Balancing technology and cost is always a challenge for any automaker. With the intensification of competition in the domestic new energy market, more and more mainstream price models are more inclined to attract users through price rather than technology and experience, although the consumption threshold is lowered, but also users are deprived of the latest dividends of technological development.
Fortunately, there are always exceptions in the market, and the Aion-T-Rex is a mid-size SUV priced at less than 200,000 yuan, bringing together many of Aion's industry-leading EV and ICV technologies, some of which are even the same as million-level supercars. With the blessing of advanced technology, Aion-T-Rex brings consumers the only ultra-long battery life, ultra-fast energy replenishment, ultra-low energy consumption and high-end intelligent driving without drawings and NDA in its class. The excellent product experience also made Aion's Tyrannosaurus Rex sell 9,447 units in September, a month-on-month increase of 50%, entering a period of rapid sales climbing, becoming Aion's third popular model.
Leading EV technology eliminates EV anxiety
Battery life is the most concerned pain point for all pure electric users, and Aion-T-Rex uses the industry-leading Quark electric drive technology group to optimize the EV performance of the vehicle and reduce energy consumption without increasing the cost of the vehicle, so as to achieve the longest battery life and the fastest energy supplement in the same class
Aion-T-Rex first started with the core electric drive and electronic control, and increased the maximum efficiency of the motor to 98% through a number of Aion's pioneering technologies and processes, such as all-in-one integrated electric drive, dual-loop cooling, and low-circulation flat copper wire winding, with a power density of 10.5kw/kg, which is significantly ahead of the industry average. In addition, in order to reduce the transmission loss of the electric drive, Aion-T-Rex also adopts the same 2500Mpa high-strength alloy steel as China's first pure electric supercar Haobo SSR, with ultra-low rolling resistance transmission technology and high-precision gear grinding manufacturing process, as well as Aion's first "generalized discontinuous PWM modulation" frequency conversion control algorithm, which finally makes the maximum efficiency of electronic control reach 99.85%, which is close to lossless.
Coupled with the lightweight design of the whole vehicle, Aion-T-Rex finally achieved a class-leading ultra-low power consumption of 12.8kWh/100km, so as to achieve a maximum range of 750km in the same class without significantly increasing the number of batteries.
It is worth mentioning that as the first global strategic model of the Aion brand, in order to ensure that the vehicle has excellent endurance performance in different climatic conditions, it is also equipped with Aion's world's first 18-in-1 integrated heat pump system, which increases the low-temperature battery life by 20%, whether it is in hot Southeast Asia or cold Northern Europe, Aion-Tyrannosaurus Rex can have a high endurance retention rate.
In terms of energy supplement, Aion-Tyrannosaurus Rex will introduce the silicon carbide technology that was previously only used in the 900V high-voltage platform for the first time to the 400V low-voltage platform with the best compatibility and the highest popularity, and innovate and optimize the cell material and structure, electrolyte, etc., and use the research and development results of strong diffusion enabling body graphite cell material, ultra-high liquid phase conduction electrolyte, all-tab overcurrent structure, etc., and finally realize 3C fast charging, 125km in 5 minutes, 370km in 15 minutes, and the time to drink a cup of coffee. Your car will be back to full health. In addition, Aion is also continuing to build a "fast, wide and near" energy replenishment ecology, with high-density coverage of major domestic highways and core urban agglomerations, and more charging piles than gas stations, further reducing users' anxiety about energy replenishment.
The large space of the Aion-T-Rex is also the result of advanced EV technology. The Aion-T-Rex is based on Aion's latest generation of AEP 3.0 pure electric platform, which ensures spatial performance from the architecture. Quark's electric drive technology makes the electric drive electronic control part smaller and more compact, and further ensures the space of the passenger compartment. Therefore, the Aion T-Rex has a rear performance that surpasses that of medium and large SUVs, with a ceiling height of nearly 1.3 meters, a maximum legroom of more than 1.1 meters, and a flat floor and a door opening angle of nearly 90 degrees, making it easier to enter and exit.
