Meet iX3 in Jiangnan and meet the classical and modern lifestyles.

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I want to say, what is the real way of life in Jiangnan?

I put the coordinates back to two historical time nodes: one is Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the other is Southern Song Dynasty.

It was also a turbulent and prosperous era, and the Central Plains people came to the south from the north. They all created the dual prosperity of economy and culture with a fusion attitude of outsiders, and shaped the social life style of Jiangnan where nature and humanity blended.

The creation and remolding in this change has both a classical side and an orderly side. For example, it represents the aristocratic family competing with the royal power and the profound humanistic and historical traditions they inherited; There is also a modern and open side, such as whether it is Wei and Jin demeanor or humanistic Southern Song Dynasty, which means a free and open-minded attitude towards life and a rare ideological emancipation in the historical context of reunification.

It is the collision and integration of these two dimensions that has created the Jiangnan life that has fascinated many people for thousands of years-full of humanistic charm and fireworks.

At present, the automobile industry has also encountered a once-in-a-century change. After a hundred years of evolution, car travel life has also reached a crossroads of change. Change is not in the middle, what kind of creation and remodeling are pioneers doing?

The BMW iX3 we met in Xitang, Jiaxing a few days ago, and the classical and modern Jiangnan lifestyle helped us find an effective clue to answer this question.

Freshmen, from the inside out.

If you want to enter the real Jiangnan lifestyle, you naturally need some specific environments and places. Liangrang Hotel, located in the ancient town of Tang Xi, Jiaxing, is the first test drive venue for BMW Brilliance iX3.

The hotel name is taken from Icelandic n? Ra, which means nourishing, nurturing and giving nutrients in Chinese, means treating every guest with beautiful arrangements. Consistent with this internal concept is the effort of external architecture. This building combines tradition and modernity and was designed by local architect Liu Yi.

In the words of the architect, "we went to Xitang to record and extract every element, including roof slope, horse head wall, wood and so on." I hope to transform the elements of the past into modern language and space, integrate the local elements of Xitang, use old tiles, turn the big roof into several small roofs, and combine them with indoor space. The horse head wall is more modern and blank, which makes the space have some traditional elements and the whole is modern. "

The fertile soil of Xitang is modern in thought and spirit, embracing tradition in form and aesthetics, and integrating into the region, which shows us an effort to "regenerate" the lifestyle and aesthetics in the south of the Yangtze River. On the one hand, courtyards, gardens and landscapes are familiar external elements in Jiangnan. On the other hand, the collection of contemporary art and the promotion of environmentally friendly organic food are the inner concerns for the inner physical and mental stability of contemporary people.

Is this new and calm freshman also a BMW? Product logic and underlying thinking embodied in iX3.

First of all, from the intuitive impression of the appearance, iX3 does seem to have little change from the fuel version X3, except for the closed air intake grille, the blue decorative plate that replaces the exhaust pipe, the charging port under the left A-pillar and other details that indicate the identity of a pure electric vehicle. However, when you approach it with an iPhone with NFC function, you can easily unlock the car door. When you put it on the wireless charging board, you can start the vehicle with one button, and you will instantly feel that iX3 is a smart car with enough connectivity and intelligence.

Secondly, of course, the internal changes are not only to bid farewell to convenient details such as physical keys, but also to become the "new three big pieces" of real intelligent electric vehicles-electric drive system, automatic driving and human-computer interaction. Substantial progress and innovation.

Among the three power systems, iX3 adopts the fifth generation BMW? EDrive electric drive technology, the total capacity of 81kloc-0/Ni-Co-Mn ternary lithium battery pack reaches 80kWh, and the power density is increased by about 30% compared with the previous generation technology. When starting, it can output the maximum torque of 400Nm, and the maximum output power reaches 2 10kW, which brings the pleasure of pure electric linear quiet acceleration, while the minimum energy consumption per 100 kilometers comes to 16.

