At this year's Chengdu Auto Show, FAW-Volkswagen brought its latest SUV ID. Aura T6, the new car is positioned as a pure-electric mid-size SUV with a 5-seat layout, a pure-electric range of up to 660km, a cloud cockpit and a one-stage end-to-end solution with lidar and CoreTrip HS8. In the past, people's understanding of such joint venture brand products of Volkswagen was that its smart cabin and driver assistance were relatively not outstanding. Now that T6 has made up these two shortcomings, let's see its performance. Appearance: The style has become more harsh in terms of appearance, and the popular design has always been relatively original, ID. The aura T6 is a bit tougher than the original rounded style. The new car is designed with a closed grille, equipped with a star ring light and a brand logo that can be lit. Although split headlights are used, the visual center of gravity of the entire front face is in the upper half, and it will not feel abrupt to look at, and the roof is equipped with lidar. The side of the body features a penetrating waistline, semi-hidden doorknobs, and a high-gloss black eyebrow. In terms of body size, the new car has a length, width and height of 4811/1879/1648mm, a wheelbase of 2836mm, a 19-inch rim with a two-color design, and front and rear tyres. The rear of the car is equipped with through-type taillights, the shape of the lamp group echoes the front face, and some versions of the rear logo are smoked. Interior: Simple style without physical buttons The interior layout of the new car has also changed significantly from the original ID series, the same minimalist style, with a double color matching interior, a high-gloss and shiny design of the center console, a 10.25 inch LCD meter + 15.6 inch suspended center control screen + 25.8 inch AR-HUD, a larger instrument and center control size, and almost no physical buttons can be seen inside the car. The vehicle uses a 4nm smart cabin chip (about 20TOPS) with performance comparable to Qualcomm 8295. It supports vehicle OTA, Sentinel mode, remote control, smart access and other functions. It has more than 23 mainstream applications built in. It also supports wireless CarPlay, Hicar, and Carlink mobile phone interconnection. After the major upgrade of the cockpit hardware, the corresponding functions must also be improved. The vehicle still adopts the speech recognition function of the University of Science and Technology Xunfei, which can realize continuous dialogue, four-tone zone recognition, and support 9 major dialect recognition (Sichuan, Guangdong, Shanghai, Fujian, Henan, Northeast, Shandong, Tianjin, Hebei); and the built-in AI big model supports encyclopedia, car, and local life question and answer. Intelligence and the ability to interact are mainstream today. In terms of seats, the vehicle uses imitation leather seats, the front row provides heated ventilation massage, and the co-pilot is a queen seat. In terms of storage, as a pure electric SUV, the vehicle is equipped with a 90L front compartment and a 576L trunk. Dynamic: The vehicle uses a rear single motor of 170kw, and the official acceleration time of 0-100km/h is 7.4 seconds. The results are moderate, and the actual performance is that the vehicle has the expected acceleration capacity in different speed intervals. The city starts lightly enough, and the acceleration pedal is also a calm style that is familiar to the public. It is easy to control the speed by stepping on how much and how much. The vehicle also offers different driving modes, such as energy saving, comfort, and personalized movement, and a super energy-saving mode to ensure endurance. In this mode, the vehicle will turn off features such as ambient lights to ensure endurance. The endurance of the vehicle is divided into two stages. The entry version is equipped with a 59.9kWh lithium iron phosphate battery. The CLTC comprehensive endurance is 540km. The long-range version uses a 77.5kWh lithium iron phosphate battery. The CLTC comprehensive endurance is 660km. The small regret is that the vehicle does not use the 800V platform, so it takes more than 20 minutes for 30-80% charging. The chassis is a front McPherson rear five link with FSO variable damping dampers. The chassis has always been a strength of Volkswagen. The urban area has shown overall partial movement, sufficient support, and is also very robust at high speeds. When encountering potholes, it can be very adherent. Even without rear wheel steering, the minimum turning radius of the 4m 8 body is only 4.75 m. In fact, compared to the driving experience of the vehicle, we should be more concerned about the driver assistance performance of the vehicle. First of all, the hardware used by the vehicle is absolutely mainstream: the driver assistance chip uses the horizon journey 6H, has a computing power of 420TOPS, and is paired with the 192-line lidar. Functionally supports city Noa (parking space to parking space full scene), supports unprotected left-right turn, people-car hybrid, roundabout, U ‑ turn, three-point turnaround; can cope with congestion, non-motorized vehicles, and pedestrian hybrid roads. The high-speed Noa supports autonomous up-and-down ramps, autonomous lane change overtaking, active car avoidance, congestion, and car start and stop. The actual performance did not disappoint us, especially in the case of unprotected and traffic light-free left-turn scenarios that are very difficult in urban areas. Vehicles should not only avoid horizontal vehicles, but also avoid non-motorized vehicles that travel at any time. At asymmetric intersections where machines are not hybrid, vehicles can also locate the lane in a timely manner and pass with high efficiency. However, there is still room for improvement in some details of the current system, such as the distance to follow the car when on elevated roads, and the overall strategy is somewhat conservative. However, it is believed that with the upgrade of the version and more data for the model to learn, the performance of this driver assistance set of vehicles will become more and more mature and useful. End: New FAW ‑ Volkswagen ID. The aura T6, on the basis of retaining its original advantages, has made up for the shortcomings of driver assistance and smart cabin. Now that the pre-sale has officially opened and the price is very attractive, will it become the horn of the joint venture brand's counterattack? We'll see. (Photo/Zhou Ao, Wen Cai's home).