center of Harbin, the departure time seems to be deliberately in the morning rush hour of Monday work congestion, 40 minutes after the live broadcast, the anchor said that the jam is bad, and he has not left the city yet, and the complaining look is like a little white-collar worker who is going to be late for work, and he is late for late, and it doesn't look like a professional endurance test. Xingtu Yaoguang C-DM on the highway is like a sleepy bird out of the cage, it is estimated that the driver from the south is scared and excited when he sees the snow on the road, forgetting the instructions of the leader when he is about to go out, the speed on the highway soon came to 100 yards, but he was very careful and obedient and did not rise again, despite the various encouragement of fans in the live broadcast room, the driver admired the scenery of the northern country, while sticking to 100 yards as if at a fixed speed. After watching the whole live broadcast, this very "steel" driver, except for the road section where the road is repaired and the section where large trucks are congested, is forced to reduce his speed, and the others are driving on the top of 100 yards, although it is not illegal, but it is estimated that he will be cleaned up by the leader when he goes back. You must know that such a speed is definitely not scientific and reasonable for a test that demonstrates low energy consumption and long battery life. In the cold Northeast region, the high-speed air conditioning heating has consumed a lot of energy in the engine, and the battery needs to be insulated, plus the power required for 100 yards per hour, the engine and hybrid motor with a displacement of only 1.5T should be running at full capacity. There are also very unreasonable places for the "long battery life" test, including, parking in the rest area to rest without turning off the air conditioner without power, and the car door is open and shooting; a group of people happily ate lunch in the service area for 30 minutes, and the air conditioner was also turned on at idle speed throughout the whole process, so that a group of people who eat melons are anxious for them, and various energy-saving suggestions in the comment area are frequent. But people just don't care about the main one, and they have rested "super comfortably".
After more than 18 hours of travel, the audience gradually felt that the results of this test did not seem to be so important to the Xingtu brand. People are really doing a reality show, real life scenes, real driving speeds, real journey rest, real lunch, real cars of happy friends. Whether it is the manufacturer's intentional design or recklessness, but it allows everyone to see a real endurance test, because only the same test as everyone's daily life can be called a real vehicle performance test for the user's future use.
Challenges that don't reach the goal can be successful
Xingtu Yaoguang C-DM test, the most lively place is the comment area of the live broadcast room, the pros and cons are also clear, and the focus of the debate is nothing more than whether this test is a success. One group of people believes that if they do not reach the challenge goal of 1300 kilometers, they will not succeed, although everyone has seen the difficulties of the whole test process, and the other group believes that 1300 kilometers is only the data calculated according to the WLTC working conditions, which is considered the data under ideal conditions, and under such extremely cold environment and high-speed driving test conditions, counting these losses, it can really reach 900 kilometers and it is already qualified, not to mention that it has really run to 1200 kilometers, which should be a great success. Everyone has different opinions, and there is a certain truth, but I am more concerned about the performance quality of the Xingtu Yaoguang C-DM in the test drive, through many details of the live broadcast, you can see the excellent performance of this car, and I will share it with you here to see if you have noticed.
First of all, according to the official video, these test cars are indeed driven from Mohe Arctic Village to Harbin, all the way has traveled 1159 kilometers, with a road to the northeast city charging infrastructure to analyze, these cars should not have the opportunity to fully charge and discharge, in the event of extremely low temperature in Harbin, can be completed in one night, proving that the reliability of the vehicle and the low temperature performance of the battery is still stable and reliable.
Second, the live broadcast all the way for more than 18 hours, the lens hardly saw any shaking, although there is the credit of the camera gimbal, but the "flying fish chassis" of Xingtu Yaoguang is indeed extraordinary, especially through a short road repair section, the live broadcast lens does not have any shaking bumps, CDC suspension, hydraulic bushing and other configurations, which should play a key role in the stability and comfort of the vehicle, many netizens said "studio posing", "the vehicle did not move" , but it is just a clear proof of the excellent chassis performance of this car, because the exterior shots when people park are enough to prove that this is a real extreme cold and long endurance challenge.
Third, after a long time of running live broadcasts, although there are shifts, the anchors can still maintain a good mental state in the carriage all day long, and the space and comfort of Xingtu Yaoguang are also commendable, especially the driver who drives on the edge of the camera for a long time, in addition to envying his talent, Xingtu Yaoguang's comfort must also help him maintain his state. Including the performance of the air conditioning in the car, from the observation of the anchor's clothing, the heating is still very sufficient. You know, in many low-temperature areas in the Northeast, even household air conditioners with alternating current are difficult to heat, and car air conditioners can ensure the temperature of the cabin without affecting the power of the vehicle at high speed, which is still very attractive to users in the north. In addition, the sound insulation performance of the vehicle demonstrated by the anchors many times can well prove the excellent quality of this car.
Finally, back to the topic of actual range of 1200.1 kilometers that everyone is concerned about, we can see through the large-scale test results of professional automotive vertical platforms that the gap between the nominal range and the actual low temperature range of many hybrid models in this extreme cold condition is still obvious, and the range that can reach 70% under extreme cold conditions is already a rare excellent product, and most of the extreme cold range is less than 70%; Another test condition is speed, Xingtu Yaoguang C-DM The average speed of the whole process announced in the long endurance test actually reached 80 yards, considering the city congestion in the route, high-speed road repair, and multiple rests and transfers of personnel, it can be seen that most of the time on the way is to reach the speed they say 100 yards per hour, under such high-speed conditions, the actual mileage of the vehicle will also have a certain discount compared with the ideal value. Compared with the actual result of 1200.1 km of Xingtu Yaoguang C-DM and the target value of 1300 km under WLTC mode, the achievement rate exceeded 92%. If we look at the measured endurance data of many models in the winter test of the core vertical platform of the car, this achievement rate can be said to be second to none, and from this point of view, the achievement of 1200.1 kilometers can not only be said to be a challenge success, but a success full of gold.
At the end of the live broadcast, the anchor of Xingtu Auto predicted that there will be an extreme long-endurance live broadcast event in the southern region on January 30, and everyone's focus is still on how far Xingtu Yaoguang C-DM can run. If we take the extremely cold, high-speed 1200.1 kilometers as a reference, the test results in the south are expected to be well over 1300 kilometers, and we are very much looking forward to this result as soon as possible. Of course, I hope that the long-range test of the southern line of Xingtu Automobile can be the same as that of the northern line, based on the real car use scenarios of users, and run out of results confidently, realistically and chicly, instead of losing the original intention of "building a good car for users" for that number. May the "more real" Xingtu soar its dreams on its own sea of stars and become a high-end Chinese car brand coveted by more users.