Cold thinking after the auto show: the latecomer Sky ME7 may be catching up with another window period.

On September 19, not long before the auto show, another production car took to the center of the stage with new forces. It is the ME7 of "Skycar ENOVATE" and positioned as "5+X intelligent electric SUV". Its * * * launched two endurance versions (NEDC? 4 10km and 530km) and three models, the price range is 2 1.88 million yuan-289,800 yuan.

Choosing this time to launch the first product, perhaps the first reaction of many people is, is it too late to miss the window? But according to Master Bao, on the contrary, ME7 in the sky just happened to catch up with the beginning of another window period.

Skyline, a car brand, should be relatively unfamiliar to most readers. This is an emerging brand released on 20 18 (formerly known as e-coffee, founded on 20 15, and established Skyline brand on 20 18). Different from other "new forces to build cars", Zhang Hailiang, chairman and CEO of Sky Auto, is an out-and-out old autobot. 1994-20 14, Zhang Hailiang worked for SAIC Volkswagen, became the director and general manager of Shanghai Volkswagen on September 20 10, and became the vice president of SAIC on August 20 14. However, after leaving SAIC, Zhang Hailiang once joined LeTV, and in the process, he also deeply participated in the preparatory work of this Internet company. Therefore, among the team members of Sky Auto, we can see many former SAIC employees and former LeTV team members.

Because of this, the crown is different from Weilai, Ideal and Tucki. There are both the genes of traditional automobile companies and the blood of the Internet. This has just become the advantage of Skycar itself-the founding team has rich experience in building cars and industry resources, and has the spirituality and openness of the Internet industry, so it is often easier to make products solid and mature.

If you look at the official positioning of "5+X intelligent electric SUV", you will find something different. "5" stands for five screens, so what is X? ? X is the ever-evolving human-computer interaction, the ever-expanding automobile scene and the ever-escalating automobile life. Zhang Hailiang said that the focus of 5+X is not 5, but the X behind it.

In Master Bao's view, this X is more like a smarter and more convenient interaction and experience. If the first window period of the new force of building cars is to solve the process of smart cars from scratch, then the second opportunity lies in the functions of intelligent cockpit and automatic driving realized through artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction technology, making vehicles smarter, more considerate and better to use.

Sky ME7 proposed the scene of "5+X screen instant interconnection"? , is a bold attempt about the intelligent cockpit. The car is equipped with five high-definition screens (including 12.3-inch full LCD instrument, 15.6-inch central control touch screen, 12.3-inch passenger entertainment screen and two 12.8-inch entertainment screens in the back row) to realize information, entertainment, music and entertainment. Compared with the front big screen emphasized by ordinary vehicles, the skyline ME7 takes into account the experience of all members in the car, so that all passengers in the car have a good ride experience. On the other hand, if automatic driving is really realized in the future, the theme in the car will no longer be driving-centered, but will focus on meeting the leisure time of the members in the car. Therefore, ME7 is forward-looking for the layout of the sky.

Of course, forward-looking layout does not mean contempt for tradition. For the driver's experience, Sky ME7 has also added a Magic-3D interactive interface, and adopted a three-dimensional virtual vision design, including 52 vehicle control scenes and 65,438+000 lens movements, so that the driver can understand the vehicle state more intuitively and clearly. This interactive interface adopts the PBR technology of Kanzi platform newly upgraded by Rightware in Finland, which is more stereoscopic and vivid, but it also brings greater power consumption and performance requirements, and its 3D interface performance requirements are twice that of the traditional interface.

A more advanced interactive interface means higher requirements for system performance. Skyline ME7 adopts Qualcomm S820A? Prem high-performance computing platform, using CAN bus and Ethernet, GMSL (Gigabit? Multimedia? Serial? Link) A variety of vehicle communication modes are in parallel. Ultra-high computing power and transmission rate can meet the requirements of 5+X screen instant interconnection, AI voice assistant, face recognition, 3D? Requirements for core functions such as UI, intelligent interactive lighting, in-vehicle home interconnection and ADAS.

