On the evening of September 22nd, Ideal announced the specific information about the new car model L8 and announced that it will be officially released on September 30th.
Here is the previous content about the L8 car model:
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The appearance was officially unveiled, and Ideal L8 landed in the MIIT catalogue
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There are five VIP versions! Ideal L8 latest information summary and speculation
As the successor model of Ideal ONE, Ideal L8 will start large-scale customization on September 30th. During the National Day, Ideal L8’s display cars will gradually arrive at Ideal’s car retail centers throughout the country, and will officially start delivery in early November.
Ideal officially announced the complete L Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) Platform SUV product planning:
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Ideal L9 is a flagship six-seater SUV, full-size level, priced at less than 500,000 yuan;
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Ideal L8 is also a six-seater SUV, mid-to-large level, priced at less than 400,000 yuan;
The length, width, and height of Ideal L8 are 5,080 × 1,995 × 1,800 mm, and the wheelbase is 3,005 mm.
By comparison, the discontinued Ideal ONE’s length, width, and height are 5,030 × 1,960 × 1,760 mm, and the wheelbase is 2,935 mm; Ideal L9’s length, width, and height are 5,218 × 1,998 × 1,800 mm, and the wheelbase is 3,105 mm.
It can be seen that in terms of size, Ideal L8 has been comprehensively improved compared to ONE, especially the wheelbase has surpassed 3,000 mm.
- Ideal L7 is a five-seater SUV, also mid-to-large level like L8, priced at less than 400,000 yuan;
Li Xiang himself revealed on Weibo that there will be two versions of L8, a five-seater and a six-seater. Currently, it seems that they have split L8 and L7 into two different model series.
Ideal L7’s length, width, and height are 5,050 × 1,995 × 1,750 mm, and the wheelbase is 3,005 mm, which is slightly smaller in length and height compared to L8. Moreover, it will provide a separate five-seater version, which can be understood as L7’s sister model, and this car will be released and delivered in the first quarter of 2023.
- Ideal L6 is a five-seater SUV. Currently, it is the smallest level in the Ideal SUV series, classified as medium level. The price is also less than 300,000 yuan.
L8 Information Summary
Ideal L8 provides two models, Pro and Max, to meet the subdivision needs of more family users.The new four-wheel drive plug-in hybrid system, Magic Carpet air suspension, 7.3.4 Dolby panoramic sound system, front-row four-screen interactive system with HUD (head-up display), safety driving interactive screen and two 15.7-inch LCD screens, and NOA (Navigate on Autopilot) driving assistance will all be standard on Ideal L8 and Ideal L7.
Power-wise, L8 and L9 are completely identical in terms of parameters, with front and rear double permanent magnet synchronous motors, front motor power of 130 kW, rear motor power of 200 kW, total power of 330 kW, but with a battery capacity of 40.9 kWh, slightly smaller than Ideal L9, and a WLTP pure electric range of 168 km.
Ideal L8 offers Pro and Max models mainly differing in the number of cabin screens and advanced driving assistance systems:
- The Ideal L8 Pro model comes standard with Intelligent Driving AD Pro and Intelligent Cabin SS Pro.
As we know, in 2021, the Ideal ONE was first equipped with the Horizon J3 chip. In July of last year, at the launch event for the Horizon Journey 5 chip, Wang Kai of Ideal Auto also attended and stated: “Currently, Ideal Auto has conducted pre-research cooperation based on the Journey 5 chip, and will accelerate the process of higher-level autonomous driving. There is a possibility of further cooperation between the two parties.”
AD Pro is equipped with the world’s first Horizon J5 chip and standard high-speed NOA driving assistance. SS Pro uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 chip and a front-row four-screen interactive system (HUD, safety driving interactive screen, and two 15.7-inch LCD screens).
- The Ideal L8 Max model comes standard with Intelligent Driving AD Max and Intelligent Cabin SS Max.
AD Max is equipped with dual Nvidia Orin X chips, LiDAR, and a complete set of automatic driving safety redundancy systems. SS Max uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 Dual and a five-screen three-dimensional space interaction system (HUD, safety driving interactive screen, and three 15.7-inch LCD screens for front and rear rows).### Photos from Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
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