Geely Galaxy's upcoming Starship 7 EM-i, which will be launched on December 6, has high hopes for a pioneering work with Geely's new hybrid technology, so what are its technical highlights? How does it compare to the previous Galaxy L7? Is there an alternative to the BYD Song family? Let's talk.
● What is the difference between the Geely Galaxy Starship 7 EM-i and the Geely Galaxy L7?
From the perspective of model size, the size parameters of the Starship 7 EM-i and the Galaxy L7 are indeed very close, and it even makes people wonder if the two cars are just "changing shells"? Not really. First of all, the Starship 7 EM-i and the Galaxy L7 come from two completely different architectures, respectively. Galaxy L7 comes from the e-CMA architecture, we know that Geely's famous CMA architecture belongs to the fuel vehicle platform architecture. Geely's advantage lies in the sharing of multi-brand platform resources and mature technologies, and CMA is also a platform architecture shared with Volvo. As you can see from the name, the e-CMA architecture is derived from the CMA architecture, and the main difference between it and the CMA architecture is that the layout of the exhaust duct has been changed from the previous mid-mounted to side-mounted, which makes room for large-capacity batteries.
The Starship 7 EM-i was born from the GEA architecture, which is Geely Galaxy's latest new energy exclusive architecture, which is no longer based on the transformation of the fuel vehicle architecture, and was built by Geely over a period of five years and at a cost of 10 billion yuan. The model created by this architecture has advantages in terms of technology, space layout, safety, and driving experience, and this architecture not only gives birth to plug-in hybrid products, but also pure electric models such as Galaxy E5 and Geely Xingyuan.
Second, in the name of the starship 7 EM-i, EM-i is particularly emphasized, and the previous Galaxy L7 is different, the starship 7 EM-i adopts the layout of the engine + P1 + P3 motor, and adopts a single-speed DHT structure, that is to say, the starship 7 EM-i has given up the previous focus on power performance, can cope with a variety of different road conditions, more complex plug-in hybrid architecture, and the steering is the same single-speed DHT idea as BYD, which is simpler and more friendly to urban working conditions. Its advantage is that the economy is better, you can see that the fuel consumption of the starship 7 EM-i is much lower than that of the Galaxy L7, and the engine has also been changed from 1.5T turbocharged to a 1.5L naturally aspirated engine, although the engine parameters are reduced, the motor power has been improved, therefore, its power performance is not much inferior to the Galaxy L7. But for consumers at the 100,000 yuan level, they pay more attention to economic performance. At the same time, the Starship 7 EM-i has a faster charging speed and supports external discharge.
Thirdly, the greater advantage of the Starship 7 EM-i will be the price-performance ratio, even if only the pre-sale price is announced, its price range is lower than that of the Galaxy L7, and it is expected that the final listing price may be even lower than the pre-sale price. The top model of the Starship 7 EM-i can be compared with the low-end models of the Galaxy L7, and the Starship 7 EM-i has obvious configuration advantages in terms of intelligence, comfort and safety. Of course, the most important point is that the Starship 7 EM-i is equipped with Geely's latest Flyme Auto system, which is a car machine system developed by Meizu, and the performance advantage of the product developed by the technology company is quite obvious.
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Overall, the Starship 7 EM-i has better fuel economy and is suitable for consumers with more urban car scenarios, which is the same as the idea of BYD's plug-in hybrid model. Starship 7 EM-i was born in the new energy platform architecture, combined with the characteristics of new energy vehicles design, more advanced technology, better safety, and more outstanding intelligence. At the same time, the Starship 7 EM-i is more cost-effective, has a lower price, and has obvious advantages.
