Medium-sized cars are a popular market for new car consumption upgrades in China, and they are also one of the most competitive markets. BBA and Japanese models have good reputation and sales in this market. With the explosion of new energy vehicle consumption, Chinese automakers have begun to test the market with pure electric vehicles.
Xiaopeng was the first to enter the market, and the first production car, Xiaopeng P7 (parameters | inquiry), directly entered the market. On July 25, Changan Deep Blue SL03 was listed, and BYD Seal was listed 4 days later. NIO ET5 was in preparation for mass production. Delivery may be about to start in September, and a battle is about to start…
Long before the Chinese brand, Model 3 has repeatedly achieved the monthly sales crown of the medium-sized car market, is the originator of pure electric medium-sized cars, and is a powerful opponent. Xiaopeng P7 has also been ranked in the Top 10, with a total delivery of nearly 120,000 vehicles. Therefore, we will also include these two "veterans" in this article.
When selecting a car, you can’t just look at the data, but the data is also something you have to look at, or the part that can best provide rational judgment. We will compare these cars through several hard data such as power consumption, cost of use, cost performance, and driving performance.
Price: Changan Dark Blue SL03 is the cheapest, NIO ET5 is the most expensive
"Changan dark blue SL03 2022 515 pure electric version"
First look at the most sensitive pricing, three quasi-new cars, Changan deep blue SL03 two pure electric version pricing 183,900 – 215,900 yuan, directly fell to the price range of 200,000 yuan, and Camry and Accord basically overlap, in the comparison of the 5 pure electric vehicles in the lowest price. Moreover, Changan deep blue SL03 705km long battery life version price 215,900 yuan, and the seal 550km battery life price close to (209,800 – 222,800), and then consider Changan is the purchase of batteries, while BYD battery self-supply, Changan is suspected of making money at a loss is not unreasonable.
Seal guide price 209,800 – 286,800 yuan, high-end models are higher than Japanese hybrid products, non-performance models are positioned in the price range of 200,000 – 250,000 yuan, which is the current honey price area for consumption upgrades. BYD has launched competitive products in the compact car, medium and large car, small car market, and the results are obvious to all. This time, Seal has entered the medium-sized car market, pointing to Model 3, what are the odds of BYD winning? According to the official, the order volume of BYD Seal has exceeded 60,000.
"Seal 2022 550km standard battery life rear drive version distinguished type"
The price of NIO ET5 maintains the usual "high standard". If the vehicle purchase plan is adopted, the price is 328,000-386,000 yuan, both of which are more than 300,000 yuan; if the battery rental plan is adopted, it needs 258,000 yuan, and the monthly battery fee is 980 yuan and 1480 yuan per month. It can be seen that if you buy a car to rent a battery, the price of NIO ET5 overlaps with that of SEAL, but you have to pay thousands more to rent a battery every month.
"NIO ET5 2022 100kWh"
Xiaopeng P7 models are the most, all with the widest price range, 562E Peng wing performance version price more than 400,000 yuan, if you look at this one, the highest price of Xiaopeng P7 is close to NIO ET5: NIO ET5 700km battery life version price 386,000 yuan, Xiaopeng P7 670E Peng wing version price 386,900 yuan, the two high matching prices overlap.
"Xpeng P7 2022 480N +"
If you choose a car just by looking at the price, then we can place an order here, but we are not. Just looking at the price without looking at the cost performance is what is inside. One of the most concerned parameters for consumers to buy an electric car is the cruising range. Next, let’s look at the cost performance.
Cost-effective: Who has the highest mileage per unit price?
The calculation method of unit price mileage is: cruising mileage/guide price, which can be understood as: how many cruising mileage you can enjoy for every 10,000 yuan, it is natural that the higher the index, the more cost-effective.
The CLTC cruising range of the SEAL is 550km and 700km. The Changan Deep Blue SL03 has 515km and 705km cruises. The NIO ET5 is also divided into 550km and 700km cruises, which are exactly the same as the SEAL. However, due to the "one price", at this point, you need to take apart each model of these cars in detail.
