My first impression of Lan Tu's free travel is "beautiful"!
Li is a high-spirited person in my eyes, but in the eyes of my leaders, the overall style is a bit too "straight". In contrast, the relatively slender lines are more elegant and smooth, and the squat posture is more sporty than Li. Specifically, compared with Li Yi, FREE is indeed more in line with my family leader's aesthetic of "liking the length of the car". However, we are not very interested in the free color matching of this champagne (streamer gold) in Lan Tu. On the contrary, the blue (cloud blue) featured in Lan Tu's previous release is more to our taste. By the way: I hope the next car (X0 1? While continuing to maintain a vibrant atmosphere, you can learn from Lan Tu and add a little more of this soft and elegant atmosphere.
The overall size of Lan Tu Freeman (4905* 1950* 1660, wheelbase 2960) is slightly smaller than that of Li One (5030 *1960 *1785, wheelbase 2935), but it can still be regarded as a large and medium-sized SUV. There is a big five-seat layout in the car, but after sitting on it, I think there is an obvious difference between the space inside the car and Li Yi: in Li Yi, I feel that all the seats around me are quite empty, while in Freeman, there is a feeling similar to Cadillac, which is mainly the difference in body height. But in fact, the interior space of these two cars is very plentiful.
In the interior, Lan Tu's freedom also makes me feel good:
If 202 1 Li ONE takes a simple route (compared with the 2020 model, details such as stitches are removed), Lan Tu Freeman is obviously more luxurious. Needless to say, all kinds of leather and wood grain decorative plates used in the top-matching car, touch lighting and electrochromic awning are also very scientific and technological. If I have to give an opinion, I hope FREE can learn from Lee ONE and Tesla and remove the start button. ...
The design of the big triple screen looks similar to that of Li ONE, which is both fashionable and sci-fi. Moreover, the central control panel of Lan Tu Free Travel has a special lifting function, which will automatically lift every time the user gets on or off the bus or switches to sports mode. At first, I thought this kind of operation was purely formalism, "design for the sake of design", but after two days of practical use, I think this kind of design which fully shows the "sense of ceremony" is really quite impressive. Through the lifting of the central control panel, users can't help but have a psychological hint that the vehicle is ready, as if they had some interaction with the vehicle at the first time, thus deepening their trust in the vehicle.
I thought for a moment, whether it's the Tucki P7 top-mounted lift Dana stereo or the BMW X5 electric steering wheel that I test-drive in Inner Mongolia a few days ago (it will automatically rise when starting), it actually plays the same role. To tell the truth, as long as Lan Tu can guarantee the reliability of the lifting mechanism of the central control panel, I am happy to accept this design full of "ritual sense" now.
The Lan Tu FREE I borrowed was just tested by my friend @ Idealityjia-da D. He praised the massage function of the main and auxiliary seats. Although Li ONE also has this function (four seats), the coverage and intensity of massage are weaker than FREE. Compared with the massage function, Li can only be regarded as a gentle kneading. In addition, I think the hardness of the FREE seat is similar to that of my 202 1 Li, but it is slightly more wrapped. This may have something to do with the Free and More Movement in Lan Tu?
This Lan Tu FREE is also equipped with a Dana sound system, and the sound is even really good, but there seems to be nothing particularly outstanding. I can give a satisfactory score for its overall performance, and I also want to give a sigh to 202 1 Li, which is still weak in low frequency. ...
In terms of car machines, my evaluation is "there are praises and bullets":
As I can only use this Lan Tu in "guest mode" for free, I don't know how different it is from the normal owner mode. But as far as the functions that can be used at present are concerned, the types are really rich. In addition to various common functions similar to Li ONE, it also includes face recognition, wifi hotspots, car games, mobile phone interconnection/Huawei hicar, infrared night vision, etc., which is simply fancy (laughs).
To tell the truth, some functions are really practical: for example, its anti-fatigue driving function is not only to detect whether the driver is yawning (my family's zero running means saying' Please don't drive tired' when I see me yawning), but also to give different levels of tips and even early warning information according to the driver's eyes, movements and expressions;
Some of them seem to be more formal than reality: for example, AR real-life navigation needs to look down at the screen. Personally, it is not as safe and practical as HUD, but infrared night vision can really provide more protection when driving at night. Being able to turn on the wifi hotspot function in the car will really make all the passengers in the car feel very happy, but you don't have to book a plane ticket and a hotel in the car, do you? Why don't I finish these tasks faster with my mobile phone instead of sitting in the car?
