On March 31, Chery Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e+ was officially launched, and the new car launched three models, namely Urban e+, Style E+, and Shuxiang e+, priced at 155,800 yuan, 168,800 yuan and 171,800 yuan, respectively. After the launch of Chery Kunpeng Hybrid, many people said that this is the strongest domestic hybrid system, what is the world's first full-featured hybrid configuration Kunpeng DHT, with the first Chinese brand dual motor drive, 9 working modes, 11 combined gears. But the ideal is very full, and the reality is very bone.
We have said many times before that from technology to products, Chery is always a chess piece, and this time it will be fulfilled again. Chery Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e+, starting from 155,800 yuan, pure electric endurance of 100 kilometers, or a medium-sized SUV, it looks worthwhile, cost-effective, but a closer look is full of slots.
1. Pseudo "medium" SUV
I don't know why, Chery wants to position the Tiggo 8 PLUS as a medium-sized SUV and offer a 5+2 seat layout option. However, its length, width and height are 4722/1860/1747mm, and the wheelbase is 2710mm, which is obviously the size of a standard compact SUV.
In contrast, the length, width and height of The Star Yue L are 4770mm, 1895mm and 1689mm, the wheelbase is 2845mm, and the bydir Song PLUS is 4705*1890*1680mm, and the wheelbase is 2765mm. The real medium-sized SUV, like the Highlander, has a length, width and height of 4965mm/1930mm/1750mm, and a wheelbase of 2850mm.
What level is the right of the manufacturer, Chery may want to misplace the competition, but such a large body forced seven seats, the third row may be similar to the small bench.
2, there is no fast charging
Although chery Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e+ series is 100 km of pure electric endurance, almost double the 52 km higher than the BYD Song PLUS DM-i low-end version, but the entire Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e + series is not fast charged, and the BYD Song PLUS DM-i high-end version is fast charged, which is very critical for people who do not have household charging conditions and rely on commercial charging piles.
3, the engine thermal efficiency is low
If the lack of fast charging is not fatal, another problem of the Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e+ is fatal, that is, the thermal efficiency of the engine. At the time of the kunpeng hybrid system release, Chery Publicity will carry Chery's newly developed fourth-generation model, model QR G4J15, the maximum net power and net torque is 125kW/ 252N·m, the actual output power and torque is 115 kW/230N·m, and the maximum thermal efficiency can reach more than 45%. However, it is a pity that the Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e+ did not use this engine, and the engine it currently uses, SQRE4T15C, was previously mounted on Models such as Arrizo, but it was modified with hybridization, it is a 1.5T EFI engine with a thermal efficiency of 37.1%, there is no Atkinson cycle, and the most direct impact of low thermal efficiency is that the fuel consumption is higher, which may be far from the level advertised at chery's press conference.
4, the beggar version is too beggar
Although the lowest price is 155,800 yuan, it seems that it is only 3,000 yuan more expensive than the low matching of the competitor BYD Song PLUS DM-i, but it has an extra 50 kilometers of pure electric endurance, but this minimum configuration looks like it is set by forcibly lowering the threshold, and the configuration is so low that it cannot bear to look directly.
There are only two airbags, no sunroof, the seat is hand-adjusted, there is no one-button lift of the window of the whole car, and there is no external rearview mirror heating, which can be said to buy a hybrid system to send the car. Basically, only medium-sized models can basically meet the demand, but the price has reached 168,800 yuan.
Compare the competitor BYD Song PLUS DM-i, although the pure electric endurance is lower than you, but the price is also cheaper than you 3,000, the configuration is more out of the front side airbag and side air curtain, front parking radar, 360 panorama, panoramic sunroof, electric trunk, induction tailgate, driving recorder, main driver ESC, the whole car one-key lift, adaptive far and near light, rearview mirror heating, window anti-pinch hand and other functions, beggar version is not beggar, so a calculation, Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e + is it still cost-effective?
Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e + looks full of sincerity, although the publicity shouts the earth- loud, but the actual product landing, Tiggo 8 PLUS Kunpeng e+ competitiveness is not strong, especially in the engine, did not use a hybrid special engine, which means that this car is actually just a Kunpeng hybrid semi-finished product, or hope that Chery's hybrid special engine can be off the production line as soon as possible, really bringing us a Kunpeng DHT hybrid model consistent with the publicity.