The field of hybrid has long been contested, who is the king of hybrid?
As the old saying goes, "After the chaos, there will be great governance, and after the great chaos, there will be great prosperity."
Looking back on the automotive industry in the past two years, the wave of electrification is rolling and intelligence is changing with each passing day, which can be described as "lively" extraordinary, and global automotive companies have to launch "hand-to-hand combat" to compete for market share, for fear of becoming "outsiders" in rapid iteration.
However, with the emergence of new cars in an endless stream, price wars one after another, and the knockout rounds have been blown, the new car-making forces are mired in losses, and traditional car-making companies are also feeling the pressure, so it is time to slow down the pace and adjust the direction.
Of course, Li Auto and BYD are two special existences.
How can we stand out from the rows of new energy products? How to improve the profitability of enterprises? Recently, Dongfeng Motor, a central automobile enterprise, once again gave its own technical answer after launching a new product in Xi'an.
On March 30, Dongfeng officially released the Dongfeng Mach electric hybrid PHREV technology, which combines the advantages of pure electric, extended range and plug-in hybrid, and the first model equipped with Dongfeng Mach electric hybrid PHREV, the Dongfeng Fengshen L7, was also unveiled.
Under the dual pressure of scale and profitability, after the hustle and bustle of the industry, automobile companies will return to the essence of car manufacturing, that is, technology as the foundation of life.
As You Zheng said, "Dongfeng is not afraid of 'volume', we believe that the underlying logic of 'volume' is to compare technological innovation with each other and create value for users." ”
55 years of car-making accumulation and a huge technical "reserve" have given Dongfeng Motor more confidence to compete in the new energy track. It is understood that Dongfeng Motor's invention patent disclosure and authorization have ranked first in the industry for two consecutive years.
To put it simply, Dongfeng's Mach hybrid PHREV technology has four core advantages, namely the industry's first fusion configuration, the industry's highest thermal efficiency hybrid engine, the industry's leading i-Control intelligent electronic control system, and the industry's safest and most durable battery.
Specifically, first of all, the Mach electric hybrid PHREV technology combines the advantages of the two hybrid technology schools of power shunt and series-parallel connection into one, realizing the integration of a variety of new energy drive modes and advantages, which can extend the range, plug-in hybrid, and pure electric, which not only has a more efficient drive than the plug-in hybrid model, but also has the pure electric driving experience of the extended range vehicle, and solves the range anxiety of the pure electric vehicle.
The world's first configuration, efficient power transmission and control, the Mach electric hybrid PHREV can achieve seven hybrid energy management modes.
Secondly, the hybrid engine developed by Dongfeng can achieve a thermal efficiency of 45.18%, which is the only hybrid engine that has been mass-produced and certified by the China Automotive Research Institute with a maximum effective thermal efficiency of more than 45%. This is mainly due to the four key technologies of variable geometry turbocharging technology, high exhaust gas recirculation rate, high-pressure four-shot injection technology and ultra-lightweight piston technology.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that it is revealed that the thermal efficiency of the engine under development by Dongfeng has exceeded 47% and will exceed 48% in 2026, and it is also carrying out new technology pre-research with a thermal efficiency of more than 50%.
Furthermore, as we all know, battery safety is particularly important for new energy vehicles and is the bottom line of new energy vehicles. Mach batteries strive for excellence in structural safety, active safety, etc. For example, it has built a high-strength battery frame that can achieve a durability of 800,000 kilometers, is the first in the industry to adopt an emergency cooling system, and has also quadruple strengthened the intrinsic safety of battery cells......
Finally, the Mach hybrid PHREV gives full play to the powerful capabilities of the hybrid system through cross-domain deep integration design and relies on i-Control. The system automatically matches the optimal driving mode based on real-time road conditions and the user's driving habits.
From the above, it is not difficult to see that the Mach electric hybrid PHREV is the latest answer given by Dongfeng on the new energy track, and will further promote the electrification process of Dongfeng.
At present, it has completed the full-field brand layout of luxury "Mengshi", high-end "VOYANT", and mainstream "Dongfeng". In the next three years, Dongfeng will invest more than 60 billion yuan to accelerate the independent control of key core technologies, in the fields of new energy next-generation super convergence platform, battery chassis integration, high-efficiency electric drive, all-solid-state battery, 6C super fast charging, vehicle operating system, high-level autonomous driving and other fields.
In addition, Dongfeng is accelerating the change of the development pattern based on the volume and profit of joint ventures, accelerating the realization of the ratio of independent and joint venture sales of 1:1, and will launch a charge to the annual sales of 1 million new energy vehicles in 2024, which must be inseparable from the support of strong products and technologies.