However, despite the extremely rich functions of Lan Tu Free Locomotive, I still want to criticize its actual performance. The main problems include:
1. When switching from one function to another function page or scrolling on the page, Lan Tu's free car may get stuck, and sometimes the page will not load, leaving only a progress bar to scroll. In addition, if I switch to sports mode when driving (at this time, the reduction of the central control panel will reduce the screen display area), it will take a certain waiting time for the system to switch between different UIs;
2, the intelligent voice performance is weak, and the network connection is lost: it may be because my Lanti FREE is not a production version, so I can't load the map on the way to Yangzhou by car (the screen is blank and I can't search for the destination). Press the voice key on the multi-function steering wheel to give an instruction, and the system will reply "Internet connection is unavailable, my IQ is offline". In addition, even if the network function is normal, the performance of this intelligent voice system is not satisfactory-the recognition speed is slow and the semantic understanding ability is average. Besides, this intelligent voice is mechanical and cannot be compared with Microsoft's Ideal/Tucki system. Therefore, if I give 9 points to Tucki's voice system and 8 points to Ideal, I can only give 5 points to Lan Tu's intelligent voice at most. ...
3. I feel that the designers of Lan Tu UI have not found the balance between simulacra and plane-some interfaces use simple plane icons in the first menu, but when they click in, they become secondary menus with shadows and three-dimensional animations, and the overall sense of fragmentation is obvious. In addition, the hierarchical settings between menus need to be adjusted, and the layout of different functions is also worth discussing. I found that even the design of its close/return button seems to be different from our daily habits ... In short, Lan Tu FREE's smart car machine has complete functions, but I think it is not easy to use, and there is indeed a lot of room for improvement.
Next, I want to give a good evaluation of Lan Tu's free driving experience:
The motor power of Li ONE is 245kW and the torque is 455N.m 1.2T range extender is adopted. The total motor power of Lan Tu Freeman before and after is 5 10kW, and the torque is as high as 1040N.m, which is matched with 1.5T four-cylinder range extender (gasoline engine). The direct consequence of doubling this data is to regain freedom, and Li No.1 is about 2.3 tons, which is extremely powerful! If the maximum acceleration of Li ONE 6.5S is actually enough in actual use, then the acceleration of the free extended range version 4.5S can be described as "violent" relative to its weight!
I won't use Lan Tu FREE's "Sport Mode" on urban roads, because just the "Comfort Mode" is enough for this medium and large SUV to give all kinds of power output you need. At high speed, the dynamic performance of Lan Tu Free Light when overtaking completely really reminds me of the top BMW X540i tested before, although their prices are three times worse!
Yes, I don't really need much power, but Lan Tu Freeman is not only dynamic, but also a car with a "stable" chassis. Especially after comparing the relatively soft McPherson suspension chassis in Li ONE, the FREE front double wishbone+rear multi-link+air suspension chassis gives me a stronger feeling and a more supportive feeling, which makes me dare to do some relatively intense driving actions. Usually, there is little impulse to drive violently, but since the Cadillac was replaced with the ideal model, driving has become more "Buddha"-driving safely and comfortably from point A to point B is Li ONE's greatest function. However, this situation has changed freedom in Lan Tu.
Supposedly, X5, the top BMW that was previously opened in Inner Mongolia, was the theoretical leader of "driving sense" SUV, but at that time, limited by the formation, there were not many opportunities to "fly yourself". This time, on the 600-kilometer round trip between Shanghai and Yang, after a series of lane changes and overtaking (of course, under the premise of observing traffic regulations), I actually found a little long-lost excitement on the free travel in Lan Tu, or I found the so-called "driving pleasure"!
Every time I turn the steering wheel gently, or pass a bumpy road, I feel that I have more interaction with free travel than when I drive Li ONE. Although this test car didn't turn on the driver's assistance function, I didn't get bored because of continuous high-speed driving. On the contrary, I think driving Lan Tu for free is "very exciting and interesting". However, I will still regret that I can't experience the L2 driver's assistance in Lan Tu for free on this trip, and hope to have a chance to make up for it in the future.
By the way, I think the range extenders of Li ONE and FREE perform well at high speed, and they have never been disturbed by their sound and vibration. In fact, the wind noise and tire noise at high speed have already overwhelmed all the actions of the range extender. At low speed, these two range extenders actually give me the same feeling: both of them can directly hear the sound when the range extender is running, and the car body will vibrate accordingly (strangely, it seems that the vibration transmitted from the 4-cylinder Freeman to the square plate is more obvious than that of the 3-cylinder Li model? ), but the sound and vibration are also within the acceptable range, and the performance is even better than most fuel vehicles I have driven!
