The appearance is slightly different from that of ES8. As the second mass-produced SUV of Weilai brand, Weilai ES6 represents not only a general who enriches the product line, but more importantly, it stands on the cusp of public opinion and shoulders the important mission of enhancing the brand influence. In view of the positioning and price of ES6, it will face a wider range of consumer groups, and Weilai will also achieve better sales results through ES6.
Don't worry about mountain roads? Personalization helps?
It is undoubtedly unwise to let a pure electric SUV of more than two tons "run the mountain", and the tires of this ES6 test drive have been worn very obviously. But to make something different, who cares? Furthermore, the previous test drive meeting of Weilai ES6 was held on the track, which shows that the manufacturer has great confidence in the handling of this car.
Before going up the mountain, it is still necessary to clarify the "hard skills" of this car. Three simple numbers, four-wheel drive and two motors, 400kW, 725n·m, represent that this guy is really not a good crop. Four driving modes, from energy saving to personalization, the acceleration time from 4.7s to 6.9s can be matched by itself, and the air suspension can be adjusted at will.
But to be honest, although Weilai ES6 provides a performance mode, it is obvious that this mode is not suitable for mountain roads. After matching the uncomfortable seats in the second row, the full output of 4.7s only increases the risk of passengers getting carsick on Panshan Highway. At the same time, the suspension setting in performance mode is not smart enough, low enough or hard enough. Therefore, personalized settings have become our first choice.
Some people may ask: Why should we maximize the recovery of kinetic energy? For this question, most people's thoughts may be: "After all, on the mountain road, after all, it is a tram, you know."
But in fact, in mountain roads, the kinetic energy recovery function of the strongest gear is to reduce the time from the accelerator to the brake of the right foot and further improve driving safety. More importantly, the kinetic energy recovery of Weilai ES6 is very peaceful, and the resistance release is from weak to strong, which will not be too abrupt. Save the brakes and charge more. Why not do it overnight?
All right, we're in the mountains. It must be said that the power release characteristics of trams make them have obvious advantages in mountain road bends. Just after bending center, when you step on the accelerator, the power is to push the car out without delay, which is faster than any fuel car.
Although the delay-free response of nearly 550 horsepower is enough for us to gallop on the mountain road, the car weight of more than 2 tons and the seriously worn tires must not be let go. Even if the battery pack under the car pulls the center of gravity of the whole car low enough, even Newton can't resist the physical characteristics. Huge car weight means strong lateral force, so every time we enter a corner, we need to slow down a little.
When the air suspension is in the lowest and hardest mode, frequent cornering will not have much influence on the body posture. Every time I enter and leave the corner, I feel that I only move around the lateral G value, but my whole body is very stable.
Of course, driving the ES6 on the mountain road, in addition to speed and passion, there is also a "bloodsucking" decline in cruising range. When the fun is over, it means sliding down the mountain to find the charging pile. Fortunately, the ES6 also has an energy-saving mode. As the suspension rises, the damping becomes soft. At this moment, the Chief Travel Officer's ES6 has become a boat swaying in the wind and waves on the mountain road. Any ups and downs, vehicles always need to be like a tumbler, a few more times to finish. So is the standard mode. Presumably, the "bad review" of the driving experience on ES6 online comes from this.
Fortunately, there is still electricity, so let's switch back to the personalization set before.
On the whole, Weilai ES6 still has a lot to improve. As I said before, "ES6 is close to the finished product", I use the word "close" here because the person in charge of Weilai ES6 is a little slow to respond. Of course, this is related to tire wear and heavy weight, but these still can't cover up the small defects of insufficient steering execution.
NIO？ Pilots on strike? Automatic driving into a bright spot
After a year and a half late, last June 10, Weilai finally released NIO? OS？ 2.0 intelligent in-vehicle system and new NIO? Pilot intelligent driver assistance system finally got rid of the external evaluation of "semi-finished products" at the beginning of listing.
The previous criticism belongs to criticism, and Weilai's strength in the field of intelligence is still obvious. First of all, Weilai adopts independent development in the fields of vehicle engineering development, intelligent gateway, ADAS, intelligent cockpit, and three electric systems. Secondly, in terms of hardware configuration, Weilai has no intention of being stingy. Visual algorithm chip adopts Mobileye? EyeQ4, the sensor lineup is more powerful: 1 three-eye camera, 4 panoramic system cameras, 5 millimeter-wave radars, 12 ultrasonic radars, 1 driver state detection camera.