In terms of autonomous driving ability, BMW Pro, which has been widely used in all new cars and got the highest score of NCAP autonomous driving technology in Europe, has also become standard in iX3. At present, in the competition of L2 and L2.5 automatic driving functions of smart electric vehicles, the enhanced version of iX3 driver assistance system, especially the lane-changing assistance function that can automatically change lanes by lightly dialing the turn signal on expressway, and the traffic jam assistance function that vehicles can automatically follow the preceding vehicles in urban traffic jams, is impressive.

In terms of human-computer interaction and human-vehicle interaction, the latest version of "BMW Intelligent Personal Assistant" improves the accuracy of voice control in various functions. The biggest advantage of this human-computer interaction system is that it is compatible with a series of commonly used apps around the needs of users. Want to use the mobile phone map, you can use it in the app? Choose between CarPlay and Baidu CarLife. Want to listen to audio or watch video, you can choose QQ music, Himalayan or watermelon video.

Change comes from constant pursuit.

If Wei-Jin demeanor and humanity changed greatly compared with the previous generation, what is the beauty of contemporary life compared with the traditional Jiangnan lifestyle?

For those of us who live in the 2 1 century and have been fully integrated into the Internet, the following will be the basic options: the richness brought by personalization, the convenience brought by online, the zero burden brought by environmental protection and zero emission, the sense of security brought by more security, and so on.

Just like the Liangrang Hotel itself, which makes people feel deja vu in front of them, it actually maintains a certain constant value pursuit in the process of creation and change.

From the actual driving experience, this logic also applies to BMW IX3, a brand-new driving machine built by a century-old luxury brand.

The iX3 mentioned above has the characteristics of zero emission, long battery life, high energy efficiency and intelligence, which is obviously an I-series pure electric vehicle. Compared with the fuel version of BMW, iX3 has many innovations and innovations that keep pace with the times. However, IX3 obviously has some persistence and invariability in its insistence on driving pleasure, the core gene of BMW brand.

In the test drive section of more than 200 kilometers from Jiaxing to Suzhou and the test drive subjects in closed venues, iX3 has always been good at chassis adjustment and power output level.

What's more rare is that the common driving characteristics of ordinary electric vehicles, such as low center of gravity, light steering and fast acceleration, which may also make the driving experience of electric vehicles more mediocre, have been handled more deeply, delicately and attentively by BMW engineers, so that iX3 not only pursues speed and strength, but also retains the driving characteristics that BMW vehicles can always communicate with drivers and even compete with each other.

This point can be fully proved in other details besides being fully stimulated in subjects such as emergency lane change and simulating dynamic pile winding on the track. For example, the electronic music created by Hans Zimmer, a top Hollywood composer, has brought iX3 a sense of space to drive the machine, and the essence behind it is still the understanding and compliance of the engineering team with the driving tradition of BMW.

Of course, if I had to pick a suggestion to improve the driving experience, it would undoubtedly be the B-block single pedal driving mode. Is this a BMW? The driving mode that has been adopted above i3 and can also be seen on other brands of electric vehicles is unnecessary to be reserved for energy recovery today when the cruising range can reach 500km+. After all, when you lift the accelerator pedal and quickly enter the braking and energy recovery mode, the obvious frustration will not bring much driving pleasure.

Conclusion:

There is a saying that "all casual encounters are reunions after a long separation". With a BMW? IX3' s meeting in misty rain Xitang reminds people of the affectionate poem of Syrian poet adonis:

When I stare at you

I caught a glimpse of the deep dawn.

I saw the ancients yesterday.

See everything I can't understand

I feel the universe flowing.

Between you and me.

It is the implication and artistic conception contained in the poem that is just suitable for defining the position of iX3 in the transformation of BMW brand product sequence, between yesterday's tradition and future new territory, between the "dark night" of traditional fuel vehicles and the "dawn" of the new four modernizations.

In this process, just like the fusion temperament presented by the misty rain in Xitang, Jiaxing, a classical and modern way of life has arrived rapidly and will eventually change its customs.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.