Writing: CH_Chenhan
Huawei’s car infotainment system is fast!
“In the vicinity of Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake, you are by my side, this summer is different from before.”
Every time I go to Dali, the lyrics from Song Jie’s “I Will Remember You” always come to mind.
Dali is one of my favorite cities, with romantic and beautiful scenery on Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake, and a relaxing lifestyle in the ancient city.
Drinking coffee and basking in the sun here will slow you down and alleviate anxiety.
However, this time is indeed different from before.
In previous tourism peak seasons, the road to Dali was always crowded with minibuses, convertibles for joyrides, and electric bikes around Erhai Lake. Now they are almost gone.
Only the beautiful scenery is left for me to slowly enjoy in my Geometry G6.
Comfort is the baseline of the Geometry G6
As a compact pure electric sedan for home use, the Geometry G6 is quite comfortable both to drive and ride.
Thanks to the power and instant response of the electric motor and a maximum output power of 150 kW, the G6’s power can allow me to drive it as I wish. The official 0 to 100 km/h acceleration takes only 6.9 seconds, making passing easy and the power seems more than sufficient.
The Geometry G6 offers three options for power and kinetic energy recovery that you can freely adjust according to your preferences.
Of course, the Geometry G6 is not particularly enjoyable to drive. It has slow steering response, and the direction is quite vague, making it difficult to feel like it is “in sync.”
The overall feeling transmitted to the driver of the entire car is summarized as “just comfortable driving is enough.”
Compared to driving, I feel the Geometry G6 offers a more positive impression when riding in it.Thanks to the body size of 475218041503 (mm) and wheelbase of 2700mm, the Geely Geometry G6 has a very spacious interior. To improve the comfort of the driver and passengers, the front and rear seats are well-padded.
Although it may get a bit hot in the summer, the panoramic skylight and the rear windshield that stretches to the top of the back seats bring me closer to the beautiful scenery outside.
Driving alongside Erhai Lake, raising my head to see the blue sky and white clouds, it makes me feel relaxed.
As a passenger, I have no complaints about the driving comfort of this car. The chassis damping is comfortable enough, and although some slight vibrations are felt in the car, they are relatively well-dampened on uneven roads. The front MacPherson + rear torsion beam suspension combination works well in most situations.
The sound insulation is not excellent, but it is sufficiently balanced without any particularly disturbing points. You can drive on the highway without music and still enjoy the ride.
The only downside is that, as a pure electric vehicle, there is a certain amount of elevation in the middle of the rear floor of the Geely Geometry G6. If three people sit in the rear seats, the passenger sitting in the middle will have limited foot space.
Intelligence is the biggest selling point of the Geely Geometry G6
Intelligence is the biggest highlight, selling point, and promotional point of the Geely Geometry G6.
The Geely Geometry G6’s advanced driver assistance system can achieve full-speed range ACC and lane centering, and this system works well on high-speed roads.
Its lane-keeping is relatively stable and there is no obvious “snake-shaped” phenomenon. It can handle most sharp turns on a high-speed main road and will automatically reduce the speed during turns to improve stability.
When the assisted driving mode is on and the driver presses the accelerator pedal to speed up, the Geely Geometry G6 also has a small surprise, with a “fire-breathing” effect appearing on the car icon in the instrument panel.
I like Easter eggs, but having a pure electric car “breath fire” during acceleration doesn’t seem particularly auspicious.
In terms of intelligent cockpit, the Geometry G6 series comes with Huawei’s car module as standard, which not only adopts the HarmonyOS operating system, but also has 8GB of memory and 128GB of storage, making it the biggest selling point that Geometry advertises the most.
After becoming familiar with the layout of each menu, I think this car machine is quite easy to use, and you don’t need to worry about its operating speed and smoothness at all. Huawei’s car machine is simply “fast”!
Because it uses the HarmonyOS system, the Geometry G6 can also use Huawei’s AppGallery and seamless connectivity for navigation and calling. Meanwhile, the 14.6-inch central control screen can also achieve a split-screen display, which meets the needs of both the driver and the co-driver.
Moreover, the Geometry’s new intelligent voice assistant, “Xiao He”, has been upgraded with advanced features such as 90s continuous conversation, interruption, invalid semantic rejection, and visible speech.
On the car machine’s homepage, there is also Xiao He’s cute image. If you double-click it, it will give you a heart and has a certain degree of interactivity.
What’s surprising is that the Geometry G6’s intelligent voice system is not just a simple stack of functions, but each function is usable and works well. Its voice control reacts rapidly and recognizes accurately.
Especially the visible speech function, the Geometry G6 not only supports the visible speech of the car machine’s built-in functional interface, but also can use this function for third-party applications, even with pop-ups in applications.
All in all, the voice usage experience of the Geometry G6 is basically the same as that of XPeng’s “Xiao P”, reaching the top level currently available on the market.
Is the Geometry G6 the right choice for a 150,000-yuan intelligent pure electric family sedan?
At this year’s Chengdu Auto Show, the Geometry G6 has already made its debut and started pre-sales, with prices ranging from 152,800 to 174,800 yuan for the two models with CLTC’s driving range of 480km and 620km, respectively.
Geometry’s vehicles have always had a practical range, and the G6 does not disappoint. At around 24°C in Dali, with three passengers on board, the displayed driving range almost matches the actual driving range.After receiving the test drive car in Guangzhou, we will conduct a “real electric test” to see where it ranks on our list.
At a price range of 150,000 yuan, the market competition faced by the Geometry G6 is extremely fierce.
Although this price range has a very large market, it is not very friendly to pure electric vehicles because many fuel-powered B-class cars have already pushed their prices down to this range.
Although the G6 has no problem in terms of practicality and has significant advantages in intelligence, and the flagship model tested with a light green interior has a good ambiance, but if it wants to compete directly with the Chevrolet Malibu or the Ford Mondeo, there is still much room for improvement in the exterior design and attention to detail for the Geometry G6.
However, in last September, Geometry’s sales performance was quite good, with the Geometry A and Geometry E receiving sales of over 5000 and 6000 respectively.
As a brand new flagship sedan, what kind of sales magic will the Geometry G6 bring? Let’s wait and see.
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.