Among them, the world's first Mobileye? The computing power of EyeQ4 chip is 8 times higher than that of the previous generation, and the response time is shortened to 20 ms With the three-eye camera independently developed by Weilai, the detection degrees are 28 degrees, 52 degrees and 150 degrees respectively. Compared with ordinary monocular cameras, monocular cameras can sense more information.
NIO after a comprehensive upgrade? Pilot iterated the software on the original basis, adding many functions including high-speed automatic assisted driving, congestion automatic assisted driving, turn signal control lane change, road sign recognition, lane keeping function, front-side head-on warning, automatic parking assistance and so on. After waiting for more than a year, Weilai finally has a formal L2-level assisted driving function.
In practical experience, ES6 performs well in basic functions such as conventional ACC adaptive cruise and lane keeping. The dynamic acceleration braking performance is excellent, and the lane keeping ability is smooth, but there is nothing to do in the face of curves with large curvature.
In addition, the new function also adds a lane change assist system. However, at present, there are still many restrictions on opening this function. First, you need to turn on the driver's assistance function, the speed exceeds 50 km/h, and finally there is no place around the vehicle. In any potentially dangerous situation, we can change lanes actively. At the same time, the lane-changing auxiliary function can only realize lane-changing action on the dotted road that meets the requirements of laws and regulations.
However, we can clearly feel that the whole lane-changing action is not simple. Even if all the preconditions can be met, Weilai ES6 will hesitate, and there are some "chicken ribs" in the real urban congestion road.
In fact, even with the later OTA, except for the active lane change function, the functions realized on Weilai ES6 still belong to the mainstream L2 level. Even compare the hardware facilities of mature suppliers, NIO from Weilai? Piolt still has room for further improvement.
But this is only in front of us. The hardware capability and chip computing capability laid by Weilai on ES6 are enough to support it to achieve a higher level of autonomous driving capability. However, it is still unknown when Weilai's autonomous driving team can push L3 or even higher-level autonomous driving functions for consumers.
There's no denying it, neo? The appearance of Pilot has added a "new firewood" to the already unsettled autonomous driving field, and it also represents the all-round efforts of China automobile brands in this field. For the market, we should give more trust and patience to China's independent automobile brands. Only in this way can our own automobile industry truly stand on the international stage.
Yan value is upgraded again
If the appearance of Weilai ES8 at the end of 20 17 is a breakthrough, the appearance of ES6 one year later shows that it knows how to converge. Unlike the greasy publicity of the "big mouth" on the front face of ES8, ES6 is more like fresh meat after slimming and plastic surgery, with a compact figure and extremely rich quality.
As a "younger brother", shrinking the size is also reasonable. The body circumference of Weilai ES6 is 4850* 1965* 1758mm, and the wheelbase is 2900 mm Compared with ES8, Weilai ES6 is much thinner, but it is still a big guy in its class.
Weilai can still look forward to it.
From "semi-finished products" to "finished products", and from ES8 to ES6, Weilai completed an evolution of the product side in less than a year. Whether it is the driving quality of the whole vehicle or the level of intelligence, Weilai ES6 can be called a high score. ? This kind of evaluation is not our wishful thinking, and we can also get a positive answer from the sales feedback in the terminal consumer market.
Of course, ES6 is not perfect, and it has more room for evolution. For example, the stability of the intelligent system and the actual cruising range are undoubtedly great challenges for a 4-year-old car company. But this is what Wei Lai has to face now, and it is also a phased problem that must be solved.
Better than Tesla, on the verge of bankruptcy for a while. Perhaps this is an inevitable event in this era of change. Therefore, Weilai needs to come up with a solution and need to tide over the current difficulties on her own. Although no one can convince consumers to accept the shortcomings of the products, I still hope that everyone can give Weilai more patience and tolerance.
Conclusion:
In addition, as a high-performance intelligent electric SUV, ES6 has a good space experience, rich configuration and exquisite interior and exterior decoration technology. Not only has it entered the "4s Club", but it is also the world's first electric SUV equipped with "front permanent magnet+rear induction motor architecture". NEDC has a maximum battery life of 5 10km, which gives consideration to long battery life while achieving high performance. At the same time, it has an intelligent interactive experience, and FOTA can upgrade the whole vehicle in the air. Weilai ES6 is such an attentive product that people really can't find a reason not to love it!
Reprinted and rewritten from: 1 billion euros
Original title: "Perceived evolution? |? Weilai ES6 test drive "
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