"Electric cars are fast starts, no control at all", "SUV center of gravity is high, control is not a strong point", are you also a similar statement**, that electric vehicles and SUV models are not related to handling, talking about performance is the patent of sedans and sports cars?
It's 2023, and today's domestic intelligent electric SUVs are not weak in terms of performance and handling, and the performance of some powerful players can even be called the ceiling-level existence in the industry, such as the recent Wenjie M5.
When I participated in the Guangzhou Auto Show last month, I was deeply impressed by the particularly eye-catching Dawn Yellow color Wenjie M5 on the Huawei Hongmeng Zhixing booth.
In fact, this is not an ordinary paint car, but the M5 Urban Glow Suit in collaboration with trend artist Andc (ABS Crew). In this car, the artist did not pile up too many so-called sports elements, nor did he add too many complicated decorative lines, but used the simplest elements to create the purest performance car atmosphere.
This not only reflects the artist's confidence in his own creative ability, but also shows his confidence in the product power of the M5 itself. Because under the appearance of dynamic performance, the M5 also has a more hardcore real power, otherwise which smart electric SUV would dare to easily go to the Internet celebrity rotating parking building in Baoshan, Shanghai to challenge the "speed reversal brush circle"?
Baoshan's spring-shaped parking building, nicknamed "Devil Parking Lot", is also a nightmare for old drivers, with a height of nearly 30 meters and a road width of 49 meters, the radius of the curve is only 115 meters, with a small radius and a large slope, it is frightening and dizzy to climb in the direction of the circle, not to mention brushing the circle upside down.
And not take the ordinary road of the M5, invited the racing driver Liu Zexuan and the car blogger to play the goddess of the car, driving the Guangzhou Auto Show unveiled this "dawn yellow" painted chariot and a first dynamic appearance of the pink and white color M5, using a positive and one reverse, the front of the car in the form of rotation and upward driving, and in the uniform speed, uniform spacing and time-limited conditions successfully completed the extreme challenge of the 3600 ° speed reverse brush circle.
Both soft and hard, extraordinary strength
Anyone who has experienced how difficult it is to walk backwards knows that due to the road surface conditions where the direction of progress is not visible, human perception of space is limited, and it is easy to lose balance. The difficulty of reversing at high speed is even greater, the vehicle is not easy to control, and it is easy to have a large angle offset, which not only tests the driver's driving skills, but also tests the handling level of the vehicle itself.
The ability to complete the 3600° speed reverse brush circle in the Devil's Parking Building is precisely due to the comprehensive strength of the M5 in terms of hardware and software, and no one with shortcomings can complete the challenge.
The devil's parking building is actually a large collection of condensed corners, and the most likely situation for vehicles in curves is that the speed and steering timing are not well controlled, resulting in insufficient pushing) and tail flicking, and excessive flicking), seeing this will definitely have a smart hand, "Isn't flicking the tail just drifting?".How handsome!”
Drifting is the use and control of oversteer, maintaining a flick attitude to corner, for professional drivers driving on closed tracks, drifting is very handsome, because people are active and controllable. But for ordinary people driving on public roads, whether it is tail flicking or pushing their heads, it is an uncontrollable state and very dangerous.
When the M5 enters and exits the corner at a high speed in the narrow parking building, the body posture is still very stable and completely under control, which cannot fail to mention its solid chassis materials. There is a popular saying that the car is "four wheels + one sofa", but the "sofa" is not directly fixed on the wheels, they need to be connected by the chassis, and the chassis is equivalent to the skeleton of the car.
The M5 adopts an all-aluminum alloy chassis + front double wishbone and rear multi-link independent suspension, and the suspension structure is the same as that of the supercar, which is usually only seen in million-level luxury cars, and this good skeleton brings higher stability, stronger handling and better comfort to the M5.
The M5 has a low center of gravity, high torsional rigidity of the body, sensitive steering response, and a smaller roll gradient when cornering, giving the driver a better sense of support, and maintaining a stable body posture under the limit state, so that the driver is more comfortable, and the smaller shaking amplitude also makes the passengers in the car more comfortable. Even if it is not an intense driving scene, the better vibration filtering effect will greatly improve the driving experience when passing over manhole covers, speed bumps or potholes every day.
In addition to the "strong bones", the M5 also has a "sensitive nervous system", which can better identify road conditions, adjust the torque and speed of the front and rear wheels, and further improve the vehicle's handling and safety.
As mentioned earlier, the push head and tail flick are not in place of steering, the torque distribution is not in place, with this system, the response speed of the M5 has been greatly improved, 0The 004S can complete the action of intelligently identifying and adjusting torque, which is 100 times faster than the speed of traditional fuel vehicles, and can also dynamically and adaptively distribute and adjust torque when entering corners, during and out of corners, which can "predict your predictions in advance".
HUAWEI DATS also has the advantage that it can suppress the feeling of strong energy** pitching. In order to improve the battery life, many people will set the car to strong kinetic energy ** mode or single-pedal mode, which will frequently loosen the accelerator pedal, which is commonly known as "organ foot", and passengers are prone to motion sickness. The HUAWEI DATS reduces the frequent acceleration and deceleration switching, reduces motion sickness, and reduces energy consumption by about 10%.
Say goodbye to pain points and travel easily
Some people may say that things like the Devil's Parking Building are extreme scenarios, and ordinary users are not racing drivers, and no one will go to the Devil's Bend every day. It is true that not everyone will challenge the limit every day, but with the M5, the software and hardware system can still help us solve many pain points in daily travel.
For example, in the case of poor driving vision in rainy and snowy weather, the HUAWEI ADS 2 equipped with the M5 intelligent driving version0 high-end intelligent driving system, through the lidar + vision dual fusion algorithm, can accurately identify vehicles, pedestrians, piles, and even rockfalls and spilled objects, etc., and brake in time in case of emergency.
At present, it is the cold winter season that electric car owners are most afraid of, and the temperature is too low will cause the battery life of electric vehicles to be discounted, and many people do not even dare to turn on the air conditioning in the car in order to save electricity. The M5 extended range version is equipped with a 15T all-aluminum four-cylinder range extender 40, the thermal efficiency is as high as 41%, the comprehensive range of the four-wheel drive version with full fuel and full power is 1265km, and the rear-wheel drive version can reach 1425km.
Such a level of battery life allows us to say goodbye to range anxiety completely, and the air conditioner can also be used openly, and with the remote control function of the Hongmeng cockpit, the heater and seat heating function are turned on in advance before going out, and the warmth of the face is when you open the door, and winter travel is no longer a headache.
In the era of oil cars, people often say "drive a BMW, sit in a Mercedes-Benz", and in the era of trams, the M5 has achieved a balance between perfect handling and driving comfort in one car, "easy to drive and better to sit".
Whether it is extreme road conditions or daily travel, even in the winter when it is easiest to make electric vehicles "show their original shape", the M5 allows us to deal with it calmly. Such a treasure performance car, it is difficult not to think about it.