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Recently, the price of oil has risen to make people's liver ache, want to save some fuel money to buy a tram, refueling is saved, but when selling second-hand cars, the miserable retention rate is also painful.
Therefore, there are more and more friends who consider plugging in mixed models. When it comes to plugging and mixing, it has been BYD's DM-i family for the past year.
But recently a model aimed at the Qin PLUS DM-i was launched, and that was the Geely Emgrand L Thor Hi· X Hybrid Version, the price after subsidy is 129,800-14.58 million.
So can this car really challenge Qin PLUS DM-i, and how is the product force? Today we will talk about it.
What are the highlights of the Emgrand L Hybrid?
Why is it so hard to find a car that can fire? I think there are three main reasons: long endurance of pure electricity, low fuel consumption, and cheap price.
Before the DM-i came out, the plug-in model had always been considered a freak of policy, and many people looked down on it. Because the insertion at that time was mainly to be able to get the green card, the endurance was basically stuck with the standard of being able to get the green card, and the shortest was only forty or fifty kilometers.
Plug-in hybrid vehicles such as the 530Le can be directly licensed in Shanghai
And once the power loss, the fuel consumption is high enough to take off, and the previous generation of inserted and mixed version of BYD Tang can lose more than 20 fuel consumption. Then there is the outrageous price.
The advent of DM-i perfectly solves these shortcomings and turns them into advantages. How does the Emgrand L hybrid perform in these aspects?
Pure electric endurance 100km
BYD Qin PLUS DM-i pure electric endurance has two versions of 55km and 120km, while the Emgrand L Hybrid Version has a battery life of 100km. Although it is slightly shorter than the Qin PLUS DM-i by 20km, it is enough. As long as you have a charging pile at home, you can basically use the tram to drive, completely saving money for refueling. After all, 100km can fully meet the commuting needs of the vast majority of people.
Some people may say that the version that is less than 55km raises the purchase threshold? This is true, but it can be seen from the sales of Qin PLUS DM-i that most of the people who buy this car have chosen the long-endurance version, because long-lasting is the essence of today's plug-in.
Therefore, the Emgrand L hybrid directly cut the low-endurance version, and the impact was not large. And there is also news that in the future, it will also launch models with a range of up to 200km. Of course, for the plug-in mixed car, the endurance is not necessarily as long as possible, and the 200km version is not worth it, and we have to see how much it sells.
More powerful than DM-i
The Emgrand L Hybrid uses a 1.5T engine with a front-mounted single motor, in which the maximum horsepower of the engine is 181 hp and the maximum horsepower of the motor is 136 hp. Qin PLUS DM-i uses a 1.5L engine with a front-mounted single motor, the maximum horsepower of the engine is 110 horses, and the maximum horsepower of the motor is 179 horses and 197 horses (55km and 120km versions).
Therefore, only from the parameter point of view, the Emgrand L hybrid engine has more horsepower, but the motor horsepower is small, Qin PLUS DM-i is just the opposite, the engine horsepower is small, but the motor horsepower is large.
However, for plug-in hybrid models, its comprehensive power can not only simply add up the horsepower of the engine and motor. How well its comprehensive power performance depends more on the logic of tuning and matching. From the official zero hundred acceleration, the Emgrand L hybrid is 6.9 seconds, and the Qin PLUS DM-i 55km and 120km versions are 7.9 seconds and 7.3 seconds respectively.
Therefore, from the perspective of acceleration ability, emgrand L hybrid is indeed more radical. In general, the more aggressive the power adjustment, the fuel consumption and endurance will be affected. As mentioned earlier, the endurance of the Emgrand L hybrid is indeed 20km shorter than that of the Qin PLUS DM-i. However, the fuel consumption of the power loss is not bad, and the official fuel consumption of the two cars is only 3.8L/100km.
Therefore, it can be said that the Emgrand L hybrid has less endurance of 20km than the Qin PLUS DM-i, but has a better power experience, and in terms of power loss and fuel consumption, it is equally excellent.
