In the past, people chose domestic cars because they were cheap; later, everyone chose domestic cars because of large space and high configuration; and now, with a large number of car companies with independent research and development strength catching up, domestic powertrains are no longer "short boards", and even become a big "selling point" in product composition! Especially when domestic power is not inferior to the joint venture rival in performance and efficiency, advanced Chinese power has become a very bright logo.
Then as the leader in the excellent Chinese powertrain, Changan Blue Whale NE power platform believes that everyone is no stranger. As a power platform that took Changan Automobile four years to develop by gathering global resources, it is also the first OEM power modular platform in China. Up to now, the cumulative sales of Changan Automobile equipped with Blue Whale Power have reached 2.42 million, and from January to November this year, the sales volume of the Blue Whale family has also exceeded the 900,000 mark, which is quite dazzling in both technology and market performance.
So since everyone says that the blue whale has good power, how can we confirm this fact? Just on December 28, Changan Automobile challenged two extreme tasks through an online live broadcast of "Attack on Blue Whale YYDS", and the model participating in the challenge was the second-generation CS55PLUS, which was only launched not long ago, which is also a fairly representative model in the Blue Whale power family. So in the face of these two seemingly impossible tasks, can the second-generation CS55PLUS pass the level smoothly?
First of all, the first level of this challenge is believed that everyone is no stranger. If you pay special attention to supercars or high-performance electric vehicles, you can search for a lot of related challenge videos on the Internet. The challenge is to spread a tablecloth on a long table, and the glass tableware is placed on the tablecloth, and while the tablecloth is pulled away by the instantaneous acceleration of the vehicle, if the tableware does not move, the challenge is successful.
This challenge tests the performance of a car's initial acceleration, especially the larger the instantaneous G-value, the more advantageous it is. This is why many supercars and electric vehicles mentioned earlier can complete this challenge. For the family cars we use every day, the difficulty of this challenge is still very high. On the one hand, the power reserve of family cars is not as exaggerated as that of supercars (but also consider fuel economy); on the other hand, family cars must also consider durability and smoothness of gear shifting in the overall tuning matching. Therefore, the second generation of CS55PLUS is still quite interesting to carry out this challenge.
Finally, under the operation of professional racers, the second-generation CS55PLUS did not disappoint, taking away the tablecloth at the same time, the tableware on the table did not move, successfully completed the challenge. Behind this, Lao Wang believes that the most important reason why the second-generation CS55PLUS can complete this challenge is the performance of this Blue Whale NE1.5T turbocharged engine. Because from the parameter point of view, the blue whale new generation NE1.5T engine maximum power reached 138Kw, the maximum torque is 300 Nm, this parameter can fully reach the performance of many 2.0T low-power engines, and thanks to the 1500 rpm can intervene turbocharger and continue to 4000 rpm wide torque output platform, making the second generation CS55PLUS sustained acceleration ability is quite good. From the previous test drive experience, it from the start to the national statutory speed limit, the overall feeling of pushing back is very full, which is a very surprise for an SUV that costs more than 100,000 yuan.
If the tablecloth test is to test the acceleration ability of a car and the instantaneous explosive performance, then the second "pull truck" is a comprehensive challenge to verify the "strength" of blue whale power and the durability of the gearbox. First of all, the second generation of CS55PLUS successfully pulled a trailer full of Chang'an new cars for the first time; perhaps feeling that the challenge was too easy, the second-generation CS55PLUS directly upgraded the difficulty, challenging to pull three trailers with a total mass of more than 96 tons, which also made the host present and the Lao Wang who watched the live broadcast sweat.
Why is it so difficult to pull three fully loaded trailers? First of all, although all three cars are in the state of glide in neutral gear, the actual weight of the three cars combined is really 96 tons! This is a showdown for a "little guy" like the second-generation CS55PLUS, which is completely a duel between ants tripping over elephants. Secondly, in the process of pulling, both the strength of the body and the resistance of the gearbox are very high, and if the gearbox overheats during the process of after-exertion, the challenge will also end in failure.
The second-generation CS55PLUS did not disappoint at all in this round of challenges, as the tow rope gradually tightened, three fully loaded trailers were slowly pulled up by the second-generation CS55PLUS, and the visual impact of this "small and big" operation was quite shocking.
So the reason why the second generation of CS55PLUS can successfully complete the challenge, in addition to the Blue Whale NE1.5T engine power reserve is enough, more importantly, in the transmission performance, this Blue Whale 7DCT transmission not only has a transmission efficiency of up to 94.3%, but also experienced up to 8 years of development and verification, and has completed more than 100 times of durability tests in various climates and road conditions to ensure the reliability of the product.
Write at the end
Through these two extreme tests, we saw the powerful performance of Changan Blue Whale Power and the second-generation CS55PLUS. Honestly, in terms of parameters and actual performance, the new generation of Blue Whale NE1.5T turbocharged engines is completely inferior to the EA211 or some other joint venture small displacement turbocharged engines. However, in terms of product cost performance, Changan Automobile's advantages over joint venture competitors are very obvious. In addition, the UNI-K equipped with the Changan iDD hybrid system is also about to come out, and by that time, the lineup of the Blue Whale Family will become even larger.