Can fuel consumption be halved？ BYD, Chery, Great Wall, Geely mixed new car melee.

The Chengdu Auto Show under the epidemic is the first B-class auto show in 2022. The major auto companies that have accumulated energy for too long have shown their strongest product lineup. Once upon a time, major auto shows in China were the world of importing luxury cars and launching new joint ventures. Times have changed, but what attracts people’s attention at this Chengdu Auto Show is the heavy new cars launched by major independent brands.

What is the hottest topic in the automobile circle in 2022? Autonomous hybrid technology is well-deserved to be selected as a hot topic list. At this Chengdu Auto Show, independent brands BYD, Chery, Great Wall and Geely have played the trump card of hybrid technology, and launched a variety of hybrid new cars respectively to see who is more worthy of consumers’ expectation!

Chery: Releasing DP-i Intelligent Hybrid Architecture, Pushing Tiggo 7 PLUS New Energy Edition

Chery brought a new energy hybrid technology brands-the world premiere of "DP-I Intelligent Hybrid Architecture" at this Chengdu Auto Show. The DP-i intelligent hybrid architecture is composed of three systems: i-HEC intelligent efficiency, i-BMS intelligent power and i-DHT intelligent core. It can not only improve the combustion efficiency of the engine, but also has an intelligent power management system, which can keep the battery longer and more efficient.

Chery tiggo 7 PLUS new energy vehicle will be the first vehicle to apply the "DP-i intelligent hybrid architecture". It adopts a power system composed of a 1.5T engine and permanent magnet synchronous dual motors, matching with a 3-speed DHT gearbox, which can realize the comprehensive maximum power of the system of 240kW and the comprehensive maximum torque of the system of 510N.m. The acceleration time of 100 kilometers is 6.8 seconds, and it also supports fast charging and slow charging. The comprehensive cruising range of full oil and full charge can exceed 1000 kilometers.

On the whole, Tiggo 7 PLUS New Energy still follows the brand’s family-style appearance and interior style, and only improves the details. In addition, the new car is equipped with Snapdragon 8155 chip and LION5.0 car networking system, which integrates intelligent human-computer interaction functions such as voice recognition control, car networking and face recognition, providing users with a good intelligent driving experience.

According to public data, the sales volume of Tiggo 7 in July 2022 was 20,856 units, up 195.45% year-on-year. Chery automobile chose to launch a hybrid version of the main sales model, aiming to compete for the gradually expanding new energy market share. How the specific market performance will be, which is very worthy of attention.

Great Wall: The lemon hybrid DHT architecture and the tank off-road super hybrid architecture were promoted. The Chengdu Auto Show launched a variety of hybrid models such as Haval H6 hybrid, Haval H-DOG hybrid, tank 300HEV and tank 500PHEV.

On the eve of Chengdu Auto Show, Great Wall Haval held a new energy brand launch conference and released the third generation H6 super hybrid DHT Gemini model, officially announcing Haval’s comprehensive transformation to a new energy track.

Haval H6 PHEV version, the cruising range of full oil and full charge is 110km, and the cruising range under comprehensive working conditions can reach 1150km. In the state of power failure, the fuel consumption per 100km is as low as 5.6L. In order to verify the endurance of the product in the extreme environment, Haval entrusted China Automotive Research Institute to complete the endurance test of the vehicle in the environment of MINUS 40 degrees Celsius to MINUS 60 degrees Celsius. After 43 hours of uninterrupted driving, Haval H6 PHEV has completed a super-long endurance of up to 1,178 kilometers.

The third generation H6 super hybrid DHT Gemini model, blessed by lemon hybrid DHT and built according to global standards, has the safety of three electric systems, intelligent active safety and bunker-level passive safety, and the battery has withstood the severe test of fire, soaking and squeezing. As the top-selling model in the traditional fuel SUV market, can Haval H6 return to the championship in the hybrid era? Very worth looking forward to!

BYD: Push frigate 07 again and release high-end brands at the end of the year.

At this Chengdu International Auto Show, BYD released the first SUV frigate 07, Tang DM-p and other models of BYD Ocean Network’s warship series. The new medium-sized SUV, frigate 07, uses BYD’s DM-i super hybrid technology, and has a front/four-wheel drive plug-in hybrid system, 100km/200km pure electric battery life and other models to choose from. Because of the similar appearance and body size, some people call it "Tang DM-i/p" of the ocean network version.

In terms of power, although both frigate 07 and BYD Tang are equipped with Xiaoyun 1.5T Miller cycle VGT engine, it is different from the combination of "EHS160 front axle double motor +200kW rear axle motor" of Tang DM-I/P. The frigate 07 uses the power system of "EHS145 front axle double motor +150kW rear axle motor", and its positioning is slightly lower. The frigate 07 with relatively low pricing will also have stronger market competitiveness.

Geely: a brand-new plug-in hybrid SUV-LECK 01 EM-P

Geely Automobile Link brand also brought a new plug-in hybrid SUV-Link 01 EM-P at Chengdu Auto Show, with the official guide price of 199.8-227.8 million yuan. This is about 181,800-203,800 compared with the previously launched LECK 01 EM-F hybrid version, which is about 10,000-20,000 more expensive.

Different from the single-motor+dual-clutch plug-in hybrid technology mode of the previous Lectra 01 PHEV, the Lectra 01 EM-P is equipped with the newly-developed Lei Shenqing Hi·X hybrid technology developed by Geely, which adopts a combination of a hybrid dedicated 1.5TD engine and a 3-speed DHT dual-motor module. In addition, with the support of the 17.7kWh lithium battery pack, the cruising range of LEEK 01 EM-P pure battery reached 70 kilometers.

To sum up, the output power of LECK 01 EM-P is 180kW, the maximum output torque is 545 N·m, and the acceleration per 100 kilometers is 7.6 seconds. In addition, in addition to being equipped with the intelligent electric hybrid system Lynk E-Motive, Lectra 01 EM-P is also fully armed in intelligent configuration in order to obtain excellent market performance.

Brother Wheel reviews cars:BYD has achieved great success in the sales of hybrid vehicles in 2022 due to its early introduction of hybrid technology and the launch of a variety of new hybrid vehicles, coupled with the blessing of blade batteries. The new car of Ocean Net based on BYD e platform 3.0 has attracted great attention from consumers in terms of appearance and technology configuration. Although Geely released Lei Shenqing Hi·X technology in November 2021, it can cover HEV, PHEV, REEV and other hybrid technologies at the same time, but it needs further observation to implement the sales growth of specific models. Let’s look at Chery and Great Wall Haval brands. They started to exert hybrid technology on the main sales models around the Chengdu Auto Show, respectively. Therefore, in the second half of the competition in 2022, the sales of their hybrid models are very worthy of attention.