Author: Miaozong
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Like many young people, I also love to watch cute cats online.
However, when everyone is indulged in the cute and gentle appearance of cats, cats have another side of being fierce and ferocious.
For example, the black-footed cat, with a small body size, has an average weight of only 1.9 kilograms, and is known as a “killing machine” as the smallest wild cat in the world.
Recently, I happened to have a fierce cat, Eulalightning Cat.
Is appearance the first strength of cats?
Eulalightning Cat is the latest member of the EULA brand “Cat” series, following the Black Cat, Good Cat, and Ballet Cat, and is now the fourth main model.
However, compared with the cute and pink appearance of the first three models, the lightning cat is obviously in a different style. If the first three models are British Shorthair, Ragdoll or Garfield, then the Eulalightning Cat is more wild and like a Bengal cat.
The design concept of Eulalightning Cat is “super streamlined pure electric sports car”, which conforms to the streamlined shape of aerodynamics and is equipped with AGS variable air intake grille. The first benefit is that the air resistance coefficient is reduced to 0.22Cd, and the streamlined silhouette is also difficult to make a mistake in appearance.
Regarding appearance, everyone has their own preferences, so we generally do not make subjective evaluations. But I want to say that the Eulalightning Cat has an impressive appearance, especially the waistline with a large sloping back, as if a big cat is taking aim at its target.
The front of the car uses the EULA’s iconic large-eyed headlights, and the texture below the license plate frame makes the front of the car more rounded and smooth.
The design of frameless doors, dome-style panoramic sunroof, hidden door handles, and 19-inch cat paw biomimetic wheels are full of fashion, and when the Michelin Pilot Sport EV high-performance sports electric vehicle dedicated tires are adaptive and the electric tail wings open, I can feel the integration of sports, fashion, and technology on the Eulalightning Cat.
Powerhouse
To support the “sport positioning” tower, the foundation strength of the chassis is crucial to support the inner steel frame structure, assuming the exterior of the wall is the facade.
The appearance of the Thunder Cat is impressive and also has a corresponding weight in its bones. After over two years of finely tuned sports chassis by the European team, combined with a suspension that pays attention to both comfort and sport, they make up this exquisite sports coupe.
Sitting in the car, the interior of the Thunder Cat is also full of light and luxurious sports atmosphere.
The environment wrapped in a large area of orange leather, the embrace-style cockpit, and the T-shaped hollow center console, I don’t know if it coincides with the sports car interior style in your memory. In terms of interior details, the three-barrel-style full LCD instrument panel is an extra weight towards the sporty end of the scale.
At the same time, Thunder Cat also considers ease of use and comfort. In terms of design and configuration, the ergonomically designed sports seats in the front row provide both comfort and a sense of package. Electric adjustments, seat ventilation, seat heating, electric massage, and other features are not lacking. Cup holders, wireless charging pads, and ample storage space are also essential.
Although it is a coupe, the interior space of the Thunder Cat can be said to be quite spacious. As for my height of 1.8 meters, after adjusting the front seat, the legroom in the back row is very generous.
My appreciation for the fastback design also comes from the back seat.
Sitting in the backseat of the Thunder Cat, even when I keep my back straight, I would not bump my head on the roof. With the Harman INFINITY 11 speaker audio system and the fragrance system from Qi Huaton, Euler seems to have found the secret to balance sport and comfort.
The Panoramic Roof of Lightning Cat Electric Vehicle
As for the panoramic roof of the electric vehicle that has been widely talked about this summer, the dome-style panoramic roof extending to the tail of the Lightning Cat is equipped with double-layer insulating coating, claiming that the UV isolation rate exceeds 99% and the IR isolation rate exceeds 95%. However, the specific insulation effect needs to be experienced next summer.
The Smart “Hunter”
Under the cute and sporty appearance, the mind of Lightning Cat is also full of lightning-like shrewdness.
