Every time I mention the hot sales of extended-range models, there are always some comments, what bad money drives out good money, what backward technology, take off your pants and fart.
Yes, you know, those who paid real money to buy a car don't understand why they chose the range extender, because they were fooled by the car companies. Are you being fooled, or are others being fooled?
In 2023, the sales volume of plug-in/extended-range hybrid passenger cars in China will reach 2.754 million units, a year-on-year increase of 85.5%, and the growth rate has surpassed that of pure electric passenger vehicles for five consecutive quarters, which is higher than the overall growth rate of the new energy vehicle market. Last year, the growth rate of range-extender models was as high as 170%, while the growth of pure electric models was only 21.6%.
The growth rate of the range extender is so high, why do you still want to say some anti-intellectual remarks? What is bad money and what is good money? Can the engine be directly driven and advanced? More gears is advanced?
"Is the range extender technology backward" used to be one of the most controversial topics in the industry. Li Xiang, the founder of Li Auto, said, "If BYD, Geely, and Changan, the top three in car sales, all start to use extended-range electric, a company's backward marketing plan for range extender can be stopped." ”
And now, the topic can really be stopped. At present, Geely, Chery, BYD, Changan, Dongfeng, BAIC have all launched extended-range models, not to mention the new forces of car-making, among the traditional car companies, only Great Wall Motors has not launched extended-range models, I don't know how long Great Wall Motors can last.
The so-called backwardness of the range extender is completely a public opinion made up by some conservatives, and their reasons make people feel a little ridiculous.
For example, the extended-range high-speed can not be directly driven, so backward, then why don't you simply buy a fuel car, the whole process of direct drive, the fuel consumption of the extended-range high-speed feed may be half a liter higher, but how much impact does this have, why don't you say that the extended-range often has a larger battery capacity? Nezha L, pure electric range of 310 kilometers. Leap C11 has a pure electric range of 300 kilometers. Star Era ET, pure electric range of 200 kilometers. Leap C10 has a pure electric range of 210 kilometers.
For example, the range extender has no gear, and no gear can also become a disadvantage, you just want to say that the multi-gear DHT can be driven by the engine at low speed, but the range extender uses a more powerful motor to achieve stronger performance. If you don't believe it, if you look at the motor power of plug-in hybrid models and extended-range models, you can see who has higher power.
Some people also say that if the extended-range feeding experience declines, can the plug-in hybrid model feed experience be improved? And it's impossible for you to run its battery completely dry, it's true that the fuel consumption of the feed increases and the power decreases, but isn't this the case for plug-in hybrid models?
And why don't you mention the setbacks of multi-level DHT? Why don't you mention the stall? Why not mention the failure of the gearbox? Why don't you mention the extra cost? Why not mention the smaller battery capacity?
The reason why I am not optimistic about multi-gear plug-in hybrid is because the plug-in hybrid takes the route of the internal combustion engine, and wants to achieve fuel saving in high-speed working conditions through mechanical direct drive, which is anti-logic and anti-trend, the price of power batteries is getting lower and lower, and it is undoubtedly a better route to use a large battery to increase pure electric battery life, and the extended range is the route of electric drive, and the extended range of large batteries will inevitably become the mainstream in the next few years.
In fact, I said so much, there must be some people who say, I don't care, the range extender is backward, it is to take off your pants and fart, I can only say that the cognitive gap is difficult to make up, you just continue to listen to those car critics to turn you around, the range extender is backward, the range extender is an obsolete technology, you are very suitable for watching their show, I don't expect to convince you, and you don't challenge me with those shallow cognitions.