On the evening of March 10, UNI-K iDD was officially listed, priced at 176,900-192,900 yuan, instantly bursting the circle of friends!
Why?
Because entering 2022, plug-in hybrid PHEV began to explode. In January this year, it achieved sales of 85,000 units, an increase of 200% year-on-year, far exceeding the 127% growth rate of pure electric vehicles (BEVs). This is the second time that the growth rate of plug-in mixing has led the growth rate after the growth rate exceeded that of pure electricity in the fourth quarter of last year.
In the past, PHEV did not break out, because the price is too high, but since last year's BYD DM-i turned out, PHEV price is close to the people, coupled with because of BEV, PHEV can both charge and refuel, say go, where to go, there is no mileage anxiety, charging anxiety and other issues. This has also led to more and more PHEV on the market, with the Great Wall's Mocha DHT-PHEV just being listed, and the UNI-K iDD, which was officially launched on March 10, which is eye-catching.
UNI-K is a large five-seat medium-sized SUV priced at 145,900-18.49 million yuan. The UNI-K iDD is a PHEV model (plug-in hybrid model) equipped with the Blue Whale iDD hybrid system, which has a comprehensive range of 1100 km of NEDC, a pure electric range of 130 km of NEDC, and a fuel consumption of 5L/100 km of NEDC.
In addition, under the full temperature range of -35 °C to 55 °C, the blue whale iDD hybrid can achieve safe and stable driving performance. Moreover, with the blessing of intelligent full-power OTA upgrade, the software package can enjoy a lifetime upgrade from the first user, bringing intelligent protection of the whole time domain.
Compared with themselves, the price of the UNI-K iDD Excellence is only 23,000 yuan higher than that of the UNI-K Fuel Edition Excellence; compared with the competitors, it is 12,900 yuan lower than the Tang DM-i 52KM luxury type; if it is a joint venture model, 176,900 yuan and the grade fuel vehicle cannot be bought, let alone PHEV.
Considering that the price of lithium battery raw materials is becoming more and more expensive, the cost of the battery pack per kilowatt hour is at least 800 yuan.
UNI-K iDD is equipped with a 30.74kWh battery, counting the Blue Whale NE1.5T hybrid special engine, Blue Whale three-clutch electric drive transmission, iDD intelligent control system and other costs, at least 50,000 more than the fuel version to make money, but never expected, UNI-K iDD as long as 176,900!
So here's the problem.
Now a number of Chinese brand car companies have officially launched their own hybrid technology, such as BYD DM-i, Great Wall DHT, Chery Kunpeng DHT, Changan Blue Whale iDD and Geely Zhiqing Thor Hi-X, who is better between them?
Today, Xiaobian analyzes the specific models with the individual hybrid representative models.
BYD Tang DM-i (19.28-219,800), WEY Mocha DHT-PHEV (29.50-315,000), Chery Tiggo 8PLUS Kunpeng e+ (15.18-16.58 million), Changan UNI-K iDD (17.69-19.29 million), Geely Xingyue L HiX (pre-priced 173,700 yuan).
First, the mileage comparison
Now the cost of the battery pack is very expensive, so let's first look at the battery capacity and the range.
The MOCHA DHT-PHEV is the most expensive, with the highest battery capacity and the longest range.
Geely Star Yue L HiX is HEV not PHEV, not in this comparison.
Among the three models of Tang DM-i, Tiggo 8PLUS Kunpeng e+, UNI-K iDD, UNI-K iDD is obviously the most cost-effective, with a pure electric cruising range of 130km, and the price is much cheaper than Tang DM-i.
Second, the comparison of electricity and fuel consumption
"A bit of a dragon, no electricity a worm" is a consumer description of the early PHEV paragraph, is to say that the early PHEV model of the power consumption is very high, then how about the performance of these cars?
The fuel consumption of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows that the Xingyue L HiX has a minimum of 4.79L, followed by UNI-K iDD and Tiggo 8PLUS Kunpeng e+ are both 5L, Tang DM-i is 5.5L, and Mocha DHT-PHEV is 5.55L.
There are many factors that affect fuel consumption, such as wind resistance, vehicle weight, engine thermal efficiency, traditional efficiency and so on.
Personally, I think the fuel consumption of these five models is good.
Among the five models, except for the Tiggo 8PLUS Kunpeng e+ which is slightly smaller (1740kg of curb weight), the other four cars are all in the same class.
The Hoshigoku L HiX has the lowest fuel consumption, but it does not carry a battery with much capacity, is lighter than the other four cars (1785kg of curb weight), and has the lowest fuel consumption.
The MOCHA DHT-PHEV is equipped with the most batteries, weighing heavier than the other four (2130 kg of curb weight), but the fuel consumption difference is not large.
Third, the power comparison
Power is the most expensive configuration.
For example, the Regal 552T Deluxe and 652T GS Deluxe have an acceleration time of 0-100km/h from 9.1 seconds to 7.1 seconds. It's 2 seconds faster and the spread is 20,000.
Look at the Mondeo, the same luxury, EcoBoost180 and EcoBoost200, the maximum power is 134kW and 152kW, respectively, 18kW more, the price difference is 13,000.
If it is a luxury car, or a model that is already pursuing performance, the price to pay is even greater in order to obtain higher power.
After all, a set of advanced powertrains is very expensive, and a good set of four-wheel drive is even more expensive.
Among the five models, the Mocha DHT-PHEV exerts the power of the banknote, and the four-wheel drive version of Zero Hundred accelerates to 4.8 seconds!
The Tiggo 8PLUS Kunpeng e+Zero Hundred also accelerated quickly, reaching 4.9 seconds.
The remaining few cars are not weak, and zero hundred accelerations have entered the 8-second club.
Don't think that 8 seconds is very slow, Corolla's double engine zero hundred acceleration is 11 seconds, and the "God of War" Civic is only 7.5 seconds.
brief summary
Many people like to judge the advanced of the hybrid system from the perspective of technology, and I think that no matter what the technology, PHEV can only be truly competitive if it meets the following three points at the same time.
First, the energy consumption is lower than that of the same level of fuel vehicles.
Second, it is stronger than the power of the same level of fuel vehicles.
Third, the terminal price of the same level of fuel vehicles is close.
In comparison, I think UNI-K iDD is the most worth buying, and Don DM-i is also doing well. The MOCHA DHT-PHEV battery pack is a little bigger, and if a range of about 120 kilometers is produced, the price will be reduced by 50,000 I will also recommend. Star Yue L HiX has not yet come out of PHEV, can not enjoy the green card policy, which is a bit of a pity, Tiggo 8PLUS Kunpeng e + is a little smaller.