What about Chery’s own ＂intellectual world＂ without Huawei？

Looking back on my first test drive of Chery’s pure electric model, it was five years ago, and now this car has been discontinued. In 2018, when the domestic new energy market was still in its early stage, Weilai ES8 was just delivered, and Tucki P7 was still in its infancy. However, as an old car company, Chery has been on the new energy for a long time, and it established Chery New Energy Company as early as 2010. But it’s a pity that although Chery got up early, it caught a late gathering, which didn’t show a strong sense of existence during the most vigorous period of China’s new energy market.

However, this situation has changed this year, mainly due to the EOX pure electric platform built by Chery. This platform covers a wide range of models, including compact to medium-sized cars, SUVs and MPVs, and can also take into account pure electricity and extended range.Chery also poured its own technology on this platform without reservation, including 800 V, laser radar, integrated die-casting body, double ball joints and double wishbone, air spring and rear wheel steering.The mainstream hardware configuration of these high-end pure electric vehicles is not bad. Chery said that 15 new cars will be born on this platform within two years. Based on this platform, Chery has also reached a cooperation with Huawei. Not long ago, the very hot listing of Huawei Smart Car Intelligence S7 was born on this platform.

Chery’s own model based on this platform, Xingjiyuan ES, has also been officially opened for pre-sale at the previous Guangzhou Auto Show, with a pre-sale price of 248,000-358,000 yuan.. It is also announced that the Star Age ES will come standard with CDC and air spring, which is still very rare at this price. However, Star Age ES also gave its reason, that is, it wants to be a "world-class super comfortable long-life car", which is not what I said, but the slogan of the test drive site.

01Although he is a cousin to the intellectual world, he looks completely different.

In fact, it’s been a while since the appearance of Xingyue ES. As the cousin of Zhijie S7, it is also positioned as a medium-sized and large-sized pure electric car. As usual, I’ll show you the data first. The length, width and height of Xingyue ES are 4945*1978*1467 mm respectively, and the wheelbase is very strange, which is exactly 3000 mm Compared with Zhijie S7, Xingjie ES is slightly shorter, but the wheelbase is 50 mm longer.However, the positioning of Star Age ES is a comfortable route at home, which is different from the brand positioning of Zhijie S7, which is the main sport.. This should also be a deliberate distinction made by the two companies in product positioning, and then they will hit different consumer groups, otherwise the two brothers may be infighting after listing.

The difference is the design. As the first new car of the brand-new platform, Xingyue ES naturally uses the latest generation design language of Xingtu, which belongs to the simple and atmospheric style as a whole and does not have too many sports elements, which is also in line with its product positioning. Like many pure electric cars at present, the front face of the Star Age ES is relatively low, and there is no absence through the light belt. However, it does not use split headlights, but narrows the headlights to make the headlights and daytime running lights more integrated. If you buy the top model,There is also a very conspicuous digital headlight on the front face, located in the fog light area. There are some ready-made patterns to choose from in the car. The panda one is quite cute, and customization is not supported yet..

The body of Xingjiyuan ES adopts the slip-back design that is common in pure electric cars at present. With a length of nearly 5 meters and a reasonable height, the side looks slender. It is also worth mentioning that,The wind resistance of ES in Xingyue is also very good, only 0.205 cd, and that of S7 in the same platform is 0.203 cd, both of which are excellent standards.. By the way, there is also a BMW i5 with the same design on the side of Xingyue ES, which is the logo on the C-pillar and can also shine.

There is also an electric tail wing with exclusive top, which has two gears and can provide a maximum downward force of 370N N. It can be opened automatically and also supports manual opening.. I can’t help but sigh that before the rise of trams, the electric tail was exclusive to those performance cars that were hundreds of thousands or millions of sports cars, and now it has become a common configuration.

Although it is a slip-back design, the trunk opening mode of Star Age ES is not "slip-back". Fortunately, the opening is not small, so it is no problem to put some larger boxes or folding bicycles, and it supports electric opening. However, in terms of expansibility, there is still room for improvement in Star Age ES, such as adding some hooks, which is still necessary for such a car with comfortable home positioning.

02Although the cockpit has no Huawei experience, it is still good

The car in the Star Age ES is also a relatively elegant style, especiallyThis double-patched light-colored interior looks warm, and with the large area of leather coating inside the car, the visual level can still provide a certain sense of high-level.. The middle part also uses a crystal decorative light bar similar to the new BMW 7 Series, which adds some exquisiteness to the car, but it would be better if the brightness was higher during the day, otherwise it would look a little plastic.

