It’s bad luck to "bump into the topic", let alone bump into a famous mouth in the industry. Before the "Eleventh" holiday, because of a video of 1 hour and 20 minutes or a 16,000-word evaluation, the understanding of Weilai ES8 by countless melon-eating people changed from the original simple query to the so-called "semi-finished product". Li Bin, CEO of Weilai, responded, "Besides, in some places, what he said is right, although in most places, views and arguments are untenable. "
Is it a "semi-finished product"? Or "most" criticism is "untenable"? Fortunately, I have driven this car after all.
Save the old jokes for later,If you just want to see the criticism, please skip here and drop down the page to about 2/3..
90% probability of falling down? Am I one in ten?
First of all, I don’t agree with Li Bin’s statement that "most arguments are untenable"most",but in that long video/article, there are really 30%, which is obviously inconsistent with my actual feelings.
For the mechanical performance of Weilai ES8, I will give 70 points at most according to the standard of BBA luxury car. If the standard is lowered as an independent brand, then I am willing to give 90 points. The official performance data of 650 HP, 4.4s breaking 100 and 33.8m braking have been basically restored and confirmed in both positive and negative reports, so there is nothing to say.
As for what was mentioned in Test No.38,Performance shrinkage at low power.I think it is necessary to give "friends on the other side of the fuel car" a general knowledge of new energy vehicles:Electric cars, all this bird..
In fact, as early as 2016, Tesla officially confirmed: Model S.0-100km/h acceleration will slow down with the decrease of power. The Model S P100D can run an amazing 2.3s when it is fully charged, but it will drop to 3.9s when it is almost exhausted. Therefore, this is neither a unique defect of Weilai ES8 nor a common defect of Weilai and Tesla, but is determined by the innate characteristics of electric vehicles, and it is also necessary for consumers of traditional fuel vehicles to know clearly in advance when choosing electric vehicles.But electric vehicle manufacturers should really "tell the whole story" when introducing performance parameters.
In the No.38 evaluation, Weilai ES8 ran for 4.2s at 70% power and about 5s at 30% power. In comparison, in the foreign media test, Tesla Model S P100D recorded 2.3s at 100% power, about 2.9s at 50% power, and the ejection start was directly disabled at 10% power, which took 3.9s to break. Both are reasonable and normal phenomena.
As for the braking performance, the No.38 evaluation specifically mentioned that Weilai ES8 recorded a good score of 35.3 meters, but "it should be considered as normal performance because the tires are Ma brand MC6." But in fact, the positioning of MC6, that is, MaxContact 6, in the horse brand product line is not "extremely inclined to dry and grab the ground"",but dry land gives consideration to wetlands, high performance and comfort. Ma brand MC6 targets Michelin PS4 series high-performance tires, which emphasize performance, but all the characteristics are relatively balanced, so it tends to be dry.Is not accurate.
Let’s get down to business. All of the above are just the foreshadowing. Among the mechanical performance of Weilai ES8, the most shocking thing is "great dizziness", "having a double-digit friend … great physical discomfort, dizziness, nausea and vomiting on the spot", and "the rate of being laid down is 90%, which is no exaggeration".
To tell you the truth, I looked silly on the spot-maybe I drove a fake Wei? I’m the one in ten who doesn’t faint?
I know that Weilai’s mechanical calibration is not good, but I don’t know that I have entered the "No.38 Roller Coaster Evaluation Center".
First of all, it is necessary to popularize the common sense of electric vehicles in the world. Most electric vehicles, especially newer and higher-end electric vehicles, will be equipped with a kinetic energy recovery system with considerable strength. In my relatively limited electric vehicle driving experience, Tesla Model S/X is stronger than ES8, and BMW i3 is also stronger than ES8. The recovery of kinetic energy is less than that of ES8, and almost only Beiqi New Energy, which is low-end and cheap and commonly used in shared car platforms, is available., Jianghuai, Chery and so on..
This is not nonsense. When Nissan launched the second generation Leaf electric vehicle last year, it introduced its e-Pedal electronic pedal in a large space, that is, based on a powerful kinetic energy recovery system, single fuel.The door pedal can control the vehicle. When Audi launched the e-Tron electric car last month, it proudly told everyone that 30% of the cruising range of the e-Tron depends on recycling kinetic energy, and the braking force can reach 0.3g, and 90% of the braking operation can be undertaken by recycling kinetic energy.
