With the new energy vehicle market in full swing, Azalea has once again attracted the industry's attention with a heavyweight model. Recently, Azera announced that its new large-scale pure electric sedan, the ET9, will be officially launched at NIO Day 2024 on December 21st. This model not only demonstrates Azera's deep understanding of the high-end electric vehicle market, but also sets a new benchmark for luxury pure electric sedans with its unique design and technical configuration.
With its family-style split headlight cluster design, the Azera ET9 has become a bright landscape on the road. The clever integration of the upper segmented daytime running lights and the lower lens lights with air intakes gives the new car a dynamic and futuristic feel. The sliding back body design not only enhances the streamlined aesthetics of the vehicle, but also reduces wind resistance and improves energy efficiency. The roof is equipped with LIDAR and cameras on both sides, demonstrating Azera's leadership in intelligent driving technology.
In terms of body dimensions, the length, width and height reach 5325/2017/1621mm respectively, and the wheelbase reaches 3250mm, providing a spacious and comfortable riding space for passengers inside the car. The tail light clusters in the rear end, together with the roof canopy and the rear window, create a simple yet technological visual effect.The ET9 has the iconic one-piece X-Bar and Double Dash daytime running lights, and cleverly integrates advanced assisted driving hardware such as LIDAR and cameras into the body design, as well as a front trunk, rear privacy glass, dense spoke wheels, and large 23-inch Pirelli PZERO EV-exclusive tires.
The interior of the Azera ET9 is a perfect blend of luxury and technology. The four-seat layout not only enhances the comfort of the ride, but also highlights the high-end positioning of the vehicle. The overall style is still minimalist, but the materials used are certainly very top-notch, equipped with a near-rectangular multifunction steering wheel and supporting steering-by-wire technology, the instrument panel is in the form of a long strip set in the center console, and it also offers a full-focus AR flat screen display system, which provides the equivalent of a 120-inch AR-HUD display effect. The rear row is dual independent seats with 24 self-developed patented technologies, the backrest adjustment angle is adjustable up to 45°, and the seat cushion width is up to 582mm, and it is also equipped with 360° infinitely adjustable executive table and smart refrigerator, providing a ride experience comparable to that of a business class.
The vehicle is equipped with a full-focus AR flat screen display system, a streaming rearview mirror, a 15.6-inch AMOLED center control screen, a 14.5-inch rear display screen, and an 8-inch rear multifunction control screen, which push the vehicle's sense of technology to a new level. These configurations not only enhance driving convenience, but also bring passengers an unprecedented entertainment experience.
In terms of power, the Azera ET9 also lives up to expectations. Equipped with a self-developed Silicon Carbide high-performance electric four-wheel drive system, the front motor has a maximum power of 180kW, while the rear motor has a maximum power of up to 340kW, with a peak torque of 5,000Nm. With the full-area 900V architecture, the vehicle can be used at charging ports from 500V to 1,000V, which greatly improves the convenience and efficiency of charging. Meanwhile, the Azera ET9 is also equipped with a self-developed 46105 cylindrical battery, with a peak charging power of up to 600kW, a peak current of up to 772A, an energy density of 292Wh/kg, and a capacity of 120kWh. This means that the vehicle can be recharged for 255km in just 5 minutes, and a power change takes only 3 minutes. Such charging efficiency and range capacity will undoubtedly greatly ease the range anxiety of EV users.
It is worth mentioning that the Azera ET9 is also equipped with a fully wire-controlled intelligent chassis - SkyRide - SkyRide. This technology not only improves the vehicle's maneuverability and stability, but also brings drivers an unprecedented driving experience. It realizes a deeply self-researched intelligent system architecture. Whether driving in the city or at high speeds, the Azera ET9 is able to demonstrate its outstanding performance and quality.
Full-stack Technology Layout Defines Executive Flagship with Flagship Technology
As the culmination of Azera's full-stack technology layout and world-leading technologies, the ET9 includes 17 world premieres, 52 class-leading technologies, and 525 patents applied for, defining a new standard for intelligent electric executive flagships with innovative technologies.
The ET9's “SkyRide - SkyRide Intelligent Chassis System” is the first to integrate the three core hardware systems of steering-by-wire, rear-wheel steering and fully active suspension. The first intelligent and highly integrated active suspension system, each damper is highly integrated with an independent electro-hydraulic pump, and the brushless DC motor responds quickly, completing the information processing, calculation and response within 1 millisecond. At the same time, the suspension supports substantial height adjustment, with 1,000 torque adjustments per second, and the four wheels are independently controlled to meet the needs of multi-scenario driving, and to face complex road conditions as if they were flat.
The Azera ET9's first application of aerospace industry-grade “steer-by-wire” technology uses electrical signal transmission between the steering wheel and the steering motor, which is not only lighter in structure and weight, but also improves the transmission efficiency by 40%, and supports OTA iterative upgrades. In low-speed parking and U-turn scenarios, the “steer-by-wire” technology provides sensitive and convenient steering without the need for cross-handed steering, and together with the standard rear-wheel steering system with a maximum rear-wheel angle of 8.3°, it realizes a minimum turning diameter of 10.9 meters.
The Azera ET9 is equipped with the country's first “full-area 900V high-voltage architecture”, which includes core electronic and electrical components such as batteries, motors, wiring harnesses, air conditioning, DC-DC, and on-board chargers, and boasts three global firsts in terms of the maximum voltage of 925V, the peak charging power of 600kW, and the peak charging current of 765A, which is a new standard for the industry. The 900V supercharging system has three core advantages: lightning charging, wide-area charging, and high-speed switching, which can realize an industry-leading supercharging performance of 255km of range increase in 5-minute charging.
The ET9 is equipped with a self-developed intelligent driving chip and a self-developed vehicle-wide operating system, achieving a core and soul. the ET9 has China's first in-depth self-developed intelligent system architecture, and the central computing platform, Adam 2.0, supports the computing functions of the six major segments of the intelligent driving, intelligent cockpit, intelligent chassis, body, power, and cloud domains. the ET9 is equipped with Azera's first 5nm automotive-grade intelligent driving chip --ET9 is equipped with Azera's first 5nm vehicle-grade intelligent driving chip, Shengui NX9031, which is combined with SkyOS-SkySuite, a car-centric intelligent EV vehicle-wide operating system, to realize the close integration of arithmetic and its own algorithms, and the sharing of cross-domain computing resources between the smart driver and the cockpit, which brings the ultimate in safety and extreme efficiency.
Adhering to the safety concept of “every bit of safety is worth going all out”, the Azera ET9 covers all aspects of travel safety with flagship body safety, airbag safety, ultra-sensitive system, lighting safety, and full-vehicle safety redundancy design. Not only does it have a body torsional stiffness of 52,600Nm/Deg, but it also continues to explore and expand the new boundaries of safety by virtue of the strongest sensing hardware and computing power. In addition, with reference to aviation-grade safety standards, the design features comprehensive safety redundancy for the seven key systems of an intelligent electric vehicle - drive, brake, steering, sensing, computing, communication, and power distribution - defining a global safety benchmark for the executive flagship.
As a collection of Azera's cutting-edge technologies, the Azera ET9, with its flagship chassis technology, flagship electric drive system, flagship intelligent technology, and flagship safety standards, is expected to define a new standard for the technology of the next generation of high-end intelligent electric vehicles and lead the development of the intelligent electric vehicle industry.