It is an indisputable fact that the overall share of the pure electric vehicle market has increased, but at the same time, this market segment is also very volatile. In order to increase sales and market share, many car companies choose to exchange price for volume. For the current price war in the pure electric vehicle market, Kitten believes that it is reasonable. The lure of a huge share of the pure electric market has made mainstream joint venture car companies start to make efforts, relying on the advantages of scale, they can have more advantages in product pricing. As a result, there is a scene in the domestic market that was difficult to see before, and the price of pure electric vehicles of mainstream joint venture brands is lower than that of many new brand models.
Netizen consultation: What pure electric SUV to buy with a budget of 200,000 yuan?
Recently, kitten received a netizen's car purchase consultation, his demand is quite representative, the budget is about 200,000 yuan, want to buy a spacious space, long mileage model, in his words is "I am an absolute rigid type, need to take into account all aspects, the price is best within 200,000 yuan, you can also grit your teeth to buy a car of about 250,000 yuan, but the pressure will become greater". For the alternative models, he gave three options, which are the BYD Song PLUS EV, the Tesla Model Y, and the Buick E5.
Speaking of these three cars, Kitten believes that friends who pay attention to the new energy market will be no stranger. In the past 2023, BYD, which has sold more than 3 million units a year, has been very popular, the Song PLUS EV has reached 88,549 units in 2023, and the Tesla Model Y has sold an astonishing 456906 units last year. The Buick E5 is a new car that has attracted a lot of attention since its launch, and its sales performance is also very impressive. Friends who are familiar with GM know that it entered the new energy market very early, and its extended-range electric vehicles entered China as early as 2011. In order to seize the new energy market, GM has launched the new Autonen electric vehicle platform, and it is also a participant in the development of electric off-road lunar rovers in the United States, and its partner is Lockheed Martin.
Space range: Buick E5 has the longest wheelbase and a range of more than 500 kilometers
Although this friend struggles with the above three cars, they do not belong to the same class, the Song PLUS EV is a compact SUV, the Model Y is a mid-size SUV, and the Buick E5 is a mid-to-large SUV. In terms of wheelbase, the Song PLUS EV is 2,765 mm, the Model Y is 2,890 mm for mid-size SUVs, and 2,954 mm for the Buick E5 for mid-size and large SUVs. At the same time, because the Buick E5 adopts a standard SUV-style design, its rear headroom performance is also better than that of the Model Y. In terms of space, Buick E5 has better performance with the advantage of model level.
After talking about space, let's take a look at battery life, which is also very concerned about rigid consumers. Although the energy replenishment infrastructure of pure electric vehicles is gradually improving, and there are more and more charging piles, the cruising range will be related to the number of charging times a week. The Buick E5 standard range model has a CLTC pure electric range of 545 kilometers and the long-range version is 620 kilometers, the Song PLUS EV has a CLTC pure electric range of 520 kilometers and 605 kilometers respectively, and the Tesla Model Y entry-level model is 554 kilometers, although there are also 688 kilometers of long-range all-wheel drive models, but the price of the latter has reached 299,900 yuan. In the kitten's view, the model with a range of about 550 kilometers is more cost-effective, and it will not be charged often because the battery life is too short, and it will not significantly increase the purchase cost because of the long battery life.
Since it is a family car consumer, you have to consider the price factor when buying a car. The starting prices of the Song PLUS EV and Buick E5 are similar, at 169,800 yuan and 169,900 yuan respectively, and the CLTC pure electric range is also relatively close, with the Buick E5 only 25 kilometers more. Although the pure electric range of the Tesla Model Y entry-level model reaches 554 kilometers, which is 9 kilometers more than the Buick E5, its price also reaches 258,900 yuan, which is 89,000 yuan higher, which is a bit big for a 200,000-yuan model.