Everyone knows that at present, the battery life of electric vehicles is one meter more, and the stronger the kinetic energy recovery, the better.
What about the dizzy problem? First of all, in the process of driving Tesla and BMW i3, I have mastered the driving skills of this kind of electric vehicle with strong power and strong kinetic energy recovery: lifting oil at night.Door, less brake. In the past, when driving a fuel car, you can let go of the throttle to slide, but driving an electric car requires a small step on the throttle to keep it longer.. In order to ensure the safety of emergency braking, once the situation requires emergency braking, the right foot needs to move faster and more resolutely.
As a result, in the daily road driving process, after the previous "education" on other brands of electric vehicles, I can drive the ES8 so that passengers can basically not feel dizzy.
In fact, it was quietly stated in the evaluation No.38 that "great discomfort" and "90% being laid down" all refer to the specific condition of "after experiencing the sudden acceleration in the exercise mode of ES8". In the later Weibo, it was also specifically stated that 90% of the dizziness rate was "according to the working conditions I mentioned", that is, "the movement mode accelerated sharply in the middle".
I’m not dizzy, but I’m excited for nothing. I’m not one in a million. As for the routine daily commuting conditions, are passengers dizzy? No mention.
Well, ok, I have personally confirmed that if you don’t take passengers seriously, ES8 can really throw up the passengers who love to take the express train. At the beginning, I turned on the Model S P100D to start the rage mode, and it was easy to achieve 100% indifference to the stun rate. When the electric vehicle with strong powerCoupled with strong kinetic energy recovery, when driving fiercely, strong forward and backward acceleration is frequently switched, which will easily lead to dizziness. You have to put a car like you’re risking your lifeWhen the car drives to the limit, it really makes every car dizzy. As for the so-called "It is not fast, but slow ",that is, the accusation that the vehicle is slow first and then fast when accelerating. Forgive me for being stupid, but compared with most similar products on the market, there is no significant difference that ordinary people can perceive.
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According to the daily commuting conditions, if you have driven Tesla before, then the ES8 can basically switch seamlessly; If you have never driven a car with strong kinetic energy recovery, it will take some time to get used to it.. In the end, it is not difficult to achieve the "vertigo index" as low as the level of fuel vehicles, and it is not difficult to have some practical driving experience. Is this adaptation tiring? No.38 evaluation is true, as mentioned earlier, it is really a little tired. Consumers need to be clear, not limited to Weilai and even Tesla and even Audi e-Tron, all electric vehicles with strong kinetic energy recovery are like this, and there will be more and more such vehicles in the future, and they will be used to driving fuel vehicles and then turning to electric vehicles.Either adapt early or adapt late, there is no need to be nervous.
To sum up the key points:
The topic of "dizzy or not" is over.
"kinetic energy recovery priority"? Autohold is "hard to use"?
I don’t quite understand these two slots. The former, that is, when the driver releases the accelerator and steps on the brake, Weilai ES8 will directly invoke the mechanical brake system, instead of increasing the kinetic energy recovery until the kinetic energy recovery system is not enough to slow down before starting the mechanical brake. In my opinion, this is the standard mechanical priority to ensure safety first, and there is no problem..
On the premise of having a strong kinetic energy recovery system, there will be a lot of negative acceleration when the driver completely releases the throttle. At this time, if the driver has to step on the brake pedal again, it means that the situation needs to slow down or even stop the car as soon as possible, then immediately call the mechanical brake to maximize and stabilize the braking force. I don’t think there is anything wrong with it in theory, but I don’t feel it in practice.What’s different.
Again, in terms of kinetic energy recovery, the ES8 is not much different from electric vehicles such as Tesla and BMW i3.Everyone is about the same.. Of course, it’s not that "what Tesla does is right", but that this feature may not be to everyone’s taste, but it’s exaggerated and unfair to describe the common features of this electric car as the shortcomings or even defects of a certain car.
As for "there is no N gear, and the Autohold function is difficult to use", Wei Lai told us during the test drive that the use method is: short-term parking and deep braking to turn on the Autohold, and long-term parking and engaging in the P gear.. Autohold is turned on and off by stepping on the brakes deeply, that is, just stepping on the brakes directly, which is different from many other brands.Autohold is used in the same way. The so-called "Autohold intervenes differently every time according to the brake pedal pedaling intensity" and "it’s difficult to use", I failed to understand: just pedal to the end, do you have to test the small "pedal critical interval" where Autohold intervenes or not?
Control and chassis, rare recognized advantages.
