Deng Simiao from Copilot Temple

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Six hours after the release, the order volume exceeded 30,000. This achievement comes from Huawei’s first Hongmeng pure electric vehicle and Yu Chengdong’s word – the world’s most beautiful pure electric SUV: Question World M5 Pure Electric Edition.

Starting at 288,600 yuan, it is 28,800 yuan more expensive than the extended-range version.

At the press conference, Yu Chengdong got into a dispute with Tesla Model Y – he mentioned that Tesla was inferior in terms of range, zero-to-sixty acceleration time, body torsional stiffness, driving smoothness, in-car noise energy, and car machine response speed.

In addition, Yu Chengdong also praised the new car, describing it as leading in three aspects: “far ahead in smoothness,” “far ahead in quietness,” and “far ahead in driving experience.”

While in front of the screens, the faithful fans of Huawei and Yu Chengdong were crazily sweeping the barrage and showing their support.

What kind of car is Question World M5 Pure Electric Edition?

The Question World M5 Pure Electric Edition offers two models: rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive, with prices ranging from 288,600 to 319,800 yuan.

The car body size is 4785/1930/1620mm, with a wheelbase of 2880mm.

Compared with the extended-range version, it is 15mm longer and 5mm shorter, but the width and wheelbase are the same.

The new car is equipped with an all-aluminum alloy chassis, and the suspension configuration includes front double-wishbone independent suspension and H-arm multi-link independent rear suspension.

It is equipped with the Huawei DriveONE pure electric drive intelligent platform, which Yu Chengdong described as the same as the electric drive system installed in the M5 extended-range version.

The rear-wheel drive version has a maximum power of 200kW and a maximum torque of 360N·m; the all-wheel drive version has a maximum power of 365kW and a maximum torque of 675N·m.

In terms of zero-to-sixty acceleration time, the all-wheel drive version is 4.5 seconds, and the rear-wheel drive version can also reach 7.1 seconds.

It is equipped with an 80kWh lithium iron phosphate battery pack, and the all-wheel drive version has a range of 552km under the CLTC working condition, and the rear-wheel drive version has a range of 620km.

Yu Chengdong even brought out a bunch of competitors for comparison:

In terms of charging, it is compatible with over 97% of public charging piles and 35 charging pile operators.

In addition, the Weilan M5 electric version is equipped with the Dynamic Adaptive Torque System (DATS), jointly developed by Sila Si and Huawei.

Yu Chengdong expressed his confidence that only Tesla and Huawei have mastered this technology worldwide.

Specifically, the benefit of this system is that when driving on bumpy road surfaces, it can intelligently adjust the torque, significantly improving vehicle smoothness and reducing shaking and bouncing. It’s like the role of air suspension in the era of traditional cars.

Yu Chengdong has also done a lot of work on this “unique” technology. Although there are only two such companies in the world, Huawei is “definitely the first”.

In the smoothness test of driving, in the 108 test indicators on the speed bump road, this car has 94 indicators better than Tesla Model Y, while on the asphalt road, in the 32 indicators, it has 25 indicators better than Tesla Model Y.

This technology can increase the response speed of road perception by 100 times, that is, a response speed of 4 milliseconds.

In comparison, the response speed of traditional fuel vehicles is 400 milliseconds, and the response speed of conventional new energy vehicles is generally 100 milliseconds.

If the vehicle passes a double-sided speed bump at a speed of 40km/h using this technology, it can reduce the time for the vehicle to shake by 46% and reduce the sense of front surge by 31%.

In terms of driving modes, compared with the long-range version, the electric version has upgraded the energy-saving mode.

Yu Chengdong stated that the main improvement after the upgrade is to the energy recovery, “not as harsh as Tesla Model Y energy recovery, which is uncomfortable for everyone.”

For example, when encountering a downhill, the vehicle will increase the energy recovery so that frequent braking is not necessary. Meanwhile, tire wear on the brakes can also be reduced and the cruising range can be increased.

Vehicle safety is mainly considered from hardware and software aspects.

The entire vehicle adopts a large amount of high-strength steel and hot-formed steel, and the body torsion stiffness is 1.47 times that of Tesla Model Y.## Meanwhile, equipped with 21 active and passive safety features

including collision warning, lane-keeping, and lane-departure warning, etc.

Regarding battery safety, M5 pure electric version is equipped with BMS battery management system, which can monitor battery safety in real time through AI based data on the cloud.

Additionally, Chengdong Yu also talked about measures to protect user privacy and safety.

When getting on the car, users will need to log in to their account. After leaving the car, all the content related to personal information can be easily “hidden” with one click.

When multiple people are riding together, the privacy protection mode can be turned on. When calling for a ride, the driver can also log into the car’s system as a guest.

What else does the M5 Pure Electric Version offer?

It seems that the M5 Pure Electric New Version has made a lot of effort in terms of user comfort.

Let’s first look at the smart cabin.

Previously, the Hongmeng 2.0 cabin was praised by Chengdong Yu as “the best intelligent cabin experience in the world”.

This time, the M5 pure electric version is equipped with the Huawei Hongmeng 3.0 cabin.

As per the official introduction, it far surpasses Tesla in terms of vehicle machine response speed, especially in navigation search, navigation start-up via touch, and voice navigation activation.

The vehicle machine screen can support dual-screen coordination and big screen office. The phone calendar can also be automatically synchronized into the vehicle machine.

Through the Xiaoyi car parking search function, users can get detailed information on more than 12 million parking lots in over 360 cities nationwide.

In addition, to solve the problem of poor network signal of the vehicle machine, the mobile phone network can be synchronized with the vehicle machine network.

To alleviate range anxiety, the owner can see the current mileage on the car’s screen based on the remaining battery power. After activating the super power-saving mode, the reserved emergency mileage can be increased by 12 kilometers.

Moreover, to enhance the premium feeling, the new car has improved in quietness and noise reduction.

Specifically, double-layer sound-insulation glasses are used on the front windshield, rear side windows, and roof, in combination with low-noise silent tires and a 0.266Cd low wind resistance design.

The new car also has 9 adjustable makeup mirrors and a HUD head-up display that adjusts the height based on the driver’s eyesight. It also supports fast charging for 6 devices simultaneously.

What’s even more noteworthy is that the pure electric version of the car has a front storage compartment with a capacity of up to 80L, which can hold a 22-inch suitcase.

To quote Yu Chengdong, it can even hold a “fish with water”.

So, are you satisfied with Huawei’s speed in “making” cars? The representative car factory next door struggled for many years before releasing its second model with extended range, while Huawei’s supported Sailesima continued to release one extended range and one pure electric car after another. Is this the advantage of not making cars for Huawei?

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