Hello everyone, I am Driving Shi Pai @ Teacher Qin. Today we test drove the BYD Han DM-i that everyone has in mind, and we don't talk nonsense about the car. In fact, I also experienced Han DM-i for the first time, so let's start with static.
appearance:
In terms of appearance and styling, Han DM-i continues the design of Han DM, such as the familiar dragon face design, large-area grille with LED headlights, so that Han DM-i still looks very imposing.
In the details of the front face, the "dragon scale" decoration inside the Han DM-i large-mouth grille has become smaller, and the gap has increased, which is more in line with the current aesthetic trend; the two sides of the deflector use a bright black sports style kit, which reduces the wind resistance at the same time, the visual effect is more sporty.
The overall side of the body has not changed much, and the lines of Han DM-i are relatively straight, with the slip-back design, so that the whole vehicle emits a stronger sports atmosphere. In detail, the DM-i is equipped with hidden door handles, NFC and other configurations. Rim and hub part, Han DM-i uses R19's horse brand MC6 tires, with two-color multi-strip wheel shape, there is a sense of luxury.
In the rear part of the car, Han DM-i adopts a new "Chinese knot" taillight shape, which shows the traditional Chinese elements very well, and the recognition after lighting is also good.
In terms of paint, there were only two colors in this test drive: red and gray. Personally, I feel that gray models will be more extensive, which is also a paint color that BYD currently features, and many models are using it; in contrast, red car paint looks more sporty and fashionable, and young consumers can choose this color.
Interior:
Inside the car, the overall layout of the Han DM-i is also unchanged, and the 12.3-inch full LCD instrument panel and the 15.6-inch rotating Pad are familiar combinations. The interior of this car we test drove adopts the color of "golden scale orange + night purple", which should be optional before, so the sense of luxury and fashion of the entire interior is relatively strong, and it is also quite attractive.
As a C-class sedan, the rear space performance is also a concern for everyone, Han DM-i has a wheelbase of 2920mm, according to The space challenge of Teacher Qin, its rear space performance can support me to easily "concave". In addition, although the middle platform has more than ten centimeters, the material of the middle seat is relatively soft, and it is quite comfortable to sit.
Power performance:
As the name suggests, the Han DM-i is equipped with BYD's DM-i supermix system, but unlike the DM-i model we tested before, the Han DM-i uses a 1.5T plug-in hybrid special engine with a maximum power of 139 horsepower and a maximum torque of 231 Nm. There is also a single front-mounted motor, and the 121km version has a maximum power of 145 kW and a maximum torque of 316 Nm. (This is the one we test drove this time)
Next, let's talk about the points that everyone cares about:
The first is acceleration: Han DM-i, whether it is the 121km version or the 242km version, the acceleration time of 100 kilometers is 7.9 seconds, because it uses a 1.5T engine, and the motor is also larger, so even if it is a medium-sized car that pushes Han DM-i so large, it can also do 7.9 seconds to break the hundred, so the acceleration performance is no problem, and the DM-i model is originally driven by electric power, so the overall driving texture is very similar to pure electric vehicles - the electric door goes down, and the speed acceleration sense follows, which is very comfortable.
The second is the control: when the Han DM-i is not driving, the steering wheel is very light, but after the real driving on the road, the feedback of the steering wheel will change with the speed of the car - high speed is stable, and the low speed is relatively light, such a setting can give the driver confidence. However, it should be mentioned that the Han DM-i car is nearly 5 meters long, the wheelbase is 2920mm, and the steering ratio of the steering wheel is set, and I personally feel that its turning radius is a bit large, and it is relatively inconvenient to turn around.
The third is the chassis: the Han DM-i adopts the front McPherson independent /rear multi-link independent suspension, coupled with the advantage of the low center of gravity of the new energy vehicle, the chassis performance of the vehicle is also more stable when driving at high speed and steering. However, the sense of the Road of Han DM-i is too clear, especially when passing the speed bump or encountering rough road surface, the force on the reverse disc will be more obvious. At the same time, I personally feel that the Han DM-i chassis suspension is adjusted a little harder, which is similar to the Han EV.
The fourth is NVH: for luxury cars, the tranquility in the carriage is also a place where consumers are more concerned, this test drive we specially brought a decibel meter for testing, and came up with two more critical data: close the window on the highway, when the speed is 100km/h, the decibel value in the car is about 62dB; the speed is about 120km/h, and when it is in the direct engine state, the decibel value in the Han DM-i car is about 66dB. This tranquility is very good in its class.
The fifth is fuel consumption: now fuel consumption is the part that everyone is more concerned about, the reason why Han is also on DM-i, the simplest purpose is to reduce fuel consumption, reduce the cost of use, after all, the current oil price is really high, ridiculously high!
We specially tested the fuel consumption performance of Han DM-i under two working conditions this time, first of all, in the case of electricity (SOC is more than 40%), it ran more than 40 kilometers away (half high speed, half mountain road), and the comprehensive meter showed fuel consumption of 3.5L/100km.
The No. 8 vehicle in the same trip ran the same distance, but when the No. 8 car set off, the SOC was at the lowest 25%, so the whole process was basically a "power loss" state, and the Speed of the No. 8 car was relatively fast, it was a reach to the end, and its apparent fuel consumption was 6L/100km.
Han DM-i in the "power loss" time, running 6L / 100km fuel consumption is basically credible, because when returning to Chengdu, the power of our No. 7 car because of the air conditioning empty, SOC directly dried to 20%, so in the early part of the return trip, the engine also consumes energy to generate electricity for the battery. At the same time, because there are relatively few vehicles on the Beijing-Kunming Expressway, our speed is basically maintained at 120-130km/h, the first 50km, and the apparent fuel consumption is about 7L/100km.
Behind 50km, because the battery SOC has risen to 27%, so the apparent fuel consumption continues to decline, reaching about 6.8L/100km, and the last 20km is open in the city, which is more congested, and the fuel consumption is reduced to 6.1L/100km. Therefore, the display fuel consumption of Han DM-i's attrition meter is about 6L/100km.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that Han DM-i also provides a fast charging socket, which we have seen on Song PLUS DM-i before, but that car is still a turn interface, and Han DM-i directly has a fast charging port.
This technology is very critical, because in cities or tourist attractions, the most common is the public fast charging pile, and the public slow charging pile is actually very small, so many PHEV models in the outdoors want to charge is very difficult, but BYD's DM-i model is not the same, it works! Therefore, this solves a pain point of other PHEV. So in other words, more than 200,000 will not buy a joint venture car, directly on the Han DM-i!
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