In the fiercely competitive 200,000-class household pure electric SUV market, we found the newly released Jihu Alpha T5 and the newly upgraded BYD Song Plus Champion Edition EV to see who is more competitive?
Appearance and interior: simple, environmentally friendly and high-quality
After the facelift of the Song Plus Champion Edition EV, the appearance is more rounded, the sense of luxury has also been improved, and it is more modern. The appearance design of Alpha T5 is very technological. More importantly, the Alpha T5 uses matte paint for its exterior, using Magna’s 7-layer spray coating process. Among 200,000-class cars, few models use such a complicated paint process. This kind of paint surface is very textured, making the Alpha T5 look both high-end and youthful.
Alpha T5 has a stylish and sporty appearance
Song Plus Champion Edition EV has a simple appearance
The interior design of Alpha T5 is simple, in line with the trend and has a sense of electric cars. The center console uses a lot of straight-line design and cancels the traditional instrument panel. There are almost no buttons in the vehicle, and only a large 15.6-inch central control screen is retained. The shelf design not only reflects the sense of high-end, but also makes the armrests cleaner.
Alpha T5 two-tone interior is simple and high-end
Song Plus Champion Edition EV interior design is more like a petrol car, the overall style is rounded, piano paint material and chrome trim strips look more mature.
Song Plus Champion Edition EV will still feel like a petrol car when you sit in it.
In addition, the interior of Alpha T5 uses a large area of "zero formaldehyde and zero benzene" new materials and gutta-percha-grade fabrics, which fully meets the national standard limit requirements for children's rooms. It also has a unique four-proof air-conditioning filter element in its class, which, combined with four ultraviolet germicidal lamps in the air-conditioning ventilation duct, can achieve a sterilization rate of 99.99%; all touchable parts such as seat covers, steering wheel skins, and armrest box skins use eco-friendly Environmentally friendly materials, 100% control over car-grade contact allergens. For this alone, let alone the Song PLUS Champion Edition EV, it is basically on par with other brands on the market.
Space: Sufficient and spacious but comfortable
Most consumers buy cars with family as the starting point. Large space and a spacious rear row are only the basis, comfort is also crucial. The JiFox Alpha T5 is built on the pure electric IMC platform, with a vehicle width of 1936mm and a wheelbase of 2845mm. The data is significantly better than the Song Plus Champion Edition EV, and the riding experience is also more spacious and comfortable than the Song Plus Champion Edition EV.
The Alpha T5 seat adopts an ergonomic design with 8 layers of comfortable stacking, matching the shape of the human spine and weight distribution to make it soft for short distances and not tiring for long distances. In addition, it is also equipped with the only main and passenger seat memory in its class, and full-vehicle seat heating, making winter travel even warmer.
The Alpha T5 is also designed with 21 storage spaces. The trunk adopts a large opening design. After all the second row seats are folded down, the rear loading space reaches 1546L. The Song Plus Champion Edition EV folds down the rear seats. The trunk volume is nearly 70L less than that of the Alfa T5.
Battery life: quick recharge and long battery life
In terms of battery life, the Alpha T5 has a battery life of up to 660 kilometers. It also supports the latest 800V high-voltage SIC platform and can quickly recharge 260 kilometers in 10 minutes, which is second to none in the entire electric vehicle market. Countable.
Although the Song Plus Champion Edition EV has a battery life of 605 kilometers, due to its traditional architecture, it lacks the support of an 800V high-voltage platform. It takes 30 minutes to charge the battery from 30% to 80%. From this point of view, the pure electric IMC platform of Alpha T5 has great advantages in energy replenishment.
Intelligence: The brain is smart and responsive.
The Alpha T5 is equipped with a car-grade 8155 chip. The Song Plus Champion Edition EV is also a Qualcomm 665 quasi-car grade chip. It lags behind the Alpha T5 in terms of computing power and in terms of intelligent driving assistance and smart cockpit experience. The Alpha T5 can obviously do more than the Song Plus Champion Edition EV.
In terms of intelligent driving, the Alpha T5 not only has L2.5 level driving assistance functions, but also provides 24 auxiliary functions such as more intelligent APA automatic parking. The Song Plus Champion Edition EV only has conventional L2 level driving assistance functions.
In terms of smart cockpit experience, Alpha T5 is also equipped with a programmable cockpit unique to its class, with preset modes such as fresh ventilation, baby sleep, car wash, nap time, etc. The cockpit preset scene modes are more abundant; and in the smart cockpit At the car-machine level, it also has four-zone intelligent voice interaction, and is equipped with 4 microphones as standard in the entire series, which can accurately locate and identify the speech of passengers in each position.
Safety: The body is solid and has zero spontaneous combustion
In terms of safety, the Song Plus Champion Edition EV’s high-strength steel accounts for 62%, which has exceeded the industry average. However, the high-strength steel and aluminum alloy body of the Alpha T5 account for 81%, and the proportion of hot-formed steel materials reaches 30.08%. It not only meets the C-NCAP five-star high score, but also meets CIASI G-level design standards. The body torsional stiffness is as high as 47119Nm/deg. Not to mention compared with the same class, it is the million-level luxury car Rolls-Royce Phantom (40000Nm/deg). Not as high as it is.
Not only that, in terms of battery safety design, the Alpha T5’s battery pack adopts a horizontally and vertically interwoven three-dimensional reinforced beam structure design. It is also equipped with millisecond-level smart fuses and intelligent safety warnings. The Alpha T5 is safer than the Song Plus Champion Edition EV. Jihu Motors has maintained a zero spontaneous combustion record so far, and has firmly helped consumers keep the inside track of safety standards.
It can be said that in the new energy vehicle market, Jihu has taken battery safety to the extreme, instead of just relying on words to completely erase the word "spontaneous combustion" from the dictionary of new energy vehicles.
Price: Conscience, Quality and Sincerity
In recent years, many car companies have released new electrified architecture platforms, bringing new technologies and new products to consumers, and at the same time, the new energy vehicle market has become more volatile, especially the price.
The four models launched by Alpha T5 have pre-sale prices of 155,800-203,800 yuan, lowering the threshold for pure electric medium-sized SUVs. Not only that, Alpha T5 also provides super family gifts worth up to 42,000 yuan, including 7,000 Yuan contains an all-in-one smart driving gift with more smart driving functions, a full-quality car purchase gift worth 15,000 yuan worth of financial discounts and car color upgrades, and a family enjoyment gift worth 20,000 yuan that eliminates the hassle of purchase and use.
Although the price of Song Plus Champion Edition EV has also been lowered, you can buy old technology at a high price and new technology at a low price. As a consumer, what would you choose? Who is more sincere?
