199,900 is the choice I would not hesitate to make over a 200,000 electric SUV

For three consecutive months, the Chinese brand pure electric SUV with sales over 200,000 yuan has been leading, and that vehicle is the Xiaopeng G6.

Do you remember the first time you heard the concept of 800V? It was at the launch event of the Xiaopeng G6. I admit that half a year ago, I was not very knowledgeable about "electric cars." However, circumstances have forced me to learn a lot in the past six months. Although the year is coming to an end and it's a rare cold winter, new energy vehicle manufacturers remain as enthusiastic as ever.

In several recent major pure electric vehicle events I attended, the concept of 800V was repeatedly mentioned, and some media have said that 2024 will be the year of 800V.

Some believe that 800V is only useful for fast charging and otherwise not very useful, only becoming valuable when there are 800V charging stations. But the truth is, vehicles with 800V can charge faster than other electric cars on 400V charging stations because they can maximize power. And most importantly, energy consumption will be greatly optimized. The concept of Xiaopeng's energy-saving has been around for a long time, and some have questioned whether Xiaopeng has a "happy meter," but more and more car owners have proven that this is indeed the case, not just a false claim.

When talking about the Xiaopeng G6, it's inevitable to discuss the "Fuyao" architecture. The Fuyao all-domain intelligent evolution architecture was the only one in China that achieved mass production with front and rear integrated aluminum die-casting and a full-domain 800V high-voltage SiC silicon carbide platform, and it might still be. Vehicles under this architecture will come standard with an 800-volt high-voltage SiC platform, and with the combination of vehicle and charging pile, they can achieve a charging time of 5 minutes for a range of 200 kilometers. Are these terms particularly familiar lately? Things that everyone will be playing with by the end of the year or even next year, Xiaopeng has already launched nearly half a year ago.

Back to the Fuyao architecture, since it is an architecture, balancing costs and improving efficiency are the most basic demands. The Fuyao architecture is equipped with Xiaopeng's self-developed X-EEA electronic and electrical architecture, which will achieve leading efficiency and low cost in continuous evolution. The comprehensive R&D cost of the vehicle will be reduced by 50%, the intelligent experience iteration cycle will be shortened by 30%, and the ultra-fast OTA speed can also be increased by 300%.So, the architecture is the root of an automobile company. Xiaopeng has spent five years developing the "root" of the Fuyao architecture, and only with a root can there be lush branches and leaves in the future. The difficulty of starting from scratch to create a brand-new architecture can be imagined, and Xiaopeng claims to have spent tens of billions. Now it seems, it's worth it! Why? Because at least it's leading by a quarter.

The Xiaopeng G6 is the first product under the Fuyao architecture and also the signal for Xiaopeng to "roll". In the 200,000-level category, 800V silicon carbide, front and rear integrated die-casting, and battery chassis integration, these high "core" technologies are not easy to stack here, after all, many car companies are still at the 400V stage.

It is also because of this that the Xiaopeng G6 has long been a hit, with 25,000 orders received from pre-sales, and even breaking through 35,000 before the launch. Recently, Xiaopeng decided to let the G6 roll all the way, starting from December 18th, the entire series of Xiaopeng G6 will be limited time discounted by 10,000 yuan, which shows that the Xiaopeng G6 uses product value and product price to once again directly pull the sincerity to the full.

With a discount of 10,000 yuan, the starting price of the Xiaopeng G6 is 199,900 yuan, and the word "true fragrance" has already broken through the top of my head. How can those models that pile up configurations and still sell for more than 200,000 yuan at 400V bear it?

He Xiaopeng once said: Xiaopeng G6 will definitely be the strongest intelligent electric SUV in the 250,000 level. Now it seems that Xiaopeng also wants this in the 200,000 yuan field!

In my opinion, technology is the only standard for the good and bad of pure electric vehicles. Recently, even the northern cities and the south have also been snowing heavily, and the zero-degree warmth is becoming more and more common. It just so happens that my colleagues around me have bought electric cars of different brands, and after chatting, I found that Xiaopeng's technology is indeed not exaggerated. The X-HP3.0 intelligent thermal management system that comes standard with the entire G6 series can indeed save a lot of electricity. Compared with other brands with a discount of more than 50%, Xiaopeng G6 can still maintain more than 60%. Don't underestimate this 10%, it can really alleviate a lot of your range anxiety.Before "leading by a large margin" made its move this year, Xiaopeng was the only domestic car manufacturer that had mass-produced full-scenario assisted driving vehicles. Xiaopeng named it XNGP, and it is now close to achieving zero driver intervention on most highways and urban roads. The no-map intelligent driving function, which some car companies have mythologized, has also begun public testing in the latest OTA4.5.0. Given He Xiaopeng's personality, it will soon meet all the "keepers of Little P" very soon.

Lastly, let's talk about safety. This year's car manufacturers are not only competing in charging speed but also in configuration, and after that, they are competing in safety. The competition in safety is not as simple as active and passive safety. This year, everyone is competing in "torsional rigidity." The level of competition is something that was not dared to be imagined in the previous years, which is related to the increasing attention people have been paying to crash tests in recent years. In the past, people focused more on superficial configuration issues like the number of airbags, or some passive safety configurations, but now the focus has shifted to the "muscles and bones" of the car.

Torsional rigidity is indeed very important. The stronger the torsional rigidity, the safer it is, and the vehicle's handling and driving stability will also be qualitatively improved. The car body is not easy to deform, which will even directly affect the NVH performance. Generally speaking, the torsional rigidity of traditional joint venture B-class cars is around 20,000, while the torsional rigidity of Xiaopeng G6 has reached 41,600. You should know that the BMW X7 is only 28,700. And this was half a year ago, He Xiaopeng spent a lot of time explaining this matter, I don't know if you have any impression.

Finally, we must talk about self-research. From the data technology platform, to the whole vehicle software platform, and then to the hardware architecture platform, Xiaopeng has full-stack self-research. However, many car companies that are very popular now are overly dependent on suppliers.

But in essence, the cost and capability of smart cars come from continuous OTA upgrades after delivery, which will generate higher and higher user satisfaction, but at the same time, it will also produce great inconsistency. How to quickly match each other is the focus of the future.

According to Xiaopeng's judgment, next year or the year after next, software will become a new decision-making factor, just like today's brand, size, and configuration. At that time, car companies that rely on suppliers but lack the ability to self-research will gradually be left behind. As for who is being referred to, I won't elaborate too much.

After understanding everything about Xiaopeng G6, I realized that in the middle of this year, Xiaopeng put all its bets on G6, and the sales proved that Xiaopeng won. And after this limited time discount of 10,000 yuan, I really can't think of a better pure electric SUV in the 200,000 yuan category than Xiaopeng G6.Please provide the text you would like translated into English.