Recently, domestic oil prices have "risen", which has shifted the attention of many potential purchasing demand to new energy. Coinciding with the outbreak of self-owned brand hybrid products this year, such as Wei brand DHT, BYD DM-i, Changan iDD, Chery Kunpeng, Geely Raytheon Hi · X and other corresponding new energy hybrid models have come into being. Among them, Geely Xingyue L, which has been attracting much attention since its listing last year, will add a new hybrid model at the end of the month, after announcing a pre-sale price of 173,700.
With Thor Hi · Can the blessing of X oil-electric hybrid technology help the sales of Star-Vietnam L to continue to rise?
Hybrids are becoming more mainstream
Turning the time pointer back to a few years ago, the brand that launched the oil-electric hybrid on the market is probably only the Japanese Shuangtian, and the price of the model is generally tens of thousands of yuan higher than the pure gasoline version of the same series. Taking the Corolla Double Engine as an example, the leading version of the low-end entry model has a landing price of more than 150,000, compared with the landing price of pure gasoline Corolla, which is generally in the early 100,000 years, the premium of tens of thousands of yuan higher in the hybrid version will often dissuade this compact family car price range Budget is not abundant. After all, in addition to the fuel-saving advantage, if toyota hybrid is rumored to be greatly discounted in driving quality and the price of the model is high, it is indeed not attractive to consumers who pay attention to cost performance.
However, with the pressure of the country's implementation of the double integration policy and the continuous efforts of various manufacturers, the development of new energy has achieved remarkable results, diversified combination methods, and even erased some long-standing pain points of hybrid models in the past, making hybrid more and more mainstream. From last month's SUV sales list, we can get a glimpse of one or two, the pin crown is no longer the Haval H6 family we are familiar with, but instead of the BYD Song family, with a score of 24532 vehicles, the 18790 vehicles that ranked third in the Haval H6.
Perhaps the February sales alone do not mean that the Haval H6 has fallen off the altar, including the Spring Festival holiday and chip shortages. However, the reason why the unknown BYD Song was able to achieve a year-on-year increase of 298.8%, of which the 13275 vehicles contributed by the Song Plus DM-i were the greatest.
DM-i technology allows us to see a new BYD. Although we know that pure electricity is the ultimate destination of the evolution of new energy, it is not realistic to want fuel vehicles to fully withdraw from the historical stage in a short period of time, and hybridization is indeed a transitional technology that can play a role in the current situation. It is foreseeable that in the near future, sales of hybrid models (HEV and PHEV) will surpass pure electric (BEV) for a long period of time.
This is also the reason why many traditional OEMs are still sparing no effort to develop hybrid architectures. Hoshigoshi L as Geely's first model to carry Thor Hi· Can the models of X-oil-electric hybrid technology fit the trend of new energy and become a mainstream member?
Outstanding parameters and a wait-and-see attitude
The highlands of hybrid technology have always been firmly occupied by the Japanese Toyota THS and Honda i-MMD, and from the perspective of book strength alone, the latecomer Geely Thor Hi · X hybrid has a lot of blue meaning. According to the official data provided, the thermal efficiency of the Xingyue L hybrid version of the engine is 43.32%, the zero hundred acceleration is 7.9s, the comprehensive fuel consumption of 100 kilometers is as low as 4.3L, and the maximum endurance of a tank of oil can exceed 1300km.
It is undeniable that a series of staggering data fully shows that the Hoshigoku L hybrid has the strength to hang the Japanese shuangtian. In contrast, the Toyota Camry Hybrid is equipped with an A25B engine, which is said to be one of the most thermally efficient engines, and its value is only 41%. Even the Shuangtian hybrid model did not grasp the zero hundred acceleration results, Geely also passed the Thor Hi · The adjustment of the X hybrid structure accelerates the output of an SUV weighing 1.7 tons to less than 8s, which is comparable to the traditional performance of small steel guns.
In addition, the Star-EY L hybrid matches the 3-speed electric drive transmission DHT Pro, which is also relatively rare in the same category of hybrid models, generally for E-CVT stepless variable speed or 2-speed DHT. In terms of styling, the Star-Etsu L Hybrid Edition generally maintains the design of the pure gasoline version, and only shows the exclusive identity of the hybrid through some distinct details. According to the popularity of the pure gasoline version, the best-selling of the Hoshikoshi L Hybrid version seems to be reasonable. However, this is not necessarily the case.
