Finally, it is time to talk about the long-awaited R7. Due to various test rides and picking up the car, the diary is two days late. Let me share with you my experience of getting, changing and using the car!
A diary that meets the needs of getting, changing and using a car at once!
First, the experience of getting the car:
1. Choosing the car
First of all, let’s focus on it! For those who want to buy a car and hope that it comes with some technology and luxury, has a lower down payment, provides battery swapping instead of charging, and do not want to pay for a license, consider this car seriously.
Let me explain why I chose the BYD Tang DM-i. I got the flagship version (the highest configuration without lidar). Here are the reasons for my choice:
1. Appearance and configuration are both good. 2. The electric and vehicle separation policy makes the price cheaper. 3. Battery swapping is available. 4. Free Shanghai license plate.
Appearance and configuration: Appearance is subjective and the preferences might vary. As for the exterior, I chose the gray color, which looks particularly beautiful from the side, and the 21-inch wheels also present a forceful feel (on the night of the car pickup, two strangers asked me about the car). As for the interior, I chose the brown color. There were not many colors to choose from for the interior. The overall style is a bit like Mercedes. The brown color fits with the grade of this car.
Space: I clearly feel that the space of the mid-sized and large-sized cars is really large. It has a spacious interior which is more than enough for family use.
Sealing: Although it has doorless car doors, after closing the windows, it has a good seal and can hardly hear any noise.
Infotainment screen: Voice, voice, voice! This is the era after the old-fashioned operation of oil cars that requires manual clicks. You can use voice wake-up directly. There is also a co-pilot screen for family members to watch videos and rest.
2. The electric and vehicle separation policy:
Just like NIO, users can rent batteries. The cost of the battery can be transferred to BYD, which means that you can pay 100,000 RMB less for the deposit at the beginning (I chose the 90-degree battery version). Of course, if you plan to keep the car for a long time, then buy the entire vehicle. The lease mode is suitable for those who sell and replace the car within five years. (90 degree battery: 100,000 RMB/(1560 monthly rent * 12)=5.34.)
3. Battery swapping is available:
Highlight! Highlight! Highlight! The possibility of battery swapping really hit me. I rent a house in Shanghai and cannot install a charging pile. Charging outside is expensive, slow, and often requires queuing. Battery swapping is really fast and convenient. I am a fan of battery swapping. Below is the diary of battery swapping after the car picking.
4. Free Shanghai license plate:
This speaks for itself. New energy pure electric vehicles are all free to apply for green license plates now.II. Waiting for the car
After placing the order, it’s time to wait for the car. The wait can be quite long.
III. Picking up the car
Without further ado, let’s start with some pictures. The car was picked up at the Shanghai Anting delivery center.
The process is roughly as follows: show you the car -> pay the final payment -> pay the insurance premium -> wait (for the consultant to take care of invoicing, vehicle quality inspection, temporary license plates, etc.), which takes about 1-2 hours to finish.
One more thing, the first battery swapping experience
To emphasize again, swapping batteries takes 10 times less than charging plus no need to wait in line. With the battery rental model, you don’t have to bear the cost of battery depreciation. Swapping batteries is too user-friendly for me, a user without a charging station.
The first thing to do after picking up the car was to go to the battery swapping station for a swap ha ha ha. According to the employee at the battery swapping station, I should be the first RisingAuto battery swapper in the country. Let’s start with some pictures:Translate the following Chinese Markdown text into English Markdown text while preserving HTML tags inside Markdown. Only output the corrected and improved parts in a professional manner without any explanations.
Order battery replacement on the app (can also be done on the in-car screen by voice command).
The battery replacement station is right next to the delivery center.
I was nervous during my first battery replacement. The station is quite narrow so be careful when driving there.
Be sure to follow the operation steps when replacing the battery (especially remember to put it in Neutral gear! I accidentally put it in Parking gear and encountered a bug. I had to wait for 20 minutes at the battery replacement station.)
Battery replacement begins.
Battery replacement finished, it lasted less than 3 minutes.
The whole process was very smooth and fast despite the bug I encountered. Battery replacement is really friendly to users like me who don't have a charging station.
Of course, there are currently a limited number of battery replacement stations, and none are available on the highway. This is a problem. I heard that 40 more battery replacement stations will be built by the end of the year nationwide. Let's wait and see.
**Finally, the driving experience.**
I drove on the Shanghai elevated roads and ground roads on Saturday and Sunday, and I'm just short of the highway. Overall, I have to say:
**1. Voice control is really useful.**
Free your hands and eyes - you don't have to look, search, and poke around on the car screen while driving. Everything can be done with voice commands.
**2. Good isolation**
The sound insulation is really good. You can't hear outside noise even with the car windows closed.
3.Acceleration
What makes this electric car strong! Tested at over 100 kilometers per hour in 3 seconds!
4.Easy to Attract Attention
Two people asked about this car when I went out to see houses on the weekend. They said it looked very powerful and they wanted to know what brand it was. That’s normal because it’s a new car.
5.AR-HUD
You have to say this, it’s pretty cool! Just need to adapt a little bit, and you can just look ahead while driving.
6.Navigation
Sometimes the navigation location may drift, so you need to wait or speak again to navigate.
These are the experiences for now, and I will sync up with everyone if there are any updates.
Finally, the R7 car itself has a really high cost-performance ratio. You can see SAIC Group’s determination to get a piece of the pie in the field of new energy, and we also hope that they can build more battery changing stations quickly and solve the navigation problems. Let’s have more car-owner activities as well. We hope to grow together with this brand.
PS: The next report will probably be about experiences on high-speed and camping.
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.