When F7 was just launched, I became one of the first batch of potential owners who paid a deposit of 77 yuan. The main reason is that the free charging and battery swapping for life and the free advanced intelligent driving options for the first batch of owners are really attractive. Anyway, the deposit is not much, so I paid it first to see how it goes. To be honest, I was still hesitating about whether to choose Zeekry001 or not. Many people online said that the car’s computer card was not reliable, but I didn’t believe it. I thought that trying it out in person was the most practical way. As a result, when I test drove it, the voice search for the map couldn’t be found, and the operation of touch points was indeed delayed. But on the other hand, the car is really easy to drive, so I just watched and waited. Recently, I even saw at the dealers’ conference that F7 directly challenged to surpass NIO. The ambition and goal are both huge.
Then, today I saw that the first batch of F7 test cars had already been offline. I called my local direct store and was told that there would be display cars for test drives in March, and the first batch of owners could pick up their cars at the end of March. This efficiency is really fast, and from my current contact with RisingAuto, I think their entire process of ordering and arranging is quite good. The most important thing now is to wait for the cars to arrive in March and go for a test drive. If the driving feel of RisingAuto F7 is not much worse compared to Zeekry001, I will definitely choose RisingAuto haha! The main reason is that I really love the Bacher seat of F7. The length of the front driver’s seat cushion can reach 580mm, and the rear seats are also specially optimized for filling and seat cushion length. I think this is the good direction for car manufacturing, to improve the experience of human engineering, rather than continuing to tout some imaginary things (once again referring to Zeekry, such a good handling, but the computer and assist system are just not loveable…).
When it comes to driving experience, both of these cars feature double-wishbone five-link suspension. I’m considering buying the Zeekr K001, which is the WE version with a 100-degree single motor. However, the Flyfun F7’s rear-wheel-drive single motor accelerates faster, although it has a slightly smaller battery. But with a wind resistance of only 0.206cd, the F7 should perform much better than the K001 in terms of energy consumption control. Therefore, theoretically, the final range should not be much different, it depends on actual testing.
That’s all I can think of for now. I am now looking at the follow-up delivery process and will share with you all immediately when there is any news. Hahaha~
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