In the full text of the 16,000-word evaluation, there are very few points that praise ES8, among which use"Give praise"Three words, is the suspension system of ES8. If the car is judged by the strictest standards, there is only one advantage left in the end, and that must be the chassis and suspension-not the power, not the NOMI., not the queen’s copilot …
Our test drive includes a section of mountain road around the lake. I basically go at a speed of 60-90km/h when cornering. If it’s not a blind corner, I will have full oil and full braking: this should be properly regarded as a category of "intense driving". Of course, the premise is that the road conditions are simple and familiar, which can ensure safety.
The so-called "the dynamic characteristics of vehicles are strange when approaching the limit" may be that I am stupid, but I didn’t feel "strange". The roll control of the vehicle is quite good, and the support given by the front suspension in the corner is also sufficient. The natural low center of gravity of the electric vehicle may also contribute. It gives me a feeling a bit like opening a new A8L on the roundabout road in Sanya in March, not boasting that the ES8 is comparable to Audi, but that the character of this kind of vehicle to take care of the road for you is somewhat similar. The steering feel, road feedback and righting strength of the ES8 are not as good as those of BMW, but if you have low expectations for electric vehicles before, such as Beiqi Jianghuai Chery, which is common in sharing cars, it should be able to give you a little surprise.
The same is true for vibration reduction, but it is slightly different from the "good handling of large vibration" in the above evaluation. ES8 is more comfortable to handle small road undulations, such as the slightly sunken manhole cover that is common on the road, which can basically pass quietly under the condition of "painless" passengers. For big obstacles such as speed bumps, ES8 is more conventional. On the whole, this performance is not comparable to BBA, at least in domestic independent brand cars. If combined with the support performance during intense driving, the suspension system may be the most likely place to leave a good impression on the ES8.
What about the shortage? When driving on the highway, the small steering of the ES8 has a negative effect. In the high speed of about 200-300 kilometers, there are indeed cases where the direction needs to be slightly revised frequently. At first I thought it was following the car for a long time.As a result, I failed to look far myself. However, on reflection, there are indeed some problems with ES8. Under the three driving modes, the steering wheel strength of the ES8 is not obvious, and they are all sensitive, which will make your fatigue increase faster when driving at high speed for a long time..
Product defects? Not really, the adjustment of the direction feel is not perfect, which is a small but reasonable demand for a new brand. However, the so-called "three modes can be defined as difficult, extremely difficult and super-fucking difficult". I must say that I have never felt "difficult to use" under such a description scale, and I don’t know how I got such a degree of emotion and disdain. If the steering feel of this car can be defined as "super * * difficult to use", then the double-digit models in China auto market can only be described as unspeakable foul language.
The more urgent need for improvement is noise control, especially at high speed.ES8 will not give you the feeling of "the electric car is silent" at all.. Low-frequency mechanical noise and subtle vibration always exist, but it seems that the performance of wind noise seems quite good. If a passer-by who eats melons is asked to do a double-blind test, there is at least a 70% probability that he can’t guess that this is a pure electric car.
Passengers will feel more comfortable at low speeds. Weilai claims that the torsional stiffness of the body of the ES8 is twice that of the Model X. When it is impacted at a low speed, the ES8 will not have the same kind of car-such as the Model X, such as the abnormal interior noise of the previous generation BMW X5. The overall feeling of the body and the feeling for passengers are better than many models of the same size.
Endurance and battery change, shortcomings and disputes
Unlike many people who eat melons, Wei Lai is actually quite frank about the short battery life of the ES8. Long ago, they released the official cruising range calculator, in which the high-speed cruising range of 120km/h was clearly marked as only 236km.. In this test drive, I simply counted, cruising at an average speed of about 110km/h, the battery life of the meter decreased by 51km and the odometer increased by 38km.It is basically in line with the endurance level of high-speed 200km+.
For real users, the cruising range of electric vehicles should be "discounted" on the basis of this discount. Because, after all, unlike driving a fuel car, there must be a gas station in Fiona Fang every few kilometers. Electric cars need to drive at least several kilometers to find public piles, or they need to rush back to their homes where they often go for 10 kilometers. To be on the safe side, they need to leave at least 10-20 kilometers of mileage. So in a word, ES8 can actually be used in the cruising range on the road. Generally speaking, 290±20km in urban area and 200±10km in high speed are more reliable references.
