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From the era of the internal combustion engine to the era of electric power, the automotive industry has changed dramatically. But in fact, this does not change the essence of the car, the car is still the carrier to complete the point-to-point task. However, the variety of energy has changed, from non-renewable fossil fuels to a clean energy source that is more easily accessible to people - electricity.
With the deepening of automobile electrification, electric-related technologies are also emerging in an endless stream, in addition to the mainstream pure electricity and plug-in hybrid, in recent years, extended-range electric technology has also attracted more and more attention.
A most typical example, last year's extended range electric vehicle market, the delivery volume of the ideal ONE model alone was as high as 90,419 units, an increase of 177.4% year-on-year, and the range extended electric vehicle became the first choice for more people to buy new energy vehicles.
However, in the mainstream market, Weilai, Xiaopeng and Ideal have not adopted pure electricity + extended range dual-power layout, which cannot bring users multiple choices, while Nezha S provides users with such a solution and has become a unique existence in the mainstream market. Unlike other range extender cars, most of which are SUV models, Nezha S is positioned as a coupe, which can be regarded as the first extended range electric coupe in China.
As a new car-making brand with a rather rapid growth momentum in recent years, Nezha Automobile has achieved a year-on-year increase of more than 3 times in 2021, ranking fourth in the annual sales volume of new power brands. The launch of Nezha S is the first time to enter the field of range extenders, which may be because Nezha Automobile sees the huge potential of the range extender market.
However, can Nezha S seize the opportunity and seize the east wind of the new energy market? To find the answer, we must first answer the question, what are the advantages of range extended electric vehicles?
Compared to pure electricity, plug-in mixing
Augmentation can solve many of the user's anxieties
In today's pure electricity, plug-in and mixed popularity, why can the new energy technology of range extender quickly achieve a breakthrough?
The reasons for this are not complicated, and any popular thing has its own unique advantages. The reason why the extended range electric vehicle has attracted more and more attention is that it solves many problems encountered in pure electric and plug-in hybrid models and meets the needs of consumers.
Although pure electric vehicles have ultra-low cost of use, battery life and charging efficiency are two major problems that they still cannot avoid.
Not to mention that there are only a few pure electric vehicles of more than 600 kilometers, because the power battery is greatly affected by the environment such as temperature, resulting in the actual mileage will shrink. In this way, the problem of battery life anxiety of pure electric car users is inevitable.
Not only that, the charging time of most pure electric cars is relatively long, even if the use of fast charging, from the power loss state to 80% of the power charging takes at least 40 minutes. If you happen to encounter a long holiday, queuing up in the high-speed service area to charge is highly likely to be impossible to escape.
Range extender cars make up for the lack of pure electric cars.
First of all, the range extender electric vehicle has a power battery with a large capacity, which makes it have a good pure electric range. For example, the Nezha S extended range version can travel more than 200 kilometers in pure electric state, which can meet the pure electric transportation needs of users for one or two days.
Secondly, the range extender electric vehicle is also equipped with a range extender, which acts as a role in converting fuel into electricity. This is like a pure electric car with its own "charging treasure", which can be replenished anytime and anywhere. For range extender cars, as long as they can add fuel, they are not afraid that the car will not run.
Nezha S extended range version in the state of full oil and full power, the maximum endurance can exceed 1100 kilometers, and the gas stations everywhere avoid the inconvenience of pure electric cars queuing up to charge.
What are the advantages of range extender cars compared to plug-in hybrid cars?
The range extender of a range extender is actually an engine, but it is only responsible for charging the battery and does not drive the vehicle. Unlike plug-in hybrid cars, the engine is not only responsible for charging, but also often drives the vehicle.
Therefore, the engine of the plug-in hybrid car will often be in a working state, and the hybrid system will switch frequently in the three states of pure electricity, direct drive and hybrid, which will inevitably affect the driving quality. Range extenders, on the other hand, are fully electric, and range extenders don't work as often, resulting in smoother, quieter driving quality.
In addition, because the range extender is only charged, its speed can always be maintained in the optimal efficiency range, which is conducive to achieving lower energy consumption. The engine of the plug-in hybrid car is difficult to maintain in the optimal efficiency range due to the multiple responsibilities, and the fuel consumption often rises significantly in the state of power loss.
It can be seen that the extender technology solves many of the user's anxieties, and it is reasonable to be more and more concerned. From the actual experience, the extended range technology is undoubtedly the most preferred of the current new energy technology.
Nezha S extended range version is bound to be able to take advantage of this technical advantage to seize the opportunity.
Pure electricity + extended range
What does the two-line layout of Nezha S mean?
However, Nezha S does not only provide an extended range version, but simultaneously lays out two power forms of pure electricity and extended range. Behind this, what is Nezha's car's more far-reaching thinking?
Although the development of battery technology has encountered bottlenecks, and the energy replenishment facilities are indeed not perfect enough, it is undeniable that pure electric vehicles still have their own advantages and can meet the needs of many consumers.
We have seen that at a time when oil prices are soaring, many consumers who are ready to buy cars have turned their targets to pure electric cars. After all, the inherent low-cost advantage of pure electric vehicles is unmatched by almost any other form of power, which prompts many consumers to be willing to pay for pure electric vehicles.
What's more, the new energy vehicle market is still based on the single power technology route of pure electricity as the mainstream. In addition to providing an extended range version, Nezha S also provides a pure electric version. Nezha S pure electric version has a cruising range of more than 800 kilometers, which is proud of the existence of the same level, which can also eliminate the user's battery life anxiety to a certain extent and reduce the charging frequency.
