Gold fears fire, and a good car fears no test. The model we tested this time is the Geometry C, the second model of Geely's pure electric platform, and the responsibility it carries is self-evident. Previously, many thought that the name of the model after the Geometry A would be the Geometry B, but it was eventually skipped by the manufacturer and named the Geometry C. This jump in thinking is also in line with the attributes of Geometry. So the question is, this pure electric SUV "science student", can occupy the C position in the same class with the range? Can the manufacturer's claimed 550km real-world range be realized in daily driving? Let's take a "physical" test to find out. The test is still divided into two working conditions: highway and city, and after running for 100km on a full charge, the battery is recharged to calculate the power consumption and range under the corresponding working conditions.
The test model is the Geometry C?2020 Selection Range Edition 550KM?C++?Pro, the powertrain is equipped with a permanent magnet synchronous motor, with a total power of 150kW, a torque of 310N-m, and a Li-ion ternary battery pack with a capacity of 70kWh.
Before the city road test, the geometric C's power was 8%, and it took 67.21kWh to fully charge the battery, with a charging time of 2 hours. The meter showed a range of 550km, with a total distance of 8,987km. during the driving process, the automatic air conditioning was set at 24℃, and the ECO driving mode was used to control the acceleration and deceleration of the vehicle by human beings throughout the whole process.
Driving in the city, there is no need to worry about the Geometry C's power performance. Even in ECO mode, the response speed is significantly better than that of traditional fuel vehicles, and the overall acceleration process is very linear. Unfortunately, the steering wheel is small and the steering is too light and lacks some damping, making it difficult for those who care about the driving experience to find the fun they're looking for.
The chassis adopts a front MacPherson and rear torsion beam structure, and the tuning is comfort-oriented, so it can smoothly resolve undulations and bumps on the road without giving people a hard feeling. If you want to pursue a better comfort experience, it is recommended to adjust the vehicle's kinetic energy recovery level to the lowest level in daily driving. In this test, the lowest level was used, and the stutter was barely noticeable when the accelerator pedal was released.
After 103km of driving in the city, the car entered the charging station and was fully recharged again, using 17.08kWh, giving a 100km consumption of 16.58kWh in the city, and based on the capacity of the 70kWh battery pack, the range in the urban area is 422km.
The results of the city test were a little higher than expected, and the high-speed test was even more exciting. As we all know, pure electric vehicles consume more power at highway speeds, and the China New Energy Vehicle Data Research Report has concluded that pure electric vehicles with speeds of around 30 to 80km/h are more economical to drive. So for this high-speed test, we tried to keep the average speed above 80km/h to see what kind of range performance we could get from this uneconomical running method.
Without the hassle of urban congestion, the highway test was particularly easy. I took this opportunity to try out the acceleration performance at high speeds, and after speeding up to 100km/h, the power decay is still quite noticeable, and the wind noise is also getting bigger, which is in contrast to the driving experience in the city. It is worth mentioning that the car is equipped with a BOSE sound system, which can be used to suppress wind noise with music when driving at high speed. But because the city road test did not turn on the sound system, so in order to be fair, this highway section can only be like water.
The high-speed road test*** ran for 98km, and when it entered the charging station, the dashboard showed a remaining range of 431km. it took 50 minutes to fully charge, and the charging capacity was 16.8kWh. the calculation shows that the Geometry C's 100km power consumption on the high-speed road was 17.14kWh, with a range of 408km.
Summary:
This is the first time that the Geometry C has been used in a high-speed road test, but it is not the first time that it has been used in a high-speed road test, because it has been used in a high-speed road test. The "physical ability" test of this "science student" has come to an end, and the Geometry C's range has exceeded 400km after running for about 100km on city roads and 100km on highways under two kinds of working conditions, although it is not able to reach the manufacturer's claim of 550km range under more realistic driving conditions. Although the 550km range claimed by the manufacturer cannot be reached in a more realistic driving environment, it is worth praising that the mileage calculator on the Geometry C's official website and the car's system both calculate the range with high accuracy, which is comparable to that of the real-world test, and thus has a high degree of referenceability. This kind of frank presentation is also rare in the current new energy market. We are not afraid of low mileage, but of false mileage. If you want to see the energy performance of other models, please follow us and leave your comments below, and we'll select models from our fans' comments to test and give you the data.
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