The internal combustion engine has been born for more than 130 years, as a car driving power also has a hundred years, of course, during this period the internal combustion engine has been constantly innovating, from the 80s of the last century to promote the large displacement self-priming, to enter the turbo era after the millennium, it can be said that pure fuel engine has always been the mainstream of automobile driving power. However, with the passage of time, with the stricter emission laws, there has been a statement that pure fuel engines will eventually be eliminated, which may have been like a joke a few years ago, but at present, this joke is gradually becoming a reality. Of course, it is undeniable that there are still some consumers in the current market who are more inclined to pure fuel vehicles, but how far can the pure fuel vehicles you insist on go?
No matter which technology, as long as it can continue to deepen research and development, to achieve innovation, it still has a certain market, but the fear is that there are no longer car companies to develop pure fuel engines, and just released in the 2021 Ward top ten power list let people smell such a taste, let's take a look!
Being able to climb the Ward Top Ten is the top power in the current automotive field, but unlike in the past, the Ward Top Ten is divided into 5 categories, including ICE, HEV, PHEV, BEV, and FCEV. First of all, ICE is the English acronym of the internal combustion engine, which means that it represents the pure fuel vehicle camp. HeV and PHEV represent unplugged hybrids and plug-in hybrids, BEVs are pure electric models, and finally FCEVs are hydrogen models. It can be clearly seen that only two of the ten power models are pure fuel, while the remaining eight are mostly new energy models, and more importantly, these two pure fuel engines are really not strong.
One is a modern 2.5T engine, mounted on the North American version of Shengda, to know that the domestic Shengda is equipped with CVVL technology 2.0T power, all said that Korean cars do not pay attention to the domestic market, from this point of view is indeed reflected, of course, this is not the subject to talk about today. Objectively speaking, this 2.5T is a partially powered engine, with a maximum horsepower of 304PS and a peak torque of 422NM, which is comparable to Volkswagen's 2.5T VR6 engine. The Chevrolet's 1.3T power is mounted on the Chuangjie car, the maximum horsepower of 165PS and the peak torque of 240NM are also very good, almost the same as the performance of the Honda 1.5T high-power version, but a three-cylinder machine can climb the Ward top ten is enough to see that the current pure fuel power is really lackluster.
However, the number of them alone may not be enough to show the collapse of the pure fuel field, but from the characteristics of the two engines on the list, they are based on performance as an advantage, but in the face of a number of hybrid and pure electric models, their advantages are not only gone, but even have obvious disadvantages. As far as the 3.5T V6 hybrid system installed on the Ford F150 is concerned, not only has the horsepower increased to 435P, but also the comprehensive fuel consumption has dropped to about 9.8L, which can be described as a hardcore off-road pickup truck weighing more than two tons, which can be described as taking into account power and fuel consumption, which is obviously impossible to optimize the pure fuel engine.
Then the next few plug-in hybrid and pure electric models are more powerful, of which the JEEP 2.0T hybrid has a horsepower of up to 375P, a peak torque of 637NM, and a comprehensive fuel consumption of only about 7.8L. And pure electric drive for Ford Mach-E is more with 488PS maximum horsepower and 860NM peak torque, and even the supercar brand Porsche has begun to exert force in the field of new energy, equipped on the Taycan 4S dual motor drive power makes it have the performance of 4S internal breaking hundred, as the bottom line of the internal combustion engine Supercar has begun to change to the pure electric field, it can be seen that today's pure fuel engine is really the end of the crossbow.
In summary, through the comparison and analysis of the number of Ward's top ten power list in 2021, it is clear that the fuel camp has collapsed! Although I don't know what new energy vehicles will develop into in the future, hybrid and pure electric models must be a big trend!