Test Drive the Fengyun T7: A Pure Electric Vehicle Built to Global Standards, The Significance Goes Beyond Easier Handling

A pure electric vehicle built to global standards, designed for 15 typical national scenarios, and set to be sold in 8 major countries/regions globally, what does it feel like to drive?

Before test driving the Fengyun T7, I planned several testing directions. After the test drive, I could only smile knowingly, that familiar feeling of being extremely easy to handle is back, only quieter, smoother, and more exhilarating.

In the era of internal combustion engine vehicles, the family cars built by automotive giants all looked very ordinary. But the more ordinary, the higher the global sales. Why? Besides complying with regulations in various global regions, adapting to roads and climates in various regions, it is also to meet the driving needs of the widest audience. The larger the target audience, the more uniform the various features of the product become.

In the past, the most obvious feeling we had when test driving global cars was that they were easy to handle. In driving scenarios such as acceleration, deceleration, steering, lane changes, as a driver, you could quickly and clearly understand the vehicle's characteristics, calmly establish a sense of connection with the car, and immediately drive it as you please.

What is the feeling of the Fengyun T7?

Leaving a parking spot, turn the steering wheel, that sense of familiarity instantly lights up like a lamp.

The steering wheel damping is not loose nor tight, with no play in the initial range. Lightly tap the brakes, braking establishes; lightly press the accelerator pedal, the vehicle moves forward smoothly.

Leaving the parking lot and entering urban roads with heavy traffic. When encountering roadside parking or non-motorized vehicles occupying lanes, gently turn the steering wheel, the body is very agile to avoid them. During congestion continuous stop-and-go, brake and acceleration are very easy to control, and the nose dive is also suppressed adequately. At medium to low speeds, the pure electric vehicle's regenerative braking assists almost imperceptibly.

There is one special point, recently driving larger vehicles often, now getting back on a compact SUV with a length of 4570mm, it feels too agile to drive in the city, extremely convenient. Meanwhile, the pure electric architecture still achieves a 2700mm wheelbase, providing a sufficiently open interior space.

Arriving at medium to high-speed urban expressway sections, the chassis brings that "solid" feeling seen for a long time. Not soft, not stiff, nor sporty and bouncy, but that steady, tight, responsive "solid".

The overall driving feeling is that it is easy to drive, fun to drive, and passengers can sit comfortably. Also, a casual touch, the rearview mirror adjustment buttons are physical; the glasses box, there is one; the steering wheel touch buttons, clear and easy to operate. Additionally, the seat wrapping and support are quite adequate. From the driver's perspective, the whole vehicle even feels slightly like some German cars from over 200,000 yuan in the past.

Returning to the topic at the beginning, is the Fengyun T7 ordinary? Indeed, it drives quite plainly, it doesn't make you very excited, it doesn't feel abrupt in any way, and you certainly don't need long to adapt to various operations. But as a 100,000-yuan-class pure electric SUV, the power response and smoothness of electricity, combined with the large interior space of the pure electric architecture, create a worry-free and comfortable commuter car, showing the true nature of life, simplicity is truth.

Let's discuss the significance of building cars to global standards again, actually summarized, it is two aspects:

High quality under multiple safety specifications, quality standards, and vehicle usage environment requirements;

More universal vehicle usage concepts.

We will elaborate on these two points: vehicle usage environment and vehicle usage concepts.

Regarding this Fengyun T7, official data shows, "Launch schedule kicks off in China in August, the same source global car Lepas L6 was previously released for pre-sale in South Africa, launched in Thailand on July 24, Indonesia in August; European Union in September; Australia/New Zealand, UK, Israel, Malaysia continuing to advance launch schedule in October."

To prepare for global sales, some efforts made during R&D, I think it is very necessary to share some official data:

If we look closely, there is even a "vehicle usage in high-robbery risk markets" item, besides laughing uncontrollably with a small smile, reflecting on the reason for its appearance, it is thought-provoking.

The current Chinese automotive market we are familiar with started building in the 1990s, it is undeniable that many standards and designs borrowed mature methods and ways from Europe and America. Some designs, our engineers might know what but not why. After new energy vehicles reshaped the Chinese automotive market, we are indeed walking at the forefront globally in the new energy vehicle field.

To put it bluntly, when we design new energy vehicles, there are no stepping stones across the river to follow. At this moment, we must go and research the most fundamental user needs and vehicle usage scenarios. This development path we lacked must be made up for. When new energy vehicles go out now, even more so, global adaptation of new energy vehicles, past automotive giants also had lacking parts.

So how do the stability and durability of various existing new energy vehicle components face different usage environments? How do the product capabilities possess match different regional user vehicle usage concepts?

Only by fully mastering the most fundamental user needs and vehicle usage scenarios can design know not only what, but also why.

I haven't happily read an official handout received during a test drive for a long time, but this time, in the Fengyun T7 data, the things shared above, indeed make me quite happy. Our automotive enterprises, when running fast, still didn't forget to make up for the basics of how to walk and why to walk.

For car owners, what benefits are there?

Simply put, some designs of previous fuel cars might have gone through twists and turns abroad, gone through accidents, gone through harsh lessons, finally we directly received mature plans for joint production.

Now for new energy vehicles, it is our own automotive enterprises discovering problems and verifying improvements themselves.

And more and wider market regulation standards, more vehicle usage environments, more complex vehicle usage needs, can guarantee safety and usability during design to the maximum extent.

The regulation on hidden door handles being re-evaluated, the new regulations the intelligent driving blue lights will face next, are all active responses adopted by our new energy vehicles encountering new problems in the world's automotive field during development.

Moreover, as a 100,000-yuan-class family car, higher standards, does it not exactly bring a more comfortable vehicle usage life to everyone in a more economical way?

Research globally, adapt globally. So, I want to give the Fengyun T7 a shoutout.

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