If 2021 is the starting point of the collective upward movement of Chinese brands, then 2022 will be a year of concentrated outbreak of Chinese brands, which is not only reflected in sales, but also in the form of driving. Hybrid is one of the main concerns of the market in 2022, after all, in the European and American joint venture brands choose to "skip" the hybrid, the focus is directly on the background of pure electricity, Chinese brands instead choose to continue to "add weight" in the field of hybrid power.
Recently, with the official pre-sale of Changan UNI-K iDD (17.69~192,900 yuan), this also means that the hybrid field has officially entered the era of "melee" or "a hundred flowers blooming". After all, in addition to the "two fields" hybrid that entered the game earlier, there is no shortage of Chinese brands, SUCH ASD's DM-i, Great Wall's DHT, Chery Kunpeng hybrid and Geely Thunder God Hi · X and other strong competitors.
So for the first model equipped with Blue Whale iDD hybrid power, can UNI-K iDD successfully enter the efficient hybrid camp in the face of fierce enemies along the way?
Successfully enter the camp of efficient hybrids
First of all, the conclusion is that "the UNI-K iDD has better performance than the mid-size SUVs of the same class with the support of a sufficiently powerful hybrid system."
Leaving aside the overly complex terminology, taking the fuel indicators that consumers pay the most attention to as an example, in the case of the same positioning of two-ton medium-sized SUVs, the fuel consumption of the UNI-K iDD is only 5L/100km, while the Wei brand Mocha DHT and BYD Tang DM-i have to go to 5.7L and 5.3L/100km. Just enough eye-catching fuel consumption is enough to prove what level the Blue Whale iDD hybrid system is at. After all, for a hybrid system, the most obvious thing is not in the high-speed and high-efficiency output range, but in the low-speed driving conditions of the power shortage.
Returning to the UNI-K iDD power system, the new car adopts the currently widely used P2 hybrid structure, and the entire hybrid system is composed of a 1.5T engine + drive motor + blue whale three-clutch electric drive system. The maximum power of the engine is 125kW, the peak torque is 260N·m, the maximum power of the electric motor is 85kW, the peak torque is 330N·m, and the comprehensive cruising range of NEDC reaches 1100km under the hybrid drive of oil and electricity.
Among them, because the new car uses a 30.74kWh high-capacity PHEV battery, the pure electric mileage has reached the longest 130km in the same class. From the perspective of power parameters, UNI-K iDD has obvious advantages over models of the same level, not to mention that under the P2 hybrid structure, there will indeed be higher requirements for the efficiency of electric drive operation.
Of course, for the PHEV model, the new car has also been adjusted accordingly at the visual level. In the appearance part, the most conspicuous is the extra charging interface at the rear wing and the new IDD word at the tail marker. As for the interior part, heV, EV, i-X mode switching knobs have been added under the gear shift handle, of which i-X is the built-in preset mode, and users can customize and adjust according to their own needs.
It must be admitted that from the perspective of the Blue Whale iDD hybrid system carried by UNI-K this time, the performance of the new car product can indeed be unique in the efficient hybrid camp, so what are the odds of Changan iDD winning specifically to the market?
In the face of melee, what are the chances of Changan iDD winning?
Regarding how much Changan iDD can win in the face of scuffles, in fact, the joint engine is optimistic, after all, whether it is from the performance of Changan Automobile in 2021, or specific to the single UNI-K or UNI-K iDD product strength, both have a fairly good market voice.
What's more, under the current pure electricity layout is not yet perfect, the market environmental protection policy is tight, and the consumer demand for low fuel consumption is not a minority, the market demand for hybrid models is not in the minority. Therefore, under the conditions that the market blue ocean is large enough and the sound volume of Changan Automobile is not low, the future market performance of Changan iDD is still quite interesting.
In addition, although the current Chinese head brands have launched their own hybrid systems, which will more or less impact Changan iDD in the future market competition, it is not lacking in a good thing from the perspective of the benign development of the market and the promotion of Chinese brand technology. After all, with the efforts of Chinese brands on the hybrid technology track, the long-term monopoly of the two fields on the hybrid market has been broken, and for consumers, in the case of a wider range of choices, they will naturally choose the best choice, as for which brand's hybrid system is more for their appetite, it depends on the ability between brands.
For the pre-sale of UNI-K iDD, in fact, in terms of price and product strength, it already has the conditions to continue to become a hot model. However, compared with the same level of medium-sized hybrid SUVs, the lack of UNI-K iDD dual motor + four-wheel drive structure, for consumers, will indeed be less optional, so in the later launch of the model, I hope that the UNI-K iDD car series can be further improved.
Summary: UNI-K iDD as a key step for Changan Automobile to enter the hybrid era, it is undeniable that Changan Automobile is not one of the earliest Chinese brands to launch a hybrid system, but from the perspective of the automotive market node in 2025, Changan gives people a feeling of "coming sooner rather than coincidentally". After all, in the case of consumers' higher awareness and acceptance of hybrid, Changan Automobile only needs to do a good job in the "smooth, reliable, energy-saving and advanced" product characteristics of the hybrid power system, and blue whale iDD is so.
What's more, Changan Automobile, as an automobile brand that has opened the "strategy" first very early, has never fought a battle without preparation under the market thinking of step by step, which has become the main reason for the rapid development of Changan Automobile in recent years.