Guess how many HEVs have Toyota, the "originator of hybridism", sold in China?
The answer: more than 1.5 million units. What concept? At present, the cumulative sales of Toyota HEVs in the world have exceeded 19 million units - it may be too early to say that the Chinese market has contributed 1/10 of Toyota's HEV sales, but for the Chinese HEV market, which is in the ascending period, it is probably only a matter of time before this proportion is achieved.
Just in 2021, I also became one of those 1.5 million. And what hangs on this car is a Guangzhou fuel vehicle indicator that I have shaken for more than three years.
In 2021, I started a C-HR dual engine that can save energy vehicles in Guangzhou, but I used a fuel vehicle indicator.
Many locals may not necessarily know that in Guangzhou, buying a domestically produced HEV can apply for energy-saving car indicators, which have a very high winning rate, even if this month is not shaken, next month can also take the rhythm. If you originally want to buy a HEV, then using the energy-saving car indicators to buy a car will save a lot of trouble, but the car purchase budget should also increase accordingly.
It is reasonable to say that I have more choices in my hands on the indicators of fuel vehicles, and I could have used the price difference of buying a hybrid version to choose a larger size or higher configuration model in the fuel version of the car, but why did I finally give up the fuel version and choose a dual engine?
Dual Engine is very economical, but not just fuel efficient!
One of the big reasons for choosing a Toyota twin engine is because I want to save money and worry. Yes, you read that right, not fuel efficient.
Of course, fuel savings are also important to achieve the goal of saving money. Toyota's THS hybrid working principle has long been thoroughly analyzed, and its reliability and fuel saving effect have been fully verified in the process of using more than 19 million HEVs worldwide for many years.
The reason why this system is fuel-efficient, in simple terms, is because with the assistance of the motor, the engine can basically work in an ideal state, effectively reducing the load of the engine, and the fuel consumption will naturally decrease.
Today, with the support of the TNGA architecture, the thermal efficiency of the engine for dual-engine models can be as high as 41%, and the fuel economy is higher, further improving the fuel saving effect.
Of course, as an ordinary consumer, in fact, there is no need to understand these complex principles, the real money and silver saved is the most convincing evidence - take the 1.8L dual engine power of the Leiling double engine as an example, because reliable, energy-saving has been selected as a model of Guangzhou taxi for many years, have asked many drivers driving this car, they all said that "the cost of fuel per kilometer is about 2-3 cents", which is not worse than the previous LPG taxi. Especially at the moment when the guangzhou bus system is to fully transition to pure electrification, it is said that this model was once a "fragrant" existence in the taxi, and once it changed hands, it was grabbed by people to get the rhythm.
Thanks to the excellent fuel economy and convenience of using the car, in Guangzhou, The Leiling Double Engine is a "running artifact" in the eyes of taxi drivers.
However, the A-class car is originally small, the fuel consumption will not be too high, and the user's fuel saving demand may not be so strong. But for some users of medium- and large-sized home SUVs, models with low fuel consumption are relatively more attractive.
For another example, the whole series equipped with a 2.5L dual engine system of the crown land, four-wheel drive version of the model official 100 km fuel consumption is only 5.8 liters, as a comparison, the same level of a 2.0T four-wheel drive gasoline SUV, fuel consumption is close to 9 liters, this per hundred kilometers close to 3 liters of fuel consumption difference, according to the price of 92 gasoline about 7 yuan / liter, converted down to 21 yuan / 100 km cost gap. If you calculate the mileage of 15,000-20,000 kilometers per year for a family car, driving a crown land release can save about three or four thousand yuan.
But at the same time, some people have calculated that in the case of similar configurations, the price difference between the fuel version and the dual engine version is about 20,000 yuan, if only 3-4,000 yuan of oil money is saved a year, it will take at least 5 years to return the cost. Nowadays, as the pace of consumer growth and car exchange continues to accelerate, unless the oil price rises one day, or rely on fuel saving to return the cost, the process is indeed relatively long.
However, as mentioned earlier, fuel saving is only one of the dimensions of double engine saving money. In fact, the double engine can also save money in maintenance.
My car was just bought, there is no way to provide maintenance expenses as a reference, but the company colleagues have a sixth-generation Camry dual engine, which has been in service for more than 11 years, and has posted his maintenance records for 6 years and 78,000 kilometers, with a total cost of only 5697 yuan! Not to mention that it is much cheaper than his friend's Audi A4L, even if it is compared with some ordinary joint venture brands, this is a relatively low cost of using a car.
Colleagues said that the reason why the maintenance cost of his car is so low is largely because of the effective "escort" of this dual engine system.
For example, his car has not changed the brake pads for more than 70,000 kilometers, and even the car repair master is amazed that "the brake pads are still the same as new!" The colleague himself concluded that on the one hand, he had better driving habits, less brakes, and fewer sharp brakes. But the main reason is that this Camry dual engine has a B gear, when hung into the B gear, the kinetic energy recovery effect will be improved, there is a certain deceleration effect. In this way, with sufficient anticipation of road conditions, the driver can use B gear to further reduce the number of brakes.
Colleagues said that the good use of this B gear, coupled with anticipation of road conditions, can greatly reduce the probability of braking.
For example, when his car served for 6 years, he did not even replace the battery, timing belt, spark plug, ignition coil, etc. This aspect may also be related to Toyota's reliable quality, but the dual-engine system is also indispensable.
It should be known that various undesirable working conditions such as frequent starting acceleration and long-term idling are easy to cause fatigue damage to components. However, due to the timely intervention of the motor, the poor working conditions of the engine are greatly reduced, which not only saves fuel, but also greatly reduces the workload of each subsystem, and the life of the engine and the vehicle will naturally be greatly extended.
