The controversy about the range extender has been said for many years, and many people have been insisting that the fuel consumption of the range extender is high, even if I said bitterly, it is because the new forces of car manufacturing can't get any decent range extenders, and the ideal ONE range extender is really not on the table, even so, the range extender is still more fuel-efficient than fuel vehicles of the same level.
A lot of people, I don't listen to me, the range extender is to take off the pants and fart such an attitude, put it in the past, it is really not easy to convince them, but now, Chery has also launched an extended range model, from the perspective of the range extender models of traditional manufacturers, the range extender is not the original sin, the same technology, the key depends on who will use it.
The Epoch ET extended range version uses a 1.5T all-aluminum engine with a thermal efficiency of up to 44.5% as a range extender, with a maximum power of 156 horsepower, supplemented by a rear motor for power output, with a comprehensive output of 265 horsepower and a maximum torque of 324 Nm, with an average fuel consumption of 5.2L/100km (WLTC working condition) in the feeding state, and 1518km under the CLTC working condition with full fuel and full charge.
One of Chery's major characteristics is that it does not like false standards, even if it has a battery life of 2000 kilometers, ordinary people can't run out, but the battery life of 1500 kilometers should be relatively easy.
Compared with plug-in hybrid models of the same level, the WEY brand Lanshan is a lap larger than it, with a curb weight of 2.39 tons, WLTC feed fuel consumption of 6.2 liters, and a curb weight of Lynk & Co 09 of 2.47 tons, and WLTC feed fuel consumption of 7.5 liters. Compared with the 6.9 liters of the ideal L6, the 7.4 liters of the ideal L7, the 7.5 liters of the ideal L8, and the 6.85 liters of the M7, the fuel consumption of the Star Era ET is also a lot lower.
The reason why the Star Era ET is so fuel-efficient is because it is equipped with a special engine with the highest thermal efficiency of 44.5% in mass production in the industry, with a rated power of 115kW and a power generation of 3.65kWh from 1L oil.
I know that there are still many people who have unrealistic fantasies about multi-gear plug-in hybrid models, and have an inexplicable contempt for extended-range models. They will only tell you that the plug-in mix that can do the range extension can do it, and the plug-in mix that can't do the range extension can also do it, but they won't tell you what the plug-in mix has paid for these capable and can't do it.
Not to mention anything else, the extended-range models with a pure electric range of more than 300 kilometers will be listed one after another. Not only could they not keep up, but they couldn't even solve the problems of transmission failure, high-speed stall, and gear shift frustration.
Don't talk on paper, don't look at PPT to evaluate the car, drive more, go to the owner forum, ask the owner the real feelings, I believe you will come to a different conclusion.
In the era of electric drive, allowing the engine to participate in the drive and play so many roles is against the trend and contrary to the development law of new energy vehicles. Multi-gear plug-in hybrid models, in order to avoid BYD and Toyota's patents, and reluctant to give up the accumulation of technology in the internal combustion engine, the deformed products created are destined to be eliminated by the market.
The range extender, this kind of fully electric drive, fully trust the motor of the product, is in line with the law of electrification development, is in line with the trend of the product, do not believe us wait three years to see.