King of Rolls defends his title?! Zero Run (09863) C10 officially launched with a starting price of 128,800 yuan.

Understood, on March 2nd, Lixiang (09863) held the C10 and 24th new product family bucket renewal conference in Hangzhou, and officially launched the Lixiang C10. The C10 was launched in 7 models, with 4 pure electric models priced between 12.88-16.88 million yuan, and 3 extended range models priced between 13.58-16.58 million yuan, nearly 20,000 yuan lower than the presale price. In addition, the company also announced the new C11/C01/T03, with sincere pricing and unbeatable configuration in the same class. The C10 is the flagship model of this launch, with a maximum battery capacity of 69.9kWh for the electric version, and a CLTC range of up to 530km; the extended range version has a maximum battery capacity of 28.4kWh, a pure electric CLTC range of up to 210km, and a comprehensive CLTC range of up to 1190km. The C10 is positioned as "a more ideal home for young people", as the first global strategic model under the Lixiang LEAP 3.0 technology architecture. The new car will be sold globally in the second half of the year. The Lixiang C10 is equipped with the Qualcomm 8295 smart cockpit chip, as well as industry-leading smart driving hardware including 128-thread LiDAR and NVIDIA Orin-X smart driving chip, achieving advanced smart driving functions such as NAC and NAP. At the conference, the founder and chairman of LEAPMOTOR, Zhu Jiangming, stated that the launch of the Lixiang C10 will set a benchmark for global products in the 150,000-level. Since the start of presales in January this year, the Lixiang C10 has received over 45,000 orders. Before the launch, over 3,000 finished cars had been delivered to Lixiang stores nationwide, ready for delivery upon launch. As "a more ideal home for young people", the Lixiang C10 not only gathers cutting-edge technology to provide a better driving experience for young families, but also meticulously refines the details inside and outside the new car to meet the needs of each family member. This time, the Lixiang C10 presents a "new" and "heartfelt" approach, benchmarking against vehicles priced between 300,000-400,000 yuan in terms of intelligence, comfort, and safety. Intelligence: 150,000 yuan for the 8295 smart cockpit experience, over 160,000 yuan to own LiDAR Lixiang C10, as the first global strategic model under the LEAP 3.0 technology architecture, is equipped with the industry's unique "four-leaf clover" central integrated electronic electrical architecture. It is the first to be equipped with the flagship Qualcomm SA8295P smart cockpit chip, and has a high-end driving assistance system with Orin-X+ LiDAR hardware, making it a truly software-defined car product. The Lixiang C10 uses the fourth-generation cockpit platform of Qualcomm Snapdragon, with the 8295 chip using a 5nm process technology. Its NPU computing power reaches 30 TOPS, which is 7.5 times that of the mainstream 8155P; the sixth-generation Qualcomm Kryo CPU computing power reaches 200K DMIPS, an increase of more than 50% compared to the 8155; the Qualcomm Adreno GPU computing power reaches 3000 GFLOPS, a 300% increase compared to the 8155. On the development level, compared to competitors who only use the 8295 chip in the cockpit, Lixiang achieves ultimate utilization of the 8295 chip. In the C10, Lixiang has used the 8295 chip to create a fusion of cockpit and driving, integrating functions such as sound DSP, parking, 360-degree surround view, and more, to efficiently coordinate all functions of the vehicle and reduce the risk of faults. The Lixiang C10 features a 10.25-inch high-definition instrument cluster and a 14.6-inch central control screen. The resolution of the 14.6-inch central control screen reaches 2560*1440, achieving a 2.5K high-definition level. The frame uses full bonding technology, with a narrow black border of only 7.2mm at its narrowest point; it uses Oxide technology, with core advantages such as low power consumption, low frame rate, and high transmittance. Thanks to the supercomputing power of the "four-leaf clover" central integrated electronic electrical architecture, the Lixiang C10 is the industry's first model capable of achieving seamless OTA updates for the cockpit's smart driving system. The seamless OTA update does not require the owner to wait for downloads, as the vehicle will be in the updated state once the vehicle is restarted, achieving "instant updates". In terms of intelligent driving assistance, the Lixiang C10 is equipped with 30 high-precision perception hardware units, including fused 128-thread LiDAR, achieving L3-level intelligent driving assistance capabilities in terms of hardware. It can implement 25 intelligent driving assistance functions including NAP high-speed intelligent navigation assistance and NAC navigation assistance cruise control. The innovative NAC navigation assistance cruise function combines navigation maps with information such as traffic light signals, zebra crossing recognition, road direction recognition, speed limit recognition, etc., to adaptively start and stop, turn, and intelligently limit speed based on these information, greatly enhancing the vehicle's adaptive driving assistance capabilities at intersections/corners, freeing the driver's feet. Comfort: 66.8% extremely high room ratio, can be transformed into a 2.7-meter bed In terms of comfort, the Lixiang C10 has a length of 4739mm, a wheelbase of 2825mm, reaching the standard of a mid-sized SUV. With an effective interior space of 1888mm, the "room ratio" is 66.8%, demonstrating practical space performance comparable to luxury brand vehicles. Thanks to the extremely high room ratio, the Lixiang C10 offers best-in-class rear seat space - with a maximum legroom of 1050mm, maximum headroom of 1015mm, second-row seat cushion length of 514mm, and adjustable backrests at 27/32, creating an extremely luxurious and spacious two-bedroom environment for the entire vehicle. To ensure the comfort of front passengers, the Lixiang C10 uses ergonomic 3D seats, specially optimized design for areas prone to fatigue such as