In addition, Geely previously used a 1.5T three-cylinder machine on the Xingyue L hybrid, although it cooperates with the hybrid system, it can maximize the advantages of the three-cylinder engine and greatly avoid the short board of the three-cylinder engine jitter. But for consumers, hearing three cylinders may turn their heads and leave. So in the Emgrand L hybrid, Geely replaced it with a 1.5T four-cylinder hybrid, which can be said to be a big heart disease for friends who are considering this car.
Three-speed hybrid transmission
Faster and more fuel efficient
In addition, this set of Thor hybrids on Emgrand L has another big highlight, which is also not available to BYD DM-i, that is, Geely has added a set of 3-speed DHT structures to the hybrid gearbox. It is generally believed that the hybrid system does not require a gearbox, so whether it is the DM-i system or the Toyota Honda hybrid, it uses a set of transmission mechanisms called E-CVT. But Gilly added 3 gears to their Thor hybrid.
The advantage is that in a wider speed range, the power reaction speed is faster and the fuel consumption is lower. Due to the presence of a three-speed transmission, the engine can be directly involved in the drive above 20km/h. Of course, this is not to say that more than 20km/h is engine driven, when you drive smoothly, in order to save fuel, the engine will not intervene.
But when you need to accelerate sharply, its engine can intervene earlier, so that the maximum power of the system comes faster. In contrast, the Honda Hybrid and BYD DM-i will have to be more than 80/70km/h respectively to enter the parallel mode of direct engine drive.
At high speed, the transmission rises to a high level, which can better control the engine speed, and the engine is mainly responsible for generating electricity when cruising at a uniform speed, thus playing a role in reducing fuel consumption. When overtaking at the big throttle, it will be downshifted, and the engine will also participate in the drive, and there will be no DM-i relatively fuel-intensive and boring situation at high speed.
However, the benefits of 3-stop DHT are obvious, but they also greatly increase the difficulty of matching. If the adjustment is good, it must be energetic and fuel-saving, and if the adjustment is not good, it will cause a setback. Moreover, the matching degree and reliability of this 3-gear mechanism have yet to be verified.
To summarize briefly, DM-i has three advantages of long pure electric endurance, low fuel consumption and cheap price. Now it seems that emgrand L hybrid has also done it, and has its own innovation. But buying a car can not only look at the hybrid system, let's take a look at the Emgrand L hybrid version and Qin PLUS DM-i in other aspects of the product performance?
Except for the hybrid
Each has its own advantages and disadvantages
About these two cars, in fact, there are advantages and disadvantages, below we summarized the three advantages of Qin PLUS DM-i, and the two advantages of Emgrand L hybrid. Let's take a look at Qin PLUS DM-i:
Blade batteries are safer
In addition to DM-i, BYD's technology has blade batteries. The biggest advantage of blade batteries is safety. The Emgrand L hybrid uses a ternary lithium battery, which is certainly not as good as the blade battery in terms of safety.
On the left is the blade battery
However, on the plug-in hybrid model, the squeeze on the battery is actually not as fierce as the pure electric model. After all, as long as the battery is dequeficient, the engine will start to generate electricity, and when a strong power output is required, the engine can also intervene in the direct drive.
Therefore, the general spontaneous combustion of models are mostly pure electricity, plug-in hybrid models have battery safety accidents are not many. But even so, the blade battery can still make everyone more at ease, from a safety point of view, Qin PLUS DM-i blade battery is definitely an advantage.
The long-life version supports fast charging
For new energy vehicles, whether to support fast charging will greatly affect the use experience. At this point, the Emgrand L Hybrid lost another round to Qin PLUS DM-i. Emgrand L does not support fast charging, but the version of Qin PLUS DM-i 120km supports fast charging.
Of course, because the battery capacity of the plug-in hybrid model is not large, the battery capacity of the Emgrand L hybrid is only 15.5kWh, according to the official data, even if it is slow charged, two and a half hours will be full. If you have a parking space at home and can press the private pile, it really doesn't matter if the one doesn't support fast charging. Anyway, when I went home, I was resurrected with blood the next day.
But if you can't install private piles, the disadvantages of slow charging are exposed, and not only the charging time is long, but more importantly, there are very few supports for slow charging in public charging piles. Among the 10 charging piles, half of them can support slow charging, which is good. Therefore, for friends who cannot press the private pile, the shortcomings of Emgrand L hybrid are still very obvious.
