Recently, a new domestic car company has brought a little new energy shock to the European people.
Recently, “encountering a Leap Run C11 on the streets of Europe” has become a hot topic on the Internet. It turns out that a group of Leapmoor family teams led by Leapmotor C11 crossed the Asian continent and arrived in Paris, France. This move is to witness the debut of Leapmotor’s new model B10 at the Paris Motor Show – relying on the strategic cooperation with Stellantis Group, Leapmotor has officially landed in the European market.
Of course, as the protagonist of this “LEAP TO EUROPE LEAP TO EUROPE Journey to the West” event: LEAP TO EUROPE C11 also stole the show in this “Journey to the West” in continental Europe.
In the domestic market, the Leapmo C11 is also a star model in its class, ranking at the top of the sales rankings for a long time. Aim to win the B-class pure electric SUV championship in 2022, and win the new energy medium-sized SUV sales championship (150,000-200,000 level) in 2023. The latest monthly sales this year have also remained above 6,000 units.
With the launch of the 2024 Leapmo C11, comprehensive upgrades have been achieved in terms of appearance and interior, vehicle electronic architecture, intelligent cockpit system, intelligent driving system, and version configuration strategy. There are still two versions: extended range and pure electric. The whole series is priced from 148,800 to 205,800 yuan, which has brought a little “leapfrog” shock to the 150,000-200,000-class new energy medium-sized SUV market.
Be the first to realize “centralized electronic and electrical architecture”
Many parts and functions in a car can be provided by suppliers, but there is only one key technology supplier that cannot provide it, and it best reflects the car company’s own R&D strength, and that is the electronic and electrical architecture of the entire vehicle. From fragmented distributed architecture, to partially centralized domain control, to the final centralized architecture – an important reason why the new Leap Run C11 can “leapfrog” is that it adopts the new four-leaf clover central integration type electronic and electrical architecture, in friends The company is still stuck in the “domain control” stage where the cockpit, smart driving, body, power, chassis, etc. are controlled separately. It is the first to realize the integration of multiple domains and has entered the era of “centralized architecture”, using one SOC chip and one MCU. The chip handles all the calculations and control.
From domain control to centralized control (equivalent to changing from a separate vassal kingdom to a centralized county system), the efficiency of the entire system’s perception and calculation decision-making execution has been improved, ineffective calculations and signal delays have been reduced, and the use of wire harnesses has been greatly reduced (the entire system has been The car only needs 1,500 meters of wiring harness, the distributed architecture requires 3,000 meters, and the domain control method can be reduced to 2,000 meters), which fundamentally ensures high computing power, low latency, and fast communication.
Relying on the centralized architecture, the software and hardware interfaces of the entire vehicle are standardized and open to the outside world (equivalent to the same text as the book and the same track as the vehicle), which means that the on-board ecology can be infinitely expanded, and there is huge room for OTA upgrades. At the same time, Leapmoo C11 is also the first to realize vehicle-level sensorless online OTA upgrade.
Advanced electronic and electrical architecture can be seen as the brain and neural network of a car at the physical level, and as the way of thinking and genetic genes at the logical level, which determine how intelligent and growth potential a car has now and in the future. Nowadays, when people talk about intelligence, they often mean smart cabins and smart driving, and an advanced architecture is actually the basis for whether a car is highly intelligent.
Smart cabin and smart driving, Leapmoo C11 is full of software and hardware
The reason why the Leapmoon C11 has leapfrogged the class is that it is very willing to pile up materials in the two core areas of smart cabin and smart driving, and its performance is ahead of its peers.
Competitors at the same level all focus on 8155 chips. Leapmoon C11 is the first to be equipped with Qualcomm 8295P as standard in the entire series. In response to more and more feature-rich and APP upgrades in future use, the computing power of the smart cabin can be guaranteed for many years. In addition, Leapo C11 has also been upgraded to a new generation of Leap OS operating system, equipped with a new 14.6-inch 2.5k high-definition central floating screen, and the resolution has been upgraded from 1080P to 2.5k.
While competitors at the same level are limited by cost, they focus on purely visual smart driving solutions. Leapao C11 is the first to be equipped with 30 sensing hardware including lidar and the mainstream Orin-X driving assistance chip (254TOPS computing power), supporting L2++ level intelligent assisted driving. From the hardware point of view, it is already at the 250,000-300,000 level.
Of course, more importantly, relying on centralized electronic architecture, high computing power platform, laser radar and other software and hardware, this C11 already has the ability to drive intelligently on high-speed and viaduct sections, and there is huge room for future upgrades.
Traditional advantages such as battery life and chassis continue to increase
The reason why C11 remains a hot seller stems from its pragmatic attitude and in-depth research on the market. For example, when the extended-range route was still controversial, Leapao insisted on betting on the extended-range + pure electric dual technology route, and took the lead in launching a larger battery than competing products in the extended-range field, achieving longer pure electric battery life.
The same is true for the extended-range version of the 2024 C11. In addition to the starting version supporting CLTC 200 kilometers of battery life, it can support pure electric CLTC starting from 155,800. 300 kilometers (the pure electric range of competing products is generally around 200 kilometers), taking the lead in allowing extended-range vehicles under 200,000 yuan to reach the 300-kilometer pure electric range mark, and also allowing extended-range users to truly have “freedom of electricity use” – —Driving as a tram during normal times and as a hybrid for long distances. You can enjoy the quietness and smoothness of pure electricity without having to worry about range.
In terms of chassis, Leapmo C11 continues to use a front aluminum alloy double wishbone + rear five-link configuration. This level of hardware is generally only seen at the 250,000 level. Below 200,000, the former MacPherson + rear four-link is generally the mainstream. In addition, the new C11 also adds FSD variable damping to the pure electric model, which can automatically adjust the shock absorber oil pressure to change the damping according to road conditions, thereby increasing the suppression of vibration and roll by 10% when driving on bumpy roads. The flexibility in response to impact has been increased by 20%, making it more stable and more comfortable.
Finally, another advantage of C11 is that it is “big”. The car has a length of 4780mm, a wheelbase of 2930mm, thick body sheet metal texture, simple and full body lines, and a new exterior color of Songlan gray and camel brown interior color. If you buy such a car within 200,000 yuan, you can drive it out to meet friends, and it will be spacious and comfortable for your family.
With the launch of the 2024 model, the configuration of the new C11 has also been adjusted, upgraded to three levels: smart enjoyment, exclusive enjoyment, and smart driving, with additional configurations and price reductions. Among them, the guide price of the Intelligent Edition has dropped by 18,000 yuan and added configurations worth 9,000 yuan. The guide price of the Exclusive Edition has only increased by 7,000 yuan compared with the Intelligent Edition, but has added configurations worth 15,000 yuan, including a lidar smart driving version.
It can be said that the reason why Leappo C11 is such a hot seller is that it has thought through everything consumers want.
Driving value
This year, Leapmoo has continuously sold more than 30,000 units per month, surpassing NIO, Xpeng and other car companies, ranking at the top of the sales rankings, and has become one of the new power car companies with the best development momentum.
We can also see from this comprehensive upgrade of the 2024 Leopao C11 that by respecting users and the market, adhering to a high quality-price ratio, and always being one step ahead of others, Leapao can stand out from other brands in terms of sales. Just like an advertising slogan of Lingpao: Super extended range, super sincere! Remaining sincere to users and the market is Leapao’s surefire way to deal with fierce involution and stay ahead.