shoulders, necks, and lumbar vertebrae. The seats feature the latest bio-based foam, 3D ventilation pads, and 7 layers of comfortable materials, along with seat ventilation and heating functions to provide a first-class driving experience. To create the most comfortable cabin in its class, Lixiang invited user experience evaluators to assess the C10 seats more than 40 times, with over 10,000 people reviewing the seats, aiming for the best fit for body posture and comfort comparable to the Mercedes S-Class. The Lixiang C10 brings a rare "versatile space" for its class, providing young families with diversified.Travel scenario - the backrest of the front seats can be completely lowered to 180 degrees, transforming into a long sofa chair with a length of nearly 1.8 meters; the seats in the front and back rows can all be folded down to create an air mattress bed with a length of over 2.7 meters, forming a double bed for camping. In addition, the C10 boasts the leading cargo space in its class, capable of accommodating 7 20-inch suitcases at the same time. The back seats can be folded in a 4/6 ratio and connected to the cargo space, expanding to 835 liters, allowing for a maximum of 15 20-inch suitcases to be stored, meeting the luggage placement needs of the whole family.Based on the needs of young family users for travel scenarios, the Ling Pao C10 pioneered the design of a central armrest child storage platform in the rear row, providing a "baby dining table" with a large cup holder of 99.1mm and suction cup bowls for placing items such as baby bottles, feeding bowls, etc., so that commonly used items for babies can be properly placed, eliminating the chaos of bringing children on the go. The Ling Pao C10 has a total of 26 storage spaces in the whole vehicle, including 5 cup holders, so that every member of the family has their own cup holder. In order to further improve the comfort of the chassis, the Ling Pao C10 adopts a five-link suspension, and further optimizes the tuning to improve the vehicle's front and rear pitch control, lateral oscillation, and vertical bouncing, reducing the vehicle's movement during daily driving during start-up and braking; when turning, the side tilt suppression will be better; when passing over road bumps and potholes, the suspension damping is more sufficient, resulting in a significant reduction in the additional up and down movement of the vehicle after passing. In terms of NVH, the Ling Pao C10 has undergone over 100 quietness optimizations, with 40 acoustic package designs covering the entire noise transmission path; 18 damping plates to suppress vibration noise radiation. Through the use of acoustic glass on the front windshield, ventilation frame covered with sound-absorbing cotton, and enveloping NVH topology optimization, a library-level quiet space is created for users. Safety: Body stiffness reaches 42500Nm/, cabin fabric reaches infant nibble level. Adhering to the safety concept of "born globally, looking at the world", the Ling Pao C10 is designed according to the C-NCAP and E-NCAP European dual five-star safety standards in terms of active and passive safety, bringing a consistent and surpassing five-star safety protection to global users. Thanks to CTC 2.0 technology, the Ling Pao C10 adopts an integrated skeleton structure design, with a white body torsional stiffness of up to 42500Nm/. Front and rear door collision beams, B-pillar reinforcement plates, seat crossbeams, etc., use submarine-grade 2000MPa hot-formed steel. The vehicle uses high-performance materials containing aluminum alloy, accounting for up to 73.6%. Based on this, the Ling Pao C10 has won the 2023 Top Ten Chinese Body Award and the Best Car Body Structure Single Award. In addition to active and passive safety, the health and safety of users is also a focus of the Ling Pao C10. The mother and baby-level healthy and environmentally friendly cabin uses seat fabrics made of organic silicone materials that can be nibbled by babies, and have obtained the international OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 environmental certification, with non-toxic, antibacterial, skin-friendly, flame-retardant, wear-resistant, durable, and easy-to-clean characteristics. At the same time, the cabin uses a variety of healthy and environmentally friendly materials, new environmentally friendly processes, and is equipped with an AQS air quality management system, providing further assurance of health for passengers. In terms of appearance, the Ling Pao C10 continues the technological NATURAL BEAUTY design language of the Ling Pao family, incorporating more parallel lines to showcase a sense of "strength", creating a stable, reliable, and safe visual experience, highlighting the design concept of protecting family members. Currently, the C10 has won the 2023 International CMF Design Award and the 2024 French Design Award (FDA). It is worth mentioning that the Ling Pao C10's high-end special paint color: Luli Cui, inspired by the vibrant original forest, full of brilliant texture and layers, with green as the main tone and hidden gold and yellow undertones. Different lighting conditions in different seasons can give the paint different colors, making the beauty of Luli Cui change with the owner as they embark on different journeys. "Choosing a car, look at Ling Pao, value for reference", in the past year, Ling Pao has established a new value benchmark in the 150,000-200,000 yuan popular new energy market based on self-development. This time, with the full family bucket sincere offering, the C10 is officially launched and deliveries have begun, with the new T03/C11/C01 configurations fully upgraded and deliveries scheduled for the end of March, the end of April, and early May respectively. The Ling Pao full family bucket's increased configuration and price reduction will inevitably spark a wave of significant price reductions in the industry. The development of technology should not only be admired, but also buying a more comfortable, intelligent, and safe family SUV at a more affordable price, Ling Pao's "full family bucket" performance is worth looking forward to.