The rising price of oil, coupled with the rise in the price of raw materials such as batteries, makes the hybrid market suddenly lively, and today's hybrid market is no longer the world of "two fields", BYD has successfully risen with fuel-saving and cheap DM-i models, Geely, Great Wall and Changan Automobile's hybrid models are also on schedule, independent brands have opened a new round of competition in the hybrid market, as an old state-owned enterprise GAC Trumpchi naturally also has to keep up with the pace.
On April 26, GAC Trumpchi officially released the brand name of the new hybrid technology under the electrification strategy - Julang Hybrid. Julang Hybrid has a dual hybrid technology route, which is a forward self-developed GMC dual motor series parallel hybrid system, which digests and absorbs Toyota's latest THS hybrid system to achieve the combination of turbocharged engine and THS system.
At the same time, GAC Trumpchi's blockbuster strategic model Yingku also officially debuted in the world, it is reported that Yingku plans to be officially listed in 2022, and will be listed in Southeast Asia and the Middle East in 2023.
Julang hybrid, "soil and ocean are used in the middle"?
GAC Trumpchi Julang hybrid is divided into two technical routes: self-developed GMC hybrid system, strong and strong combined THS hybrid system.
Among them, the forward self-developed GMC dual motor series parallel hybrid system, after many iterations, the technology is more and more all-round, with high quality, low fuel consumption, strong power, quieter, ultra-smooth five major advantages, and strong scalability, covering oil-electric hybrid, plug-in hybrid, extender hybrid, and even hydrogen power system.
Specifically, the 2.0ATK Atkinson engine has a thermal efficiency of 42.1% and a compression ratio of 15.6:1, which will match the GMC 2.0 electromechanical coupling system and the integrated dual-motor multi-gear DHT transmission to achieve multi-stop multi-mode drive, thus achieving better energy efficiency performance.
It is worth mentioning that the GMC hybrid system has undergone more than 100,000 hours of bench testing, and the vehicle is equivalent to 10 million kilometers of verification, covering alpine, high temperature, plateau, high humidity, high corrosion, mountainous areas, sand and dust and other climate-adaptable roads in the whole region, and the reliability is trustworthy.
The GAC 2.0TM engine matches Toyota's latest THS power shunt hybrid system, taking into account low fuel consumption and strong power. The new second-generation GS8 dual engine series, which has been installed in the latest THS hybrid system, has 6.9 seconds of zero hundred acceleration and can run more than 2022 kilometers in a tank of oil (limit test I temperature 10-25 °C I tire pressure 2.8 bar), its excellent performance has been verified.
Shadow cool debut, "big horse-drawn trolley"?
At the same time as announcing the Julang hybrid system, GAC Trumpchi also continued to exert efforts in products, bringing the first SUV model of the shadow series. In terms of the Chinese naming of the model, GAC Trumpchi further adopted the form of co-creation with users, through the collection of Chinese names on major platforms, and finally voted for the name of "Yingku".
In terms of appearance, Yingku continues the technology industry aesthetic design language of the EMKOO concept model, and the front face of the transition grating uses the V-shaped array design, plus the radial grille strip, bringing a good sense of the future.
In terms of body posture, shadow cool front low back high, the new car tail also has "mecha tail", "quantum lightsaber taillights" and "vortex tail row" and other space element design, bringing a good sense of sport and futurism.
The interior is also the main simple technology style, the full LCD dashboard and large size floating central control screen bring a good sense of technology, which is embedded in the ADiGO 5.0 intelligent driving interconnection ecosystem, will be equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8155 vehicle specification level chip, and Bosch jointly developed ADiGO 4.0 intelligent cockpit, have a better intelligent experience.
In terms of power, in addition to the new car equipped with Julang Hybrid, using 2.0ATK efficient Atkinson engine + GMC 2.0 second-generation electromechanical coupling system, Yingku will also be equipped with Julang Power 1.5TGDI engine and Julang Power 2.0TGDI engine to further meet the diversified needs of users.
To say that the most topical independent brand car in 2021, GAC Trumpchi Shadow Leopard is really deserved. With its main young people's design and performance marketing in the harvest of attention at the same time, but also won the young market, word of mouth and the market is a double harvest, so that GAC Trumpchi tasted the sweetness of performance marketing.
So GAC Trumpchi also chose to hit the iron while it was hot, and arranged the first SUV of the Trumpchi Shadow series. Judging from the power of Yingku, with the blessing of the same Julang Power 2.0TGDI engine as GS8, the future marketing gimmick of the new car will still be in terms of performance, so in the future, Yingku will also be a performance player like Shadow Leopard.
Write at the end
Since the beginning of this year, more and more domestic brands of hybrid technology have been mass-produced, and they are all concentrated on the volume of models. Compared with the endurance problem of a single pure tram, hybrid is obviously a more economical solution at this stage.
With the continuous rise in oil prices, in March, a total of 85,000 plug-in hybrid vehicles were sold on the mainland, an increase of 2.93 times year-on-year, which is enough to see that plug-in hybrid models are growing rapidly.
At present, GAC Trumpchi has used hybrid technology based on the fourth generation of THS technology, mounted on the new GAC Trumpchi GS8, thermal efficiency of 40.23%, the official fuel consumption of 5.3L/100km, to know that this is a medium and large 7-seat SUV.
And the engine of gac Trumpchi's self-developed GMC dual-motor series parallel hybrid system has GAC GCCS combustion control system, high compression ratio brought by Atkinson, 350 bar high-pressure direct injection system and other technologies, with a maximum thermal efficiency of 42.1%. In terms of actual energy consumption and endurance, it should be mixed with BYD Song DM-i and Geely Thor.
From the perspective of both the policy environment and the actual market demand, the development of hybrid technology can be regarded as an important fulcrum for the future full embrace of electrification. The market performance of hybrid models this year has verified that plug-in hybrid is the first step in the transformation of oil vehicle potential passengers, and it is also the trend of the times that the oil-electric hybrid market will be fully awakened.
And through BYD's DM-i technology, Geely Raytheon technology, the new generation of hybrid models cost less, more fuel-efficient, better driving experience, competitiveness naturally increased, and then the market outbreak, so inside and outside, GAC Trumpchi needs its own hybrid product line.
According to the planning of GAC Trumpchi, in the future, it will adhere to the "hybrid + intelligent" dual-core drive development strategy, with the goal of achieving hybridization of all models in 2025, and the proportion of hybrid sales in 2030 will exceed 60%, challenging to achieve carbon neutrality in 2045.
In the future, GAC Trumpchi will launch hybrid models of Shadow Leopard and M8 in addition to yingku in the electrification strategy landing products, and this hybrid technology will also become a powerful weapon for GAC Trumpchi in the new round of competition of independent brands.