According to WmAuto Motors official announcement today, WmAuto M7 has started a new round of vehicle calibration and verification work in extremely cold weather.
The test environment temperature is minus 30 degrees Celsius in severe cold conditions, WmAuto has tested core projects such as air conditioning, battery thermal management, low-temperature charging, power performance, etc. WmAuto stated that the M7 has achieved the final results of air conditioning reaching comfortable temperature within 17 minutes, energy consumption of 17 kWh per 100 kilometers, and SOC from 30% to 80% only requires 30 minutes in minus 30-degree environment.
WmAuto claims that M7 adopts two methods of “active heating of the thermal management system” and “self-heating of the battery during discharge” to keep the battery in a comfortable working range, ensure normal charging and discharging performance, and the battery thermal management system can control the error within 5%, which makes the displayed mileage more accurate.
WmAuto’s official data shows that the total efficiency of M7’s electric drive assembly exceeds 96%, the mass power density of the motor reaches 2.388 kW/kg, and the design service life can reach 15 years. In addition, the M7 has five driving modes: Champion, Comfort, Efficient, Snow, and Adaptive.
M7 is equipped with intelligent dual-zone automatic air conditioning, integrated PM2.5 monitoring, negative ion air purifier, and fragrance functions. The air conditioning system has been specially optimized for extremely hot and cold weather. In the spring and autumn and other conventional seasons and environments, when air conditioning is turned on, it can keep the temperature in the head and foot area at around 22℃ and 33℃ respectively in five minutes. In extremely hot and cold environments, the air conditioning can reach a comfortable temperature in 17 minutes.
Users can also use the smartphone APP for intelligent remote management, remote control of air conditioning, intelligent defrosting, remote air exchange, and battery temperature control appointments. In conventional environments, the air conditioning energy consumption of the M7 is only 3%, and in extremely hot and cold environments, it is less than 10%.
In addition, M7 also adopts an adjustable air intake grille. When driving in cold environments or at high speeds, the grille will automatically open and close to achieve better air conditioning performance and aerodynamic performance.
On the hardware side, the Byton M7 is equipped with three Velodyne LiDARs and four NVIDIA Orin-X chips, producing a total computing power of 1016 TOPS. Two of the chips are fully utilized, while the other two provide redundant space for future upgrades. This data is comparable to that of the NIO ET7 and the IM L7, putting it in the top tier of chip computing power.
For the driver assistance software, the M7 adopts a new central domain control architecture, simplifying the communication mechanism and reserving more space for upgrades.
In terms of vehicle parameters, the M7 has a length of 4930mm and a wheelbase of 2918mm. The official claim is that it can have a range of over 700km using the NEDC standard.
On December 1, 2021, Byton announced that their series D2 financing had received $152 million, led by Chinese real estate company, Agile Group, with $140 million. This round of financing also saw Jin Yun Shang Hui and others participate as financial advisors.
Following the Series D1 financing round in early October 2021, which raised over $300 million, Byton successfully launched its Series D2 financing plan. As of now, the total amount of financing for this round has reached $457 million, and the total amount of financing for this round is expected to exceed $500 million.
In November 2021, Byton delivered 5,027 smart electric vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 66.6%, setting a new record for monthly sales. From January to November 2021, Byton sold 39,095 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 96.4%.
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