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The power of benchmarking is always strong. In the field of pure electric vehicles, Tesla has used MODEL 3 to prove its strongest brand power and appeal in the market. Although Tesla relies on excellent appearance design and long cruising range in the current market. But there is no such thing as a hundred flowers, and the rise of China's pure electric vehicle brands is now obvious to all.
Among them, Xiaopeng Auto may be the ruthless character who vowed to pull the "king" off. 706KM operating life, coupe design, frameless doors, fully intelligent vehicle control system, and hall-level music cockpit, these are Xiaopeng's masterpieces-Xiaopeng P7's dazzling label. Facing the scorching sun in June, the author participated in the first test drive after the debut of Xiaopeng P7 in Chengdu. What smart cars should look like in the future Xiaopeng P7, as a pure electric coupe with a sense of science and technology, is of course indispensable in terms of technology and humanity. The electric charging port, the air outlet of the air conditioner at an arbitrary angle, and the dynamo tweeter raised at the door are all expressing that this is a futuristic technology car. However, many people don't quite understand why Xiaopeng designed an electric charging port that is not very convenient. In fact, in the eyes of Xiaopeng's product department, the charging mode of electric vehicles in the future may not require the driver to get off and connect to charge However, after a series of intelligent operations such as automatic parking and parking are completed, the cable connection is completed by the charging robot after selecting the automatic charging mode, which requires the automatic opening of the charging port. It can be seen that Xiaopeng made the design before the real arrival of the future. Of course, the electric charging port is full of style when it is opened and closed.
Compared with G3 in appearance, Xiaopeng P7 has almost no continuation in design. The word family does not need to be emphasized in the eyes of Xiaopeng. Despite the larger body size, the slip-on coupe style, short front overhang, low lying and wider wheelbase make the P7 look vibrant. The flat head, with split headlights and through-type LED light strips, is visually sci-fi. This design also improves the recognition of the entire front face. The most amazing thing about opening the door is the frameless door of Xiaopeng P7. With the hidden door handle, it further enhances the luxury and technological sense of the vehicle. In addition, the body of the Xiaopeng P7 adopts a steel-aluminum hybrid structure. The advantage of this hybrid structure is that it can maintain a high passive collision safety performance while reducing the weight of the vehicle, allowing the two to achieve a better balance. . Not only can reduce weight, but also provide sufficient body rigidity.
In addition, because of the coupe-style body, it also gives the P7 an excellent wind resistance coefficient at the same time. Cd 0.236 makes it the best result of its own brand of pure electric models, which is comparable to Tesla's MODEL 3. . Of course, the biggest highlight of pure electric vehicles has always been the advanced degree of intelligent driving. Xiaopeng P7 has a very good stacking on the hardware architecture of autonomous driving: it has 12 ultrasonic radars, 5 high-precision millimeter-wave radars, 13 autonomous driving cameras, 1 in-vehicle driver monitoring camera, and NVIDIA Xavier automatic driving chip. High-precision maps, etc., have surpassed the Tesla Model 3 at the hardware level. And under such configuration, the hardware system of Xiaopeng P7 still achieves a redundant design. In the future, it will be upgraded by software OTA to support more automatic driving functions, including but not limited to automatic driving on urban roads and parking lot vehicles. Autonomous calling and other functions.
In addition to automatic driving, in terms of OTA upgrades, Xiaopeng P7 insists on tracking the car habits of C-end users every quarter. Each automatic OTA upgrade will bring a new experience. In their words: maybe your Xiaopeng was already an "old car" a year ago, but its function is definitely a "new car" standard. Although this article mentioned Tesla MODEL 3 more than once, in fact, from the perspective of size, performance and endurance, the competitor of Xiaopeng P7 should be MODEL S. Long life to explosive performance If you don’t pursue the most extreme performance, the P7’s rear-drive super-long endurance version can provide a cruising range of 706km, surpassing the main sales products currently sold by Tesla; if you need to push back to the dizzy experience, Then the four-wheel drive high-performance version provides 4.3 seconds and zero acceleration, while it has a cruising range of 552km, and Tesla can surpass the P7 acceleration ability is the price of 419.8 thousand all-wheel drive MODEL 3, but compared to the P7 in battery life There are dozens of kilometers less on the way. The four-wheel drive high-performance version of this test drive is also the top version of 349,900. The acceleration ability naturally has nothing to say. The author felt obvious dizziness when accelerating in a straight line. Of course, this feeling varies from person to person. When I asked the guy in the car next door, he did not have a little dizziness, but after strongly stimulating adrenaline joy.
The two subjects of cornering and elk test are more to test the level of chassis tuning. It is reported that the P7 chassis was jointly developed by Xiaopeng Automobile and Porsche Chassis Tuning Team, and has been tuned at major test sites both at home and abroad, involving various road conditions. Therefore, in the 15-meter winding pile test, the steering of the P7 is light and at the same time it has precise directivity. At the same time, unlike the tough style of the Tesla Model S, the P7's chassis feedback is full of toughness and gives people a sense of confidence. The intelligent active continuous vibration reduction system (CDC) helps to maintain beauty while responding quickly. Body posture.
In the actual measurement session, the P7 I drove through the pile-driving project at the highest speed, I was more confident than the Tesla Model S driving the same competition. At the driving level, the P7 does not feel like a medium-sized coupe with a length of nearly 4.9 meters. With the excellent adjustment of the professional team, the chassis components and the four-wheel drive system, its light and flexible posture makes it Driving is more confident, and each acceleration of the corners can be accelerated earlier. Conclusion: This article mentioned Tesla MODEL 3 more than once, but in fact the real opponent of Xiaopeng P7 is MODEL S. Although the domestically produced MODEL 3 has already pulled the price into less than 300,000, it somewhat overlaps the price of the P7. But according to the traditional model positioning, MODEL 3 is actually just an A-class sedan, while Xiaopeng P7 is a B-class coupe. In other words, if you get a mid-to-high model with P7, you can buy a MODEL S at the price of a MODEL 3.
All along, Xiaopeng has invested more funds and manpower in product research and development and upgrades, and has not put propaganda and momentum in the first place like Tesla and other new car-making forces. But after several years of accumulation, Xiaopeng has trained more than 10,000 C-end users with G3. Compared with selling the car to the company, although Xiaopeng has taken a more difficult road, it has gained a solid user base. It may be the concept of Xiaopeng to speak with products. If Xiaopeng Auto after the capital increase is now able to increase its marketing efforts while accelerating investment in research and development, the gap with first-tier innovative car companies such as Tesla may be Zoom out quickly. Tesla, who did not put Xiaopeng in his eyes, would also sit on the needle felt that day. |
