259,800 yuan, the intelligent world R7 officially listed, equipped with Huawei dry smart drive
On September 24, Hongmeng Zhixing’s first coupe SUV – officially launched, with a guide price of 259,800 – 339,800 yuan, launched 3 models, the Max version and Ultra version will start mass delivery on October 15, and the Pro version will start mass delivery on November 15.
The Smart World series is jointly built by Huawei and Chery, and the Smart World R7 is also the second model in the series, based on the 800V platform, with a maximum cruising range of 802 kilometers, and is equipped with Huawei Smart Driving ADS 3.0, Turing chassis and other configurations.
In terms of appearance, the Smart R7 adopts a family design language similar to the Smart S7. The front face adopts a closed grille and is equipped with a forward raised nose, and there is an active air intake grille below, which is also a common style of pure electric models. The upper half of the front face is allocated with a through light strip, which forms an integrated shape with the headlight groups on both sides, and extends down to the diversion groove decoration.
The roof is equipped with a 192-line lidar, and a binocular camera is integrated in the front windshield. The camera can also be seen at the position of the front fender. The new car will be equipped with Huawei ADS 3.0 end-to-end human-like intelligent driving system.
The side of the body is like a pulled-up version of the Smart World S7, showing a clear slippery back shape, and the rear is equipped with a sports rear wing similar to the "ducktail". In addition, the hidden door handle, electric suction door, through-type tail light group, high brake light, hatchback tailgate, rear diffuser and other popular elements are not absent. It is worth mentioning that the new car’s wind resistance coefficient is only 0.219Cd.
In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the Smart World R7 are 4956/1981/1634mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2950mm. For the color scheme, there are 6 exterior colors to choose from, including purple, clear blue, ceramic white, deep space gray, gilt black and metropolis red.
In addition, new blackened 21-inch double ten-spoke high-performance wheels and 20-inch double five-spoke low-drag wheels are also available. The former is equipped with Pirelli P-Zero high-performance tires, Brembo high-performance brake calipers, and FNC perforated high-performance brake discs.
In the car, the Smart World R7 continues the iconic yacht-style encircling cockpit, equipped with two suspended screens, of which the main pilot’s 12.3-inch far-end pilot screen is relatively forward. Through this design, the HUD head-up display is omitted, and there is no need to worry about reflections.
In the car, the Smart World R7 continues the iconic yacht-style encircling cockpit, equipped with two suspended screens, of which the main pilot’s 12.3-inch far-end pilot screen is relatively forward. Through this design, the HUD head-up display is omitted, and there is no need to worry about reflections.
The steering wheel still adopts a circular arc rectangle, which supports electric adjustment and heating functions. The co-pilot is equipped with a zero-gravity seat, supports 18-way seat adjustment, 10-point comfortable massage, and has a 340mm extra-long calf rest, which supports leg rest heating.
The rear row is equipped with Silk Cloud Seat 2.0, stepless electric adjustment, heating, ventilation, massage, side privacy glass, electric sunshade, and two HUAWEI MagLink entertainment screens. A storage box is also cleverly designed under the seat.
Based on the HUAWEI DriveONE 800V high-efficiency silicon carbide power platform, the R7 is available in single motor rear drive and version. The maximum power of the rear drive version motor is 215 kW; the maximum power of the front and rear motors of the four-wheel drive version is 150 kW and 215 kW respectively, and the zero-hundred acceleration time is only 3.9 seconds.
In terms of battery life, the rear-wheel drive version offers two capacity groups of 82 kWh and 100 kWh, corresponding to a range of 667 kilometers and 802 kilometers; the four-wheel drive version has a battery pack capacity of 100 kWh and a range of 736 kilometers.
In addition, the Smart R7 also uses Huawei’s Tuling intelligent platform, equipped with a front virtual ball pin double wisharm + rear five-link suspension, the whole system comes standard with a continuous variable damping shock absorber and air suspension, which can intelligently pre-scan and identify road conditions. The air suspension supports 6-speed height adjustment, with a maximum adjustable range of 100mm.
As the first coupe SUV of Hongmeng Zhixing, the R7, like the one just launched, targets its competitors at Tesla. Models with similar positioning also include the Krypton 7X. The competition in this market segment can be said to be very intense.
The advantage of the smart world R7 lies in Huawei’s halo blessing, as well as Hongmeng cockpit and Dry Smart Driving ADS 3.0. What do you think of the price of the new car?