Qashqa has always been one of Nissan's main models, second only to X-Trail in Nissan's former SUV camp, but with the release of the new generation of X-Gun, Qashqo and X-Trail's sales have reversed. According to the official 2 sales data released by Dongfeng Nissan, the cumulative terminal sales of the Dongfeng Nissan SUV family in February reached 18,289 units, of which the 2022 Qashqai terminal sales reached 9,743 units in February, supporting half of the Dongfeng Nissan SUV camp.
Recently, Nissan released the information of Qashqai e-POWER, and with the experience of Xuanyi e-POWER, nissan unexpectedly installed a three-cylinder engine for it. Qashqa e-POWER uses a 1.5T three-cylinder turbocharged engine as a range extender to charge the battery, and it is worth noting that this engine is the engine of the new generation of X-Trail.
For Nissan e-POWER, many people may not know as much as DM-i, simply explain for everyone, e-POWER system by engine, generator, inverter, battery, electric motor assembly, the first generation of e-POWER was born in 2016, 2020 completed the iterative update, today's e-POWER is the second generation.
Its working principle is to adopt a series structure scheme, the engine drives the generator, the inverter converts the current into the battery pack or directly drives the motor, thereby driving the wheels to finally drive the vehicle, but it is worth noting that the working logic of Nissan e-POWER is slightly different from the general range extender car, e-POWER in the starting and slowing sections, the engine does not work, the battery power drive the vehicle to drive; in the rapid acceleration, through the engine power generation and battery together to provide power, providing a more powerful power output In the process of high-speed driving, the power generation function is generated by the engine, and the battery is also charged; when decelerating, the mechanical energy is converted into electrical energy, and the battery is charged, that is, energy recovery.
However, such a working logic for e-POWER has a problem, an important publicity point of e-POWER is the efficient charging and discharging efficiency of the small capacity battery pack, take Xuanyi e-POWER, the capacity is only 2kWh, not surprisingly Qashqai e-POWER battery capacity will not be too different.
Because the battery is too small, the vehicle encounters a long uphill section, the motor power may be insufficient, the battery energy storage is not enough to support the passage through the long uphill section, and in the long downhill section, the power recovery is too much, the battery is too small to reserve, can only give up, resulting in a waste of energy.
In addition to the battery problem, many people in the Qashqai e-POWER information exposure, learned that its three-cylinder machine is full of great hostility, about the advantages and disadvantages of the three-cylinder machine we do not mention more, many people say that the three-cylinder machine equipped with the car sales are very low, but in fact equipped with the three-cylinder machine extender car is an exception, such as the ideal ONE. Ideal ONE as a 300,000-class model, it is also equipped with a three-cylinder engine, but sales are growing, and the previous models equipped with three-cylinder engines on the market form a strong contrast.
There are two main reasons for this, one is that the engine of the extender car only works as a generator and does not directly drive the car, so the defects of the three-cylinder engine will not be exposed.
The second point is that the ideal ONE has a precise market positioning and strong product force, and many powerful models have formed a misalignment competition, only to have today's sales results, in contrast, Xuanyi e-POWER and Qashqa e-POWER, the former in the Corolla dual engine and Qin PLUS DM-i in front of the face of the threat, the latter after the listing also have to face Toyota's C-HR dual engine and BYD Song DM-i series of models brought about by pressure.
It is worth mentioning that in the electrification plan disclosed by Nissan, it also said that it will launch 4 models equipped with e-POWER systems to the Chinese market in 2022, and will launch 10 electrified models by 2025, including 6-7 models equipped with e-POWER hybrid systems, covering cars and SUVs.