There is a saying that there are two kinds of hybrids in the world, one is toyota hybrid and the other is other hybrid. Highlighting Toyota's excellence in the field of hybrid technology, if you hold a car purchase budget of 130,000-150,000 yuan, the hybrid model will inevitably be unable to avoid the two options of Corolla and Raling.
But today, the Honda i-MMD hybrid has also risen in response to the rise, and it is bound to compete with Toyota. Instead of buying Corolla Hybrid and Leiling Hybrid, you may wish to look at Lingpai Hybrid and Enjoy Domain Hybrid. In addition to Shuangtian, the domestic market has now ushered in a powerful player - Nissan Xuanyi e-POWER. In 2022, it is destined to be a big year for hybrid products, and a number of independent brand models equipped with hybrid technology will mushroom on the market, and Xuanyi e-POWER is sure to break through the siege.
Nissan e-POWER entered the domestic node late, and it has been 16 years since Toyota's first domestic production of a hybrid model, the Prius. In fact, as early as November 2016, Nissan launched the first e-POWER model Note in Japan, but after a full 5 years, the first domestic model equipped with e-POWER, Xuanyi e-POWER, was late, and the second-generation e-POWER system it was equipped with was a little stronger?
Pure electric hybrid without plugging in
When we think of range-extender hybrids, we often think of the ideal ONE. The set of e-POWER hybrids applied by Nissan Xuanyi is quite similar to the ideal ONE, but it is very different from the ideal ONE. First of all, the Xuanyi e-POWER is equipped with a 1.2L three-cylinder engine with a maximum power of 72Ps. However, this engine does not directly drive the wheels, but drives the generator through the internal combustion engine to provide kinetic energy for the vehicle.
This is the same as the tonality of the ideal ONE, so it can provide a silky driving texture like a pure electric car. Unlike the ideal ONE, the car battery capacity of Xuanyi e-POWER is small, and it cannot charge the battery through an external power supply. Like normal range extender hybrids, such as the ideal ONE is equipped with a 40.5kWh energy density battery, which can provide up to 188km of NEDC pure battery life through the supply of external power supplies.
In other words, Xuanyi e-POWER is actually an electric vehicle that does not need to be charged, in view of its unplugged attributes, it is more similar in nature to HEV hybrids such as Corolla and Lingpai, resulting in Xuanyi e-POWER may not be able to enjoy the new energy friendly policy offered by the state.
As two major brands that are currently in the HEV market, Toyota's THS and Honda's i-MMD are well-known in China. In fact, Nissan's e-POWER is closer to Honda's i-MMD in terms of technical principles, and the difference between the two is that the i-MMD will intervene in the drive of the wheel under the working conditions of daily high speed or the need to pull up the speed. In the rest of the case, i-MMD, like e-POWER, drives the wheels only by the operation of the electric motor, while the engine is only responsible for generating electricity.
Although the Nissan Xuanyi e-POWER is essentially the same as the pure electric range extender, it eliminates the cumbersome charging process and does not have the endurance anxiety of consumers for pure electric vehicle models. Obviously, its daily use habits are the same as ordinary fuel vehicles, and more importantly, it can reduce fuel consumption to a lower level. According to official data, the comprehensive fuel consumption of NEDC per 100 kilometers is only 3.9L.
Roughly converted, with the 41L fuel tank volume of Xuanyi e-POWER, according to the current oil price of 7.5 yuan / L, it is filled with a tank of oil about 300 pieces, can run more than 1000km, and the cost of a kilometer is only 3 millimeters. It is undeniable that the travel cost of Xuanyi e-POWER is quite low, even in line with the fuel consumption level of a 125cc motorcycle per day.
Xuanyi e-POWER runs faster
Perhaps some consumers will mistakenly think that this Xuanyi under the banner of e-POWER is an update of the model iteration. In fact, it is not, it belongs to Xuanyi's new model. In terms of details including appearance and interior, it is also exactly the same as the current model, but with the addition of some e-POWER identity logos, as well as the two-color body design. Even though Xuanyi's position in the domestic market is highly respected, its monthly sales are often 30,000 or 40,000. In 2021, the Xuanyi family won the annual car sales championship with an impressive annual sales of 510,000 vehicles.