秦PLUS DM-i
Maturity and recognition are higher
The three letters DM-i have now become a guarantee of sales, and the first DM-i model launched by BYD is the Qin PLUS DM-i. Therefore, whether it is the maturity of this car or the recognition of consumers, it is now very high, and this is what Emgrand L Hybrid is now incomparable.
In terms of recognition, DM-i has long been famous, and Thor Hybrid is still in the stage of trying to prove itself to consumers. In terms of maturity, dm-i series models have sold hundreds of thousands of vehicles, tuning and matching has been very mature, which is considered to have been tested by the market.
The Emgrand L Hybrid has just been listed, although the performance is good from the parameters, but some media said after the test drive that there is still room for improvement in the matching logic and handling performance of the vehicle. Of course, as for how the car actually starts, we will report to you as soon as we get the test drive.
But in any case, when it comes to hybrids, DM-i does form a preconceived advantage, while Emgrand L hybrids are a catch-up.
After talking about the 3 advantages of Qin PLUS DM-i, let's take a look at the two advantages of Emgrand L Hybrid:
Advantages of emgrand L hybrid
Sell better
In terms of internal and external design, Emgrand L Hybrid and Qin PLUS DM-i have their own characteristics, but if I had to choose, I think the emgrand L Hybrid would sell significantly better.
First of all, this color scheme called Aurora White is very fresh and textured, and the identity of the new energy vehicle is also very compatible. Although the overall design is born from the fuel version of the Emgrand L, the upgrade of the details still makes the texture and atmosphere of the whole vehicle significantly improve by a notch.
The atmosphere of the interior is also fresh, elegant and exquisite. The new Forest Green Double Color Block seats are refreshing and refreshing. 10.25 inch LCD instrument + 12.3 inch central control screen, with Thor Hi · X's exclusive electronic barrier also creates a good sense of technology.
In contrast, the interior design of Qin PLUS DM-i is more traditional. At best, it sounds calm and moderate, but in the eyes of many young friends, it may be slightly greasy.
The Emgrand L hybrid configuration is higher
We chose the entry-level version of qin PLUS DM-i 120km endurance, and the sub-low match of the Emgrand L hybrid, both of which are priced at 135,800, and are also the versions of the two cars, which can be said to be the tip of the needle to Mai Mang. In terms of configuration, the advantages of Emgrand L hybrid are still relatively obvious.
Emgrand L hybrid has more induction trunk than Qin PLUS DM-i, 10.25-inch LCD instrument, fur-turning mixed material seat, main driver electric adjustment, one-button lifting and lowering of the whole car glass, car air purifier, negative ion generator, etc. These configurations are still very helpful for improving the overall sense of atmosphere and quality.
Write at the end
At present, Qin PLUS DM-i has almost no opponents in the same level of plug-in hybrid models, and BYD DM-i hybrid is also a dominant one. The emergence of the Emgrand L hybrid, from the technical, positioning, price point of view, are the qin PLUS DM-i pin tip to Mai Mang's model. According to my interviews with friends around me, most people are not very optimistic about the Emgrand L Hybrid Energy challenge Qin PLUS DM-i. But I think that if you stretch the timeline a little longer, it is not impossible to challenge DM-i.
At that time, Toyota claimed that there were only two kinds of hybrids, one called Toyota and one called the other. But didn't Honda also rely on the i-MMD to find another way, and finally split the same with the Toyota Hybrid? When we think that the two-field hybrid is two insurmountable peaks, isn't BYD's DM-i also turned out to be a hit, and finally overshadowed the two-field hybrid?
Although DM-i now has a first-mover advantage, it has only been more than a year since the first DM-i model was launched. Therefore, the hybrid of car companies such as Geely, Great Wall, and Chery still has the possibility of catching up.
Moreover, the outbreak of hybrid technology this time is basically a domestic brand standing at the head of the tide, chasing each other, while the joint venture factories can only watch. It's not that they don't want to go down, it's that they either don't have the technical reserves or they don't have a price advantage.
Therefore, whether Emgrand L Hybrid can challenge BYD's DM-i, this is the mutual promotion of domestic brands in the competition, and we are very happy to see it.
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