Afraid that the double engine will increase the maintenance cost if the battery is more? Taking GAC Toyota as an example, it launched the "Battery Worry-free Plan", follow the car and do not follow people, completely exempting every owner of the worries, this intimate commitment is also a major reason why Toyota Dual Engine can allow consumers to choose with peace of mind.
In addition, the battery life of Toyota Dual Engine is long and attenuated, which relieves consumers' worries. Toyota HEV battery has good fast charge and discharge performance, its "shallow charging" battery management strategy, can greatly extend its service life, charge and discharge cycle times up to more than 10,000 times. According to the US Consumer Report, compared with the new car, the Prius, which has traveled 330,000 kilometers for 10 years, still maintains the same level of battery performance and does not undergo significant attenuation.
In terms of three electric safety, Toyota ensures battery safety through multiple voltage monitoring, automatic power off after collision and other protective measures. Up to now, Toyota has sold more than 19 million electrified models worldwide, and there has not been a single case of electric shock (leakage), battery burning or explosion caused by a vehicle accident. Under such a large user base, toyota three electric system 0 accidents appear to be extremely gold-rich.
Driving a dual engine, burning less oil and repairing fewer cars not only costs less money, but also means that you can run N gas stations and N repair shops less than others. As the saying goes, time is money, from the perspective of economic benefits, choosing a HEV is a very worthwhile deal anyway.
At present, Toyota has 45 HEV products, and on the road, on average, there are nearly 7 Toyota hybrids per 10 hybrids.
A more advanced car experience is more worth paying for by users
However, what makes me willing to pay for it more is actually the more advanced driving experience brought by the Toyota Dual Engine.
As an auto media person who can often test drive different models, I have experienced common "driving discomfort" such as slow starting speed, gear shifting setbacks, and weak running at high speeds. In traditional fuel vehicles, these shortcomings will be more or less inevitable because of the working characteristics of its powertrain, such as the same displacement self-priming engine will generally be weaker than the turbocharged engine, and some AT or dual-clutch transmissions are not as smooth as CVT shifts.
However, in the Toyota Twin Engine, these problems have been perfectly solved.
For example, self-priming engines generally have the disadvantage of starting slowly, and the motor of toyota dual-engine system can provide drive assistance at the initial stage, so that the vehicle has a more sensitive, light and linear acceleration response than traditional fuel vehicles. The power drive source already has the advantage of smoothness, coupled with an E-CVT transmission that is also known for its smoothness, it can be said that Toyota Dual Engine has basically integrated a number of mainstream power technologies that are mainly smooth.
The Toyota Twin Engine model starts with an electric motor, which not only has a more responsive power response, more linear acceleration, but also quieter.
For example, the noise and jitter of the fuel vehicle at low speed will be more obvious, but in the dual engine model, thanks to the active intervention of the motor at low speed, the vehicle at this time is equivalent to a pure electric vehicle, when in the parking lot in situ, slow down, people sitting in the car can only hear a trace of motor running sound, very quiet and stable, but also for the outside environment to create additional noise pollution, the quietness inside and outside the car has been significantly improved, naturally will also bring a more comfortable driving experience in the car. Quiet has always been the so-called "high-end in-car enjoyment" pursued by major luxury car brands, and Toyota Twin Engine can just give you such an experience upgrade.
Of course, some people may say that these experience upgrades, some electrified models do not do better? ——If you want the ultimate acceleration performance, you can choose pure electric vehicles; if you want lower comprehensive fuel consumption, you can choose PHEV; to achieve zero emissions, FCEV is the ideal choice.
I admit that these statements are not unreasonable, but to enjoy these "benefits" on these electrified models, consumers may need to make more "compromises" - such as driving BEVs, PHEV to develop the habit of charging, to be prepared to endure the high fuel consumption of some PHEV, to bear higher car purchase costs and so on.
Toyota Dual Engine can provide this more advanced car experience without changing consumer car habits and generating excessive premiums! On the whole, the HEV model represented by Toyota Dual Engine is still the most ideal vehicle electrification solution at this stage.
The reason why the dual engine can do this is due to Toyota's continuous deepening of cultivation in the field of electrification for more than 20 years - since the launch of the first generation of Prius in 1997, Toyota has continuously tried various electrification possibilities and mastered a set of mature and reliable three-electric technology. It is these valuable experiences that not only make the dual engine more and more loved and recognized by consumers around the world, but also provide a solid foundation for Toyota to flexibly respond to the development of automobile electrification in the future.
The HEV can be described as a "quasi-EV model" - the "three electric technologies" that also pay attention to motors, batteries and electronic controls can be regarded as the basis for all electrified models. At present, Toyota's latest bZ pure electric exclusive series has a strong product strength, which is due to the mature "three electric technology" accumulated by Toyota since the HEV period.
At present, in many countries around the world, HEV hardly enjoys any subsidies, but its market response is becoming more and more positive - in Europe, in the first three quarters of 2021, the market share of HEVs has approached 20%, far exceeding THATVs and BEVs; in China, in October 2020, the "Energy-saving and New Energy Vehicle Technology Roadmap 2.0" released by the Society of Automotive Engineers of China predicts that by 2035, the share of traditional energy passenger cars will be fully converted into HEVs, and HEVs have received unprecedented attention.
It took Toyota Hybrid a full decade to achieve its first global sales of 1 million units, and it took just over a year to sell 3 million units recently... Many facts have proved time and again that after accumulating a large number of good user reputations, the HEV market has been detonated around the world.
Nowadays, it seems that using a fuel vehicle indicator on a HEV is also a rational choice. And I also believe that in the future, there will be more and more domestic consumers who will make the same choice as me.
Text | Xie Zijun
(This article is the author's personal opinion only and does not represent the position of DearAuto.) )
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