Chery automobile has always been outstanding in the independent research and development capability of car-making technology, which may be unimaginable at present, but the fact is that Chery has built the first 6AT gearbox in China, and Chery also has its own engine. In order to enter the international market, five years ago, Chery and Israel Quantum Company set up Qoros Automobile, which not only won the five-star collision test of European standards, but also won the Red Dot Award for automobile design. At that time, Qoros was full of scenery, who had expected that it would eventually turn a good hand into a bad one. Chery Automobile, the leader of its own brand, always gets up early, but catches a late episode.
The same is true in the field of new energy vehicles. In December 1999, Chery's "Clean Energy Vehicle Special Group" was established. We should know that the new energy automobile market was still in the ascendant, which was a "fertile soil" to be reclaimed. When the new energy automobile industry in China was "chaotic", Chery had already made the layout, and it was definitely a well-deserved innovator and leader. However, looking back at the huge Chery new energy, only Chery ants are supporting the whole new energy market for the brand. There is a saying that the strength of Chery's small ants is really obvious to all. In four years, the small ants have already taken the status of "national cars". Even in the extremely difficult year of 22, according to the statistics of insurance data, the number of insurance on Chery's new energy A pure electric vehicles in the first half of the year exceeded 11,, ranking first in this market segment.
in the first half of the year, Chery ranked 9th in the new energy sector, with a total of 12,191 vehicles insured. Of the 12,191 vehicles sold, more than 11, are from A-class "little ants". In other words, "Little Ant" is supporting the whole sales report of the brand by its own efforts.
Chery Automobile has also seen this passive situation, and "walking with your feet up" is extremely unsafe for any enterprise. Therefore, in order to decompress the "Little Ant", Chery New Energy's brand-new medium-sized pure electric SUV "Chery Ant" came to help, and officially opened the pre-sale on August 28th. The new car * * * launched two models, the high-energy version and the high-energy Pro version, with the prices of 16, yuan and 17, yuan respectively.
Like "Little Ant", Chery Ant is also built on Chery Green Smart Modular @LIFE platform, which is the first all-aluminum frame body. Besides lightweight, intelligent networking, modularization and electrification are also the core highlights of the ant. Speaking of all-aluminum body structure, I believe that many friends will think of Jaguar first. Xiaobian has also visited the production process of Jaguar all-aluminum body twice, and learned that all-aluminum body can not only reduce weight by 3% compared with traditional steel body, but also improve the performance of rigid strength by 2%. Compared with Jaguar, the Chery @LIFE platform adopted an all-aluminum body earlier, which also achieved outstanding performance in the sales of "Little Ant".
In addition, Chery Ant has taken a different approach in modeling and has not adopted the popular "family style" design, which makes Xiaobian feel that it is the consistent advantage of Chery brand. After all, a comprehensive design and research and development will cost more money. Although the "doll" front face can improve product recognition, it is too single after all. For young people who are pursuing personality trends, the use of brand-new design is more in line with the needs of the times.
As many netizens have said, the front face design is very similar to the Lexus, but you can also say that the earliest Lexus is a little similar to Porsche. After all, the automobile industry has developed for many years, and they will learn from each other. Besides, famous car designers will also apply their design ideas to different new cars after changing their doors.
It is reported that the appearance of ants is personally handled by Pininfaria Design Company, which is officially called "natural aesthetics", and natural elements are integrated into it. The curve design of the car body is smooth and dynamic, and the layered front face of Yunfeng avoids monotony. The penetrating chrome trim makes the vehicle have a more stretched lateral visual effect.
The side of the car body is also designed with wave-chasing body curve, which makes the waistline dynamic and powerful. In terms of body size, its length, width and height are 463/191/1655mm and its wheelbase is 283mm respectively. Chery Ant is equipped with fast charging port and slow charging port at the rear of the left and right sides of the car body, which can be opened by pressing the box cover. The rear of the car presents an obvious coupe SUV style, equipped with tail lights with wind feathers running through it, and the light sources are arranged horizontally inside the light groups on both sides, which is more distinct after lighting.
Chery ant played the concept of "high-energy, ultra-wide and intelligent cockpit" in the interior, which is mainly reflected in the luxury, intelligent technology and large space in the car. The whole central control layout is relatively simple when entering the car, and the horizontal space is spacious enough. The sense of luxury is mainly reflected in the seat, which is wrapped in first-class cowhide material, with detailed punching treatment and real stitching design.
in terms of creating a technological atmosphere, the new car uses a 12.3-inch full LCD instrument and a 12-inch central control large screen, and uses a combined screen design. It seems that Mercedes-Benz's penetrating large screen has become a "model" for all schools to learn. The central control big screen is equipped with an in-vehicle intelligent network connection system, and its functionality is relatively perfect, such as: Gaode map, cool music, Meituan and other apps can be used. It is also equipped with Iflytek AI voice intelligent assistant to realize quick control of common functions.
Of course, Chery Automobile, which has abundant technical reserves, has been focusing on the research and development of intelligent assisted driving technology, and a new generation of electronic architecture technology with independent intellectual property rights will also be carried in @LIFE platform products. It is compatible with various communication protocols such as 1M/Gigabit Ethernet and CAN/CANFD, supports the expansion of 5G and V2X functions and OTA upgrade, and has the properties of self-learning and continuous iterative evolution.
in terms of power performance, the new car adopts the layout of rear drive, and is equipped with a permanent magnet synchronous motor, with a maximum power of 178 HP and a peak torque of 28 Nm. The battery is a ternary lithium battery with a capacity of 7.1kWh, and its pure electric cruising range will reach 51km under NEDC standard.
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From the timely arrival of Chery ants, we can find Chery's determination to make further efforts in the field of new energy. This new car is a good product from many aspects, such as adopting @LIFE platform, brand-new design language, intelligent configuration, spacious space and so on. Only in the field of new energy, it is a pity that Chery wasted 2 years of opportunities.
However, there is a very reasonable saying, "What is the best time? Not in the past, not in the future, but now. " We are happy to see Chery's renewed efforts. Although we have to face many powerful rivals such as BYD, Geely and Great Wall, as long as Chery's ant products are strong enough, I believe we can still win our own world in the market.
This article comes from the author of Chejia, car home, and does not represent car home's standpoint.