Extended range electric vehicles are still an unfamiliar word for many people, but in the Chinese market, range extended electric vehicles have ushered in the spring.
In December, in the sales ranking of high-end electric SUVs with a starting price of more than 300,000 yuan, the first sales volume is still the ideal ONE, and the performance of 14112 vehicles is far ahead. The fourth place is the Lando FREE, with sales of 3138 units. In terms of sales, it has surpassed the two pure electric vehicles of NIO EC6 and NIO ES8, which seems to have fully illustrated the benefits of extended range electric vehicles.
[1] Are the ideal ONE and Arashi FREE because of the success of the extender?
Ideal ONE and Lando FREE both achieved high sales because of range extender hybrids? I think that's one of the important reasons. In fact, in many third- and fourth-tier cities, the infrastructure construction such as charging is not very perfect, in such a situation. New energy vehicles without mileage anxiety are particularly important, ideal ONE and Landu FREE because of the range extender hybrid do not have mileage anxiety, the mileage is very long.
But the success of both cars is not entirely due to the range increase. The positioning of the ideal ONE is a special bus for the grandfather, the large screen in front of the co-pilot, the heating and ventilation of the second row of seats, and the seat layout of the large 6 seats, all of which make the ideal ONE a full family car.
[2] Landu FREE is very different from the style of the ideal ONE
Landu FREE takes a different route from the ideal ONE, it is a performance style. The core is equipped with a 1.5T four-cylinder range extender, front and rear dual motors, and 4.5 seconds of acceleration from 100 kilometers. The front double wishbone rear multi-link independent suspension is used, which is more conducive to handling. There is also a rare air suspension of the same level, which can adaptively adjust the height of the chassis, can support the upper and lower five levels of adjustment, the total stroke is 100mm, of which 50mm up and 50mm.
And Lantu not only has a range extender hybrid, but also pure electric, users have charging conditions to buy pure electric, no charging conditions to buy extended range hybrid. You can choose whatever you want.
[3] Huawei, Maverick layout extender, extender hybrid ushered in the spring
From the ideal success to the sales growth of Lantu, we have seen the advantages of range extender hybrid. It is a new energy vehicle, which can be green carded, exempt from purchase tax, and subsidies. It can be driven purely electric, and if there is no electricity, it uses oil. And the number of batteries it uses is smaller than that of pure electric vehicles, and its cost control is better in the current situation where battery costs remain high.
Based on the above reasons, the new car brands are also thinking about the range increase and hybridization, such as the Huawei Q&I M5, which is a car that Huawei is seriously involved in the research and development.
In addition, The Maverick electric vehicle will enter the field of new energy vehicles, and at present, the Maverick officially released the first official picture of the electric vehicle from the Youjia NV, and the new car budget will be delivered in September this year. It will be available in pure electric versions and range extender models.
Although range extender hybrid is like oil-electric hybrid, plug-in hybrid, only as a transitional stage of new energy vehicles, it cannot be denied that in the current era background, range extender hybrid does have its significance. In addition, on the basis of the program increase hybrid, the manufacturers have launched their own advantages, such as the ideal ONE's big six-seat home style, and the performance of Lantu FREE. There is also the Hongmeng system of Huawei's Q&A M5, which has become a selling point for the solitary style. Coupled with the right price, then users will definitely pay for the choice.