If the Nezha S pure electric version is in line with the trend of the times, then the Nezha S extended range version is in line with the actual needs of users.
After all, for those consumers who are accustomed to using fuel vehicles, when changing cars and buying more, if they directly choose pure electric cars, it may be difficult for them to accept. It's obviously not an easy task to change their habits of using fuel vehicles for years.
Imagine driving a fuel car in the past, you only need 3 minutes to fill the car with fuel. Today, if you drive a pure tram, you can only charge 80% of the battery in at least 40 minutes. The kind of waiting when charging, the kind of anxiety about the battery life, must be something that has not been encountered when driving a fuel car in the past.
The extended range car will not change the car habits of fuel vehicle users, so that the range extended electric vehicle has obvious advantages for the struggle and conversion of fuel vehicle users, and the conversion of users with charging inconvenience and mileage concerns.
Therefore, this is the logic behind Nezha S's launch of the extended version.
Nezha S provides pure electricity and extended range, and realizes the two-line layout of the power form, which reflects the wisdom of Nezha Automobile, shows its keen insight, and confirms the technical strength behind it.
The fundamental reason for the two-line layout of Nezha S is that Nezha Automobile has made far-reaching consideration from the perspective of the user car scene, reflecting its most essential side as a user-type car.
The first range extender coupe on the market
What kind of vent is Nezha S stationed on?
Pure electric + extended range of two-line layout, Nezha S provides consumers with multiple power options. As the first extender coupe on the market, Nezha S fills this market gap and has become one of the few choices in the range extender car and even the extended range coupe market.
In the range extender market, the vast majority of models are SUVs. As a B-class coupe, Nezha S brings new choices to consumers. Although SUVs are still popular, actual sales can only be equal to cars.
In other words, the car is still the most important part of the automotive market, and consumer demand for the car is still quite strong. The launch of the extended range version of Nezha S undoubtedly provides the best choice for consumers who prefer cars and care about fuel consumption and driving quality.
Relying on the advantages of range extender technology, the Nezha S extended range version completely eliminated the anxiety of these consumers such as battery life and charging, and at the same time exchanged for the tranquility and smoothness comparable to pure electric cars. And these advantages, obviously pure electric cars can not have, which also brings more potential for the Nezha S extended range version.
Not only that, as a coupe, Nezha S also grasped the demands of young people for sports cars. Slip-back design, low-lying style, blackened encirclement, hidden door handles, I believe that no young person will refuse such a design.
At the same time, the blessing of the front and rear dual motors allows Nezha S to have the strength to accelerate 100 kilometers and accelerate for 3 seconds. With the front double wishbone suspension, rear five-link suspension, perfect counterweight of 50:50 and a low center of gravity of 450mm, the Nezha S elk test easily reached 80km/h, at the same level as many supercars.
Of course, relying on the convenience of electrification, Nezha S also has a very high level of intelligence. In addition to the configuration equipped with a full LCD instrument, a central control screen, a co-driver entertainment screen and a HUD head-up display, the biggest attraction is the huawei MDC intelligent driving calculation platform, which can achieve 200TOPS high computing power.
Under the synergy of 2 solid-state lidar, 11 assisted driving cameras (2 forward 8M cameras, 4 surround view cameras, 5 perimeter view cameras), 5 millimeter wave radar, 12 ultrasonic sensors, high-precision positioning units and high-precision maps, Nezha S can achieve L4 level intelligent driving in some scenarios.
Such a strong software and hardware configuration allows Nezha S to easily occupy the leading position of the same level of intelligence, realizing "equal rights in science and technology", so that users can experience the power of science and technology at their fingertips.
For example, Nezha S's TA PILOT intelligent driving system aims at the solution of the last 5km scene of the car. After arriving at the destination, the user can let the vehicle drive autonomously and park in the parking space through one-click parking, and will notify the owner through the APP and SMS after completion. When you need to travel, you can also perform a one-click summon function to automatically drive the vehicle in front of the user.
If you want to ask why Nezha S can fully pull intelligent technology, it must be inseparable from Nezha Automobile's full-stack self-developed intelligent security open platform - Shanhai Platform, and the determination to popularize high-end technology.
Thanks to the advantages of the shanhai platform full-stack self-research, Nezha Automobile has a lower cost advantage than other car companies, which in turn allows consumers to spend less money to enjoy the top technology experience.
Write at the end
More important than advanced technology is to step on the right point in time for the application of technology explosion. The advantages of range extender technology have dispelled consumers' anxiety about pure electric and plug-in hybrid cars, which is the reason why this electric technology has attracted more and more attention, and it is also the basis for Nezha Automobile to launch the Nezha S extended range version.
At the same time, the layout of pure electricity and extended range of two power forms also shows the original intention of Nezha Automobile to innovate to meet the needs of users when it conforms to the trend of the times.
More importantly, Nezha S really makes high-quality smart electric vehicles within reach. Through the full-stack self-developed Shanhai platform, with the determination to popularize high-end technology, we have met the demands of consumers with a pragmatic attitude. On the contrary, many new forces not only lack their own research and development capabilities, but also only exaggerate their own level of intelligence through rhetoric and weather forecast-style propaganda.
The impetuosity of the industry did not make Nezha Automobile forget the original intention, and the technology of Nezha S can be seen and truly realized the "equality of science and technology", so that consumers can perceive the power of science and technology, so that consumers can feel the value for money of the product.
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