However, just as Xuanyi's sales are so far ahead of the model, there are still indelible flaws in the mouths of consumers, such as a 1.6L self-priming engine with weak power and long technology after changing a younger face. To be honest, the power and appearance of the new generation of Xuanyi are incompatible.
As for Xuanyi after e-POWER empowerment, in addition to further reducing the fuel consumption performance, another major selling point is the improvement of driving quality. In addition to the smooth texture close to that of pure electric vehicles, the impression of a slow car of one of the "three mothers on the road" under the flat power of the fuel version of Xuan Yi is also finally disgraced. It is reported that the zero-hundred actual measurement score of Xuanyi e-POWER is only about 8.6s, which is in line with the same level of sports cars. You know, the fuel version of Xuanyi, equipped with a 1.6L self-priming engine, has a score of 12 seconds away, and the gap between them is clear at a glance.
It is worth mentioning that the motor of Xuanyi e-POWER has an output of 300N·m torque, and the starting point of the vehicle is light, unlike the ordinary fuel version without the desire to drive. It is worth mentioning that Xuanyi e-POWER is the same as the normal pure electric vehicle model tone, driving more and more economically on the more congested road surface. Of course, its kinetic energy recovery does not have a strong sense of dragging like some new forces, or it is set more naturally, which is a more passenger-friendly setting.
When it comes to passenger friendliness, Xuanyi e-POWER also has quite a lot of thought. In order to fully reflect the meticulousness of Xuanyi models for passenger comfort, it is understood that Xuanyi e-POWER does not pile the battery under the rear seats like other models, but cleverly tucks it under the front seats, so that the sitting posture of the rear passengers is maintained at the original comfortable height, and with Nissan's "big sofa", it ensures that Xuanyi's home quality does not decline
In addition, the noise suppression of the engine when running the generator will also be better than in the past when the engine drove the wheels. As we all know, the sound insulation of this level of models is difficult to do satisfactorily, and the Way the Xuanyi e-POWER is close to pure tram driving optimizes the quietness of the carriage a lot.
Is Xuanyi e-POWER worth it?
At the Guangzhou Auto Show, Xuanyi e-POWER announced a price of 138,900-15.59 million yuan, a total of three models, and the author believes that Nissan's pricing is reasonable. Leaving aside the classic model, compared with the price range of 11.9-14.49 million for the new generation of Xuanyi ordinary fuel version, the price of the e-POWER version even overlaps with it. In addition to the low-end version, in fact, the configuration of the other two Xuanyi e-POWER models is basically full.
And the Xuanyi e-POWER model is equipped with a 7-inch LCD dashboard as standard, which is only equipped with the top model on the ordinary version. In addition, the mid-to-high-end model has been upgraded to a 12.3-inch central control display, bringing a more intelligent vehicle-machine interaction experience. The top model adds the popular wireless charging. Combined with the improvement of fuel economy and driving quality brought about by the new power structure, I think that Xuanyi e-POWER can fully support the premium of tens of thousands of yuan higher than that of ordinary models. In other words, if you travel more distances, the more fuel costs saved in a few years are more than a few tens of thousands.
Looking at the entry hybrid market of the entire joint venture brand, it is actually nothing more than a Japanese Shuangtian model. Taking the two price ranges of Corolla 13.58-15.98 million and Lingpai 13.98-16.98 million as examples, it can be seen that the price of Xuanyi e-POWER still has certain advantages. In addition, from the perspective of the fuel consumption display officially released by the three, Xuanyi e-POWER has a slight advantage of 3.9L/100km, slightly better than Corolla's 4.1L and Lingpai's 4L, reflecting the latecomer Nissan's leadership in the research and development of hybrid technology.
With the hot sales performance of Xuanyi's ordinary fuel version model on the user side, there is reason to believe that the reasonably priced e-POWER version makes Xuanyi more powerful.
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