This year, it is the first time that Changan Automobile Blue Whale Team has participated in the CTCC arena, as a team participating in the NGCC group, it has been galloping all the way since the beginning of the season, and has continuously staged championship performances. At Shanghai Jiading Station, on the F1 track of Shanghai International Circuit, Changan Automobile Blue Whale Team won the double championship of the Drivers' Cup and the Manufacturers Cup in one fell swoop, won the first title of the NGCC Cup in the 1.5T era, and created the fastest lap in the whole game with a time of 2 minutes and 28.278 seconds.
In the second battle of Hunan Zhuzhou International Circuit, Changan Automobile Blue Whale Team won the top three in the final of the sixth leg of the NGCC Cup, winning the driver's cup and the manufacturers' cup double crown again, and setting another fastest lap time in the whole game with a time of 1 minute 52.325 seconds.
Shanghai Songjiang Sheshan Station, in the 9th, 10th and 11th round finals of the NGCC Cup, Changan Automobile Blue Whale Team won three consecutive Drivers' Cup championships and three Manufacturers Cup championships, and once again won the top three in the ninth round final, and driver Cui Yue ran 1 minute 09.947 seconds in the eleventh round of the season.
At the end of the season, the 68th Macau Grand Prix - CTCC Macau Caravan Cup, Changan Auto Blue Whale Team, as the first Chinese independent brand team to land in the event, won the first and second round final championships at the Guia Circuit, showing the performance strength of China's own brand cars with "two consecutive championships". Blue Whales driver Wan Jincun successfully won the CTCC 2021 Driver of the Year Championship. Changan Automobile Blue Whale Engine won the 2021 CTCC "Official Recommendation best engine" award.
As the core of the team power, The Changan Automobile Blue Whale Engine is jointly developed by Changan Headquarters and Changan Uk Center, and built by internationally renowned suppliers, with a number of global leading technologies, interpreting the leading research and development concept of "strength, static and net", with a maximum power rating of 138kW, a net power increase of 8%, and a peak torque of 300N·m at 1500r/min (1500-4000r/min), so that the turbo hysteresis is reduced to not be perceived by the driver. The fuel consumption of 100 kilometers is only 5.9L, which meets the national 6b emissions, realizes the coexistence of strong power and fuel economy, and the 1.4T and 1.5T high-pressure direct injection engines on the same platform have won the honor of the top ten engines of "China Heart" in 2019 and 2020.
The use of the same level of rare double outlet integrated exhaust pipe, effectively reduce the engine exhaust interference, enhance the exhaust pulse, improve the power output, while the IEM surrounded by cooling water jacket, effectively improve the heating speed and heat engine exhaust temperature, improve combustion efficiency. The atomized fuel injected by 350bar high pressure is closely coordinated with the air flow movement formed by the high roller flow air channel to achieve uniform mixing in the cylinder, increase the turbulence kinetic energy in the cylinder by 30%, and improve the mixing evenly by 8.2%, achieving an excellent combustion rate.
The Blue Whale 7-speed wet dual-clutch transmission matched with the Blue Whale engine of Changan Automobile is equipped with a number of innovative technologies of intelligent pre-retardation, ready to go at all times; the comprehensive transmission efficiency is as high as 94.3%, the surging power is lossless output, no sense of switching, the response is fast, the love is cashed, and there is no need to wait.
7-speed wet double-clutch transmission jointly built by Chang'an Headquarters and Chang'an Uk Central, after 8 years of development and verification, has accumulated more than 100 times of summer, winter, high temperature dry heat, high temperature damp heat, low temperature, user road durability and other experimental verifications, accumulating more than 10 million kilometers, to ensure reliable product performance.
Changan Automobile Blue Whale Engine, Blue Whale 7-speed Wet Dual-Clutch Transmission from Blue Whale NE Power Platform, is Changan Automobile's collection of global resources, based on the leading modular top-level design, took 4 years to build a new power platform for the next generation of emissions, fuel consumption regulations and standards, the whole series is compatible with 48V, HEV, PHEV, REEV design, firmly promote the "Shangri-La" plan. The platform design is compatible with 1.0-1.8L displacement, the generalization rate is as high as 98%, and the automation rate and intelligence rate of the production line reach the international advanced level. Blue Whale NE Power Platform is positioned as the first power modular platform of Chinese OEMs, filling the gap in the field of China's automotive platform development, and representing Changan Automobile's power research and development strength officially entering the 3.0 era.
At present, the Blue Whale NE power platform has launched two engines, 1.4T and 1.5T. Among them, the Blue Whale NE 1.4T high-pressure direct injection engine debuted on June 5, 2019, equipped with the second generation Oftto and CS35 PLUS at the Chongqing Auto Show.
In the "Battle of Pick T" in July of the same year, the Yidong Blue Whale version equipped with the Blue Whale NE 1.4T high-pressure direct injection engine ran the ultimate performance of 4.8L of fuel consumption per 100 kilometers. In August, at the Karamay leg of the China Mass Production Car Performance Competition, the Yidong Blue Whale version equipped with the Blue Whale NE 1.4T high-pressure direct injection engine won 2 full-court championships and 1 comprehensive championship in five events.
From January to November this year, Changan Automobile achieved overall sales of 2122511 units, an increase of 17.7% year-on-year. While the overall sales exceeded the 2.1 million mark, Changan Automobile's sales in 2021 have surpassed the whole of 2020 ahead of schedule! Among them, the sales of Changan Automobile's "Blue Whale Family" model equipped with Blue Whale NE series engines exceeded the 900,000 mark from January to November. The "Blue Whale Family" has sold 2.42 million vehicles and continues to hold high the benchmark banner of China's automotive power technology.