BYD DM-i super hybrid hot, order backlog, at the end of last year Wang Chuanfu revealed that there are still 200,000 orders in line, such a scene is believed to be the envy of all manufacturers. Fuel saving, power loss is not meat, buying a car is not much more expensive, such a mixture everyone rushes to buy, the problem is that there are still too few enterprises, so the market needs more manufacturers to join the battlefield, and other companies also want to grab the share. This year, the hybrids of Great Wall, Geely, Chang'an and Chery will continue to run into the field.
Chery's Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e+, which was priced at 151,800-165,800 yuan in January this year, is Chery's first model equipped with the plug-in hybrid system "Kunpeng e+". This system, Chery spent nearly 4 years on the basis of years of hybrid development. It must bypass the patent of the predecessors, choose a new idea, the official called "3 engine 3 gear 9 mode 11 speed", that is, 1.5T engine plus dual motors for 3 engines, 3 gears, 9 working conditions, and 11 driving road conditions to the gear gear combination.
May hear the double motor, we will first think that it is the front and rear motors, Chery this system, the use of two miniaturized motors, placed between the engine and the transmission to form a three power source, equivalent to P2 motor, but it is dismantled into two. Among them, the maximum power of motor 1 is 55kW, the peak torque is 160Nm, the maximum power of motor 2 is 70kW, the peak torque is 155Nm, and the maximum power of the hybrid 1.5T engine is 115kW, and the peak torque is 230Nm.
Kunpeng e+ is actually a key project of the Ministry of Science and Technology's key research and development plan for new energy vehicles, or there are many technological innovation points, and the 3-speed hybrid transmission is one of its highlights. This gearbox adopts a design similar to a dual-clutch transmission, which realizes the organic coupling of the engine and the power output of the two motors, and realizes the power performance and smoothness performance under different working conditions through refined control, that is, 9 modes and 11 speeds, see the following table.
Usually speaking of hybrid, some friends will pay attention to how it works, but it is relatively boring to say, and the following paragraph can be skipped without interest. In single-motor pure electric mode, motor 1 and engine do not work, motor 2 drives the vehicle in 1 gear; dual motor pure electric mode, the engine does not work, motor 1 is in 1 gear, motor 2 is in 2 gears to drive the vehicle together; in series range extended mode, the engine drives the motor 1 to generate electricity to charge the battery, and the motor 2 drives the vehicle in 3 gears; in parallel drive mode, the engine + motor 1 drives the vehicle in 1 gear, the motor 2 is in neutral gear, or the engine + motor 1 is in 2 gears, and the motor 2 is in 3 gears; in the engine direct drive mode, motor 1, Motor 2 and the power battery are not working, the engine + motor 1 drives the vehicle in 2 gears, the motor 2 is in neutral gear; in parking charging mode, the engine drives the motor 1 to generate electricity to charge the battery, and the motor 2 is in neutral gear; when driving and charging, the engine drives the motor 1 to generate electricity to charge the battery, and drives the vehicle together with the motor 2; in the dual motor manufacturing energy recovery mode, the two motors simultaneously generate reverse torque, as a generator to charge the battery.
Based on the above logic design, Kunpeng e+ can better cope with driving needs under congestion, cruise, acceleration and parking conditions. Placed on top of the Tiggo 8 PLUS, it offers two driving modes, standard and sporty, with 3 levels of kinetic energy recovery adjustable, and brake braking modes that can also be selected for comfort and sport. Equipped with a 19.27kWh battery, NEDC cruising range is 100km, the owner can also set the power battery power, SOC can be set at 20%-70%, such as in the high-speed or non-congested road section want to charge the battery, wait until the congested section has electricity to save fuel, you can first set the SOC higher. However, during my short test drive, I did not find that the car could choose to drive in pure electric mode, and this car only supported slow charging when it was externally charged.
Because of the time relationship, this test Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e+ is relatively short, short to almost just 20 minutes, first briefly say the initial feelings, next time we will borrow this car to do a more detailed test drive, and strive to do the comparison content. First of all, when I got the car, the SOC of the vehicle was 16%, which was in a state of power loss. In the low-speed stage, Chery's Kunpeng e+ drives up quite like a tram, the throttle response is direct, the vehicle feels relatively light, although the car is not small, but it is very easy to drive, 0-60km/h This period of walking with the rhythm of tapping the throttle is enough, stepping on the weight is easy to feel the acceleration too fast. In the middle and high-speed stage, the throttle should be slightly deeper, the acceleration response is also direct and smooth, and there is no pressure to overtake the car above 100km/h.
Look at the table I got this test drive, more than 760 kilometers of small mileage, 100 kilometers of average fuel consumption of 5.3 liters, electricity consumption of 14kWh, compared to such a large car is still quite provincial. Now the 92nd oil price is 8 yuan, the public charging pile once the average electricity is about 1.2 yuan, calculated down the cost of driving 5 cents per kilometer 9, compared to the fuel SUV daily fuel consumption of 8-9, driving 10,000 kilometers can save about 1300 yuan. Whether it is worth it or not is self-measured.
From the model point of view, the Kunpeng e+ hybrid put the battery in the chassis part, the motor and the transmission were highly integrated, and placed on a large car such as the Tiggo 8 PLUS, which basically did not have any impact on the interior space. Next, some of the plans of Chery Kunpeng e+, including Tiggo 7 Kunpeng e+, will also launch a 4-engine four-wheel drive version based on Tiggo 8 PLUS in the second half of the year, that is, on the basis of 3 engines, a drive motor is added to the rear axle to achieve four-wheel drive, and the acceleration time of that version of 100 kilometers can go to 4.9 seconds.
In the long run, Chery will have hybrid versions of the entire series, in addition to the current release of this system, but also developing a hybrid system for compact cars, hybrid models will account for 50% of the entire Chery sales in 2025. These are far away, for now, Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e + since the listing on January 14, the cumulative order has exceeded 5,000 units, the current scheduling plan is more than 3,000 units / month, this year's annual target sales of 50,000 vehicles, will bring new additions to Chery, if you can successfully reach this amount, it seems to be able to rank second in domestic hybrid sales.
Chery Automobile General Manager Huang Zhaogen said in a recent communication with the Guangzhou media that the initial output of Kunpeng e+ was 3,000 units per month, compared with the rapid explosion of sales, Chery is more concerned about the feedback and satisfaction of car owners. It is conceivable that Chery wants to take Kunpeng e+ as a new main force in the future to operate. So, the question is, can Kunpeng e+ become Chery's DM-i? At present, the "soil" of the market is very good, oil prices are high, pure electricity can not solve the anxiety of endurance again, plug and mix can enjoy the green card and purchase tax-free preferential policies, consumers will become more and more obvious in the tendency to plug and mix, but the premise is still the opening sentence "fuel saving, loss of electricity is not meat, buying a car is not much expensive", there is already a BYD in front, and the latecomers can only catch up with such a level in order to gain the favor of consumers.
The editor said: At the moment of the global energy revolution in the global travel industry, it is a difficult route choice for manufacturers, from the general direction, betting on hybrid, pure electricity or hydrogen fuel? Each direction is a huge investment. Even if you decide to do hybridization, you face path selection, is it a single motor or a dual motor? Is it a single-speed transmission or is it moving to more gears? Each path has advantages and disadvantages, combined with its own technical capabilities, whether it can overcome the difficulties on this route and make a system with stronger comprehensive performance, there are still many tests. Of course, consumers don't care about these, which one is cheap and fuel-efficient, buy which one.