At the 2023 Guangzhou Auto Show, a variety of pure electric SUV caught the attention of many visitors. It is full of personality and changeable shape. It can be a little cute roaming the city, a stormtrooper crossing the jungle, and a Martian lander. A car interpretation of the multi-angle image is very changeable, and the "tide box" of the auto show is unique. It feels quite small.
This tide is highly consistent with the attitude of contemporary young people to create ideas freely. At the moment when the younger consumer groups have become the general trend, this unconventional "Tide Box" SUV is like a clean stream at the auto show. It is the protagonist of this article — — . However, the appearance is bound to completely conquer the Z-generation hipsters who have sprung up everywhere. Is there anything in this car under the cool tide? Today, let’s find out.
It seems that the board is a "little guardian", but in fact it is a hardware technology flow.
Obviously, 03 adopts a "square box" shape with strong off-road attributes, giving people a sense of immediacy of trumpet. However, playing cross-country is definitely not just "Yan Control". ICAR 03 is not only "long" but also "wild" in equipment. Off-road is the most test of the chassis and suspension of vehicles. iCAR 03 adopts the famous all-aluminum body and is embedded with honeycomb ultra-high strength all-aluminum beams.
Arranging an integral die-casting all-aluminum longitudinal beam on an all-aluminum body alone can also have the use characteristics of a traditional non-loaded off-road vehicle when off-road. As long as the technology is in place, it is not impossible to have both fish and bear’s paw. At the same time, the benefits of this design are that the strength of the car body is increased by 30%, and the torsional stiffness of the car body is increased by 20% compared with the weight loss of the steel car body by more than 20%.
We should know that the density of aluminum alloy material is 1/3 of that of steel, its energy absorption performance is 2 times of that of steel, and its corrosion resistance is strong. When aluminum alloy is used to replace its traditional steel longitudinal beam structure, it can not only reduce the weight of the car body, but also ensure the stiffness of the car body nodes. Even if it enters high-intensity bumpy road conditions during off-road, the car body structure will not be deformed due to impact, so you can go boldly. In addition, the anti-collision level can also be guaranteed, and excellent collapsibility will improve the collision safety of the whole vehicle. In a word, the advantages of this body system are lighter, higher strength, safer and stronger overall sense of driving and control.
Solid body structure technology, coupled with a set of excellent suspension is not even more powerful? ICAR 03 is equipped with a quite "burst" suspension system — — Front McPherson+rear multi-link, its structure brings benefits, and the damping efficiency is increased by 30%. It is worth noting that this set of suspension design ideas called H-arm. It can be clearly seen from Chery’s patent drawing of suspension that the motor is integrated in the rear suspension frame, instead of the traditional hanging-bottom layout, so that the driving motor can be better protected when going through off-road and complex sections, and the risk of bottoming and rubbing the ground is reduced to the greatest extent. Imagine how terrible it is for vehicles on off-road sections to suddenly lose power due to the damage of the driving motor.
In addition, iCAR 03 has a wading mode, so the embedded design is adopted in the chassis battery protection to ensure that there will be no problems on the off-road level. Do you think this car really has something when you see it here? Wait, it’s not over yet!
Multi-driving mode blessing, software and hardware create off-road equal rights
Off-road hardware is piled up, so what is the strength of software? ICAR 03′ s multi-driving mode will definitely not let you down. The precise distribution of torque brought by iWD intelligent electronic control four-wheel drive will make the off-road passability of iCAR 03 much stronger than that of ordinary urban SUV models, and the driving comfort far exceeds that of fuel off-road models. 8+X driving mode comes with three extreme conquest modes (Eco/Eco+/ standard/mud/sand, etc.). Among them, ECO mode can be used to meet the daily commuting needs of cities, while four-wheel drive mode, grass/gravel/snow mode and mud/rutting mode can provide more confidence for car owners to drive off-road and complex sections.
By choosing different modes, users can switch according to road conditions and personal preferences, and the precise control of motor power can make driving efficiency higher. Intelligent real-time electric four-wheel drive system makes off-road performance and passability by going up one flight of stairs. High passability and ability to get rid of difficulties, performance in different terrain. It is worth mentioning that the "minimum" ground clearance of iCAR 03 is ≥ 170mm, approach angle and departure angle are 26 and 29 respectively, so it is powerful to go out occasionally. Even in the event of a traffic jam crisis, iCAR 03 has two levels of independent control, and it is easier to get out of trouble by independent control of complex terrain. No matter whether it is in the desert hinterland or the winding mountain road, iCAR 03 can share happiness with you.