In this year’s in-car market, Qualcomm 8155 is like a “smoothness guarantee tool”. Based on the Qualcomm 8155 chip, Lightning Cat independently developed the intelligent cockpit platform and has full-scene voice interaction ability, realizing the ORA-SPACE smart space. By carrying an intelligent key or a mobile phone Bluetooth key, you can enter and quickly start the vehicle without any sense.
The smart mind is displayed on the car machine internally and on the driving assistant externally.
Lightning Cat is equipped with 28 sensors, and with 5G multi-satellite positioning and high-precision maps, it has created the ORA-PILOT 3.0 intelligent driving assistance system, which realizes 29 L2+ level intelligent driving assistance functions. However, these days, stacking parameters is already a basic operation, and the key is still the experience.
During the test ride, the fully-scene auto-parking system surprised me the most.
Friends who have read our auto-parking evaluation may still remember that many auto-parking functions need to recognize the passing parking spaces during the process of going forward after being started, causing the parking spaces close to walls or corners in the parking lot to be unrecognizable. The ORA-PILOT 3.0 intelligent driving assistance system of the Lightning Cat supports recognizing parking spaces when reversing. That is to say, you can start the auto-parking system while reversing towards the parking space, which solves the problem of needing to park in spaces close to the walls in parking lots to some extent.
At the same time, ORA-PILOT is equipped with AEB safety collision avoidance system, which can identify various small obstacles larger than 15cm*10cm scattered within 50 meters in front and achieve active safety warning or emergency brake intervention in exceptional situations.
It is worth mentioning that for special scenarios, Lightning Cat’s vehicle display also has a unique HUD design, winter mode. After it is turned on, the main tone in HUD display will change from white to cold blue, making it easier to distinguish in snowy backgrounds and reduce dazzling and eye-straining problems, thus decreasing visual fatigue during long-time driving.
True Performance on the Field
After all, a pure electric intelligent coupe, with all its advantages, is ultimately just a car. If it is not easy to drive, then everything will be in vain.
After static and test rides, it’s finally time for the main event of this Lightning Cat test drive – driving.
This time, ORA organized a field trial session, consisting of straight-line acceleration, cornering, elk test, and slalom.
The dual motors provide Lightning Cat with a maximum power of 300 kW and a maximum torque of 680 Nm, resulting in an acceleration time of 4.3 seconds from 0 to 100 km/h. The best scenario to demonstrate the acceleration ability is, naturally, on a straight road.
“Some people say that 4.3 seconds of acceleration is not enough for sports cars, but I think this must be a silly statement made by someone who has only driven electric cars,” said the author. “Stepping on the accelerator is a kind of acceleration that can fix people firmly on the seat. I even had trouble distinguishing whether the car was pushing my back forward or was my back obstructing the car’s acceleration.”
If you remember to press the red sports button at the bottom right of the steering wheel before stepping on the accelerator to unlock the Super Sport mode, you will reap even faster motor response. The addition of sound wave simulation system also makes Lightning Cat closer to passion rather than recklessness.
However, when it comes to the slalom and elks tests, the straight-line speed was somewhat restrained.
The comfortable suspension and stable body actually increased the difficulty in the slalom test. The steering wheel felt a bit light to me, and the slight flexibility made me feel a little uncomfortable on the small track. Nevertheless, every coin has two sides. This may not be a disadvantage. In daily driving scenarios, the comfortable and light tuning of the steering wheel can certainly provide a more relaxed driving experience for more people.
There are also some regrets. Due to the limitation of the venue and time, the dynamic experience of the Lightning Cat did not satisfy me. As a “safety first” driver who is well-known by my colleagues, I am more concerned about the daily driving experience of the Lightning Cat.
People say that a faint sense of ambiguity is the best. After experiencing only two laps on the track, I cannot help but look forward to the Lightning Cat’s next test drive event.
I can already imagine the Lightning Cat gliding through vehicles on the city expressway like a hot knife cutting through butter, graceful and composed like a dark elf running through the forest.
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