In this comparison, it is clear at a glance that the unit price of the 705km battery life version of the Changan Deep Blue SL03 enjoys the highest mileage, reaching 32.65, and the other 515km battery life ranks second, with a target value of 28. No wonder the price of the Changan Deep Blue SL03 was released, and the industry was saying that Changan was just going to "make friends"?
The unit price of the 700k battery life version of the Seal reached 26.94, which is also a relatively high level. It is the highest among the various models of the Seal. Its two 550km battery life models are divided into the Elite type and the Premier type, and the ratio is 26.22 and 24.69 respectively. The price of the Premier type is higher because of other more abundant configurations. What more noble configurations does the Premier type have than the Elite type? – – heating and ventilation of the front seats, multi-colored ambient lights in the car, Dynaudio speakers, and reminders that the seat belt is not worn in the whole car, basically these are the things, so choose the Premier or the Elite, it depends on whether you care about these functions.
"Seal 2022 550km standard battery life rear drive version distinguished type"
The NIO ET5 looks "the lowest cost-effective", but the NIO ET5 is equipped with dual motors, the same as the performance version of the Seal, Xiaopeng P7 and Model 3. We will compare its power and torque parameters later. At that time, we can further find that the NIO ET5 pursues driving experiences such as speed and speed increase.
The 706G model of Xiaopeng P7 has the highest unit price mileage value, which is higher than the 550km distinguished model of the Seal, but this car IPO time is earlier (April 2020), and the active/passive safety configuration and auxiliary/control configuration are basically "beggar version", so it is not popular. However, the 480N + listed in December last year and the 625E model listed in May this year have the highest attention.
The performance version of Xiaopeng P7 562E has a significantly lower unit price because of the NEDC battery life. According to the approximate conversion of NEDC and CLTC, the CLTC battery life of this car is roughly 607km. Therefore, the unit price of Xiaopeng P7 562E performance version can reach 17.35, but in the three performance models, it is still low.
"Seal 2022 650km four-wheel drive performance version"
If you only compare the performance models, then the 650km four-wheel drive performance version of the Seal is a winner: a unit price of 22.66, ahead of other pure electric performance models in the same class, and the pursuit of performance experience of the NIO ET5 is lost in this dimension to the Seal and Model 3.
Power consumption: Who saves the most money when using electricity for 100 kilometers?
When buying a fuel car, we pay attention to fuel consumption. When buying an electric car, we naturally pay attention to power consumption.
According to the official 100-kilometer power consumption data released by various companies, the 515km version of the Changan Deep Blue SL03 has the lowest power consumption, with a 100-kilometer power consumption of 12.3 degrees. The rear-wheel drive version of the Model 3 is also very optimistic, with only 12.5 degrees. The 550km battery life version of the Seal consumes 12.6 degrees of power per 100 kilometers, and the 700km long battery life version consumes 13 degrees, which is similar to the 700km long battery life version of the Changan Deep Blue SL03.
The lower energy consumption of the Changan Deep Blue SL03 does not matter. The curb weight of its 515km battery life model is 1725kg, while the curb weight of the Seal 550km battery life model reaches 1885kg, which is 160kg more than the former. In addition, the Changan Deep Blue SL03 is equipped with a ternary lithium battery, which has a higher energy density, while the Seal uses a lithium iron phosphate blade battery, which has a relatively low energy density.
In terms of money, if calculated according to the daytime charging price of household piles of 0.6 yuan/kWh, the 100-kilometer electricity cost of Changan SL03 515km battery life model is the lowest, only 7.38 yuan, followed by Model 3 rear-wheel drive version and Xiaopeng P7 706G, both 7.5 yuan. The most expensive is Xiaopeng P7 480N +, the 100-kilometer electricity cost is 8.38 yuan, and the Xiaopeng P7 625E is 7.98 yuan, which is also close to 8 yuan. The two SEAL 550km battery life models are 7.56 yuan, and the 700km long battery life model needs 7.8 yuan.
