Using the Car – A Review of One Month and 1000 Kilometers

Let’s start with the appearance. This car is absolutely good-looking and durable. I chose the Qingyun Grey color, and under different lighting, it changes color and becomes more and more attractive. The car body is streamlined and the lights are beautiful (I can’t find any other good words), especially the LanTu logo. They say it’s the shape of a Kunpeng, but to me, it looks more like a dragon’s head. I’m thinking of adding two red eyes to it one day, which I think would look great.

The workmanship is worthy of praise. The interior has no taste and is very environmentally friendly. Even with all the windows closed, I didn’t feel any discomfort or strange smells in my new car. The wrapping, leather, and stitching are all meticulous and upscale, and they match my aesthetic taste: not too assertive or understated, but just right!

As for the configuration, I won’t list them one by one because everyone has mentioned them: the all-aluminum chassis, adjustable panoramic sunroof, seat massage, night vision system, 360 panorama, and tri-fold retractable screen. In short, everything you want is already included, and they are actually useful, so no need to praise them further.

Let’s focus on the tangible aspects of driving experience, energy consumption, sound insulation, and intelligent features.

Regarding the driving experience: thanks to the air suspension, the ground filtering of this car is excellent, surpassing all the multi-link and double-wishbone suspensions I’ve driven before. The feeling is very obvious, especially after sitting in other cars and then getting into my LanTu, I immediately don’t want to sit in other cars anymore, it’s the truth! The steering is still precise, and there isn’t any clear difference between the electric and petrol cars. The accelerator pedal is also very responsive, with speed coming instantly and without hesitation. I’m not afraid of being overtaken by other cars on the road anymore. I’m not used to the brakes at first because they didn’t give me any feedback when I first stepped on them. Later, I switched from economy mode to comfort mode, and the feeling immediately improved. It could be that the kinetic energy recovery in the economy mode affected my perception. Although it is an electric car, it brings me even more driving pleasure!
Energy consumption: This is something that I didn’t really care about until today. When I used to drive a gasoline car, I never really paid much attention to it and only calculated the fuel consumption when refueling. But after switching to a new energy car, I became more aware of it and constantly monitor how much electricity I’m using. Sometimes I check the remaining battery percentage and feel regretful about accidentally stepping on the accelerator too hard even though I’m not driving long distances and have my own private charging pile! Today, I confidently switched to comfort mode and found that driving became more comfortable. What’s even more frustrating is that the energy consumption is actually lower than the economy mode. I drove on the highway two days ago at 18°C without air conditioning, and the pure electric range was 99.6 kilometers when the battery level dropped from 100% to 20%. It’s better than what they said as 80 kilometers, and I’m satisfied. After it dropped to 20%, the range extender started, and the fuel consumption was about 9L. However, the electric power did not decrease synchronously, and instead, it was still being regenerated until the battery level was charged back to 26%.

Acoustics and sound insulation: I didn’t know about the brand “Dynaudio” before, but the sound quality is really good! It sounds luxurious and definitely better than the sound quality of my previous car. However, the sound insulation did not meet my expectations. The road noise on the highway is still quite loud, although it’s better than before. Overall, there is still room for improvement in terms of sound insulation.

Smart features: First, the response of the car’s computer system is slow even though I have already updated it to version 2.0. To achieve the highest configuration, I am not fussing about it and have high expectations. Second, the smart voice recognition system is not perfect. Sometimes I struggle to communicate with it, and I’m afraid that it will misinterpret my commands. Today, I turned off the 20-second continuous voice function, and I’ll see if it still responds or not next time.

## Finally, I would like to talk about the service and overall experience.

When I purchased the Voyah vehicle, I experienced a new way of internet sales. The salespeople, aftersales team, and engineering staff were all very thoughtful, enthusiastic, and able to answer all my questions. This is very different from the past approach of selling once and separating the sales and service. My only concern is whether they can keep up with the increasing number of users in the future, as everyone will have their own separate server.

Overall, I am very fortunate to be a part of the Voyah family. I hope that Voyah can find the correct development direction and make progress with excellence in quality service.

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.