Half a month ago, I tasted Wuling Binguo PLUS statically, and I was very impressed by its large space and long battery life. I have to sigh that the new car developed based on the original pure electric platform in the electric drive era has a huge advantage in the sense of cabin space, in addition, in fact, Binguo PLUS also performs well in terms of power, but because it is a static tasting, so the understanding of endurance and power that day is to stay in the parameters.
After the static tasting video was released, many fans left messages and asked, so while the iron was hot, I finally drove a long distance from Shanghai to Zhejiang to get the top model of this Binguo PLUS, and now let's test it dynamically to see how its endurance achievement rate is?
01. Basic information of Binguo PLUS
It's still the old rule, let me first introduce some basic information related to Wuling Binguo PLUS for this experience: our car is the flagship version of Binguo PLUS with a guide price of 98,800, the model is positioned as a small car, and the curb weight of this car is 1330kg.
The front-mounted single motor has a peak power of 75kW and a peak torque of 180N·m. It is a leading level in the same level of electric vehicles, and it is better than some 1.5L engines in the same level of fuel vehicles.
According to the official data, Binguo PLUS 0-50km/h acceleration in 3.7 seconds, equipped with a 50.6kWh lithium iron phosphate battery pack, its CLTC working condition is 510km, support fast charging, half an hour can be charged from 30% to 80%, so is its power consumption high? How many kilometers can it run? Next, let's measure to see the real chapter!
02. Introduction to endurance test methods
Let's use the state of normal travel today to experience the actual power consumption of this car, the approximate itinerary is: starting from the Overseas Sea Communication Building in Gongshu District, Hangzhou, passing through a section of the urban road Changshen Expressway, and then going back to the starting point after passing the Hangzhou Ring Expressway. The total mileage is about 60 km. About 30% of the urban roads and about 70% of the high-speed roads are simulated as an actual travel scenario.
During the whole process, we will record its power consumption and its power loss, and then come back and calculate it according to the data to see how much its maximum battery life can achieve?
03. Introduction to vehicle settings
Now, there are 2 people in the car, and we don't have any accompanying luggage except for the shooting equipment, and the total weight of the 2 people and the shooting equipment is about 170kg. The outside temperature is 16°C, the car has already run 80km, the current charge is 83%, and the car machine shows a range of 420km remaining.
Next, we need to do 5 settings:
1. The temperature of the air conditioner is adjusted to warm mode 2 and wind speed 1
2. The driving mode is set to standard mode
3. The energy recovery level is set to standard mode
4. The subtotal mileage is reset to zero
5. Close all windows
Next, as long as there is no traffic jam on the road, let's drive against the speed limit!
04. Vehicle dynamic performance experience
As mentioned at the beginning, Binguo PLUS is equipped with a combination of 75kW motor and Shenlian battery, which does not seem to be a big number, but it is already a leading level in the same class, with the small size of Binguo PLUS, from the actual experience, whether it is speeding up, changing lanes or overtaking, etc., it can give people confidence.
Let's talk about the magic battery, if you want to say how advanced this battery technology is, it may not be, but I think you can see Wuling's user thinking through it. The high-intensity box design, the top technology, and the vehicle-cloud dual BMS intelligent collaboration system will not be talked about, but the focus is on sharing a number: 90%.
It refers to the fact that this battery pack can save >90% of maintenance costs compared to similar products in the industry. This is because the MUST structure of the Shenlian battery can support the replacement and maintenance of the battery cell level, so that the battery cell and the box can be repaired separately.
What does this mean? Here is a few more words, the conventional battery pack for reliability and sealing and so on directly use the process of pouring and packaging, detachability and maintainability are sacrificed, once you need after-sales, you will be told to replace the entire battery pack, tens of thousands of gone...... The MUST structure means that, for example, in the case of accidental bottom bump causing damage to some cells, you only need to pay for the maintenance of some cells instead of the entire battery pack, such a design, I think it is particularly suitable for the Wuling brand and its corresponding audience!
Continuing with the topic I just talked about, I will expand on one of the things that is very important for pure electric vehicles but is often overlooked: smart energy management. In Binguo PLUS, there are two aspects in this car: one is energy recovery, there are three modes: comfortable, standard and strong, which can match different driving habits through different levels, and at the same time can improve the cruising range to varying degrees.
The second is the intelligent replenishment of the battery. Old car owners must know that the vehicle is parked for a long time or forgets to turn off the lights, etc., it is easy to cause the battery to be fed and have to ask for help from neighbors to help with electricity, that Binguo PLUS this car can monitor the state of the battery at any time to replenish the power in time, and it can reduce the waste of energy by preventing overcharging.
In terms of suspension, Binguo PLUS uses a combination of front MacPherson + rear torsion beam, and the basic setting is a decent combination, but it can be seen that Wuling's engineers are also very attentive, such as its rear suspension uses hydroformed closed torsion beam, for example, the rear bushing of its rear cantilever arm adopts a nonlinear stiffness bushing with Y slotted horizons.
For example, engineers have also optimized its suspended cast aluminum bracket to a higher-order mode through multimodal analysis, which has the effect of reducing its impact on external excitation. Under multiple measures, it will perform better in terms of comfort and quietness. Although this car is an entry-level car, from the actual experience, the engineers seem to want to create a driving style that takes into account both comfort and handling, so when the road is straight, even when passing over small bumpy roads, it can achieve a certain degree of isolation from vibrations, and when cornering, you can feel the support and follow-up brought by its rear axle, giving people the feeling of two words: flexible!
05. Display of battery life measurement results
Now we have finished the whole course, 31 traffic lights along the way, Hangzhou is worthy of Hangzhou, and the whole road condition is still relatively congested.
We ran down the 60.2km, the total time was 100 minutes, the average speed was 34km/h, the battery was 68% left, and the meter showed that there was still 344km of cruising range.
Next, I'll take a pen to calculate the conversion for you, the actual run of 60.2km consumes 76km of mileage, so the conversion is 20% off, the measured power consumption is 12.4 kWh/100km, this data is also very good in the models we tested.
I want to expand on this, one is that the test is from four o'clock in the afternoon to half past five in the afternoon, the outside temperature dropped from 16 °C to 13 °C, and the second is that this section of the road we experience is still relatively congested. The 60km journey took nearly 100 minutes, and there were many times when the lights were red.
And during these time periods, air conditioning and everything are consuming electricity, but the mileage is not increasing, of course, our main focus is a real travel experience. So if you buy this car and drive it yourself, it's probably at this level. In fact, according to our test method, the 80% range achievement rate is among the top among the electric vehicles we have tested. It can be seen that the battery life of Binguo PLUS is still very solid.
Conclusion:
From the last static tasting to this dynamic measurement, Wuling Binguo PLUS left a very good impression on me, from the perspective of riding space, its second row is even larger than some A-class cars I have experienced; from the perspective of storage space, the maximum trunk space of 1450L is also very surprising; and this car also supports DC fast charging, AC slow charging, 3 flexible charging modes for household sockets;From the point of view of power performance and chassis handling, its performance can also show a certain texture;And it is particularly easy to be overlooked that in the construction of family cars, Wuling has a unique historical heritage and experience accumulation in the car market, Binguo has been listed for 6 months sales of more than 150,000 units is a strong proof, 2800 outlets throughout the country and 7x24 hours of online service can also make the car more reassuring. Therefore, if your budget is in this price range and you are very rational to pay attention to the quality-to-price ratio of pure electric SUVs, then I think TA is worth your chance!