The actual cruising range of electric vehicles will definitely be smaller than the NEDC standard cruising range, which is also the necessary common sense for fuel vehicle users to switch to electric vehicles. Up to now, the endurance of the ES8 is no secret, and the data about 300km in the urban area and the early 200km at high speed are relatively reliable. Of course, the premise is the non-cold environment, the air conditioner does not turn on the extremely low temperature, and the driving habits are mild. If I hold the mentality that "it won’t cost a few dollars to power up anyway", I will have to charge when I drive the Model X 100D for more than 200 kilometers, which is a NEDC car with a mileage of more than 500 kilometers.
As for a series of problems brought about by power exchange, it has been discussed in the previous "Weilai IPO rings the bell tonight, where is the road of" 3-minute power exchange ". Weilai officials also confirmed that the ES8 chassis space is indeed available to ensure that all models of the brand have universal battery packs. As an "exchange", the laying of Weilai Power Station is still in progress.
For the power exchange station, Wei Lai disclosed some technical details this time:
There are still many questions about Weilai’s power exchange station, and the most typical one is that "the loss of new batteries caused by power exchange is greater than that of original batteries" and the resulting derivative problems. In addition, we also want to know the landing difficulty of Weilai Power Station in laying, such as whether there will be obstacles in facing the fire department. And the user level, can the owner choose a single power change?How to calculate the single price, how to use the power exchange station for the owner of the whole vehicle with battery, and so on.
As of mid-September, we have learned that the number of power stations in Beijing has increased to six. When Li Bin opened a store in Chengdu a few days ago, he mentioned that he would speed up the deployment of power stations around the expressway. "The company will give full play to the inherent advantages of Weilai Automobile’s structure.. As mentioned in the last article, whether Weilai can successfully and timely land the power exchange system will have an important impact on Weilai’s next development.
Weilai has been wasting a lot of time on the "one-click power-on" service, but the fact is that everyone knows that this uneconomical and inflexible way is not a long-term solution. If electric vehicles really want to reach the majority of people and the broader market, they will eventually rely on recharging.Perfection, normalization and scale of facilities. Not long ago, Weilai supported some users to drive ES8 in Xinjiang, and as a result, it was criticized for "scooter dragging charging car". Even Weilai himself knows that in the future, the mobile charging car will only be a supplementary part of the whole NIO Power system, but at this stage, other charging facilities are not mature enough, so they have to take on more charging tasks.
Picking holes? Queen’s copilot, NOMI, big screen UI…… …
It’s common for people who sing bad songs to complain about ES8, that is, there are too many gimmicks. I subjectively understand that Weilai, as a new brand, is the first new car that dares to position itself as a "luxury brand". Strategically, it needs to create selling points in all aspects. But objectively, some of these patterns of ES8 really seem to be more gimmicks than reality.
A typical example is the Queen’s copilot. I have to say that Weilai knows the car habits of Chinese people very well. In the past, this kind of semi-reclining seat only appeared in the right back seat of executive-class cars, and even SUVs with the same price were mostly lacking. Wei Lai clearly realized that for China families who drive by car, the co-pilot is far more important than the right back seat, and this design idea is worth encouraging.
However, on the ES8, perhaps due to the cost limitation, the use steps of the Queen’s copilot are a bit cumbersome, so it is hard for me to imagine who will use it frequently. You need to adjust the three electric switches on the right side of the seat cushion, put down the foot rest-raise the leg rest-and level the back of the chair. There is no key in place and no position memory. It is up to your right hand to keep pressing a switch to determine the tilt angle. If you want to maximize the legroom, you need to toggle another manual switch on the right side of the seat cushion, and then move your hips to make the seat move back greatly.. The recovery method of foot rest is also manual or manual.
To achieve the best comfort of leaning back greatly, this operation takes at least half a minute, and the right hand does not stop all the time. It’s not so much the queen’s co-pilot, but rather the sleep-supplementing co-pilot: it’s not cost-effective not to sleep once. Indeed, it is too suitable for sleeping, and my right media colleague in the same car personally verified it. The question is, having achieved such "meticulous", why is there a lack of "one key in place"?
If you choose the standard version of ES8 now, NOMI is an option worth 4,800 yuan, which is good news in reality.
It is absolutely unfair for NOMI engineers to "put a little love classmate in the car". When you get into the car for the first time, it turns its head and smiles, which will give people a good impression emotionally. However, compared with the current intelligent voice assistantSimilarly, NOMI can’t have the intelligence beyond this era, which also determines that it can’t be as considerate and powerful as the promotional film in many cases. However, ES8 relies too much on NOMI, which will bring problems.
