The car was officially picked up on January 1, 2020, and by January 2022, it was exactly 40,000 kilometers, and it was time for maintenance again. Before buying a car, many relatives and friends were worried: Is the hybrid car reliable? Maintenance costs are high, right? Batteries break easily, right?
If it is an ordinary consumer, hearing so many doubts before buying a car, I am afraid that I will really retreat. Fortunately, Brother Reel is in the automotive industry and has a certain understanding of the Toyota brand and hybrids. It also turned out that this decision was the right one. Toyota has 18 million hybrid users around the world, and is well received by car owners and users with many advantages such as economy and fuel saving, high quality, more driving pleasure, high cost performance, and safety. And the various use experiences after the purchase of the car have also confirmed that it is the right choice to start this Leiling dual engine.
Including the previous test drive of camry dual engine, Asian dragon double engine, Rongfang double engine, Veranda double engine, etc., after some experience, Toyota's technical strength in the field of hybrid is more experienced. As the saying goes, practice produces true knowledge, and without investigation, there is no right to speak. From the user's point of view, today we may wish to talk about how Toyota's hybrid vehicle is?
The most worry-free and safest hybrid? Toyota lives up to its name
One of the biggest puzzles about hybrids is its safety. In particular, some brand models frequently have spontaneous combustion and fire incidents, which has caused many consumers to worry. However, for Toyota, which has 25 years of experience in research and development and manufacturing in the field of hybrids, its safety performance has been widely verified.
According to The Brother, Toyota ensures battery safety through multiple voltage monitoring, automatic power off after the collision and other protective measures. Up to now, among the 18 million electrified models sold by Toyota, there has still not been a case of electric shock (leakage), battery combustion or explosion caused by a vehicle accident, which shows that the safety of Toyota's three-electric system is very good.
As for worry-free and fuel-saving, it is no stranger to Toyota owners. Taking the Leiling double engine started by Brother Rudder as an example, the fuel consumption of 100 kilometers is about 4.1L, and this is the real data obtained from the daily traffic congestion in the city. A tank of fuel lasts more than 800 kilometers without pressure, and if your commute is short, within 30 kilometers of the daily round trip, you can basically add fuel once a month. In the context of rising oil prices, buying a hybrid car can indeed save a lot of car costs, and can save nearly half of the fuel cost compared with general fuel vehicles.
There is no doubt about this. Although the vehicle has only traveled 40,000 kilometers, it really does not have to worry about the current experience. According to the conventional maintenance, the vehicle itself has no quality problems. As a reference, GAC Toyota's plant has always been the benchmark of industry quality, and the one-time pass rate of the production line has reached 99%. While most consumers are worried about the battery life of electrified models, Toyota Dual Engine has relieved consumers' worries, and its battery life is long and attenuated. 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 been driving 330,000 kilometers for 10 years, still maintains the same level of battery performance and does not undergo significant attenuation.
As for the maintenance costs that potential users are concerned about, is it because it is a hybrid model, so the maintenance costs are rising?
Brother Reel has just carried out 40,000 kilometers of routine maintenance, and you can enjoy a 20% discount on working hours by booking maintenance time in advance on the "Fengyun Xing" APP. After driving to the store, the staff will conduct a comprehensive inspection of the vehicle, and this time the oil, oil filter cartridge, and gas pad are replaced, plus the working hours, which cost a total of 509 yuan. The whole process of consumption is very transparent, the staff explains in detail and can intuitively understand the cost details on the APP, and it is also recommended that the next maintenance needs to replace the air filter and brake oil. Overall, the maintenance cost of Leiling Dual Engine is relatively cheap, and it is not much different from ordinary fuel version models. It is worth mentioning that Toyota provides an ultra-long warranty for the core three-electric components of hybrid models, and GAC Toyota's hybrid models can also enjoy the battery extension service of "unlimited years and unlimited mileage", and the cost of car maintenance in the later period does not need to be overly worried.