There are many areas of content display in the cockpit layout, with a head-up display in front and a small LCD instrument integrated into the design.Head-up display can set the richness of display information in the central control menu.This is still quite good, but the working logic will be a bit strange. The HUD will go out automatically when it is blocked by P, and it will be displayed again when it is blocked by D. I don’t know why it is designed like this.

The middle part is a 15.6-inch central control panel with the same size as Zhijie S7, with a resolution of 2.5 K.. However, instead of using the HarmonyOS cockpit, Xingyue ES uses the car system developed by Chery itself. The chip is made of 8155 from Qualcomm, and the hardware configuration is in line with the current mainstream level, so the use fluency is still guaranteed.

In addition, when you use it, you will find that the UI design of the main interface of Star Age ES car is a little borrowed from HarmonyOS’s meaning, and it is also used.In the form of a double-deck DOCK bar, the lower part is the HOME button, air conditioning settings, seats and menu bar, and the upper part is a customizable function card, so you can put your accustomed high-frequency functions in the front position.. Although it draws lessons from mature car machines, the advantage is that there is no high learning cost when using it, as long as the functions placed on the main interface are very simple to find.

However, entering the secondary menu is a bit messy. For example, in the interface of vehicle settings, high-frequency functions such as exterior rearview mirror and steering wheel are not eye-catching. Moreover, the two are still open separately, which is easy to ignore when looking for, and the menu cannot be added in the drop-down negative screen, but fortunately, the left button of the steering wheel can be set as a shortcut key in the customized interface. Another is that some driving functions are located too low. In the driving mode interface, it is difficult to find that there is an auxiliary passing mode for sliding down. At the scene, we also gave feedback to Chery’s staff about some problems with the car. They said that it was already being adjusted, and it will be an optimized version when it is officially delivered.

At the functional level, there are still few third-party applications supported by this system, but there are still mainstream entertainment applications such as iQiyi and Station B, but compared with the new forces, there is still room for improvement in the richness of applications. butStar Age ES has a function that most independent brands don’t have now, that is, it actually supports wireless CarPlay and makes full-screen adaptation.Very friendly to friends who are used to using CarPlay.

The intelligent voice of Xingyue ES was developed by Iflytek, an industry giant, and the experience was good, supporting multiple continuous instructions.At the scene, we tried to recognize 5-6 instructions at the same time, and the execution speed after instruction recognition is also relatively fast.. However, I haven’t experienced the big model. I don’t know if the trial car of this experience has not been opened yet.

As a pure electric car with comfortable orientation, the ride experience and space are also very important parts. The comfort of the front seat of the Star Age ES is not bad, with some support in the softness, and the seat is not as high as the battery in many pure electric cars.The height of 177 cm can leave enough head space for one punch. In addition, the seat configuration level is also sufficient, heating, ventilation and massage are not absent, and there are 8 massage modes to choose from to meet different strength requirements..

There is no difference in softness between the rear seat and the front seat, but in order to get better head space, the hip point of the rear seat is relatively low, so it will make people feel nested when sitting. Although the cushion is long enough, the front thigh will still lack some support. But fortunatelyThe space is large enough, and there are more than 3 punches in the legs, so you can try to avoid this problem with some more comfortable sitting positions.. In addition, a small control screen is placed in the back row, which can set functions such as air conditioning and music.

03Standard CDC+air spring will carry comfort to the end.

The reason why Xingyue ES can shout out "world-class super comfortable long-life car" is that this chassis with CDC and air spring as standard should be their greatest source of confidence. Refer to the pre-sale price of 248,000-358,000.This is indeed the lowest-priced medium-sized and large car with air spring as standard that you can buy at present.Although the official listing price may be lower.

However, what I didn’t expect was that the comfortable Star Age ES actually arranged a track experience. Although the linear acceleration performance is very strong, after all,The comprehensive power of the dual-motor version is 353 kW, and the official zero-hundred achievement is 3.7 seconds.. However, this set of suspension with front double ball joints, double wishbone and rear five-bar linkage is equipped with air spring and CDC. Even if it is put into the most sports mode, after the first corner, you will find that the track is not in the skill package of Xingyue ES. Suspension is in a soft state in the track, and its support for the car body is not very strong, so it is easy to have a relatively large roll. Therefore, for the era ES, its main battlefield is still the daily road.

