On August 16, the national finals of the "2024 Jingdong Car Care Star Technician Competition" came to an end in Beijing. Dongfeng Peugeot's new 408 model as the official designated car of the competition made a stunning appearance, providing the technicians with the opportunity and platform for practical exercises, with its safety, environmental protection, handling, space, power, appearance of six aspects of excellent performance, but also won the unanimous praise of the on-site technicians, is a well-deserved "French hexagonal warrior".
The "2024 Jingdong Car Care Star Technician Competition" attracted tens of thousands of technicians from more than 1,700 stores across the country to participate. After fierce competition, Wang Pengfei from the No. 2 building store of Jingdong Car Maintenance Headquarters in Beijing Division won the title of overall champion, and also decided the top ten in the country. At the award ceremony, Xu Jia, the relevant person in charge of JD Car Maintenance, and Qu Hongyu, Deputy General Manager of the Digital Operation Center of DPCA Automobile Co., Ltd., presented awards to the top ten in the national finals of the 2024 JD Car Care Star Technician Competition.
Qu Hongyu (1st from left), deputy general manager of DPCA Digital Operation Center, presented awards to the top 10 in the national finals of the competition
Yang Bo, the person in charge of Jingdong car maintenance, presented the champion reward to the overall champion Wang Pengfei: the right to use the new Dongfeng Peugeot 408 model for one year.
Yang Bo (1st from left), the person in charge of Jingdong car maintenance, presented the award to the champion
Wang Pengfei, the champion of the competition, said that he has always admired the design of French cars, and he is very happy to be able to use the new Dongfeng Peugeot 408 model for one year.
Wang Pengfei emphasized that he likes the strong power and safety of the new 408 model the most, in terms of power, the new 408 model is equipped with the fourth-generation 360THP all-aluminum twin-scroll turbocharged engine + Aisin 6AT third-generation automatic manual transmission, which is more powerful and more fuel-efficient. When the new Dongfeng Peugeot 408 model was launched, it was still powerful at full load, reaching a speed of 221 km/h at high rings.
In terms of safety, the new Dongfeng Peugeot 408 model adopts an ultra-high-strength capsule-type body, and the strength of hot-stamping steel used in key stressed parts such as "front column", "center column" and "door anti-collision beam" is up to 1600Mpa, which effectively ensures the safety of the cockpit and improves the impact resistance of the body. Previously, the new 408 also won two awards: "2022 China's Top Ten Body Bodies" and "Best Materials". It is worth mentioning that the new 408 model is equipped with 6 airbags as standard, which can protect the driving safety of drivers and passengers in an all-round way.
The technicians at the event site also frequently praised the new 408 model, especially in terms of environmental protection: "The new 408 model uses a large number of skin-friendly leather materials with low odor and low VOC characteristics, and gives priority to the use of environmentally friendly water-based glue and hot melt adhesive in the use of glue, controls and reduces the use of solvent-based glue, and adopts a wide range of processes such as clamping and welding in the connection of parts, reduces the bonding process, and eliminates the pollution of harmful substances from the source. ”
It is worth mentioning that some time ago, in order to verify the environmental performance of the new 408 model at high temperatures, some media conducted a continuous exposure to the new 408 model to "bake". In the national standard test, the VOC of the whole vehicle is usually required to be measured at room temperature of 25 °C, and the results can be put on sale. The new 408 model exposure test was selected to be carried out in the "Flaming Mountain" located on the northern edge of the Turpan Basin in Xinjiang, with a maximum temperature of 47.8 °C in summer, and the surface temperature can reach a terrifying 82.3 °C, and the high temperature roasting time was extended to 4 hours (3.5 hours in the national standard), which raised the temperature in the car to about 75 °C. The national "Guidelines for the Evaluation of Air Quality in Passenger Cars" (GB/T 27630-2011) requires that the formaldehyde concentration in the car shall not be higher than 0.10mg/m3, and in this high-temperature test, the formaldehyde number of the new 408 model is only 0.005mg/m3 under the condition of a high temperature of 75 °C in the car, which is better than the national standard.
The second draft of the "Guidelines for the Evaluation of Interior Air Quality in Passenger Cars" recommends that the TVOC is less than 8mg/m3, and in this high-temperature test, the TVOC measured by the new 408 model is 2.1 mg/m3, which is also excellent.
In May this year, DPCA and JD Automobile reached a strategic cooperation, under the "Longjing Plan", the two sides carried out in-depth cooperation in retail channels, parts authorization, service network and other aspects to jointly create a new model of automobile service and deepen the commitment of "Five Hearts to Protect Companions". In terms of retail channels, the Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen JD flagship store was officially opened in the first half of this year. In the Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Jingdong flagship store, users can buy original parts for Dongfeng Peugeot and Dongfeng Citroen series models. In terms of parts licensing, DPCA will integrate the superior resources of both parties to innovate the parts sales model in JD car maintenance stores in the authorized areas and enrich the online and offline channels for users to purchase original parts. In terms of service network, DPCA will authorize JD.com car maintenance stores that meet the requirements to carry out after-sales service for Dongfeng Peugeot and Dongfeng Citroen brand vehicles. At the same time, DPCA will also guide its service outlets to join the JD car maintenance service system, and provide a better service experience for Dongfeng Citroen and Dongfeng Peugeot owners by improving the coverage of the service network.
The selection of Dongfeng Peugeot's new 408 model as the official designated car for this competition is not only an important embodiment of the continuous promotion of the strategic cooperation between the two sides, but also a high recognition of the quality of the new 408 model of the "French Hexagonal Warrior".
In addition, DPCA also brought Ye Lin and He Fei, two "great craftsmen", as special judges to help the Jingdong Car Maintenance Star Technician Competition, witnessed the birth of the national championship, and conducted professional training in car maintenance for the participating technicians after the competition. The exchange between craftsmen is an important measure for DPCA and JD Automobile to continue to promote the implementation of the "Longjing Plan", which will jointly discover and cultivate more outstanding technician talents, respond better and faster to market and customer needs, continue to improve customer experience, and practice the "Five Hearts Guardian Companion" in an all-round way.