As a result of the outbreak, icci's launch event at the Geneva motor show was changed to an online launch event in Stuttgart and the company launched its second pre-production model, the icci U6 ion concept car. It is worth noting that, despite the change of location and format, it is all in Europe, which to some extent marks the determination of aic to enter the European market.

As the second model to be produced soon, the U6 ion concept car and U5 adopt the MAS platform independently developed by aichi, but the new car is positioned as a more personalized coupe SUV. So, what are the highlights of the ichi U6 ion concept car? Let's find out.

Born on MAS platform

Regarding the power and battery configuration information, the acchi U6 ion concept car has not yet been announced. However, according to official sources, the icci U6 ion concept car, like the icci U5, was born on the icci MAS platform and will have a combined range of 500 km.

Thanks to the high ductility of the MAS platform, the iichi U6 ion concept car will have the same unique "upper steel and lower aluminum" body structure as the iichi U5. Among them, the upper body adopts high-strength hot-formed steel with high strength and low maintenance cost, and the lower body adopts 7-series aerospace aluminum material, which is both lightweight and safe.

"Under the Shanghai aluminum structure" in the implementation of lightweight at the same time, also provide effective guarantee for car safety, MAS platform integrated structure of aluminum extrusion profiles + aluminum plate punching riveting, with FDS (adaptive hot melt fastening system) and SPR (from riveting system) technology to achieve the equivalent thickness of dissimilar materials difficult cold connection, effectively overcome the heterogeneous material such as ultra high strength steel, aluminum alloy is difficult to adopt traditional welding connection method for the problem. It is reported that the aichi U5 has reached the c-ncap five-star safety standard of the 2018 version, so it can be speculated that the aichi U6 ion concept car will also have a good performance in the safety of the whole vehicle.

In addition to the structural advantages of the body, the platform also supports an extended battery pack, that is, a space on the chassis with two battery packs, the main and the secondary. With an optional battery pack, the iichi U5 has an extended range of 120km and a combined range of 623km. It is reported that the U6 ion mass production will also be equipped with a dual battery pack.

Equipped with L3 autonomous driving, vehicle and machine system upgrade

The iichi U6 ion concept car will be mass-produced with the L3 intelligent driving feature, which officials say will cover all the scenarios users need for their daily driving. In terms of intelligent networking, the new car will comprehensively upgrade the on-board intelligent interaction system, including more than 10 key improvements such as enhanced face recognition and voice interaction.

The appearance adopts the sedan model

In terms of appearance, the iichi U6 ion concept car USES a new design language, and was designed by former ferrari Enzo series designer akira oksan.

On the whole, the iichi U6 ion concept car adopts the sedan design style and also incorporates family design elements, in which the front face adopts a large area of enclosed grille to highlight its identity as a pure electric vehicle. The headlights of the new car have a sense of the future, with a radical shape of the front bumper, so that the vehicle identification is higher.

On the side of the car, the body line design of aichi U6 ion concept car is very smooth, the side of the two-color large size wheel ring is full of motion, the popular hidden door handle makes the car side more concise, but also can effectively reduce the wind resistance. At the same time, new car still went up in door plank bottom match the side skirt that corresponds with before and after photograph, added a few minutes of sports car lasting appeal to car side again.

The global launch of the U6 ion, the European version of the U5 debut, atv car sounded the horn to enter the European market

In the rear part of the car, the taillight group of aichi U6 ion concept car is similar to that of aichi U5. It adopts the current popular through-through taillight group, with the black design, and the large tail wing, which makes it sporty.

The interior is more personal

Interior part, iichi U6 ion concept car interior compared with iichi U5 appears to be very personalized, double color matching let the interior trend. In addition, the strap type inside the car handle, the avant-garde steering wheel shape, the extremely personalized airplane block handle, as well as the full LCD instrument, the large size of the center control screen and so on, let the aichi U6 ion concept car is full of futuristic feeling.

At present, the new car body size is not announced. As can be seen from the picture, the vehicle adopts a four-seat layout, and the rear row behaves in a regular manner.

European version ai chi U5 debut, blowing into the European market horn

In addition to the global debut of the acchi U6 ion concept car, the European version of the acchi U5 was also unveiled.

From the official knowledge of iichi, in fact, at the end of last year, the European version of U5 has been from shangrao super smart factory production line renamo Europe, in the past two months of market research, U5 received positive market feedback, user expectations are rising. Love chi car in charge of overseas business, executive vice President of Dr KeLi ii (AlexanderKlose) announced at the conference: "euro U5 will be different from the traditional pattern of car dealers in the retail business, will be more flexible and convenient way to cooperate with the local leading retailers, the service provider, to form a wide range of channels in a short time layout."

Specific aspects. On the retail side, atv partnered with Euronics, the European electronics giant, to use Euronics' retail stores in major cities to showcase the U5 and provide users with product explanations, product experiences and car rentals.

In after-sale services, love chi motor has two big market in Germany, Switzerland and Germany ahead of the auto quick repair chain A.T.U signed a strategic cooperation, love chi will each big market in Europe with A.T.U company perfect channel network, to provide users with the vehicle maintenance, roadside assistance and spare parts supply in use process, and a series of after-sales service solution, cooperation details will be in the next few months chi car with A.T.U make joint by love. In addition, after-sales service partners in other European markets will be announced before the European U5 is launched.

In summary, the sales model of atech in Europe will simplify the traditional way of buying cars as much as possible, and ensure the convenience of users' car use and after-sales service.

At present, the official website of atv Europe has been officially launched. The website will provide the basic model data of u5, the appointment of test drive and the configuration information of the selected model. Users can order a car online through the official website, choose the time of using the car, and the products will be delivered to users by the rental service provider. It is understood that a premium U5 will cost less than €40,000 (excluding government subsidies) and go on sale in Europe in August.

Why did you choose to explore the European market? Love Mr Fu chi car co-founder and chief executive officer, said: "Europe is the world's most glorious, the most respected automotive market development, love chi as a start-up enterprise, we have the opportunity to start from scratch, refactoring to the user as the center of the core concepts, build a new ecological for future mobile travel, we are glad to have the opportunity to take this advantage to here."

Summary of electric horse:

Establishing a foothold in the continent, home to the car industry and brands, is clearly not easy. However, if iichi can successfully enter the European market, it will not only enable iichi to stand out among the new forces of mass production of cars, but also create a high-value brand image, while strengthening the brand power, it will also feed the domestic market. Just whether the final success, perhaps only then wait for the actual results of atchi to prove.