Weltmeister EX5
The WM Motor EX5 is a battery electric compact crossover SUV that is manufactured by the Chinese NEV manufacturer WM Motor under the brand Weltmeister. The model was first announced in December 2017 and unveiled to the public in May 2018 at the Beijing Auto Show. Mass production of the EX5 began in September 2018.
Overview
The WM Motor EX5 production version made its debut at the 2018 Beijing Auto Show. The price of the EX5 ranges from CNY¥139,800 to CNY¥189,800, inclusive of Chinese government electric vehicle subsidies.There are three variants of the EX5, the EX5 400 Mate, EX5 400 and EX5 520. The EX5 400 Mate and EX5 400 are both equipped with a battery that provides NEDC range. The EX5 520 is equipped with a battery and achieves NEDC range. In all EX5 variants, WM Motor uses electric drive modules supplied by BorgWarner that can provide up to of torque.
WM Motor supplies a 6.6 kW, 220V home charger that can fully charge the EX5 in 8.5 to 9 hours. Charging from 30% to 80% takes 30 minutes when using 120 kW DC fast chargers.
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On 28 September 2018, one year from the start of the production of the EX5, the company announced that it had delivered over 16,000 EX5s, with the model maintaining a customer satisfaction score of 97%.
Specifications
Driver assistance
Since Q2 2019, the EX5 can be equipped with Bosch L2 ADAS features, which WM Motor claims is the first in class to do so. The Living Pilot L2 ADAS features use a sensor suite consisting of one high-definition front camera, three medium distance millimeter wave radars, a 360-degree camera system consisting of 4 cameras mounted around the vehicle, and 12 ultrasonic sensors. In January, 2019, WM Motor announced a partnership with Baidu to jointly develop L3 and L4 autonomous driving technologies, and establish the 'WM Motor & Baidu Apollo Intelligent Vehicle Joint Research Center'.Infotainment
WM Motor's Living Engine infotainment system is powered by their self-developed operating system. It features third-party applications including Tencent, Baidu, iQiyi as well as Xiaomi and Gree Electric. It can use facial recognition to identify the user and log into online music and video streaming and social media accounts in the vehicle. The system uses a 12.8-inch rotating touchscreen display which functions as the main user interface for the infotainment and environmental control systems as well as a 12.3-inch LCD digital instrument panel. It also features a voice assistant, 'Xiaowei' that both the driver and passengers can use.Powertrain
WM Motor's Living Motion powertrain consists of an electric drive module, battery pack and electronic control insulated-gate bipolar transistor power electronics. It uses components from suppliers including BorgWarner, Infineon, as well as CATL, Tianjin Lishen and Tafel . The battery pack is fitted with WM Motor's self-developed BMS that monitors and maintains battery cell temperatures in climate conditions ranging from to. The BMS helps to prevent battery degradation, with the EX5 having been shown to experience only 5% degradation after of real world driving.Safety
In July 2019, the EX5 was certified with C-NCAP 5-star safety rating.Battery
The EX5's battery pack is positioned at the center of the car and has an IP67 ingress protection rating.L2 ADAS
The EX5 has several active safety features including Adaptive Cruise Control, Intersection Collision Avoidance, Traffic Jam Assist and Automatic Parking Assist. WM Motor claims it releases OTA updates to improve these L2 systems every quarter.