Before the first half of 2024 has passed, Geely is ready to turn the table in the pure electric market. The Geely Galaxy E8, which was launched on January 5, has a length of more than 5 meters, a chip of 8295, a large screen of 45 inches and the blessing of a vast architecture, but the price is only 17580,000 yuan to 22880,000 yuan, if the price drops by 6,000 yuan again after superimposing the preferential policies for listing, the starting price of such a C-class pure electric car is less than 170,000 yuan.
According to Gan Jiayue, CEO of Geely Automobile Group, the most extensive mainstream passenger car market is still occupied by foreign-funded fuel vehicles, and the Galaxy E8 focuses on the mainstream pure electric passenger car market and wants to be a subversive of mainstream pure electric vehicles. As soon as this remark came out, Geely Bank's E8 competition object can be said to be directly aimed at a number of self-owned brand pure electric B-class cars, among which BYD Han, Leap C01, Star Era ES and even the same division of the Krypton 007 have become potential opponents of Galaxy E8.
Galaxy E8 has the strength of "volume king".
In fact, for the pure electric "volume king" title of Galaxy E8, Galaxy E8 can be said to have strength. First of all, the Galaxy E8, as the first pure electric sedan of the Geely Galaxy series, is built from the vast architecture, which can be said to be a famous teacher and its strength is naturally extraordinary. It is reported that Geely's SEA vast architecture, as Geely's intelligent and electrified cutting-edge technology platform, lasted 5 years and invested 20 billion yuan in research and development, with the advantages of large bandwidth, strong technology and wide capability boundaries, and more than 20 mature models have been born from it, including smart elf 1, ZEEKR 009, Lotus eletre and other new energy models, some models are priced close to the million level, which shows the strong strength of SEA vast architecture.
Relying on the excellent platform of SEA's vast architecture, Geely Galaxy E8 has a body size of 5010*1920*1465mm and an ultra-long wheelbase of 2925mm. Among them, the performance version of the model has achieved 349s, which is also an excellent result.
Secondly, the body design of the Galaxy E8 can be said to have reached the head strength of the current new energy pure electric car, which is from its 0This can be seen in the drag coefficient of 199cd. As a comparison, the drag coefficient of ZEEKR 001, which focuses on sports attributes, is 023cd, the drag coefficient of the Tesla Model S is 0208cd, it can be seen that the Galaxy E8 does have a hand in the appearance design. Large-angle windshields, pneumatic wheels, AGS active air intake grilles and other details have effectively reduced the drag coefficient, with every 001CD, pure electric range can be increased by up to 10km, which is also the biggest reliance of the Galaxy E8 to achieve a maximum range of 665km when the tram capacity is not superior.
Finally, one of the major "volume king" characteristics of Geely Galaxy E8 is reflected in its intelligent cockpit. A mid-size pure electric sedan with a starting price of less than 200,000 yuan, equipped with a Snapdragon 8295 chip and the Galaxy NOS Unbounded Edition system. In addition, the Geely Galaxy E8 can also be equipped with advanced two-way satellite communication, which provides global communication services and far more than the same level of vehicle-machine interconnection experience for the intelligent Internet of Vehicles, and provides more accurate positioning services for driving assistance systems.
There is "careful thinking" behind the low pricing
With the official launch of the Galaxy E8, China's new energy vehicle market can be said to have had a lot of shock, with a starting price of less than 170,000 yuan after superimposing rights, making the Galaxy E8 the peak of its debut. But is the price-performance ratio of the Galaxy E8 really as strong as the outside world has commented?What are the little secrets behind its low price?
First of all, it is good to say that the Geely Galaxy E8 is a new model based on the SEA vast architecture, but if you take a closer look at the type of front and rear suspension, you can't find that the Galaxy E8 has been reduced compared to other SEA vast architecture models. The front MacPherson rear multi-link suspension is different from the front double wishbone rear multi-link combination of other vast architecture models.
The front MacPherson suspension is lower than the front double wishbone suspension, and at the same time, it will also have an impact on the driving performance of the vehicle. In addition, it should be noted that its competitor Leap C01** is lower, but it uses a more expensive front double wishbone suspension, and the older BYD Han although it agrees to use the front MacPherson suspension structure, but it is equipped with CDC soft and hard adjustable electromagnetic suspension function, which is better than the Galaxy E8 in chassis structure.
In addition, the power battery of the Galaxy E8 has also been criticized. Through the query, it can be known that the battery suppliers of Galaxy E8 are Dongyu Xinsheng and Quzhou Jidian lithium iron phosphate batteries, these two battery manufacturers are relatively small in reputation and scale, and their Middle East Yu Xinsheng was established on December 09, 2022, and Quzhou Jidian was established on June 9, 2022, that is to say, these two battery companies are smaller, power battery companies that have been established for less than 2 years, and their lithium iron phosphate battery packs have not experienced too many model inspections.
In addition, the Galaxy E8 is equipped with a lithium iron phosphate battery pack as standard, with a capacity of only 76kWh for high-end models and only 62kWh for low-end models. Not only will it suffer more range loss in the colder northern regions, but its capacity is also much lower than the 90kWh of the Leap C01 and the 85 of BYD Han44kWh, in the configuration of the power battery, the Galaxy E8 is not kind enough, and the cell capacity alone is 3-40,000 yuan lower than that of Leap C01.
The last is the model positioning,It seems that the starting price of the galaxyE8 is less than 170,000 yuan, it is indeed worth it,But if you look carefully at the configuration table, it is not difficult to find,The low-profile Galaxy E8 can be called a beggar's version,Not only does it not have L2's auxiliary driving function,Even the heat pump air conditioning、Adaptive high and low beams and front parking radar and other practical configurations are not equipped,And with Geely's consistent style,The lowest configuration model is likely to be launched in order to lower the price,Whether it can be successfully scheduled and delivered is still an unknown number。
Geely's own pure electric models have not been too outstanding, and the models are generally low-end. The launch of the Galaxy E8 is an important part of Geely's brand upward plan. In the range of 200,000 yuan**, the Galaxy E8 is facing a number of competitors such as Tesla Model 3, BYD Han EV, Leap C01 and Xpeng P7i. However, this time Geely has obviously made more adequate preparations for the Galaxy E8, from the vast architecture to the C-level space to the intelligent cockpit, the Galaxy E8 has achieved both giving and giving as a whole. As for whether it can successfully get out of the circle and become a new "hot model" of medium and large pure electric cars, it will still need to go through a period of market testing.