Author: Turbocharged Little Fatty

In January of this year, WEY launched its new flagship model, the Mocha, in an attempt to start a “new generation of intelligent cars” revolution. At the Guangzhou Auto Show last year, the Mocha NOH Smart Navigation Edition was officially launched. This is the first mass-produced passenger car equipped with the Himo Wise NOH smart navigation driving assistance system, and also the first gasoline-powered vehicle of the same class to achieve smart navigation driving assistance.

In the continuous development process of smart and electric vehicles in today’s automotive industry, it seems that the “evolution” of the Mocha is not going to stop at just being intelligent.

This is because, in addition to intelligence, energy transformation is also the subversion that the automotive industry is undergoing. On January 14th of this year, WEY’s Mocha DHT-PHEV model officially went on pre-sale.

This pre-sale released two models: the 0 Anxiety Smart Edition and the 0 Anxiety Performance Edition. The pre-sale price of the 0 Anxiety Smart Edition (2WD) is 2.99 million yuan, and the pre-sale price of the 0 Anxiety Performance Edition (4WD) is 3.15 million yuan.

Let’s start with the product

The Mocha DHT-PHEV combines the two core technologies of intelligent DHT and coffee intelligence.

First of all, the Mocha DHT-PHEV is equipped with a 39.67 kWh battery pack, with a pure electric range of up to 204 kilometers under the WLTC condition, a comprehensive range of more than 1000 kilometers, a comprehensive fuel consumption of 0.45 L/100 km, and a 0-100 acceleration capability of 4.8 seconds.

At the same time, the Mocha DHT-PHEV is equipped with the Mocha NOH Smart Navigation Edition, which includes an intelligent driving system that integrates HWA high-speed driving assistance and NOH smart navigation assistance functions, and can achieve autonomous on/off ramps and autonomous merging L2+ auxiliary driving capabilities. At the same time, the Mocha DHT-PHEV also has functions such as fusion parking, remote parking, track-reverse, transparent chassis, etc., solving user pain points in parking in narrow spaces and reversing on narrow roads.

In addition to intelligent driving, the Mocha DHT-PHEV has also received upgrades in its intelligent cockpit.

The Mocha DHT-PHEV is equipped with an all-new voice assistant, Xiao Wei 2.0, which supports highly accurate speech recognition capabilities such as visible speech recognition, 20-second continuous conversation, and context-awareness. At the same time, it has immersive graphic imaging, computer vision, AR-HUD, VIMS facial recognition, and other functions, providing a comprehensive perception ability both inside and outside the car.

In terms of intelligent services, the Mocha DHT-PHEV is also equipped with functions such as smart refueling, smart parking, intelligent maintenance, intelligent claim settlement, chauffeur services, gold medal technicians, and intelligent customer service.

In addition, the Mocha DHT-PHEV is also equipped with comfortable configurations such as adaptive laser headlights, electronically controlled active suspension, NVH silent technology, NAPPA leather seats, Harman infinity sound system, and fragrance system.

The Mocha DHT-PHEV seamlessly integrates with a variety of travel scenarios through intelligent driving, intelligent cockpit, and intelligent services, bringing intelligent breakthroughs to fuel vehicles.

About Pricing and Market

Currently, the pre-sale price for the two models of Mocha DHT-PHEV is between RMB 299,000 and RMB 315,000. Compared with the Mocha family models of the Wei brand, the price is about RMB 70,000 to RMB 90,000 more than that of the Mocha NOH intelligent navigation version at RMB 223,800. Compared with the competing model BYD Tang DM-i, which is priced at RMB 189,800 to RMB 216,800 on the market, the Mocha DHT-PHEV is about RMB 100,000 more expensive.

Firstly, compared with the Mocha NOH intelligent navigation version, the biggest difference of the Mocha DHT-PHEV lies in the DHT technology that provides stronger power performance and higher fuel economy display. Secondly, the Mocha DHT-PHEV provides two versions of two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive to choose from, while the Mocha NOH intelligent navigation version currently only has a two-wheel drive version.

Let’s take a look at BYD, another domestic brand of Chinese automaker. The pure electric range of BYD Tang DM-i is about 112 km under NEDC conditions, which is roughly half of the 204 km all-electric range of the Mocha DHT-PHEV under more stringent WLTC conditions. The main reason for this is that the Mocha DHT-PHEV is equipped with a 39.67 kWh battery pack, while the BYD Tang DM-i has only a 21.5 kWh battery pack.

At the same time, compared to the BYD Tang DM-i, the Mocha DHT-PHEV has stronger performance and fuel economy.

The longer the pure electric range, the higher the fuel economy it brings. Even in daily commuting usage, driving with pure electric power is possible, but let’s return to the context of car usage.

If the conditions of installing a charging pile at home are met and commuting is done using pure electric power, the only difference between the experience of 100km+ and 200km+ pure electric ranges is the number of charges. Moreover, the difference in fuel consumption between the two models in the lowest battery state is not significant.

The reason why Ideal ONE is not mentioned here is mainly because although the prices of the two models are already similar, their development directions in electrification are different, and there are also differences in model levels.

In fact, when Mocha DHT-PHEV was first released, it reminded me of WEY P8.

It was a plug-in hybrid model of Great Wall Motors’ WEY brand born in 2018, with a price already reaching 2.5-2.8 million yuan.

From WEY P8, we can also see the obvious improvements of Mocha DHT-PHEV in terms of pure electric range, power performance, and fuel economy. We also see that in the era of electrification, the development of domestic brand automobile technology is rapid.

Finally

Mocha DHT-PHEV is the first puzzle of the “0 Anxiety Smart Electric Matrix” of WEY brand, sounding the horn of WEY’s entry to the “0 Anxiety” market. According to WEY’s plan, the product matrix of the new category will be further enriched. On the one hand, the coffee series will be vertically deepened, and on the other hand, it will actively expand the layout of subcategories horizontally. At the same time, MPV models will also be introduced under the WEY brand.I would like to leave the last question to all of you: What do you think of the Mocha DHT-PHEV?

This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.