Test drive

At the seminar before the Mercedes-Benz EQC test drive, Mercedes-Benz raised three questions:

Why buy Mercedes-Benz EQC?

Is the cruising range of 4 15km enough?

Is it expensive?

In view of this "three questions of the soul" of Mercedes-Benz, I want to talk about my feelings in combination with this test drive.

I am a test drive Mercedes EQC? 400? The official guide price of 4MATIC is 579,800 yuan. There are many possibilities to choose pure electric vehicles or fuel vehicles in this price range-but why Mercedes-Benz?

The endorsement of the trident logo is an important reason. Behind the logo of the star emblem is safety and luxury, which is not only the impression left by Mercedes-Benz to the world, but also the constant demand and expectation of Mercedes-Benz since its birth a hundred years ago. In other words, choosing Mercedes is choosing safety and luxury.

Tell me a detail about safety. Look closely at Mercedes-Benz EQC? 400? 4MATIC chassis, I found that there are obvious gaps on both sides of the battery pack of the chassis. Greater design redundancy is not a waste of space, but a unique three-stage battery protection system of Mercedes-Benz EQC. Engineers designed aluminum alloy surrounding, fast energy absorption and all-aluminum honeycomb truss safety armor around the battery pack, which greatly improved the passive safety of Mercedes-Benz EQC. In addition, the front of Mercedes-Benz EQC is covered with a steel pipe plate with a thickness of more than 3 mm, which fully demonstrates Mercedes-Benz's paranoia about safety.

As for luxury, as a Mercedes-Benz model, EQC? 400? 4MATIC has more details to say. For example, the key air outlet of rose gold, DINAMICA microfiber combination interior, dual high-definition display screen, 64-color atmosphere light, multi-function steering wheel that can be operated by touch, Berlin sound response system, cruise system that can automatically turn with the car, and the latest MBUX intelligent human-computer interaction system of Mercedes-Benz. In short, Mercedes-Benz EQC? 400? The luxury experience that 4MATIC gave me was not discounted because of its pure electric status. Is the new car configuration maintained at GLC? The level of 300 high-profile models.

Regarding the cruising range of 4 15km, Mercedes-Benz emphasizes the authenticity of this cruising range. "Trustworthiness" is the key point repeatedly emphasized by Mercedes-Benz: EQC? 400? 4MATIC？ The cruising range of 4 15km is a real number, instead of marking the cruising range to a very high value and then quietly discounting it in actual driving.

Another detail is EQC? 400? 4MATIC cruising range "what you see is what you get". Engineers designed an algorithm to accurately display the cruising range by synthesizing conditions such as car condition, temperature, driving habits and road conditions. The real significance of Mercedes-Benz cruising range is that if there is a charging station at 10km and the vehicle only has the cruising range of 1 1km, then with an accurate and reliable algorithm, we can safely go to the destination to charge, without worrying about the photoelectric "squatting" of the vehicle halfway.

Is it worth 579,800 yuan to buy a Mercedes-Benz pure electric car? I think this is a problem that everyone is more concerned about. Here I want to talk about it from the perspective of test drive.

As a pure electric four-wheel drive without internal combustion engine and equipped with dual motors, Mercedes-Benz EQC? 400? 4MATIC is born with the advantages of mute and fast acceleration. As far as subjective feelings are concerned, 120km/h cruise Mercedes EQC? 400? 4MATIC's NVH is comparable to S-class, and the 0- 100km/h acceleration of 5. 1 sec is enough to make people who take electric cars for the first time dizzy.

Mercedes-benz EQC 400? 4MATIC is quiet and accelerates quickly, but that's it?

No. Actually, EQC? 400? What really impressed me about 4MATIC was that it solved a pain point of pure electric vehicle driving: ride comfort.

What impressed me deeply was EQC. 400? 4MATIC's low-speed working condition is quite smooth, especially in economic mode, which basically belongs to brainless stepping on the accelerator and can drive very smoothly. Under the low-speed crawling condition that the speed is always controlled by the brake, the motor can also switch seamlessly in the two States of output power and kinetic energy recovery, and there is no need to worry about carsickness when riding in the back row.

Since there is no gearbox, EQC? 400? 4MATIC's shift paddles have been given another function: to switch the strength of vehicle kinetic energy recovery.

The kinetic energy recovery of EQC vehicles is divided into three grades: D-, D, D+.

Like other pure electric vehicles, EQC's driving computer also provides energy flow display. From the display screen, releasing the switch pedal in D mode completely cancels the kinetic energy recovery, so that the vehicle can get a working state similar to neutral taxiing, and the taxiing speed will be maintained for a long time.

The kinetic energy recovery of D gear is "adjusted" very much. When the switch is released, EQC? 400? 4MATIC has a sense of procrastination, but the beauty is that Mercedes-Benz engineers have drawn up a sense of advanced when matching the mature fuel powertrain, which is the negative impact of kinetic energy recovery.

D+ gear returns to the pure electric vehicle essence of EQC, that is, putting away the switch can immediately restore strong kinetic energy, but its ride comfort is still better than other luxury electric vehicles at present, which is also the embodiment of Mercedes-Benz comfort.

The significance of EQC to Mercedes-Benz is that this car fully expresses the traditional image of Mercedes-Benz in luxury, comfort and safety, and at the same time, it is involved in the field of new energy, showing its attitude and determination to embrace the future as an old luxury car company.

Back to the original question, is it worth spending 600 thousand to buy an EQC? In my opinion, 600,000 yuan got a Mercedes-Benz car with both S-class silence and AMG high-performance car acceleration. Isn't it delicious?

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