Pure electric power is true, and the battery life is beyond imagination.
Although it looks square and has its own off-road attributes, will the power become the short board of iCAR 03? The answer is obviously no. The new car is equipped with strong dynamic response and acceleration performance, equipped with a six-in-one drive system. ICAR 03 models are available in single-motor and dual-motor power versions.
Double-motor version is front and rear double-motor arrangement, with peak power of 70kW+ before and 135kW after, and dynamic response of ≤ 80, the peak torque is 165 N m+220 N m, and the wheel rim torque is ≥ 4100N·m, the acceleration time of 100 km is only 6.5s, and the maximum speed is 150 km/h. There is no pressure to start overtaking, and there is definitely no need to worry about the power of a proper small steel gun in the city. Single motor version, the maximum power of the motor is 135 kW. In terms of battery life, the new car is equipped with lithium iron phosphate batteries with capacities of 65kWh and 69kWh, and the pure battery life is 501 kilometers. Daily commuting in the city can basically be recharged more than once a week. If you want to go out to play often on weekends, recharging once a week is enough.
Security is not only hard-hitting, but also intelligent security shines more brightly.
Today’s car environment can be described as "dangerous", and "ghost probe" and "opening the door to kill" are almost impossible to prevent. Most young consumers are inexperienced in driving and are prone to these potential dangers. ICAR 03 is equipped with L2++ intelligent driver assistance system to provide 16 active safety functions. With the support of AEB active braking function, the vehicle can be braked in time when the system detects a crisis, so as to minimize the danger level. There is also a DOW door opening warning. Through the front and rear radar identification, if pedestrians and vehicles pass by the car side, the door will not be opened, and the door will not be unlocked until the vehicles and pedestrians pass by, thus preventing the occurrence of "door opening killing". It’s like a warm man.
If the car is mainly out of town for camping, the anti-rolling stability system can monitor the side-slip speed of the car when it is turning on off-road road, calculate the roll degree of the car through the signal sent by the wheel sensor, and carry out additional control on the middle and outer wheels of the curve. When there is a serious roll, the anti-roll stability system will quickly adjust the braking force distribution of the wheels on both sides and reduce the torque output, so as to restore the balance of the vehicle in the shortest time, reduce the risk of body shaking and rolling, and quickly lift the crisis.
As a new energy vehicle, the safety of electricity consumption has always been the focus of consumers’ concern, and iCAR 03 has also made thoughtful consideration and design for users. In addition to the original all-aluminum multi-cavity cage body mentioned above, the anti-roll brake balance system. ICAR 03 is also equipped with sandwich structure 10mm battery protective armor, high energy density battery+thermal runaway monitoring and early warning, and i-CARE full-time care. I believe users will feel full of security.
When the cool personality is full, you can’t make do with intelligence and comfort.
Although iCAR 03 seems to be a driving-oriented model, it is so popular in the intelligent cockpit that iCAR 03 also handed over a good answer sheet. The model is equipped with i-VA intelligent interactive system, which supports four-zone intelligent language control and can help users communicate with vehicles in depth. Such as chat interaction, entertainment games, navigation and control.
This i-VA intelligent interactive system also supports OTA upgrade, and its capabilities are constantly updated iteratively, so that users can feel that the system will grow and change, rather than a single system. Users can expand the in-vehicle entertainment content according to their needs and feel the freshness brought by the system update. I believe that with the continuous accumulation of time spent together, users and virtual robot i-VA will also have a long-lasting relationship. Let the car no longer be a cold machine, but a friend who has something to talk about in life.
The hardware of the interior is equipped with a 15.6-inch ultra-wide field of view central control large screen +12 Infinity high-performance speakers, and with the blessing of Tencent Ecology, I believe that there will be no boredom along the way. In terms of intelligent driving, iCAR 03 is equipped with L2++ pure visual high-order intelligent driving assistance scheme, and the application of 20+ intelligent scene modes can find comfort areas for new and old drivers.
Write at the end:
ICAR 03 did play a little differently. As a tidal box electric SUV, iCAR 03 produces personalized and novel and practical technologies and configurations in hardware, driving, safety and intelligence, closely following the consumption habits of young consumers, focusing on playing with young people and creating a personalized "tidal box" for young people with the strength of hard-core products. I believe that with the launch of the model, it will gain the attention of consumers who agree with the cool culture.
Finally, the pre-sale of iCAR 03 will be started on December 18th. If you have already planted grass after reading this article, you can go to the dealers around you to experience the real car and witness the quality and coolness of iCAR 03. Let’s wait and see.