Speaking of brand heightening, the forward-looking of traditional car companies can be found, such as Chery pushing Xingtu, Geely has Zeekr, Great Wall's Wei brand, and BYD launched Yangwang. It is true that some of their brands have developed well, but it is undeniable that most of them are uneven, and even many traditional car companies are far behind the head of the new forces.
Especially in today's new energy, the strength of the ideal, the later straight up of the world, and the birth of Xiaomi Automobile, all of which have issued the biggest challenge to the high-end new energy of traditional car companies. As a veteran car company in the first echelon of its own brand, Chery Automobile has made great progress in the development of the fuel vehicle market for all to see. In the high-end new energy market, although Chery has entered the market slowly, on the whole, it is steady and steady, step by step.
In the past two years, Chery's Xingtu Star Era has rapidly invested two high-end new energy vehicles in the high-end market. After the brand's Star Era ES was launched, its first high-end pure electric SUV Star Era ET was also officially launched recently, with a total of 8 configuration models, including 3 extended-range models, with a price range of 189,800-225,800 yuan, and 5 pure electric models, with a sales range of 229,800-319,800 yuan.
As Xingtu's latest flagship SUV, compared with the Ideal L6 that has just been launched, the two are obviously competing models, so does the Epoch ET have the strength to challenge the Ideal L6, which has already received more than 41,000 orders? Let's look down!
Since the start of pre-sales on April 15, orders for the Epoch ET have exceeded 13,000 units. It is worth mentioning that just one day before the listing, Epoch ET departed from Wuhu City, Anhui Province, and arrived at the Outer Ring Greenway of Guangzhou University Town at 11:09 today after 42.5 hours, reaching the "extreme endurance" mileage - 2141.4km.
Based on the global ultra-comfortable and high-performance electric platform E0X, the Epoch ET is positioned as a pure electric high-end medium and large SUV, with a length, width and height of 4955/1975/1698mm and a wheelbase of 3000mm. With a length of nearly 5 meters and a wheelbase of 3 meters, the burly figure consolidates the sense of luxury of the Star Era ET, and the visual creation is magnificent and heroic. Whether it is the body parameters or the visual perception, the Star Era ET is more powerful and advanced than the ideal L6.
At the same time, in terms of high-end comfort and luxury cockpit, the Star Era ET also has a unique design, and the new car also pioneers the only "Star Bar" in the same class, which is made of pure natural solid wood, equipped with double-layer storage compartments and warm atmosphere lights, which can realize electric movement of the front and rear rows through voice or physical buttons, effectively improving the space flexibility of the vehicle, and can flexibly adjust the space layout in the car according to different social spaces and usage scenarios, so as to create a more humanized car experience.
Not only that, the vehicle is also equipped with a 15.6-inch 2.5K central control screen, a 2.38-square-meter panoramic canopy, a 23-speaker 7.1.4 panoramic sound system, and a large number of high-end environmentally friendly materials to create a healthy and livable home space for users in all aspects such as audio-visual touch.
Needless to say, in terms of intelligent driving, the super intelligent driving experience brought by lidar, ultrasonic radar, millimeter wave radar and other empowerment is more worth looking forward to!
Of course, as a medium and large SUV, space comfort is the core highlight of the Star Era ET, which can be called a "mobile home". The larger size is the basis for ensuring space, there is no partition in the front row, the central control island can be moved electrically in the front and rear rows by voice or buttons, and the co-pilot has a zero-gravity seat, which can easily realize Ge You Lie. In addition, the new car also has 7.1.4 panoramic sound 23 speakers of "home theater", 2.38 square meters of canopy and other comfort configurations, based on Lion AI large model of smart home voice, including car home interconnection, baby mode, pet mode, K song mode and other 20 smart home scenes.
In terms of power, the Epoch ET has the choice of extended range and pure electric, the extended range version uses a 1.5T engine, equipped with a 32kWh battery pack, and the pure electric range can reach 200 kilometers (CLTC standard), and the comprehensive range of full fuel and full power is up to 1500 kilometers +; The all-electric version is available in single- and dual-motor versions, with a battery pack capacity of 77 kWh and 100 kWh, covering a range of 540 to 760 km. The single-motor version has a maximum power of 230kW and a peak torque of 425Nm. The dual-motor version has a front-axle motor of 123kW for the entry-level version, 183kW for the high-end version, and a maximum power of 230kW for the rear axle motor.
In addition, in terms of handling, the Star Era ET adopts an all-aluminum chassis design, equipped with a front high-end double wishbone + rear five-link suspension that is only available in million-level luxury cars, and is equipped with HDS hydraulic vibration isolation system, IAS intelligent air suspension and CDC electromagnetic damping system to bring a more stable handling experience.
It has to be said that the PTZ intelligent chassis equipped with Epoch ET has four core technologies: cloud dynamic architecture, intelligent control chassis, efficient braking, and intelligent power, bringing consumers a stable driving feeling and a comfortable experience of a million-yuan joint venture luxury car.
It is worth mentioning that the Epoch ET is also remarkable in terms of safety, the car has passed quite strict low temperature and water and fire tests, and the Epoch ET has even become the first new energy SUV to pass the "NESTA six-dimensional electric safety" technology verification. Epoch ET has also completed the industry's first "-30°C 24-hour Ice Immersion Extreme Challenge", and its safety has been proved to be quite excellent by multi-faceted extreme tests. Moreover, not long ago, it also successfully challenged the industry's first "31.9-meter industry ultra-difficult aerial free fall test", and shocked the performance of "safety is the greatest luxury" under the witness of users on the whole network.
In the final analysis, the new forces' car manufacturing is more like splicing, and the author believes that most people will still choose high-end brands from traditional car companies. In terms of product strength, the Star Era ET has also demonstrated the flagship level of this level, whether it is three electric or intelligent, it is the current top configuration. Especially in terms of chassis, with higher-end hardware configuration and Chery's own excellent tuning strength, driving control will also become a differentiated advantage of the Star Era ET compared with its opponents.
So we don't care if it's the best electric SUV within 500,000 yuan, at least from the current market, it's really worth the price!