Recently, consumers who have the demand to buy a car may make a muttering in their hearts, on the one hand, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles is rising, and there are more and more new energy vehicles seen around or on the road, but they have not been able to fully accept pure electric vehicles regardless of hardware support or mentality. On the other hand, fuel vehicles still occupy the absolute advantage of automobile consumption, but in some areas, the restriction of license plates, the constraints of traffic restrictions, and the high cost of using cars have to be considered and calculated.
Plug-in hybrid seems to be the current "perfect" solution to the above contradictions of the choice, in the balance of electric drive and the economy of the state of power loss, more and more consumers have begun to accept more plug-in hybrid models, of which the more representative such as BYD DM-i, Great Wall Lemon Hybrid and so on. Recently, the first Changan UNI-K iDD model equipped with Changan IDD hybrid system opened for pre-sale. The new car can be seen as a plug-in hybrid version of Changan UNI-K, with a total of two models launched, with a pre-price of 17.69-19.29 million yuan.
Longer battery life, more power loss? See if you need 5 or 7
In the medium-sized plug-in hybrid SUV market priced at about 200,000 yuan, BYD Tang DM-i can be said to be one of the options that cannot be bypassed at present. As a latecomer, Changan UNI-K iDD uses a 1.5T turbocharged engine and an electric motor Blue Whale IDD hybrid system. Among them, the maximum power of the engine is 170 horsepower, the maximum torque is 260 N·m, the maximum power of the electric motor is 116 hp, and the maximum torque is 330 N·m. Compared with the power system of BYD Tang DM-i, Changan UNI-K iDD performs better in engine data and emphasizes torque more in the electric motor.
For the most important endurance and efficiency of the plug-and-go model, Changan UNI-K iDD is equipped with a battery pack with a capacity of 30.74kWh, which is much more than the 21.5kWh capacity of BYD Tang DM-i (long endurance). This also guarantees the advantages of Changan UNI-K iDD in pure electric endurance (NEDC standard pure electric endurance of 130km), while BYD Tang DM-i's NEDC pure electric mileage is up to 112km.
In terms of efficiency, from the data released so far, Changan UNI-K iDD has a slight advantage in the comprehensive fuel consumption (0.8L/100km) under the NEDC standard and the minimum state of charge fuel consumption (5L/100km). BYD Tang DM-i (long endurance version) corresponds to 1.2L/100km (NEDC comprehensive fuel consumption) and 5.5L/100km (lowest state of charge fuel consumption).
The position where the two models differ greatly in terms of basic product strength is probably in terms of space, which is not to say how big the size gap between the two cars is. As two medium-sized SUVs, the differences in length and width are millimeters, but in terms of wheelbase, the Changan UNI-K iDD reaches 2890mm, which is about 70mm longer than the Tang DM-i. However, unlike the UNI-K iDD's main five-seat model, the Tang DM-i series adopts a seven-seat layout of 2-3-2. Whether it is "clean space" or floor leveling, the performance of both cars is remarkable, and the difference is probably which layout you need more.
$23,000 worth of plug-in? The reference fuel is selected as the top
At present, the Changan UNI-K iDD model that has opened pre-sale has not yet announced a detailed configuration list, but from the mystery of the model naming, perhaps we can make some more reliable guesses. The two models pre-sold are the Excellence (176,900 yuan) and the Premium (192,900 yuan), which are named exactly the same as the fuel version of UNI-K's medium and high-configuration models.
And further "rough" calculation of the difference between the two, the mixed version compared to the two-wheel drive fuel version of the same named model, exactly 23,000 yuan difference. This difference is also basically in line with the difference between the fuel vehicle and the plug-in model, if the specific configuration is basically the same, the difference of 23,000 yuan is even relatively thick. Referring to BYD Tang DM-i, since the fuel version of Tang only has a flagship type, there is no clear alignment option with Tang DM-i, but from the configuration point of view, the fuel version of Tang is slightly higher than the Tang DM-i premium type, but the difference has reached 34,000 yuan.
Look back at the Changan UNI-K iDD itself, and refer to the configuration gap between the superior and premium models under the fuel version. The high-end version has a "full set" of active safety configurations, standard seat heating + ventilation, and the front row soundproof glass, rear privacy glass and larger size wheels and other configuration features, the guidance price gap is only 16,000 yuan. There is no doubt that it is more cost-effective to choose a high-spec model.
Written in the end: UNI-K iDD unveiled the prelude to Changan Automobile's entry into the mixed market, from the details of the book, the new car is based on Changan's technical advantages in the Blue Whale engine, the integration of electric drive characteristics, with a larger capacity of the battery, bringing a good comprehensive strength in the same level. In addition, combined with the mature performance of UNI-K models in the fuel version, the plug-and-mix version of the UNI-K iDD model may be a more cost-effective choice.