For example, ES8′ s panoramic sunroof switch is not a common two-stage switch, that is, it can’t be opened and closed with one button, and it must be held by hand all the time when it is fully opened, or-call NOMI voice to give instructions. But as we said before, the female throne of the ES8 is very easy for the co-pilot to fall asleep … If you want to close the skylight at this time, you can only work hard for yourself-this inconvenience will not appear in traditional luxury cars.
There is a similar situation. For example, there is no physical switch for seat ventilation and heating.However, their UI switches in the central control screen are hidden in the air-conditioning interface and need to be adjusted in the 3rd floor menu. This means that if the environment is inconvenient for you to call NOMI by voice, the only choice is to click the screen once and for all. Perhaps Weilai’s UI designer will think "it doesn’t matter that there is NOMI", but the fact is that it is not uncommon for drivers/passengers to make noise.
In terms of intelligent interaction, NOMI has indeed not surpassed the times. In quiet environment, it can accurately recognize speech, but there are too many noisy times in the car. The whistle outside and the conversation between relatives and friends in the car will affect the recognition accuracy of NOMI.. In addition, the ability of continuous dialogue is not brilliant. If the recognition fails, you need to call "Hi NOMI" again and start over. In short, NOMI is not weaker than most similar assistants, but intelligent voice assistants are still unable to undertake and should not be given too many tasks.
During our short test drive, there was also a bug that NOMI black screen crashed and did not respond, and it didn’t return to normal until it was restarted after turning off the car. This does not affect driving like a more serious bug, but it also shows that NOMI should not act as an important operation mode.
Vehicle OTA and privacy security
These two points should be the least controversial in the 38 th evaluation. Vehicle OTAFor the challenge of the stability of the on-board system, in the following ES8 owner @ YadongExposed in the crash bug encountered. As mentioned above, I have also encountered a small bug of NOMI black screen crash.
This is actually easy to understand. Generally speaking, the development cycle of a new car is as short as three to five years and as long as longer. During this period, the software and hardware of the whole car will be tested for a long time and gradually finalized. When the feasibility of OTA appears, the updated firmware may only go through a few months of real vehicle testing. Although manufacturers always claim that they have passed strict and perfect security tests, considering that Windows developed by thousands of top engineers in Microsoft still can’t move the blue screen, Apple’s stable iOS will inevitably appear "white apple". Ordinary users who don’t know anything about computer code have any reason to believe that more complex vehicle firmware can be foolproof?
Not only ES8, but also Tesla, the promoter of vehicle OTA, has bug problems. Coincidentally, the Model X test drive I met in my last company actually encountered the bug of the crash of the central control panel. The problem is not as serious as that of the ES8 owner, but it also shows the challenge of OTA upgrade to system stability. OTA should not be rejected, but it should not be rushed.It is even more impossible to use "OTA can quickly fix loopholes" to ignore the premise fact of "why there are loopholes in vehicles".
In May of this year, Tesla Model 3 was criticized by Consumer Report for its braking problems. Later, Tesla discovered that it was a vehicle software problem, and the emergency OTA upgrade firmware was solved. Although this is OTA’s contribution, it cannot be ignored that Tesla has a major fault in software defects.
Back to ES8, in mid-September, Weilai released "Developed day and night"Version 1.0.8 firmware, and said that this will be the last large-scale offline update. It is this version 1.0.8 firmware that will enable the ES8 to have the OTA capability of the whole vehicle, that is, the owner will be able to write the new firmware by himself, thus upgrading the core system of the vehicle.Security and stability are the first,I hope this will be the last time for Weilai firmware development team to "travel day and night".
Privacy is another big problem. Past experience and lessons tell us that the threat to users’ privacy is inevitable and severe when everything meets the word "intelligence", not just cars. In fact, compared with Tesla, domestic new cars, and even some new models of traditional car companies, Weilai’s external sensors need to collect no more information. As for the so-called Weilai Club collecting passenger conversations, it is also stated in the privacy agreement that "the system may collect them when NOMI is turned on", that is, it may be recorded when calling NOMI. However, in the ES8 car, this camera, which was originally used for passengers to take selfies, brought people much more discomfort. In particular, it is also a super wide-angle lens, which can clearly take a panoramic view of the car.
