Tang DM's driving experience: the overall is remarkable, but the system needs further optimization

Since the official release of the "Dragon Face" concept car in April 2017, BYD Auto has continued to improve in terms of product appearance and brand tonality at a speed visible to the naked eye. From the MPV Song MAX, which went on the market and sold in the second half of last year, to the pure electric SUV "Yuan EV" and the sedan "Qin" that have completed mid-term remodeling, more and more BYD cars have new front faces and look good. Compared with the past, it has greatly improved.

However, none of these models have received the attention of the outside world as the prototype of the original "Dragon Face" concept car-the new generation of BYD Don. On this core flagship model, users and competitors can see the company's next product plan. For BYD, which has long occupied the "sales top" position in China's new energy market, how to use the new generation of Tang to set the tone for the next generation of products and further strengthen its dominant position in the field of new energy vehicles is also very important.

On July 25, BYD Yiou Automobile and other media tested a new generation of Tang DM (plug-in hybrid version) in Beijing. Regarding the above issues, the reporter communicated with BYD, and experienced Tang DM's driving experience and intelligent system.

Tang DM's driving experience: the overall is remarkable, but the system needs further optimization

New DiLink unveiled, based on Android development and available large screen "eat chicken"

Although Tang DM has an acceleration from 0 to 100 kilometers in 4.5 seconds and a pure electric driving range of more than 80 kilometers, BYD introduced to the media that it is equipped with a new generation of intelligent network connection system-DiLink. . According to the introduction, the system is positioned as an "intelligent and open software and hardware platform and ecological services", consisting of four major parts: Di platform, Di cloud, Di ecology and Di open:

Di platform: the intelligent hardware platform that supports the DiLink system, which is embodied in the large rotatable central control screen on the Tang model;

Di Cloud: The cloud capability platform of the DiLink system. BYD cooperates with Alibaba Cloud to build stronger data analysis and Ai service capabilities for the system;

Di ecology: All application scenarios of the DiLink system are compatible with the mobile phone ecology, and some applications are deeply customized according to the usage scenarios in the car;

Di Open: Open the response capabilities of the vehicle data layer and control layer to developers.

Specific to Tang DM, DiLink mainly reflects the Di platform and Di ecology. In terms of platform, in addition to the common steering wheel buttons and voice assistants, the designer has equipped it with a large central control screen that can automatically rotate. The car owner can control the rotation of the screen through the buttons on the steering wheel, and this screen can also be automatically rotated according to the needs of the car application. For example, when using the Baidu navigation app, the screen will rotate to a vertical screen with richer route information to help the driver predict the traffic environment ahead; when using the video app to watch in full screen, it will automatically rotate to a horizontal screen.

Tang DM's driving experience: the overall is remarkable, but the system needs further optimization

In order to fully adapt to most applications in the Android mobile phone market, BYD equipped Tang DM's large-screen system with an 8-core, 64-bit, 2.0 GHz CPU. These configurations have achieved an AnTuTu score of 80,000 points. "Although it is still far from the flagship mobile phone, it is already high performance compared to other car configurations."

In terms of ecology, the reporter saw most of the applications in the Android mobile phone market in the application store of the DiLink system. In fact, in order to reflect the powerful performance of the system, the two test-driving cars on site even installed the most popular "chicken eating" game.

100 kilometers acceleration in 4.5 seconds, pure electric driving range of 100 kilometers

Due to limited conditions, the reporter did not conduct test drives in many subjects, but only experienced Tang DM's straight acceleration and urban road driving. Just like this, the acceleration performance of Tang DM also left a deep impression on everyone.

When the Sport mode in the fuel-electric hybrid mode is turned on, the 2.0T in-cylinder direct injection engine will reach the maximum power of 151kW, and the two permanent magnet synchronous motors at the front and rear of the vehicle will burst out instantaneous powers of 110kW and 180kW. The power system composed of these three allowed the vehicle to jump from a standstill to a speed of 100 kilometers per hour in 4.5 seconds, and the reporter of Yiou Automobile felt the feeling of testing the promising K50 last week.

However, BYD also admitted that Tang DM’s acceleration performance has a lot to do with the power of the vehicle’s power battery pack. 4.5 seconds of acceleration to 100 kilometers can only be run out when the power is sufficient. If the power is insufficient or the total power is less than 15%, the gasoline engine will intervene in the work. At this time, the original smooth driving experience will be compromised, and good noise control will surely be affected.

In terms of comfort, Tang DM is still qualified in the face of bumpy roads. Especially on the bad roads in the suburbs of Beijing, the overall driving of the vehicle was smooth. However, the steering of the vehicle at high speed is a bit too light, which is somewhat incompatible with the size of the Tang DM large 7-seat SUV.

In terms of interior and exterior decoration and intelligent driving configuration, Tang DM has been adhering to the good quality of its own brand's flagship models for nearly a year: there are everything that should and should not be. On the Zhilian Creative Tang DM (5 configurations ranked in the middle) of Yiou Automobile's test drive, ADAS functions such as start-stop ACC, PWC collision warning, AEB emergency braking, LDWS lane departure warning, TSR traffic sign recognition, etc. Everything is available. At the same time, electric tailgate, rear air conditioning, remote control driving, and seat ventilation are also available. Although the subsidized price of this plug-in hybrid model from 239,900 to 329,900 shows that it is no longer in the mainstream price range, the fuel version of Tang priced at 159,900 yuan has become a standard feature. Match. It can be seen that at this stage, joint venture models and independent brands have no advantage at all.

In summary, coupled with the brand-new exterior design, Tang DM has established a competitive advantage in its market segment, and this latecomer has established a fairly high barrier to entry.

Application safety issues while driving remain to be solved, or will be optimized through OTA

Although the reporter gave a high evaluation to Tang DM in the short and shallow experience, there is still a lot of room for improvement in the system details of DiLink.

First of all, there are few applications customized according to Tang DM's rotating large screen. Currently, there are only a few such as Baidu Maps, Kuwo Music, and Koala FM. In view of the significant difference between the use environment in the car and the mobile phone, simply transplanting the operating logic of the application on the Android tablet to the car will have the effect of full slots.

Tang DM's driving experience: the overall is remarkable, but the system needs further optimization

At the scene, the reporter downloaded an application for watching digital TV. The menu page of this app is vertical screen operation, and when switching to full screen playback, it changes to horizontal screen. Tang DM's rotating screen turned around without any operation, and then turned back after exiting, which was quite confusing. It can be seen that the rotation operation of the Tang DM screen should be associated with the "automatic rotation function" in the system. But in fact, this kind of video playback APP should choose horizontal screen playback from the beginning.

More importantly, the DiLink system should restrict the user's use of functions according to the state of the vehicle. When the vehicle was driving, the fellow journalist opened the "eating chicken" game, but the system did not restrict user behavior due to the state of the vehicle. While the vehicle is driving, the game still runs smoothly. This obviously interferes with the driver's attention.

However, the above problems are relatively easy to improve. Tang DM's car machine comes with monthly 5G 4G network traffic. Developers can improve the above problems through the background system upgrade. I believe that BYD will officially release an upgrade package through OTA (over-the-air upgrade) in the near future to solve various minor problems in the DiLink system.

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