With the support of TNGA, the advantages of Toyota hybrids are not limited to fuel saving
In the same class of models, the reason why The Wheel brother made up his mind to choose the Leiling dual engine is also because it uses the most advanced TNGA architecture of Toyota. The TNGA architecture gives Toyota hybrid models better driving quality, low center of gravity design, front McPherson rear double wishbone independent suspension, etc., can improve the driving pleasure and riding comfort of the vehicle. There is also Toyota's newly developed high-rigidity GOA body, which not only improves the safety performance of the vehicle, but also brings better handling stability.
Don't think that this is just the driving quality of the car, and the same is true of the Crown Land Release Dual Engine model that Brother Reel has tested on the track. Although the SUV is positioned, the Crown Land Release is equipped with a new generation of TNGA 2.5L dual-engine hybrid system, and the overall driving texture is very outstanding. Thanks to the motor support, the maximum power is 174kW, and the torque is instantaneously exploded when accelerating, and the response is more sensitive. The high-speed stage can be done calmly, as long as you are willing to step on the throttle deeply, the power output is very abundant. And based on the TNGA architecture, the car's minimum turning radius is only 5.7 meters, coupled with the active turn assist system, it has good flexibility in fast cornering, and it can easily pass when encountering turning corners.
It is precisely under the blessing of the TNGA 2.5L dual-engine hybrid system that the driving control performance of the Crown Lufang is rare in its class. It not only guarantees a certain degree of comfort and tranquility, but also gives a stronger confidence in driving during the driving process, and even if it is off the track, it is confident.
Although the gasoline-electric hybrid model is recognized as an "energy-saving car" in some areas, it cannot be directly on the green card. But this also means that Toyota's dual-engine hybrid model does not have "endurance anxiety", because it is very fuel-efficient without charging, and the convenience is unmatched by the current plug-in hybrid models and pure electric models. It is worth mentioning that the Toyota dual-engine model is equipped with a mature and reliable "three electric technology" on the basis of fuel vehicles, and adopts the EV mode in the initial stage, so it also has the tranquility and driving texture of electric vehicles, which can be regarded as a "quasi-EV" model.
The gold cup and silver cup are not as good as good reputation, and the Toyota hybrid is excellent by strength
Thanks to the many advantages of Toyota hybrid models, the sales of dual-engine models have gradually increased. Taking GAC Toyota's sales data as an example, it sold a total of 182,000 hybrid models in 2021, an increase of 98% year-on-year, accounting for 22% of the brand's annual sales. According to GAC Toyota' forecast, by 2025, the sales volume of its hybrid models is expected to exceed 50%. This also means that hybrid models will become the mainstream car purchase choice of consumers, and strong user reputation is rapidly feeding back into sales growth.
In fact, in the field of hybrid, Toyota has an unparalleled position in the industry with its strong ownership, which can be called "C-bit hybrid". Based on mature hybrid technology, toyota hybrid models currently cover the segments of cars, SUVs and MPV, launching as many as 45 HEV products around the world, and more than 10 hybrid models in the Chinese market, with a strong enough lineup and a rich choice for consumers. On the road, on average, nearly 7 out of every 10 hybrids are Toyota hybrids.
It is not difficult to foresee that in the coming period, the number of Toyota hybrid models will grow at a rate visible to the naked eye.
According to the newly released "Energy-saving and New Energy Vehicle Technology Roadmap 2.0", the future sales of energy-saving vehicles and new energy vehicles will account for 50% each, and the transformation route of the automotive industry has clearly defined the important position of energy-saving vehicles. Therefore, the gasoline-electric hybrid model represented by toyota dual engine is the mainstream choice at present and in the next 15 years, coupled with the advantages of "the driving experience of the B-class car and the use cost of the A0-class car" that it brings to the user, it is expected that more people will choose the Toyota dual engine model. In addition, due to the successful popularization of Toyota hybrid models around the world, its mature and reliable three-electric technology is trusted by consumers, Toyota's upcoming TOYOTA bZ pure electric exclusive series may once again lead the new trend in the automotive industry.