PART 1
Electric vehicles have been very “hot” recently. From Tesla to Weilai to BYD, electric vehicles that have caught fire abound. With the increasing number of holdings, similar things may not be uncommon in the future.
For the entire electric vehicle industry, such spontaneous combustion incidents one after another undoubtedly cast a shadow over consumers’ minds. Around me, I have been repeatedly asked the same question: Can I buy an electric car?
This is obviously not a question that can be explained clearly in a few words.
However, since this can become a topic of widespread concern, at least it shows that there are still many problems with electric vehicles at the moment, and their image is not completely positive.
It is true that electric vehicles are new compared to gasoline vehicles. The birth and development of new things is always accompanied by the process of continuous evolution and improvement. However, in the past few years, a series of external factors such as capital, subsidies, and policies have caused the electric vehicle industry to expand rapidly. Among them, there are those who fish in troubled waters, those who confuse the public, and those who attract people’s attention.
So returning to the essential attributes of “car”, what should an electric car worth buying look like? Buick VELITE 6 may have given us a good answer.
PART 2
So, should electric vehicles be mainstream or individual?
We have seen products like the BMW i3 that completely escape the brand’s original design and product sequence, and we have seen too many “oil-to-electricity” electric vehicles. The former is too avant-garde, and the latter is nothing new, even perfunctory.
Buick VELITE 6 chose a more eclectic approach.
The body shape of VELITE 6 is not any of the traditional sedan, SUV, or MPV. It is officially named MAV. This name is not easy to remember, but as long as you have seen the real car, you will find that it has a feeling that is both familiar and strange. It walks between different body shapes, but it is very coordinated and attractive.
While the shape of the vehicle is innovative, VELITE 6 continues to reveal the imprint of the Buick brand in details, such as the spread-wing grille, flying-wing lights, and Buick blue logo, all of which are familiar elements.
So when you drive this VELITE 6 on the road, some people will pay attention to it for a long time. These people are obviously attracted by its unique body proportions and strong new energy attributes; Some people will take it for a normal Buick — if you choose a body color other than blue.
It does not jump out of the overall design style of the brand, and at the same time reflects personality everywhere.
An electric car, as it should be.
PART 3
The working characteristics of electric motors and internal combustion engines determine the driving experience of electric vehicles and fuel vehicles, and there are many differences. The rapid and direct torque output of the electric motor has created an excellent dynamic response capability, which is difficult to match even the modern turbo technology that has been developed for decades.
At the same time, the running noise of the motor is also lower than that of the internal combustion engine, and it can achieve almost zero noise when the vehicle is stationary. This is both an advantage and a challenge. Since there is no engine “noise floor”, users often have more complaints about tire noise and wind noise during driving. At the same time, the high-frequency noise during the operation of the motor is more likely to make people feel uncomfortable, and users with sensitive constitutions may even feel dizzy.
Thanks to the excellent noise reduction engineering of the whole vehicle, especially the sound insulation and noise reduction work aimed at the characteristics of electric vehicles, VELITE 6 has achieved the first-class motor sound insulation performance in the entire electric vehicle field, and almost no noise during acceleration and deceleration can be heard in the cabin. High-frequency howling, tire noise and wind noise that are easy to give a sense of presence have not appeared as expected.
Nowadays, in order to increase the cruising range of many electric vehicles, they will set the intensity of kinetic energy recovery to a stronger state. As long as the driver releases the switch, the vehicle will enter a state of strong drag, seriously affecting comfort. At present, the vast majority of electric vehicle users have switched from fuel vehicles, and I believe it is difficult to accept the overly abrupt sliding and dragging feeling.
VELITE 6 provides three levels of kinetic energy recovery with different strengths. The kinetic energy recovery of the first two gears is not strong. Users don’t have to deliberately adapt after getting in the car.
Whether it is power characteristics or quiet performance, VELITE 6 will not make most users who have long been accustomed to the attributes of fuel vehicles feel at a loss. Sometimes you may even forget that you are driving an electric car, but a fuel car with first-class power response.
Use environmentally friendly electric energy to provide users with a seamless switching driving experience.
An electric car, as it should be.
PART 4
Electric vehicles are one of the future development directions of the automobile industry. As new technologies and products, they should bring people a more comfortable and convenient experience. However, in fact, many electric vehicles currently require car owners to compromise on comfort, space and other factors, which should not be the case for electric vehicles.
Different from the traditional “oil-to-electricity” electric vehicles, VELITE 6 has no loss in the interior space of the car. It has a flat rear floor and a trunk volume of more than 450 liters, which is even higher than some cars with the same price (160,000-180,000 yuan) ) fuel vehicles perform better.
When some electric vehicles are constrained by the high cost of the three-electric system and have to simplify the comfort configuration as much as possible, VELITE 6 can have a panoramic canopy of nearly 2 square meters-if it is converted into a housing price, it is really valuable.
Perhaps compared with many electric vehicles with a large vertical screen as the core of the interior, the central control of VELITE 6 is still a bit more traditional, but I still think that the oversized screen and the physical buttons that have to be deleted are ergonomics. of regression.
The screen is not big, just enough.
Compared with a larger screen, I would rather see a logical and easy-to-use car-machine system, rather than looking for functions that can be done in a second with a single physical button in the complicated menus.
When some car companies use PPT to announce the upcoming car ecology, VELITE 6 is behind the millions of active users of GM OnStar, as well as the thoughtful service of 20 functions in seven categories.
When electric vehicles continue to catch fire, VELITE 6 is behind SAIC-GM’s upgrade of GM’s global test standards, and SAIC-GM’s Wuhan factory certified by GM’s highest manufacturing quality level BIQ (Built in Quality) L4 level.
“Consumers should be the beneficiaries of new technologies, not the trial and error of new products.”
This is a sentence from Bao Ye, director of Buick Marketing Department of SAIC General Motors, when VELITE 6 was launched.
Perhaps in the eyes of many people, VELITE 6 is not a revolutionary new car at all, but it reflects the stability and determination of the Buick brand in every way.
Because for the vast majority of users, they don’t need a car to be their identity label.
Easy to drive, easy to use, and good-looking, this is the biggest common denominator in the market.
If on this basis, this car can still reflect the distinctive attributes of new energy vehicles, it would be great. But all individuality needs to be based on the basic commonality. Whether it is a fuel vehicle or an electric vehicle, a reliable and powerful R&D, manufacturing, sales, and service system are indispensable.
An electric car, as it should be.
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The source of the text and pictures is the public account of the double spring line
