Today, in the context of rising oil prices and carbon neutrality, green mobility has become a popular way of life for consumers today. For the development of the entire Chinese automotive industry, this is a great opportunity in a hundred years, and it is also the best time for independent brands to achieve curve overtaking. In the face of new opportunities, many manufacturers have aimed their development direction at the field of hybridization, and Changan Automobile is an excellent representative of it.
A few days ago, the UNI family of Changan Automobile launched the first plug-in hybrid model - UNI-K iDD, the new car is based on the fuel version of the model, a total of two models of excellence and premium, priced at 176,900-192,900 yuan, 23,000 yuan more expensive than the fuel version of the model with the same configuration.
As the first model equipped with Changan iDD plug-in hybrid system, UNI-K iDD has few competitors in the plug-in hybrid medium-sized SUV market in the range of 150,000-200,000 yuan, and its pricing also has a certain advantage. Considering that UNI-K itself is quite popular in the market as the proud work of Changan's high-end series, the market competition relationship between UNI-K iDD is relatively simple.
Perhaps, for UNI-K iDD, its biggest opponent is the fuel version of UNI-K.
Exterior & Interior: Very little different from the fuel version
In terms of appearance, the UNI-K iDD is not much different from the fuel version of the model, and it is easiest for people to distinguish the identity of the two cars at a glance, or the exhaust of the two cars. The UNI-K iDD uses the relatively more common bilateral two-out exhaust trim (actually a hidden exhaust), while the fuel version is a more sporty bilateral four-out exhaust.
However, it is worth mentioning that the highly technological design of UNI-K itself is more in line with the identity of UNI-K iDD new energy vehicles, such as borderless front face grille, automatic pop-up electric door handles and other elements. At the same time, although UNI-K iDD has not derived an exclusive color, the original blue sky blue, star white and other schemes of the fuel version model are very compatible with its new energy vehicle identity.
Entering the UNI-K iDD car, it is still basically consistent with the fuel version of the model, and the staggered dashboards and large screens of the car create an avant-garde and bold design that echoes the exterior design.
Sitting in the driver's seat of the UNI-K iDD, you can clearly feel the freshness of most of the models on the far supermarket. The combination of the oval steering wheel and the 10.25+9.2+3.5-inch triple-fold lcd instrument cluster is not only full of grade, but also the engineer's ingenuity can be felt in practical use.
For example, the steering wheel, which is "flattened" up and down, with a higher position dashboard, can help the driver more easily take into account the observation of road conditions and driving information, and reduce the frequent movement of the line of sight up and down.
In addition to the high sense of technology in the carriage, the texture of the UNI-K iDD is also impeccable. All the places in the front and rear rows that are easy to be touched are soft materials, coupled with the embellishment of elements such as stitching and chrome, passengers in all positions on the car will not complain.
It is worth mentioning that although the UNI-K iDD is equipped with an extra battery in the chassis, its rear platform remains consistent with the full screen of the fuel version model, and does not affect the rear seat reclining function and the conventional space performance of the trunk. As a model positioned as a large five-seater SUV, the UNI-K iDD car has a good performance in all positions of the seating space.
Configuration: The starter model has met expectations
The UNI-K iDD has two classes, the Premium and premium models, and cuts the most entry-level luxury model compared with the model configuration structure of the fuel version. The same configuration of UNI-K iDD and fuel version of UNI-K are almost the same in both comfort configuration and technology configuration, and there is no difference between superior and inferior.
Specifically, the difference between the UNI-K iDD excellent type and the premium type is 16,000 yuan, and the main differences in configuration are the tire specifications, the driver assistance system including parallel assist and lane keeping, the ventilation and heating of the front seats, the sound system with a larger number of speakers, the 64-color cabin mood light, the front double-layer soundproof glass, the rear privacy glass, the adaptive high beam light and so on.
To be sure, 16,000 yuan is not enough to get all the configurations mentioned above in the aftermarket modification, and at the same time, many of them cannot be installed later.
Although the top UNI-K iDD is attractive enough, it does not mean that the entry-level model is not worth choosing. In fact, the entry-level UNI-K iDD has also been equipped with LED far and near automatic headlights, streaming media rearview mirrors, full-speed adaptive cruise, 20-inch wheels, brand audio and other configurations as standard, which is enough to meet the expectations of most first-time car buyers and even car replacement consumers.
In addition, some of the configurations of the UNI-K iDD are unique. For example, in addition to the high recognition rate of the iFLYTEK voice interaction system used by UNI-K, it can also achieve functions such as "no wake-up", multi-round dialogue, context recognition, cross-scene recognition, etc., and the car machine system will even have emotional fluctuations, as well as spoken language and you to communicate, no longer just a "tool without emotion".
