Recently, we saw the ideal brand-new SUV-the ideal L6 in the catalogue of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. As an ideal family, Xinlijun, the ideal L6 locates five medium-sized SUVs, and its price is expected to be controlled within 300,000 yuan, or it will be officially listed in April 2024. The appearance of the ideal L6 has also formally crossed the price with the M7 (priced at RMB249,800-RMB329,800) of Huawei HarmonyOS Zhixing, and the two are bound to start a full-scale confrontation in 2024!
Size space: big five seats VS three rows of six seats
In terms of body size, the ideal L6 length, width and height are 4925/1960/1735mm and the wheelbase is 2920mm；; Compared with the ideal L7, its length, width and height are 5050/1995/1750mm and its wheelbase is 3005mm respectively. Therefore, the ideal L6 can be regarded as a further reduced version of the ideal L7. Moreover, the design of the ideal L6 and L7(L8, L9) is also highly consistent, with family standard through daytime running lights, but the style details are optimized, and the small lights on both sides are connected with the whole daytime running lights. At the same time, the headlight group adopts split design, which is located on both sides of the front of the vehicle, and the front enclosure of the vehicle is the heat outlet of the engine, and the style is also different from L7.
Compared with the boundary M7, the car length of the ideal L6 is less than five meters, which is 95mm shorter than that of the boundary M7, but the wheelbase is just 100mm more than that of the boundary M7. This 100mm wheelbase is very helpful for the positioning of its "big five seats" and can further expand the leg space of the second row. But the greater advantage of the world M7 lies not only in the "three rows of seats", but in the extra row of space.changeability. For example, although the three rows of space of the asking world M7 are not abundant, they can be folded when they are not needed. At this time, the asking world M7 becomes a "big four-seat" model, and the asking world M7 can be equipped with a zero-gravity seat developed by Huawei, which further enhances the comfort.
Generally speaking, according to the comfort of passengers in the second row, there should be little difference between them, but the killer of M7 lies in the third row, which is not friendly to the ideal L6.
Extended range battery pack: Ningde ternary lithium VS Xinwangda Ferrous lithium phosphate
In the case that both of them are extended-range vehicles, people will pay more attention to the difference of battery packs between them than the energy consumption performance which is more affected by driving style and vehicle environment. As shown in the above table, all the M7 in Wenjie are equipped with a 40-degree Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited ternary lithium battery pack, and CLTC has a pure battery life of 240km；. According to the current news, the ideal L6 is temporarily determined to be equipped with lithium iron phosphate batteries supplied by Xinwangda, with a capacity of 35.8 degrees. In addition, the ideal L6 does not rule out that there will be more battery suppliers, but according to the current news,Ideally, the L6 will not be equipped with ternary lithium batteries.
In addition, it can be found that the battery brand and capacity of the battery pack are not only dominant, but also the fast charging power. The M7 has a charge rate of about 2.5C, and the whole battery pack can be fully charged in about 25 minutes, while on the ideal L6, the time is about half an hour.
Chassis and power: front McPherson VS front double wishbone
Referring to the above table, in the chassis suspension, the ideal L6 shares the same extended range platform with L7, L8 and L9, so it will be better than the boundary M7 in suspension form, especially the front suspension. Due to the timeless chassis structure of Celestial, the Q-M7 adopts McPherson front suspension, while the ideal L-6 side adopts double wishbone front suspension, which will be better than Q-M7 in the lateral support limit of the vehicle.
Of course, for the ideal L6, we still have limited information, such as the materials used in the front double wishbone and the aluminum alloy ratio of the rear five-bar suspension. In addition, judging from the adjustment styles of the ideal L7, L8 and L9, how the comfort performance of the ideal L6 compares with that of the M7 will not be known until the real vehicle is delivered. After all, the performance of a car’s chassis depends on hardware for three points and adjustment for seven points.
Because the guide price of the four-wheel drive version of the car model of the car model M7 is 329,800 yuan, it may have exceeded the price range of the ideal L6 (the ideal L6 is currently a four-wheel drive model), so it may be more comparative to take the rear-wheel drive version of the car model that is the most popular in the car model as a reference.
Because the power parameters of the ideal L6 are not disclosed, but according to the power parameters of the ideal L7, the ideal L6 will be equipped with dual motors with a total power of 330kW, and the official zero-hundred-acceleration score will be around 5s; The M7 rear-drive intelligent driving version of Wenjie is equipped with 200kW Huawei rear-drive motor, and the acceleration time of 100 kilometers is 7.8 s; It is worth mentioning that the four-wheel drive version of Wenjie M7 is equipped with a total of 330kW dual motors before and after, and the acceleration time of 100 kilometers is 4.8s, which is faster than the ideal L7.
