Text/Wen Chong Editor/Yang Zheng
On April 26, Geely Emgrand L Thor Hi · X Super Electric Hybrid was officially launched, and three models of new cars were launched, priced at 129,800-145,800 yuan after comprehensive subsidies. Its arrival not only announced the auspicious thunder god Hi · The first X super hybrid car officially landed, and also pushed the already lively hybrid market to a more "inner volume" state.
So far, several major independent brand car companies have come up with a new generation of plug-in hybrid technology, and their goal is not the oil-electric hybrid market, but to face the "big cake" of fuel vehicle upgrading.
■ Six brands power plug-in hybrid
In the past two years, mainstream independent brands have competed to run the "hybrid" track, and have launched self-developed hybrid technologies, including great wall lemon hybrid DHT, BYD DM-i super hybrid, Geely Lei Zhi Qing Hi-X hybrid, Chery Kunpeng DHT super hybrid, Changan Blue Whale iDD hybrid, GAC Trumpchi Julang hybrid...
The significance of the release of these hybrid technologies is not only in response to the "Energy-saving and New Energy Vehicle Technology Roadmap (Version 2.0)" issued by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2020, but also to help achieve 50% of the sales of energy-saving vehicles and new energy vehicles in 2035, and the traditional fuel-powered passenger cars will be replaced by hybrids.
As we all know, the hybrid market is originally the base of Japanese car companies. Toyota has been working hard for many years, and Honda is unique, with achievements in efficiency and performance. In 2020, Japanese hybrid models accounted for more than 95% of the domestic hybrid vehicle market, and if gathered in the field of oil-electric hybrids, the proportion of Japanese hybrids even reached 99.45% in 2021.
As a "latecomer" of its own brand, it did not "hard bump" with Japanese car companies in the oil-electric hybrid market, but put more power on plug-in hybrids. The new generation of hybrid technology of the six independent brands is based on plug-in hybrid technology as the core and upgrades the plug-in hybrid product line.
As a member of the general who impacted the domestic hybrid market pattern, Geely released the Thor Power brand on the last day of October 2021, as well as the Leishen Zhiqing Hi · X is a world-class modular intelligent hybrid platform. This platform is the most compatible among the current self-owned brand hybrid technologies, covering three dynamics: PHEV, HEV and REEV.
Geely has said that in the next three years, the number of models equipped with the Thunder God Hybrid will reach more than 20. The Geely Emgrand L Thor Hi · X Super Mix, as well as Hoshigoku L Thor Hi· X oil-electric hybrid version, is the Geely Thor Hi · X Super Mix, Thor Hi · X oil-electric hybrid technology, in the field of PHEV and HEV landing.
Independent brands that break down technical barriers are accelerating the expansion from the pure electric field to the hybrid field, seizing the explosive growth of the new energy vehicle market share. With the gradual introduction of products equipped with hybrid technology to the market, the domestic hybrid market pattern will change significantly in 2022.
■ One car when four cars drive Emgrand L Thor Hi · X breaks down the drive barriers
As the first sedan launched by Geely Thor Super Hybrid, Emgrand L Thor Hi · X is equipped with a number of "fist technology", including a new 1.5TD high-efficiency engine, a 3-speed hybrid electric drive DHT Pro, BMA super hybrid, etc., bringing 3.8L of the lowest power loss fuel consumption, 6.9s of the same level of the fastest 100 km acceleration, 1300 km of the longest endurance of the same class.
Among them, Emgrand L Thor Hi · X Super Hybrid is equipped with a new 1.5TD turbocharged in-cylinder direct injection engine, based on Raytheon Power, with a maximum power of 133 kilowatts and a maximum torque of 290 Nm, breaking the traditional public perception of the hybrid's weak power and poor performance.
The 3-speed hybrid electric drive DHT Pro is geely's first global mass-produced global torque ratio, the most compact and the most intelligent hybrid special transmission.
Geely said that the 3-speed hybrid electric drive DHT Pro has four core advantages: one is to realize EV, direct drive, parallel, series four drive forms; the second is the generator, drive motor, dual motor controller, three-speed multi-mode transmission and transmission control unit (TCU) 6-in-1 highly integrated; the third is to intelligently switch 20 excellent energy-saving working modes; fourth, the same level of unique support for full-speed domain parallel connection of the electric drive transmission.
Translated into plain language, Emgrand L Thor Hi · Although X Super Hybrid is a plug-in hybrid model, under the action of the 3-speed hybrid electric drive DHT Pro, through the combination of different drive forms, it can realize four driving experiences that can be oilable, electric, extendable range, and hybrid.
At the same time, Geely also gave full play to the advantages of its own brand in intelligence, and provided the role of Emgrand L Thor Hi · X Super Electric Hybrid is equipped with Geely Galaxy OS ecosystem, 10.25-inch HIGH-definition LCD instrument + 12.3-inch high-definition suspension central control screen and other scientific and technological configurations as standard, supporting the vehicle FOTA cloud upgrade.
Its top model is also equipped with the God's Eye 540 ° transparent chassis and L2 level intelligent auxiliary driving system, ELKA emergency lane keeping assistance adds collision risk recognition function for incoming vehicles and road edges, and AEB-P pre-collision safety system adds two-wheeler scene recognition to meet the needs of users for intelligent full-scene travel experience.
As a transitional product between fuel and pure electric vehicles, hybrid models, especially plug-in hybrid models, make up for the problems of high fuel consumption of traditional fuel vehicles and the mileage anxiety of pure electric vehicles, and gradually become a new hot spot after pure electric vehicles. According to the data of the Association, in the first quarter, the production and sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles were 244,000 units and 229,000 units, an increase of 2.5 times and 2.4 times year-on-year, and the growth rate was higher than that of new energy vehicles as a whole.
It is foreseeable that after the acceleration of the hybrid models of the six major independent brands, the hybrid market in 2022 will be more "inward-rolled" at the same time as the big outbreak, and the pattern of Japan's long-term dominance will also change.