Source of this article: Times Finance Author: Li Guyue
On April 11, the Federation of Passenger Vehicles released data saying that in March this year, the wholesale sales of new energy passenger vehicles nationwide reached 455,000 units, an increase of 122.4% year-on-year; the wholesale penetration rate of new energy vehicle manufacturers reached 25.1% in that month, an increase of 14 percentage points over the same period last year.
Times Finance learned that there were 13 companies with wholesale sales of new energy vehicles exceeding 10,000 vehicles in March, of which BYD ranked first, with sales exceeding 100,000 vehicles in the month, reaching 104338, followed by Tesla China and SAIC-GM-Wuling, with sales of 65,814 and 51,157 vehicles, respectively.
It is worth noting that according to the production and sales data disclosed by BYD on April 5, its production and sales data of fuel vehicles in March this year were zero. Previously, BYD has announced that it will stop producing fuel vehicles from March this year, and in the future it will focus on pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
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At present, BYD is also accelerating the new pace of new energy products. On April 10, BYD's new energy flagship sedan Han family launched a number of models, of which Han EV was priced at 269,800-329,800 yuan, Han DM-i was priced at 215,800-289,800 yuan, and Han DM-p was priced at 319,800 yuan.
Officially, the Han family relies on technological breakthroughs such as blade batteries, DM-i super hybrid, and DM-p, and is equipped with three sets of power systems including EV, DM-i and DM-p, realizing the integration of performance and performance to meet the needs of different consumer groups.
Among them, the pure electric model HanEV Genesis Edition system has a comprehensive maximum torque of up to 700N·m, and zero hundred acceleration is 3.9s. In terms of endurance performance, the Han EV Genesis Edition CLTC has a battery life of 715km. In terms of charging rate, the official said that the Han EV Genesis Edition has the fast charging ability to increase the endurance by up to 150km in 10 minutes and complete the charging from 30% to 80% in 30 minutes.
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In terms of plug-in and mixing, BYD Han DM launched a variety of DM-i and DM-p models, of which the starting price of Han DM-p exceeded 300,000 yuan. In terms of comprehensive comparison, the advantages of Han DM-i are reflected in its energy saving and endurance, its NEDC 100 km loss fuel consumption is 4.2L, NEDC comprehensive cruising range is up to 1300km, and zero hundred acceleration is 7.9s. At the same time, the Han DM-i top-end model has a pure electric endurance of 242km of NEDC, with 80kW safe boost fast charging.
The Han DM-p is more focused on the performance card, official data show that the car zero hundred acceleration 3.7s, together with the Han EV four-wheel drive version ranked in the "zero hundred acceleration three-second club"; and its NEDC 100 km loss fuel consumption of 5.2L, NEDC pure battery endurance of 202km.
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In terms of intelligence, the Han family has also been upgraded, and its DiPilot intelligent driver assistance system is equipped with up to 24 sensing elements, adding functions such as high-speed road driving assistance and emergency lane keeping assistance. Han family new car standard with DiLink 4.0 (5G) intelligent network system, including 5G speed connection, dual-frequency positioning and other functions, in addition to the Han DM-i 121KM premium model, the whole series is equipped with HiFi-level custom Tanner audio, while supporting the vehicle OTA remote upgrade.
From the perspective of market competition, since the listing of the BYD Han series, it has mainly targeted the mid-to-high-end car market, which has been monopolized by the BBA for a long time. According to the data disclosed by BYD, since the listing of BYDHan in 2020, the cumulative sales volume has exceeded 190,000 units; in the 200,000-class high-end new energy car market, its monthly sales have repeatedly ranked first.
"Han's sales performance of breaking through 10,000 yuan in a month is comparable to that of the BBA in the medium and large car market." Lu Tian, general manager of the sales division of BYD Dynasty Network, said at the press conference, "I believe that with the blessing of new models such as Han DM-i, Han DM-p, and Han EV, just this year, Han will complete the absolute transcendence of the traditional three." ”