At some point last year, Great Wall Motors proposed a full four-wheel drive plug-in hybrid model, as well as the slogan of "two-wheel drive price for four-wheel drive models", and the market reaction did not seem to be very strong. In our opinion, one of the very important reasons is that many consumers do not have enough perception of Hi4 technology, that is to say, many friends only know that the four-wheel drive has stronger performance, but they do not have an intuitive feeling of the gain of dual-motor four-wheel drive on daily driving.
The new Mocha Hi4 launched on April 13 seems to be a new model that changes the product idea, the manufacturer's guide price of this model is 238,800 yuan, and the minimum price is only 213,800 yuan under the three major strategies of 5,000 yuan to deduct 10,000 yuan for the final payment of the car, 10,000 yuan replacement subsidy (30,000 yuan for Wei brand owners) and up to 10,000 yuan under the national trade-in subsidy. As a medium-sized plug-in hybrid SUV model with a length of 4881mm and close to 4.9 meters, the price of 213,800 yuan is already a very "humble" existence.
Mocha is not a brand-new model, from the original pure fuel car to the 2023 plug-in hybrid model, everyone should be more familiar with the appearance and interior of this car.
The new Mocha Hi4 brings a new powertrain this time, which is simply a new plug-in hybrid gearbox and a longer all-electric range. The new car is equipped with a 1.5T engine and a four-speed gearbox, which can effectively reduce the fuel consumption level of the vehicle in the state of feeding, with a fuel consumption of 5.95L and a comprehensive fuel consumption of 0.8L per 100 kilometers.
At the same time, the new Mocha is equipped with a 35.04-degree CATL battery with a pure electric range of 200 kilometers (CLTC), and a 35-degree battery on a mid-size SUV with a multi-gear plug-in hybrid SUV, with a pure electric range of 200 kilometers, indicating that the WEY brand may still have put a lot of effort into the integration of the front cabin.
The all-wheel drive system of the new Mocha Hi4 is realized through dual front and rear batteries, which moves the center of mass of the main drive motor backwards, increases the adhesion of the rear wheels, and the assistance of the front motor/engine can make the vehicle obtain a more stable and smooth driving experience. In addition to gaining stronger passing ability and climbing ability, it can also obtain stronger acceleration performance, and the new Mocha Hi4 has an acceleration time of 4.7 seconds per 100 kilometers, which is already quite a strong existence.
In terms of configuration, according to the manufacturer, the new Mocha Hi4 has made significant overall progress in the two aspects of cockpit and intelligent driving assistance. In terms of the cockpit, the introduction of the iFLYTEK voice model, which can achieve more powerful voice recognition and control, is also equipped with 7 NVH technologies, with panoramic sunroof, Nappa leather seats, streaming media interior mirrors, 50W wireless charging, privacy glass and other configurations, making the cockpit more intelligent and comfortable.
In terms of driver assistance equipment, the new Mocha Hi4 is equipped with 22 perception units with 360° panoramic perception capabilities. It includes 5 millimeter-wave radars, 12 ultrasonic radars, 1 ADAS camera, and 4 million-pixel surround view cameras. At the same time, it also has highway driving assistance and NOH high-speed intelligent navigation functions, and has certain driving assistance capabilities. Of course, we also hope that this car in the follow-up OTA, can introduce the previous Great Wall Motors to show the full scene NOA function, the current set of driving assistance capabilities, in the current more than 200,000 domestic new energy vehicles, the advantage is not very obvious.
Therefore, as a medium-sized plug-in hybrid SUV with a length of nearly 4.9 meters, equipped with dual-motor four-wheel drive, 200 kilometers of pure electric mileage, 4.7 seconds of acceleration time of 100 kilometers, and 5.95L feed fuel consumption, the overall product power of the new Mocha Hi4 is still very positive, after all, the manufacturer's guide price of this car is only 238,800 yuan, which is a very "restrained" pricing.