The Epoch ES disrupts the new energy high end car, benchmarking against the Tesla Model S and Merced

Mondo Cars Updated on 2024-01-30

On December 20, the first model of Xingtu Automobile's high-end new energy vehicle series, the Star Era ES, was launched. The new car will be available in five versions at a price of 22Starting from 580,000 yuan, the manufacturer also announced the listing rights and interests of 5,000 yuan deposit to enjoy the first value of 50,000 yuan seven luxury gifts. From December 20, users can lock in the listing rights and interests through the Xingtu Star Era APP and Mini Program.

At the press conference that night, the Star Era ES did not benchmark the Xpeng P7i, BYD Han EV, including the same brother Zhijie S7, but directly faced the benchmark Mercedes-Benz EQS and Tesla Model S, and the book data basically had the upper hand, it can be seen that Chery Group has high hopes for the Star Era ES of Xingtu Automobile, and vowed to take out the strength of a subversive to truly leverage the high-end new energy market and occupy a place. As officially said, this is Chery Group's blockbuster finale in 2023.

At the press conference, Yin Tongyue, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Chery Holding Group, said, "We want to make Xingtu the 'BBA' of Chery and the 'spire' of Chery Group's brand pyramid." Yin Tongyue also said that the price of the Star Era ES overseas will exceed 1 million yuan, which shows that Chery is full of confidence in this product.

Five world-class product strengths, all-round to build hard core power

It is reported that Epoch ES was born from Chery Group's four years of efforts and tens of billions of dollars to develop the global ultra-comfortable and high-performance electric platform E0X. Epoch ES has a world-class leading level in five aspects: safety, energy consumption, space, comfort, and intelligence, let's take a look at how it excels in these five aspects.

1. Security.

Epoch ES equips users with up to 30 active safety features. In addition, the collision safety laboratory developed and built in accordance with the world's highest five-star safety standard has simulated more than 30 typical collision scenarios after more than 100 collisions, just to provide users with all-round and full-scene safety protection.

In terms of battery safety, the battery of Epoch ES has passed the first new energy vehicle electrical safety technology verification system in China with full excellent results, and has won the No. 001 certification of "NESTA Six-dimensional Electrical Safety" of China Automotive Center and has been reported by CCTV and highly praised.

2. Energy consumption. The 85 models announced by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology are older than 4Among the 75-meter electric models, the Star Era ES consumes 11 per 100 kilometers7kWh, becoming a new benchmark for low power consumption in the industry. It takes 5 minutes to charge and has a range of 218 km, and 30% to 80% energy can be replenished in 15 minutes. A cup of coffee runs from Shanghai Expo Park to Hangzhou West LakeOne breakfast, you can achieve a week's worth of commuting miles. The MAX+ ultra-long endurance version released this time perfectly solves user anxiety with a maximum endurance of 905km at the level of 300,000 yuan.

3. Space. The Star Era ES is designed with flat floors, large depths and 702% of the "room efficiency" of the super competitive space, and then with the roof of 2The light transmission area of 1 square meter and the transparent chassis function take the lead in creating a "six-way transparent" large space comfort experience.

In terms of rear seating space, the Star Era ES is spacious enough, the floor passage is smooth enough, and at the same time, the car introduces the "island" design concept and brings a pair of large cup holders, 8L all-season constant temperature armrest boxes, and a heart-warming locker. In addition, the subtleties of the design of the Star Era ES can be seen to be particularly intimate: 50W wireless super fast charging, 3 60W fast charging interfaces, suede large-size beauty mirrors, password glove boxes and other configurations to meet the needs of daily cars.

Fourth, comfortable. The gimbal chassis equipped with Epoch ES has four core technologies: cloud architecture, intelligent control chassis (CIC), intelligent power, and multi-mode perception, which has the advantage of bringing a driving experience that takes into account both comfort and handling.

In addition, the Epoch ES uses a large number of aluminum alloy chassis components, reducing the unsprung weight by 25%, which further improves the comfort of the gimbal chassis and brings users a stable driving experience even in complex road conditions. It is worth mentioning that the Star Era esAll models are equipped with IAS intelligent air suspension + CDC electromagnetic damping system as standardYesThis system is the only one in the 300,000 that is standard in all modelsof the model.

Fifth, intelligence. Epoch ES is the world's first mass-produced large-scale smart car, equipped with a Lion AI large-scale model with a full-scene, self-learning, and evolutionary high-dimensional intelligent interactive brain. In particular, the Star Era ES car machine brings the only smart and flexible island in the automotive industry, which is the industry's first new interactive experience.

In terms of intelligent driving, the Epoch ES is equipped with Chery's third-generation NEP intelligent driving, using two NVIDIA Drive Orin chips with a computing power of up to 508 TOPS, and more than 30 high-performance perception hardware, finally achieving end-to-end and full-scene coverage. Among them, intelligent parking is particularly outstanding, and valet parking can support a distance of up to 1 km, supporting above-ground and underground cross-layer parking, covering more than 80% of the daily parking scene.

Born for users, improve user experience throughout the cycle

At present, more than 300 offline Xingtu Xingtu epoch stores in more than 200 cities across the country have started official delivery. By 2024, there will be more than 460 stores nationwide, establishing a thoughtful service network for users and providing users with a full-scene, full-touch, and intelligent high-end service experience.

In addition to retaining high-end services such as "Dual Network Co-repair", "Quality Lunch", "Exquisite Car Wash" and "Door-to-door Pick-up and Delivery", Xingtu will also provide users with the industry's first lifetime warranty service for the whole vehicle, including the three-electric system and air suspension. At the same time, there are also high-end services full of sincerity such as lifetime OTA, remote diagnosis support, roadside assistance, and full-service packages.

In addition, the Star Era will comprehensively lay out the construction of the energy system to create "more comfortable commuting and zero anxiety when traveling far away". In 2024, more than 120 brand stations will be built around 28 core cities. Outside the brand station, more than 300 Epoch marketing stores will be equipped with charging facilities, and at the same time, more than 500,000 public charging piles will be connected to Xingtu Epoch Epoca, covering core urban and rural areas and along highways. With a smarter charging map and the Epoch app, users can feel a zero-anxiety and comfortable travel life that can be searched, pushed, navigated, and paid.

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