In fact, compared with the consumers who choose this model, the SUV of this size is not sensitive to power, and the power performance of the M7 rear-drive intelligent driving version is enough, which is why the rear-drive intelligent driving version is a big reason for the car.
On the ideal L6 side, because the battery capacity and fast charging performance are behind M7, it is understandable to beat the opponent in acceleration performance. But perhaps for consumers, if the ideal L6 rear-drive single-motor model can be launched, and the guiding price of the vehicle can be further lowered, this may be what the divers of the ideal L6 most want to see.
Intelligent cabin and intelligent driving: ideal OTA 5.0 VS Harmony OS+HUAWEI ADS
On the evening of December 10th, 2023, Ideal officially released OTA 5.0. This upgrade is mainly aimed at intelligent driving, intelligent parking, human-computer interaction and the improvement of cruising range in winter. The upgrade targets include Ideal L7, Ideal L8 and Ideal L9. For the ideal L6, which is expected to be released in Q2 this year, its software version should have been embedded with version 5.0.
In the aspect of intelligent driving assistance, the ideal two platforms, AD Max and AD Pro, have been upgraded from AD 2.0 to AD 3.0, and the algorithm model has been re-structured. AD Max 3.0 has been upgraded, and NOA has achieved national high-speed and urban loop coverage, and the urban roads of other 100 cities in China will be opened one after another.
Especially in the perception algorithm of AD Max 3.0, the ideal has also begun to connect with the popular BEV big model and Occupancy network; The planning algorithm is gradually switched to the spatio-temporal joint planning algorithm, and the MPC model predictive control algorithm is also updated. Officially, it can achieve steering, acceleration and braking with lower time delay and high accuracy.
On the M7 side, the powerful strength of Harmony OS is beyond doubt. From the self-developed chip to the self-developed architecture, Huawei’s smart cabin strength is more reflected in the integration of the whole smart cabin factors and the seamless flow of intelligent terminals and vehicles.
In Zhijia, at present, HUAWEI ADS on the M7 is not the strongest version of all models in Wenjie. The example is that the lidar on its roof is currently a 126-line lidar developed by Huawei.
At the end of 2023, we have seen Huawei’s self-developed 192-line lidar on the world of inquiry M9 and the world of intelligence S7. Therefore, in 2024, will the intelligent driving ability of the world M7 be further upgraded, and will this 192-line lidar be carried on the world M7?
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In November and December of 2023, the ideal delivery situation was excellent, and in December it exceeded 50,000 deliveries. Li Xiang directly shouted the grand goal of delivering 800,000 vehicles next year; Just recently, Zou Liangjun, senior vice president of LI, said that the goal of the ideal L6 is to challenge the monthly sales of 30,000 vehicles, and the ideal ambition is undoubtedly revealed.
However, after the crazy "technical contest" in the last few days of 2023, Tucki X9 was officially listed on New Year’s Day in 2024, which was a "high-profile" for the new power manufacturers in 2024. Nowadays, the X9′ s big number is rising, even forcing the heavy and large MPV—— that is expected to be released in early 2024-the ideal MGEA "re-built" is not expected to be officially unveiled until March 1, and the ideal pressure can be imagined.
If 2023 is an "extended range year", then obviously, 2024 will be a "pure power year" and a "smart driving year". At this point, from the perspective of the layout of various models, including the ideal itself, they are already gearing up. However, as the saying goes, the ideal L6 is nothing more than "three". Can it continue to replicate the success of the ideals L7, L8 and L9, or will it "bite back" some of the delivery numbers of the ideal L7?
Also, how much patience will consumers have for such a "Russian doll" general model?
On the other hand, in addition to the ideal MEGA, Zou Liangjun also said that in the second half of 2024, the ideal will also launch three high-voltage pure electric vehicles. However, as we all know,Ideal has not released any "successful" pure electric works so far.At a time when the "fuse" of the ideal MEGA was almost able to start the ideal "pure electricity first shot" with a fire, Li Xiang resolutely decided to rebuild the ideal MEGA. Of course, we must admire Li Xiang’s courage and the execution of the ideal team. However, after the ideal year of 2024, which is not very smooth, will the future of the ideal L6 be smooth sailing or some twists and turns? Let’s wait and see.