0,000 miles to the military, and the mountains are flying. MULAN's journey is destined to be far away.
is built on SAIC Xinyun pure electric exclusive platform, with the first Rubik's Cube battery technology. MULAN is a milestone product of MG, opening a new era of electrification of the brand.
native pure electric exclusive platform is very important. In the electric era, after the introduction of power batteries and the replacement of the complex internal combustion engine and the transmission in the electric drive system with a simplified structure, higher integration and smaller size, the automotive structure has undergone a disruptive change. Only the native pure electric platform developed for pure electric vehicles can maximize the characteristics of electric vehicles.
On MG MULAN, we can clearly see the short overhang long shaft shape of the "standard" of electric vehicles. The four-wheel and four-angle characteristics are undoubtedly beneficial to improving vehicle handling.
battery "skateboard" form is tiled flat on the chassis, MULAN can have a low centroid height of 490mm. At the same time, as the largest weight component of the entire vehicle, the center of gravity of the battery is infinitely close to the center of gravity of the vehicle, which gives MULAN a smaller moment of inertia.
plus a front and rear axle load ratio of 50:50, a 5.3-meter turning radius and four-wheel drive and rear drive designs. In theory, MULAN can achieve dynamic performance comparable to the mid-mounted sports car .
As a pure electric crossover , MULAN has a rare low-lying posture, thanks to SAIC's Rubik's Cube battery.
In the early stages of electric vehicles, due to technology and supply chain restrictions, the height of the battery module was difficult to break through the 140mm under the standard of VDA of the German Automobile Industry Federation. However, the 140mm height of the battery pack is a bit luxurious for cars with valuable longitudinal space, so early electric cars were mostly SUV models.
MULAN is the first to use the SAIC Rubik's Cube battery. Based on the CTP battery technology, the lying battery cell is innovatively used to increase the energy density of the battery pack to 180Wh/kg while reducing its thickness to 110mm, thus bringing benefits to vehicle design. The vehicle can be designed to be more low-lying without sacrificing the longitudinal space and vehicle passing through.
In addition, the ONE PACK platform-based unified size design combined with SAIC's patented battery swap structure, MULAN can realize the rapid replacement of battery packs on the same device. This means that MULAN has the possibility of battery replacement and replenishment, as well as the possibility of battery upgrade in the future.
As one of the Gemini stars of SAIC Passenger Cars, the MG brand has always shouldered the heavy responsibility of going overseas.
In 2017, Yu Jingmin, who was then the deputy general manager of SAIC Passenger Vehicle Company, shouted the slogan of giving MG "returning to the international stage." In 2019, MG's overseas sales reached 139,000 vehicles, ranking first in China's export brands. In 2020 and 2021, MG ranked first in the overseas list with 230,000 and 360,000 respectively.
In the electric era, MULAN naturally has to take over MG's banner of going overseas, and the new car was also designed by SAIC China and the UK team. In terms of pure electric elements, MULAN integrates the sports genes of the MG brand.
The front face of the new car is a closed lower grille with matrix headlights and a vertical striped design, which retains the feeling of MG's family design while avoiding the homogeneity of pure electric vehicles. On the body of the car with a wide body, the lower waistline on the side of the car intentionally climbs up in the process of rearward, forming a sense of interlacing with the upper waistline, further highlighting the sense of movement. At the rear of
, the new car is equipped with Cygnus textured lighting on the through-type rear taillights. Could it be that MG may launch a MULAN Cygnus in the future? The hollow double-spoke tail wing above the light group adds a sporty atmosphere and recognition to the whole vehicle.
sporty appearance, the maximum power of MULAN four-wheel drive version is 330kW and the maximum torque of 600N·m. It is currently the only model in China with a 3.8-second break of 100 models within 200,000 seconds.
At the same time, MULAN is also equipped with a five-link rear suspension, a DP-EPS steering system, and a One-Box electric braking system. Combined with the turning radius of 5.3 meters, it is obvious that the European market is particularly important in MULAN's journey to globalization.
In the original European car, the tight chassis adjustment and delicate control are indispensable, so that we can cope with the narrow and complex urban road conditions in Europe. If the MULAN with flexible body conditions is adjusted properly, it will be a model that can meet the needs of European cities.
At the security level, MULAN was based on European five-star and Chinese five-star safety standards at the beginning of its design, and adopted technologies such as triple anti-collision beams, CPM capacitors, and "zero thermal runaway" protection system for Rubik's cube batteries to ensure the safety of drivers and passengers. At the same time, MULAN uses environmentally friendly engineering materials that comply with REACH regulations to ensure the health of drivers and passengers.
Although the domestic market has already achieved good market responses from women-focused automobile brands, named MULAN, SAIC's intention is obviously not in the title of "Mulan", not to pursue the female market segment, but in the spirit of "Mulan", it is to use the national spirit of "going thousands of miles to the military, and passing through the mountains and mountains" to fight the world.
The author of this article is Kicking Car Bang Li Bingxue
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