This time, I specially found a road with poor road conditions to experience this chassis.In the comfort mode, the overall performance is good, and the filtering of bumps is in place. No matter how big bumps and small bumps are resolved, they are very soft. Even if you pass the speed bump quickly, there will be no strong impact in the car, and you can feel the unique floating feeling of the air spring.. However, the initial suspension will be a little sensitive to the continuous bumps on the road, and the road feeling will be transmitted a little more. If the isolation is better, it will be more in line with its definition of "comfort".

In addition to providing better comfort, air springs can also get different body postures and passability by lifting. for exampleStar Age ES has made an "auxiliary traffic" mode, which can raise the suspension in the highest state by an additional 30 mm, and the maximum ground clearance can reach an exaggerated 180 mmThe passing capacity is basically equivalent to an urban SUV, so it’s ok to drive on the road or even take some bad roads in the era of the stars.

Just now, the dual-motor version of Xingyue ES mentioned above is very powerful, and we also experienced a zero-speed acceleration at the scene. When stepping on the pedal, we will see that Xingyue ES looks up exaggerated. Compared with the performance, I think that the calibration of the pedal of the switch is better in the era of the stars, whether it is comfort or sports mode.The power output is linear, so it is easy to control the vehicle speed through delicate pedal input..

Both steering and braking provide two modes of comfort and movement, but even in sports mode, the steering feel is still light, the central area has obvious virtual position, and the subsequent directivity is good, but the body response is not very fast, which has the advantage that the vehicle dynamics are not too sensitive when driving slightly, and it can provide a more comfortable experience for passengers in the car. in additionThe turning radius of Xingyue ES is 5.7 m. For a cart with a length of nearly 5 m, the small turning radius is more flexible to drive..

Due to the tight test drive experience time, I didn’t experience the energy consumption and endurance performance of Xingyue ES too much. I will run it again after I get the car. Xingyue ES has four battery models to choose from, with capacities of 60 kWh, 66 kWh, 82 kWh and 100 kWh respectively, and corresponding battery life of 550 km, 605 km, 720 km and 905 km respectively. Except for the most entry-level PLUS model, all other models support 800 V high-voltage fast charging. The official claims that the battery life is 150 km in 5 minutes, and it takes only 15 minutes to charge 30% to 80%.

Finally, talk about the information related to smart driving.A single laser radar is standard on the top model of Star Age ES, and other models are optional., about the high-level intellectual driving is a buyout, or in the form of subscription, you need to go public to know. The intelligent driving of Xingjiyuan ES was developed by Dazhuo Intelligent invested by Chery. As for the opening time, the staff’s answer is that the navigation-assisted driving function of high-speed and cities will be gradually opened in January next year.In addition, if laser radar is selected, it will not only have higher intelligent driving ability, but also increase the function of road preview.That is to say, the laser radar will scan the road conditions ahead first, and then feed back to the suspension for active adjustment in advance to improve the comfort of the vehicle when crossing the pit and the ridge.

04Write it at the end

As mentioned at the beginning of the article, it was my first test drive of Chery’s pure electric vehicle in 2018. In fact, another big event happened in Chery this year, that is, it launched a brand-new high-end brand-Star Road, which once again opened Chery’s upward path. Although expectations are high, the development of Xingtu brand is not as smooth as everyone thought, so it may be a good route for Chery to transform it into a high-end new energy brand at present.The Star Age ES is the first card played after the brand transformation..

What is the strength of this card?From the hardware level, the hardware of Xingyue ES is ok, including 800 V high-voltage platform, dual SiC motors, laser radar, dual Orin X, etc., but the biggest highlight is that the whole system comes standard with CDC and air spring, which can be said to be the first to roll the air spring to this price.Moreover, the "extremely comfortable" product positioning is rare at this level, and it can make its own differences. After all, many of this level are promoting control and performance.

However, in 2024, the biggest volume should be the pure electric car market of about 200,000-300,000. There are two new cars in Geely alone. The competitive Kyk 007 starts at 220,000, and the starting price of Galaxy E8 is even below 200,000, not to mention its cousin S7 on the same platform. Relying on Huawei’s endorsement, its market performance may be unique. Therefore, the pressure finally came to Xingyuan ES, but fortunately, Chery, a "science man", made Xingyuan ES have a more comprehensive product strength through technology addition.After the Guangzhou Auto Show opened the pre-sale, it also received 20,000 orders. Next, we will see if there are any surprises at the officially listed price.. After all, 2024 is still the era of price war.!

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