With the advantages of lower car cost, better driving experience, and higher technology configuration, new energy vehicles are gradually becoming hot in the global auto market. Especially in the domestic market, the market demand for new energy vehicles has increased significantly, and the sales volume is almost the same as that of fuel vehicles. A large number of independent car companies led by BYD, Geely, and Ideal have also closely followed market demand and launched a number of popular new energy models, and have achieved good sales results. At present, in the new energy vehicle market, most models are pure electric, plug-in hybrid, and extended range. For most consumers, they will take the initiative to consider the latter two, after all, in the current domestic charging station is not particularly perfect, these two powers will make the driver will not have "range anxiety". So plug-in hybrid and extended-range electric, which of these two powers is more suitable for daily household use?I'm going to talk to you about my thoughts today.
First of all, let's look at plug-in hybrid power, which is one of the commonly used power for most new energy vehicles, and has been used in more than 100 models. In layman's terms, plug-in hybrid is a combination of engine + motor + small-capacity battery, the charging method of the power is externally charged, and the pure electric range is generally about 50-150 kilometers. In the process of daily use, this set of power will have a variety of working states such as series, parallel, and direct engine drive, such as motor drive at low speed, engine drive at medium and high speed, and dual drive of motor + engine when overtaking at high speed, so as to meet the power needs of different periods. Compared with traditional pure fuel vehicles, plug-in hybrids can take into account the dual needs of vehicle performance and economy, and truly achieve both power and reduce vehicle costs. At present, well-known BYD, Geely, Chery and other car companies are vigorously developing plug-in hybrid power.
Let's take a look at the extended range electric, which is one of the more commonly used power for new power car companies, and there are currently dozens of models using this power. In layman's terms, the extended range power is a combination of small displacement engine + motor + large-capacity battery, the charging mode of the power is external charging and self-charging, and the pure electric range is generally about 400-500 kilometers. The power output of the car completely depends on the motor, and the engine does not participate in the power output, but only self-charging through the engine in the case of lack of power in the vehicle to improve the pure electric range. Because it is always driven by an electric motor, the power can maintain the high-performance power of the vehicle, so that the driver has a better driving experience, but in the case of power loss, the car has to rely on the engine to charge, the cost of the car will be greatly increased, and the power experience will be reduced.
Plug-in hybrid and extended-range electric power can be said to have their own advantages, such as plug-in hybrid has lower cost and stronger adaptability, and the power performance of extended-range electric will be better. However, in terms of daily use, the advantages of plug-in hybrid are significantly better than that of extended-range electric, especially for home users, buying plug-in hybrid models will not produce the "anxiety" of reducing pure electric range, and the technology in all aspects should be more advanced. Personally, I think that in the current transition stage of new energy vehicles, if pure electric models are not considered, then plug-in hybrid is undoubtedly the best choice.