After three consecutive months of breaking 10,000, Huawei's AITO in November, the single-month delivery fell to more than 8,000 units, to ask the reason for this, the C-IASI crash test video in the insurance research is obviously "responsible" for it. In the previous C-IASI crash test, AITO M7 delivered a "3G+1M" report card, in addition to crashworthiness and maintenance economy index, the three safety ratings are G level, which is reasonably acceptable.
However, in the frontal 25% offset collision in which it obtained the G grade, the upper intrusion of the passenger compartment is scored as A grade, and the video experiment details show that the vehicle in the test, its A column bending deformation visible to the naked eye ...... a stone stirred up a thousand waves, the new power, new energy vehicle safety issues are once again widely concerned, and that is This "bend", no matter how Yu Chengdong and Huawei engineers explain, this safety issue has stirred the nerves of consumers uneasy.
There is no doubt that the questioning of new energy vehicles and car-making new forces, even now with a penetration rate of up to 33%, still has not stopped. And every time a product like the M7 has any mistakes in safety, it will be viewed by consumers with a magnifying glass, not to mention that the A-pillar bending is visible to everyone. So, this development history is much shorter than the fuel car new energy vehicles, is it difficult to compete with the fuel car in the safety aspects? In fact, this superiority has long been in the lineup.
In the new energy market, we have also seen a number of high-end intelligent electric brands built up by central and state-owned enterprises, such as Arashiro, which is supported by Dongfeng. While the new car makers are still trying to get factories and qualifications, Arashiro has quickly delivered its first car, Arashiro FREE, with a set of ESSA native intelligent electric architecture, thanks to Dongfeng's industrial production and car R&D experience accumulated in the past decades.
In fact, in the production standard, VOYAH FREE has been strengthened again and again on safety, with 75% of high-strength steel, cage body safety structure, as well as the world's first TRB+Patch composite structure thermoforming and 2000MPa aluminum-silicon coating applied in two places, A-pillar and door crash beam, respectively, so that rigidity, torsion and deformation resistance will be promoted, and These two areas are also considered to be the "life safety zone" in traffic accidents and collisions.
With such a safety foundation, the VOYAH FREE has delivered a nearly flawless report card in the C-NCAP crash test, scoring 56.529 points out of a possible 60, with a combined score of 92.3%, making it the top Chinese new energy vehicle in the C-NCAP crash test. What's more, in the crucial occupant protection test, including 100% frontal crash, 40% overlap offset crash, side crash and low-speed rear crash, it scored 94.39%, with no serious frontal collapse and high integrity of the A-pillar.
Obviously, not all new forces and new energy will be planted in this matter of safety, and it is not unrelated to the strong background support behind ArashiroFREE to win such achievement. Back to the AITO M7, from Chongqing Xiaokang Industry to Jinkang Sailis, and then to Huawei Smart Sailis, AITOM7 seems to be to achieve a three-step jump. But for one thing, this Chongqing Xiaokang in the past in the passenger car market would have been mainly low-end products, high-end product development and production experience is insufficient; secondly, AITOM7 as an important strategic model of the brand, intelligent platform bias, so that its safety development seems to be less of a spirit of excellence, at least from the C-IASI test results of the CPSR, we can say so.
Through the comparison of these two cars today we can actually easily find that the so-called big factory is not just a gimmick, traditional automakers do require more for the core quality of their products, even after breaking into the new energy market, Dongfeng endorsement of the VOYAH FREE emphasizes both the intelligence of being a new force, but also the core safety as the basis of car building, truly providing peace of mind and saving for car users, on such a AITO these new forces may really need to learn a good lesson on the concept of car building.