Three-electric system: The standard of the Autoneng platform far exceeds the industry standard
In addition to battery life, battery safety and real range performance are also the focus of pure electric vehicle users. The Song PLUS EV and Tesla Model Y have been on the market for a long time, and consumers are more familiar with their characteristics. The Buick E5, which has not been on the market for a long time, is also very selling in terms of the three-electric system, which adopts a self-developed and high-efficiency three-electric system, cooperates with suppliers to customize exclusive cathode cell materials, improves thermal stability by 10% compared with the basic formula, and cooperates with multi-level safety protection covering cells, modules and whole packages, meeting safety testing standards that far exceed industry standards. In the case of the Buick E5 long-range version, there are as many as 150 pieces of aerogel between the cells of the battery pack, and the thermal insulation area reaches 9.32 square meters. At the same time, Autonon's self-developed motor also has a number of leading technologies, including flat wire technology, self-adhesive core technology, oil-cooled design, etc., which not only improves energy efficiency, but also provides stable and strong power output. The gear shaft system of the electric drive unit adopts advanced gear processing technology, coupled with the unique sound-absorbing material wrapping technology, to ensure the excellent NVH performance of the whole vehicle under multiple working conditions and full torque. It also has a BEV Heat dual-source thermal management system with integrated heat pump air conditioning technology, which can effectively improve the winter range performance.
In terms of battery safety, simulating the damage to the battery pack when the vehicle suffers a frontal or side impact, the battery is required to be fully charged, and the battery is not abnormal under the extrusion force of 300kN (equivalent to 30.6 tons), which is much higher than the 100kN extrusion force required by the national standard. Considering that the bottom or bottom of the vehicle is stone-hit and other situations that endanger the battery pack, the Autonen platform requires that the battery pack have no abnormality after falling from a height of 2 meters, while the national standard requires a height drop of 1 meter. At the same time, the Autoneng battery pack has no open flame, no explosion, and no thermal runaway after acupuncture. At the same time, it also has module-level thermal runaway protection and package-level thermal runaway protection, including a number of patented designs.
Driving quality: Buick E5 is close to fuel vehicles
As a new energy vehicle from a mainstream car company, Buick E5 also attaches great importance to the driving experience, with three adjustable energy recovery mode, its low energy recovery mode is completely on par with fuel vehicles, after releasing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle will stall and slide, and the brake pedal is needed to effectively decelerate, so that the "old driver" of the fuel vehicle can completely switch at zero threshold. At the same time, it also uses BOSE electric vehicle engine sound simulation technology (EVSE) to create a realistic and natural engine sound, increasing the all-round sensory pleasure of driving.
In terms of safety, the Buick E5 is equipped with the Super Cruise super assisted driving system as standard, using a vehicle-grade high-computing power chip, and the perception system consists of a camera, a radar system, a high-precision map and a "Aurora Guardian" steering wheel with a driver's eye monitoring system that is deeply integrated with the Super Cruise system. Compared with the two lower-spec models of the Song PLUS EV, the Buick E5 entry-level model has obvious advantages in terms of active safety configuration.
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Fierce market competition has brought more benefits to consumers when buying a car, with less than 170,000 yuan can be Buick pure electric medium and large SUV home, which does have a strong temptation, its price has been lower than the same configuration, the same level of Buick fuel SUV, it is precisely because of the high cost performance, so that Buick E5 appears in many new energy vehicle consumers in the alternative model.
Tesla Model Y is the most expensive of the three cars, although the sales volume is very large, but it is not necessarily the most suitable model for this netizen, on the one hand, its price is much higher, on the other hand, the reason is that it is inferior to Buick E5 in terms of safety configuration, such as less reversing side warning, steering wheel hand detection, rear collision warning, etc. Song PLUS EV is a popular model in the independent brand camp, and its core advantage is that BYD has a high degree of recognition in the new energy market, but the two low-end models are obviously missing in terms of active safety configuration, which is a big pity.
Buick E5 is a newcomer to the pure electric SUV market, as a latecomer, it needs to show more sincerity to grab the market, compared with the other two models, Buick has a longer wheelbase and has advantages in terms of cost performance, such as entry-level models can provide a full range of active safety configuration, the minimum range has reached 545 kilometers. In addition to price and configuration, the Buick brand's excellent quietness and good interior texture are also a plus for the Buick E5. Based on many factors such as price, product power, and configuration level, Kitten recommended this netizen to buy Buick E5.