Of course, the above is based on the calculation of complete household charging, and the official data is used. If public charging piles are used for charging, coupled with the complexity of the usage scenario, the actual cost will be higher than this.
However, the current NIO ET5 has not released power consumption data. Since it is a dual-motor configuration, and the maximum power and maximum torque are close to the performance versions of several other cars, it is estimated that its 100-kilometer power consumption should not be less than 15 degrees. If you compare the above dual-motor configuration models alone, the 100-kilometer power consumption of the Model 3 performance version is as low as 13.2 degrees. It has to be said that Tesla still has its own unique features.
"Model 3 2022 Performance All-Wheel Drive Edition"
Driving performance: Who has more power?
In addition to the Changan Deep Blue SL03, the above pure electric medium-sized cars are available in dual-motor configuration versions, and consumers who pursue performance and power experience will prefer such models.
If you don’t look at the performance model, the official 0-100km/h acceleration of the SEAL’s 700km long battery life is the fastest, 5.9 seconds, and the maximum torque of 360N · m is also quite competitive. Compared with the SEAL, under the condition of more than 500 kilometers of battery life, compared with the SEAL, the Changan Deep Blue SL03 has achieved lower energy consumption, stronger output, and faster "zero hundred".
The NIO ET5 has the largest power and torque data, but the ET5 is equipped with dual motors like other performance models. If this is taken into account, its book data cannot be comparable to the Seal performance version, but the support for power exchange is the unique selling point of the NIO ET5. And NIO has always been accustomed to working hard on intelligent configurations and interiors, such as standard automatic parking, sentry mode, 256-color interior ambient lights, optional L3-level auxiliary driving, etc. The number of intelligent hardware configurations such as cameras and radars is also the highest. The NIO ET5 also comes standard with a lidar.
Regarding the comparison of interior and intelligent configuration, this article does not cover much, but can be learned in detail in the Autohome model library. Finally, for the sake of more intuitiveness, we have conducted a competitive map analysis of the above models based on parameters such as price, cruising range, and unit price. The following chart may require a little bit of quadrant knowledge.
We divide the above figure into four zones, and the upper left zone is the most "calculating" option. The Changan Deep Blue SL03 705 pure electric version and the Seal 700km long battery life version are the most cost-effective choices; the lower left zone is an affordable area, which is a stable choice for users who do not pursue the ultimate battery life and extreme performance. They can spend less money to get the right product.
The upper right area is the pursuit of performance, the pursuit of battery life users preferred, which in addition to the Xiaopeng P7 625E, are dual motor models, to meet the pursuit of speed and passion, of course, users also need to pay more money, in addition to the performance of the seal models, are running 350,000 + to go, so it seems that the performance of the seal version more price advantage, coupled with the previous comparison of 100 kilometers of power consumption and acceleration performance, competitiveness is better than Model 3 and NIO ET5 high-end models.
As for the lower right area, well, they must have their reasons, such as intelligent configuration, interior and so on…
Editor’s comment:
Through the comparison of the above hard data on the books, it can be found that each product has its own advantages and shortcomings. As the saying goes, "Hundreds of customers buy general merchandise, and general merchandise sells to hundreds of customers". As the saying goes, "What you buy does not sell.", so after rational data comparison, what to choose depends on some sensibility. If you have to have a hatchback, then you can only choose Changan dark blue SL03. If you want to change electricity, then choose NIO ET5; if you value the brand strength behind the car series, BYD may be given priority…
In any case, the mid-sized car market is about to usher in more pure electric models "spoiler". The highest monthly sales of Model 3 can exceed 30,000 units, but this is a friend who makes big moves every three or six nine days. Overall, its annual sales have exceeded 150,000 units; Xiaopeng P7’s highest monthly sales have also exceeded 9,000 units, and new models are about to be released. To face these two old players, and to surround each other, as well as the Japanese classic fuel vehicles, the fate of Changan Deep Blue SL03, Seal and NIO ET5 will be determined by one consumer choice. So, who do you like more? Please vote for the future of these 5 cars. (Text/Autohome Wang Jingbo)