In addition to traditional visual interaction, the application of virtual personal assistant VPA is also one of the highlights of ME7. "Xiaotian" is a carrier designed by Skycar for emotional communication between users and ME7. Its image was designed after a lot of market research. Through rich and interesting speech and semantic recognition, it provides many functions such as basic vehicle control, travel strategy formulation, important event reminder, "chat", game interaction and so on. In the future, "Xiaotian" can accept "personal tailor" in both image and voice, and become a travel partner with temperature.

In addition, as a brand-new intelligent electric vehicle, Skyline ME7 supports the OTA aerial upgrade of the whole vehicle, which can realize the real-time iteration of the whole vehicle application and firmware after delivery and the evolution of the whole product life cycle.

The battery scheme of 8 1 1 is not adopted.

It is precisely because of the robust genes from traditional car companies that Skycar is more robust in the choice of battery formula, and does not adopt the formula of 8 1 1 with high spontaneous combustion accident rate. According to the information about official website, the skyline ME7 is divided into three versions: elite version, technology version and pilot version, in which the technology version and pilot version can choose two cruising range options (NEDC test method), namely 530km and 4 10km respectively.

ME7 adopts NCM flexible battery with ternary 622 scheme, and its energy density is as high as 258Wh/kg. Matching with Bosch flat copper wire permanent magnet synchronous motor, the maximum power is as high as 160kW, the maximum torque is 330n·m, and the maximum speed is 165km/h/h ... In terms of charging, take the 4 10km battery life version as an example, and the DC fast charging takes 45 minutes (48 minutes for the 530km version).

As an emerging brand of pure electric vehicles, Sky ME7 naturally lays a heavy burden on intelligent driving: ME equipped with 22 sensors? Pilot intelligent driving system has realized the core functions of 16, such as ACC adaptive cruise, LKA lane keeping and APA/RPA automatic parking.

Among them, APA/RPA automatic parking function can realize full-scene automatic parking of people inside and outside the car through remote control. At the same time, through the clunk torque control algorithm, Sky ME7 optimizes the use experience of automatic parking and can use motor braking. This system can effectively shorten the braking time (by 465,438+0.4%) and braking distance (by 37.8%) when parking, making the parking process more safe and comfortable.

It's worth noting that I? The pilot intelligent driving system is only standard in the highest configuration, namely "Pilot Edition". The "Science and Technology Edition" can provide optional equipment, while the minimum configuration "Elite Edition" does not.

The design of the skyline ME7 is worth mentioning: the skyline hired former Porsche designer Hakan? Saracco Gru is the chief designer of the vehicle. The famous 9 1 1, 9 1 1? GT2？ RS and 9 18? Spyder also comes from him. It can be said that this gives a strong endorsement to the design of Sky ME7.

The front of ME7 adopts the enclosed air intake grille commonly used in electric vehicles. The side shape is the highlight of this time: the skyline ME7 adopts the ratio of window to body of 1: 2, and the overall design is biased towards coupe style, while the long wheelbase, short front overhang, wide body and 20/2 1 inch rim also make the exterior of ME7 look sporty.

In addition, the most outstanding appearance of Sky ME7 lies in its Hallo? I inspired interactive lighting. On the traditional chrome-plated strip and logo, the transparent spraying process of 6 micron metal powder is adopted, and it appears chrome-plated when going out. At night, the chrome-plated strips of the logo and the net will light up regularly and connect with the headlights to make the vehicle more dynamic.

Crane is undoubtedly a latecomer in the new car brand. But latecomers are often annoying-because latecomers either climb to the top or disappear. Only by doing better than the first brand and positioning more accurately can we successfully share a piece of the Red Sea market. Sky ME7' s precise control of the intelligent cockpit makes it have its own "one trick" in the new round of intelligent windows.

At the same time, the positioning of this model is equally accurate-there are relatively few competitors in the SUV market in the range of 200,000-300,000, and Weilai and Ideality do not occupy this price range. Five pure electric SUVs at the same price have direct competition with them, only Aion of GAC? Only LX and other three or four models. In other words, Skyline ME7 has chosen a market range that has not been touched by traditional car companies and many new car-making forces. In this sense, although Sky ME7 is a latecomer, it is very likely that it will break out of its own world within the price and positioning range.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.