The reason why the Star-Vietnam L pure gasoline version can quickly become popular is due to the cross-grade product strength and super cost performance. Can return to the hybrid version of the Star Yue L, its price advantage is not very prominent, in the entire Star Yue L series, from the pre-sale price of the hybrid version of 173,700, it is at the middle upper level of the pure gasoline version of 13.72-18.52 million, the highest in the two-wheel drive version, second only to the two four-wheel drive pure fuel models. To be honest, this price may already be more popular than the same level of hybrid models in the two fields, but its hardware configuration, compared to the pure gasoline version of the model, it feels less worthwhile.
It should be known that the four-cylinder 2.0T engine equipped with the pure gasoline version of The Star-More L is one of the killer tools of the Star-More L in the market to reduce the dimension and fight against the opponent. In contrast, the low-priced Thor hybrid version is equipped with a three-cylinder 1.5T engine. Even in terms of fuel savings, Hoshikoshi L Thor Hi · X has achieved the extreme, but it is still difficult to eliminate the domestic consumers' mustard about the three-cylinder engine, which will greatly hinder the future sales trend of the Star-Yue L Hybrid.
Saving fuel does not save money
Another reason why the Star Yue L hybrid is not optimistic is that its hybrid form does not need to be plugged in, which means that it cannot have a green new energy license. Means buying Hoshikoshi L Thor Hi · X-hybrid cannot enjoy the new energy subsidy policy and purchase tax reduction and reduction provided by the state. If it is in some limited license cities, the purchase cost of the Star Yue L Hybrid will undoubtedly be further aggravated.
For consumers who choose hybrid products, it is nothing more than to reduce the burden of travel costs, but when they start, they are first cut a wave of leeks. Since pure electric cannot eliminate the user's endurance anxiety for the time being, the plug-in hybrid is indeed more accessible than the oil-electric hybrid. After all, the current plug-in hybrid technology is also quite mature, oilable and electric to avoid the long-distance travel of queuing and charging problems, while taking into account both performance and energy saving, and even better than the traditional pure gasoline car in experience. More critically, even if it loses power and fuel consumption, it can be lower than the pure gasoline vehicle of the same displacement.
If a private charging pile can be installed, there is no doubt that plug-in hybridization would be a wiser option. Taking the two SUV products that belong to the same hybrid structure and guide price convergence as examples, BYD Song Plus DM-i and Geely Xingyue L Thor Hi · X, thanks to the advantages of DM-i, the landing price of Song Plus is significantly lower than that of Xingyue L. With the landing price of the Star-More L Hybrid, it is almost possible to buy the higher-performance Song Plus DM-i four-wheel drive flagship version, which is 2s shorter than the zero-hundred acceleration performance of the Star-Yue L Hybrid.
More valuable, in fact, even in the state of power loss, Song Plus DM-i also has a bright fuel consumption performance of early 4L, and the data of many oil-electric hybrid models is comparable, it is worth mentioning that in the case of full power, it can provide an additional 51/110km of pure electric endurance, enough to cope with daily commuting needs. In this way, Song Plus DM-i's plug-in hybrid will indeed be more convincing than Xingyue L's oil-electric hybrid, no wonder with the support of DM-i technology, BYD's sales have grown in a spurt since last year.
Compared to the pure gasoline version of the Hoshikoshi L, Thor Hi · The blessing of X will indeed make the oil-electric hybrid version of the Star-Vietnam L better in fuel economy, but the cost saved may only be passed on to the cost of car purchase, including car prices and license fees. At the end of the day, has the Star-Over L Hybrid helped consumers save their wallets?
Asteron summary
At present, the pain points such as the charging difficulty of pure electricity, endurance anxiety and so on cannot be completely eliminated, and the price of gasoline remains high, which will inevitably promote the prevalence of hybrid models, as for plug-in hybrid and oil-electric hybrid which is more "provincial", I believe that consumers have their own trade-offs in their minds. In my personal opinion, Hoshikoshi L Thor Hi · X hybrid current consumers are the right choice to buy a car, Geely's next appearance of emgrand L equipped with Thor Hi · X, with plug-in hybrids, may look more full.
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