The 14-speaker SONY sound system with high-end UNI-K iDD also includes headrest speakers. Drivers can not only choose the headrest speaker to sound when using navigation, reducing interference to passengers, but also more intuitively understand the location of obstacles through the sound field position when triggering radar alarms.
It is worth mentioning that the UNI-K iDD series supports Huawei's HiCar mobile phone interconnection function, which is lacking in fuel version models, and it is believed that it will bring outstanding vehicle-machine multimedia experience to car owners who use Huawei mobile phones.
Powertrain: P2 plug-in final stubbornness
Compared with the fuel version of the UNI-K with a 2.0T engine, the UNI-K iDD's hybrid system has a stronger book data.
In terms of hardware specifications, UNI-K iDD is equipped with a plug-in hybrid system composed of a 1.5T four-cylinder turbocharged engine and a single motor, and the motor is laid out between the engine and the gearbox, the so-called P2 motor architecture, which requires higher matching of engine and motor power switching.
In terms of data, the UNI-K iDD's 1.5T engine has a maximum power of 122kW, a maximum motor power of 85kW, an engine peak torque of 255N·m, and a total motor torque of 330N·m, which can give the vehicle the fastest 8.1s of 0-100km/h acceleration capability. It should be noted that as the vehicle battery power decreases, the acceleration performance of UNI-K iDD will gradually decrease, and its fuel consumption will increase accordingly.
Looking at the 1.5T direct injection turbocharged engine in the Blue Whale iDD hybrid system, although its displacement is small, it adopts a high compression ratio design and Miller cycle technology, and the engine thermal efficiency is higher than that of ordinary engines of the same displacement, which helps to achieve better fuel economy.
In addition, the Blue Whale iDD hybrid system also includes Changan's original Blue Whale triple-clutch electric drive transmission, as well as the iDD electronic control system, with a large-capacity power battery, UNI-K iDD is better than most of the P2 architecture plug-in hybrid vehicles on the market. According to official data, the UNI-K iDD's NEDC working condition pure electric cruising range can reach 130km, and the fuel consumption of feed at 20% is about 5L/100km.
In terms of actual driving experience, the low torque performance of the UNI-K iDD power system is quite outstanding. In the low-speed area, the power output is very direct when driving pure electricity, and the intuitive feeling is similar to that of pure trams. The intervention of the engine in HEV mode is almost imperceptible, and the power is equally rapid, but the texture of the engine output power can be felt. In the high-speed stage, the power output of pure electric mode and HEV mode has no obvious attenuation, the acceleration force is strong, and the refreshing pleasure of the transmission is enjoyable.
However, it should be noted that UNI-K iDD in the feed state to meet the needs of both power and battery charging, will tend to keep the engine in a higher speed range, and old drivers who are accustomed to driving traditional fuel vehicles may have a certain sense of violation.
Taken together, UNI-K iDD's P2 architecture hybrid system benefits from mature tuning, and both the smoothness and dynamic response have raised the upper limit of the architecture to a new level. Compared with traditional fuel power, if the vehicle is in a state of abundant power, it will show a significantly better state, but in the feed state, the advantage will be significantly reduced.
Handling & Filtering: Comfort bias
Or because Changan UNI-K iDD has an extra battery of more than 30kWh, its chassis is thicker than the fuel version of UNI-K. The suspension deals with the fine bumps of the road surface very well, and even large potholes can be defused by the gentle suspension of UNI-K iDD.
However, the soft suspension adjustment also brings trouble to the driving of UNI-K iDD, once the vehicle cornering action is too large or too fast, the roll of the carriage will be very obvious, on the one hand, affecting driving confidence, and secondly, testing the passenger's anti-motion sickness ability. As biased as chassis tuning is the steering feel, the electronic boost steering wheel feels very light, but the lack of vacancy and road sense makes it difficult to mobilize the interest of intense driving.
Summary
The difference of 23,000 yuan more expensive than the fuel version of the UNI-K iDD is basically reflected in the difference in the power system. Under ideal conditions, the power performance of the UNI-K iDD would be better than that of the fuel version, while the fuel consumption would be lower, and even the "oil-free and worry-free" urban commute could be achieved, but all of this needed to be convenient for charging as a big premise.
According to this, for consumers with charging conditions, it is worth considering to spend an additional 23,000 yuan to choose UNI-K iDD. Otherwise, the hardware specifications of the fuel version of the UNI-K full range of 2.0T + Aisin 8AT engines are convincing enough, and it is more cost-effective to exchange 23,000 yuan for a richer configuration than to join the new energy camp. Of course, if the city is a limited license city, it is another matter, and the identity of UNI-K iDD's new energy vehicle will be a shortcut to just need to buy a car.
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