By the way, the BMW X5 40i engine+gearbox I drove in Inner Mongolia before really performed well at low speed! It is so quiet, smooth and full of power, coupled with excellent body sound insulation, it simply gives me the illusion of driving an electric car! Of course, the roar of that engine at high speed will become very terrible, which will instantly free me from the confusion of "is this electric drive or fuel drive?" ..
Finally, let's talk about energy consumption:
Lan Tu FREE itself has a 33-degree battery, and the theoretical pure battery life is said to be slightly higher than the ideal value. However, because I use the "fuel priority" and "smart" modes, I don't have accurate data in this respect. Anyway, it is certainly not difficult for these two models to run continuously 100 km in pure electric mode. If there are piles at home, I will use them as pure trams every day.
However, the fuel consumption of the free range extender is indeed a little higher than that of Li ONE: I ran at a high speed for several hours when I went to Yangzhou. If Lan Tu Freeman continues to drive at a high speed above 1 10km/h, the apparent fuel consumption is about12.6 L; If the vehicle speed is slightly slower (about 90- 100km/h), the fuel consumption is 10L. At the same speed, the fuel consumption of Li ONE is about 1-2 words less than that of Freeman.
I specifically asked some friends in the auto media about the fuel consumption of Lan Tu Freeman. They said that apart from the difference in displacement (1.5T four-cylinder pair 1.2T three-cylinder), Lan Tu's range extender strategy and charging strategy are not quite ideal: Lan Tu Freeman's 1.5T range extender will run at a low speed in daily life to ensure good NVH, but the cost is high. At the same time, Lan Tu Ziyou will take the initiative to recall the battery in fuel mode, and often after driving for a period of time, it can be found that the battery balance has increased by several percentage points. In contrast, Li ONE's callback speed will be much slower, usually just staying at a constant value or continuing to slow down.
Of course, although Lan Tu's range extender consumes more fuel, its performance is indeed more fierce-after all, if you want to reach the starting speed of 4.5S, you must have a strong power output to ensure it! Considering that the FREE 1.5T range extender can eat "coarse grains" (No.92 gasoline), while Li ONE needs to add No.95 gasoline, the total fuel consumption cost is not much different.
During the long vacation these days, I saw many pure electric car owners encounter the news of "charging in line", "afraid to turn on the air conditioner in traffic jam" and even "fighting for a charging gun". But if these car owners were driving FREE and Lee ONE, there would be no such trouble at all! In fact, I never have to consider the question of "where to charge along the way" before I run a long distance-after all, the price of commercial electricity around 2 yuan on the expressway has no price advantage compared with burning gasoline (it will take more time), and both FREE and Lee ONE can "resurrect with blood" for 3 minutes at the gas station in the service area, enjoying the same convenience of replenishing energy as the fuel car!
So the conclusion is obvious. If you want to feel all kinds of pleasure brought by electric drive (such as quiet and steady driving, brisk and high torque starting, etc.). At the same time, I want to bid farewell to avoiding mileage anxiety, so leisure and Li alone must be the best choice at present. So, how to choose between the two?
Considering that the prices of Free (333,600 yuan) and Li One (338,000 yuan) are basically the same, I think you must consider the following points before you start:
1, Li ONE has six seats (seven seats in the old model) to choose from, while FREE has only five seats, so it is more practical for users like me who often need to travel in teams (or have more family members) to choose Li ONE;
2. Li ONE pursues a smooth, comfortable and even "Buddhist" driving experience, while FREE has a lively side. The former is the so-called "father's choice", while the latter is younger and more athletic, which can bring more so-called "driving pleasure". So who to choose depends on personal preference-the same is true for the comparison of their looks;
3. As the power is stronger, the oil consumption in Lan Tu will be higher than the ideal value. But I personally suggest that you don't have to mind too much about it. On the one hand, if there are piles at home, these two cars are basically pure electric drive, regardless of fuel consumption; On the other hand, as I said before, the difference in fuel consumption during long-distance running will occasionally become irrelevant after adding the price difference factor of 92/95 gasoline. However, if a friend wants to use these two cars as fuel vehicles for a long time, then you may need to weigh between "power" and "fuel consumption";
4. Finally, the intelligence level of these two cars should be on the same level theoretically, but in fact, Lan Tu Freeman is somewhat backward in this respect. To tell the truth, Lan Tu Freeman's car hardware looks good as a whole, but the software should not be its shortcoming. I hope Lan Tu can increase investment in this area, learn from new power manufacturers such as Ideality/Tucki/Weilai, and improve this part as soon as possible. After all, in this new energy era in internet plus, the user experience of smart cars is becoming more and more important.