The trend of the general direction has made many traditional car companies want to divide the big "cake" of new energy, and Volkswagen, as the "big guy" of the domestic car market, is no exception, and has launched many plug-in hybrid models and pure electric models in the past two years. However, for the field of range extenders that they have not been involved in, Volkswagen China CEO Feng Sihan previously complained about the range extender at the plug-in hybrid media seminar, saying that the range extender power is environmentally friendly, complete nonsense, and even said that the range extension is the worst solution.
Coincidentally, at that time, it was the "career upswing period" of ideal ONE, and ideal president Li Xiang also responded to Feng Sihan's remarks, allowing Feng Sihan to bring the Volkswagen brand and even Audi's new energy vehicles to fight with his ideal "battle". It may be that the public did not take it to heart, and the matter was not resolved. Not long ago, a dynamic with a sales comparison chart on the ideal official Weibo once again caused heated discussion in the car circle.
As shown in the figure above, the ideal ONE defeated the entire Volkswagen medium and large SUV family with a single monthly risk of 13438 units. It seems that the ideal is really intended to have a "Battle" with the public. Then again, what is the charm of the ideal ONE that can be so popular? Volkswagen does not have a "can fight"? Today, we selected toroad PHEV from the Volkswagen brand, and compared with the ideal ONE that belongs to new energy to see which is stronger and which is weaker.
(Touareg PHEV)
First of all, the endurance, Touareg PHEV uses a plug-in hybrid system, the whole vehicle is equipped with an 18kWh ternary lithium power battery, NEDC pure electric mileage of 58km, it can be said that the main driver of Touareg PHEV or rely on oil-electric hybrid, because of its pure electric mileage, it is difficult to meet the needs of urban commuting infrastructure.
(Ideal ONE)
In contrast, the ideal ONE, it uses extended range electric technology, although it also needs to be refueled, but in the urban transportation scenario, it can rely on the NEDC pure electric endurance provided by the power battery to commute 188km, according to the unilateral distance of 10 kilometers, the ideal ONE's recharge can meet the needs of a week's commuting. If you use oil after using electricity every week, then the ideal ONE's economy in the city is obviously better than that of touareg PHEV.
When you need to run long-distance, self-driving travel, Touareg's oil-electric hybrid mode is indeed more economical than traditional fuel vehicles, and the comprehensive fuel consumption of NEDC when the battery is powered is 2.3L/100km, and when the battery is in a state of loss, the fuel consumption data feedback from the owner is about 9. In contrast, the ideal ONE, the battery has a comprehensive fuel consumption of 1.5L/100Km when the battery is charged, and the fuel consumption is 8.8L/100km when the battery is lost. Through the comparison of data, it can also be found that the fuel consumption of the ideal ONE is lower, and more critically, the ideal ONE is filled with No. 95 gasoline, and the Touareg PHEV plus No. 98 gasoline, who is more economical at a glance. As for environmental protection, the ideal ONE with longer pure electric mileage and lower fuel consumption is naturally more vocal, of course, they are certainly not as environmentally friendly as pure trams.
It is worth mentioning that the ideal ONE's "oil-electric hybrid" model is different from the Touareg PHEV, its range extender is not involved in the drive, that is, the ideal ONE is an electric vehicle driven by electricity from beginning to end, while the Touareg PHEV is hybrid. The difference between the two is that the ideal ONE has a good driving texture equivalent to a pure electric vehicle, while the engine of the Touareg PHEV will have an impact on the driving texture after it is driven. So, in terms of comfort, the ideal ONE opens up more smoothly than the Touareg PHEV.
Finally, from the perspective of space that consumers pay attention to, the Touareg PHEV is 4 meters 8 meters (4878mm) long, the wheelbase is nearly 2 meters 9 (2894mm), and the vehicle has a five-seat layout. The ideal ONE is more than five meters (5030mm) long, the wheelbase is more than 2 meters 9 (2935mm), the absolute cabin space is larger, but it uses a 2 + 2 + 2 three-row six-seat layout, the actual experience, the two cars of the seating space is roughly the same, but the ideal ONE provides four with massage / heating, as well as electric adjustment of the independent seats, as well as variable suspension, the whole car sound insulation glass, and the Touareg PHEV related functions are relatively simple. It can be seen that both comfort and practicality are ideal one slightly better.
Summary: Through the above comparison, it is not difficult to see that although the price of the Volkswagen Touareg PHEV reached 679,800, which is more than 1 times higher than the ideal ONE (338,000), the actual product performance is not as good as the ideal ONE. Especially from the perspective of economy and environmental protection, it has confirmed that Volkswagen CEO's interpretation of the range-extending power is too one-sided, at least in the next few years, the range-extending power will have a good market performance. At present, there are also many new cars to join the scramble in the field of range extenders, Lantu FREE, Nissan Xuanyi E-POWER is an example, not long ago Huawei's newly released Q&I M5 is also the same, further confirming the feasibility of the range extender power scheme.