A very simple example, in 2016, a photo of Facebook CEO Zuckerberg’s desk caught public attention. His Macbook front camera was taped. Obviously, even the top IT companies in the world can’t completely eliminate risks, and a piece of tape is the simplest solution. For Weilai ES8, it is really necessary to add physical shielding such as baffle to the camera in the car. It adds a very small cost, but it fundamentally reassures users.
As for other information collection behaviors, such as the address, mobile phone address book, music playing and a series of information in the car system, Weilai’s "eyes and ears" are indeed a little far. Although we are willing to believe in Weilai’s integrity and management level as a big company, users are objectively in an information asymmetry position, and what they need is privacy and security that they can confirm. When consumers choose goods, of course, there are also elements of choosing values. "Consumers who don’t agree with values can not choose this car." Then, from another perspective, enterprises whose values are inconsistent with society will not be recognized by consumers.
ES8 also has some small advantages, such as the display area of HUD is much larger than usual, and there is basically no need to look down at the instrument when driving on the speed limit section; The front central control and lower package place, the front armrest box are large and deep, and the rear central passage is completely flat, which gives full play to the advantages of electric vehicles; There are also air outlets on both sides of the rear roof, which is more stereoscopic for the air conditioning of the rear passengers.
What about the criticism of ES8? Look at it in several ways. The driving performance is not perfect, and the ES8 is indeed immature with distinct advantages and disadvantages. But as far as the short-term test drive is concerned, its shortcomings are not beyond the degree of "imperfect adjustment", and it is not as shocking as the so-called "semi-finished product".
ES8 has an excellent chassis and suspension system, and its powerful power and brakes are solid. Due to the common kinetic energy recovery system of electric vehicles, it is really easy to cause dizziness when driving fiercely; The steering texture has reached its due level, but the stability at high speed still needs to be tempered; As for battery life, it is already a shortcoming that official website admits in disguise, and it needs Weilai to speed up the construction of charging and replacing system to make up for it.
More slots come from in-vehicle and in-vehicle systems. The UI of the car’s big screen failed to find a balance between beauty and convenience, and NOMI, which has no actual substitution function, was given too much responsibility. Coupled with occasional system bugs, large and small, at least at present, ES8 can’t guarantee to give users a 100% complete, 100% stable and 100% easy-to-use in-vehicle system, which requires Wei Lai to calm down and take safety and stability as absolute goals in stages.
Small slots include some unreasonable facilities in the car, for example, the skylight does not have one-button opening and closing, for example, the UI menu design still needs to be considered, for example, the queen’s throne is designed without one button in place. These are not serious shortcomings, but they will eventually affect the user experience. If manufacturers pay attention to them, it is easy to improve them in the next generation of products. At the same time, some small advantages should not be ignored, such as the improvement of the position of the co-pilot, such as a large-scale HUD, such as a series of rethinking of storage space.
There is no doubt that OTA and privacy security are re-examined. Although these are new technologies that exist in many so-called "future" cars, we should not treat each car factory with the mentality of "the law does not blame the public". The advantages of vehicle OTA are obvious to all, but at the same time, the challenges to safety still need to be carefully considered by every manufacturer. Once you choose the road of OTA, you must accept the challenge of stability and security. Consumers don’t need to care about how many kilometers have been tested and how many days and nights have been developed. Whether the final result is good or not and there is no bug is the only test standard.
Privacy security is even more so. "It is difficult to protect privacy in today’s society" is not an excuse for a certain manufacturer’s inadequate privacy protection. In Weilai’s privacy agreement, there are indeed a considerable proportion of terms that are not beneficial to users, and users obviously have no responsibility to help manufacturers develop and test, let alone risk that privacy may be leaked. In-car cameras without any physical shielding can easily cause some privacy-sensitive users to be nervous and uncomfortable.
Generally speaking, ES8 is the first work of Weilai, a new brand. If this identity is taken into account as a prerequisite, the answer to this paper is satisfactory. But for ordinary consumers, they have no reason and no responsibility to lower their standards.
So, regardless of this identity, judging by normal standards, ES8 does have some shortcomings and immaturity in many aspects, but the description of "semi-finished products" is somewhat sensational. For example, many "defects" in machinery are actually common in most electric vehicles and should not be defined as the defects of ES8 individuals. More importantly, these so-called "defects" are not serious enough to affect health and safety in daily use. They should be defined as the shortcomings of the ES8 as a car, rather than the "product defects" exposed by the so-called "semi-finished products".
As for the above shortcomings, you should have a good idea by now..