It can be said that as a pure electric SUV, Aion Tyrannosaurus Rex has greatly alleviated the pure electric anxiety of users with leading technology, and it is getting closer and closer to the fuel car in terms of energy replenishment and battery life, which is welcomed by consumers. According to the analysis, in the sales of Aion-T-Rex in September, the sales of long-range models with a range of more than 650km accounted for more than half, which is enough to show the market's recognition of Aion-T-Rex's leading EV technology.
LiDAR raises the lower limit of intelligent driving safety
ICV technology is also a highlight of Aion-Tyrannosaurus Rex, judging from the sales in September, the sales of the intelligent driving version accounted for 31%, which is basically on par with the average level of some new power brands.
As the first model in the 16-190,000 price range to be equipped with high-end intelligent driving without pictures, Aion Tyrannosaurus Rex did not choose pure vision technology with lower hardware costs, but chose "multi-fusion sensing technology" with higher hardware costs, equipped with 5 millimeter-wave radars, 11 cameras and 1 lidar; The intelligent driving chip uses NVIDIA Orin-X, which has 254TOPS computing power; The software algorithm adopts the fourth-generation end-to-end deep learning model. Judging from the book configuration, it has basically been on par with luxury brands such as Hongmeng Zhixing.
The use of lidar regardless of the cost allows Aion-Tyrannosaurus Rex to enrich the upper limit of the experience of intelligent driving scenarios while effectively improving the safety lower limit of the intelligent driving system. From the perspective of the existing technology, lidar still has irreplaceable advantages in detection distance, response speed and recognition accuracy, for example, at night or in rainy and foggy weather, Aion-Tyrannosaurus rex can effectively overcome the impact of low visibility with lidar, timely and accurately perceive the road conditions ahead, and is not susceptible to interference from the high beams of oncoming vehicles. In addition, in the face of white obstacles, small irregular obstacles, etc., Aionsaurus rex can also accurately identify and avoid in time through lidar. For pure vision technology, many reports and media measurements in the past have shown that high-definition cameras sometimes cannot accurately distinguish these obstacles in time, resulting in accidents.
In addition, the end-to-end large model carried by Aion-T-Rex can also effectively ensure the safety and smoothness of the intelligent driving experience, with the help of AI advanced algorithms, the end-to-end large model of Aion-T-Rex has better perception and prediction effects, faster response, and outstanding human-vehicle game capabilities. The R&D team feeds 14 million kilometers of data every day, so that the decision-making and execution of the large model are continuously optimized, and it is more like an old driver.
With the blessing of advanced intelligent driving software and hardware, Aion-T-Rex can cover more than 99% of cities, suburbs, villages and towns without high-precision maps, not only to achieve basic traffic lights to follow cars, overtake lane changes, and on-ramp ramps, but also to easily deal with straight U-turns and roundabouts. In urban villages where people and vehicles are mixed, roads are narrow and parking is frequent, Aion-Tyrannosaurus rex can also pass through safely and smoothly. In the near future, Aion-T-Rex will also usher in a new round of OTA, and its intelligent performance and recognition capabilities will evolve again. Whether it is a sand construction road without marking, a country road, or a tidal section with complex lane lines, Aion-T-Rex can deal with it safely and efficiently, and the remote parking function will also be opened simultaneously, bringing users a more secure, silky and efficient experience.
Instead of relying on price wars, relying on the high-quality experience brought by advanced EV and ICV technology to conquer users, Aion-T-Rex has found the most reliable and down-to-earth path. It is foreseeable that the hot sales in September are just the beginning, and the Aion-Tyrannosaurus rex will usher in a long-term growth in sales. It is worth mentioning that Aion's other new car, AION RT, won more than 9,000 orders during the National Day, winning the same level of sales at 31 auto shows across the country, and will soon become Aion's fourth hot model. Driven by Aion's T-Rex and AION RT, the Aion brand will return to positive growth and continue to lead the development of China's new energy vehicle market.