A friend once asked me a question: "Now when it comes to new energy models, almost all users open their mouths to BYD, is it really impossible to buy new energy models of joint venture brands?" ”。I denied him very seriously, because we have not yet reached this stage, although new energy models have obvious advantages, but also have weaknesses that cannot be ignored, in North China, Northeast China New energy models sales accounted for less than the level of the South. At the root of the problem, the model's tolerance to low temperature is not enough, and the adaptability to the ice and snow slippery road surface needs to be improved, which restricts the development of new energy vehicles in the northern region.
To put it in layman's terms, that is, there is still a certain difference between the winter use experience of new energy vehicles and traditional fuel vehicles. Plug-in hybrid vehicles or pure electric vehicles, the low temperature battery activity in winter is poor, and the battery life is declining, and pure electric vehicles and some plug-in hybrid vehicles also use electric air conditioning for heating, and there is no engine waste heat or less waste heat is used, resulting in a poor riding experience; In addition, the output of motor power is different from that of fuel vehicles, its torque does not need to climb, and when used on ice and snow roads, idling and skidding often occur, especially in the form of rear rear drive of some pure electric models, which is prone to tail flicking. On the contrary, it is more suitable for fuel vehicles with linear power output or front-wheel drive plug-in hybrid on ice and snow roads.
Recently, Dongfeng Honda and China Automotive Center have done a winter car challenge for two models, CR-V E:PHEV and E:HEV, among which I am more concerned about performance challenges, emergency avoidance challenges, and hill climbing challenges. These projects can well reflect the sales pillar of the CR-V joint venture brand, and whether it can compete with domestic new energy brands.
Among them, the CR-V E:PHEV Lingyao Edition is in the environment of -40°C to -15°C for a number of challenges on slippery roads in snowy days, the first challenge is road crossing, every time I drive after the snow I am most afraid of pedestrians or electric vehicles crossing the road, because the road is too slippery, I am afraid that the situation will not be detected in advance and cause accidents. In this road crossing test, the CR-V e:PHEV Lingyao Edition was driven at 45km h and faced with a dummy crossing, and the avoidance speed was: 428km h, when driving at 35km h in the face of a two-wheeled vehicle crossing, the avoidance speed is: 297km/h。I was also relieved by this responsiveness, mainly due to the fact that the vehicle is equipped with a traction control system and body control system logic settings in the style of a gasoline car, which ensures the responsiveness of the vehicle on slippery roads in snowy conditions.
Another challenge is the two-kilometre control track, which uses the lap time of the vehicle on the road to determine the car's grip performance. The best lap time for the CR-V e:PHEV is 1 minute and 9 seconds. This shows that the CR-V E:PHEV grip is relatively good, like the phenomenon of pure electric car tail flicking mentioned above, the CR-V E:PHEV basically does not appear, firstly, because its front-wheel drive structure itself is not easy to flick, and the vehicle is also equipped with a snow mode specially for slippery weather, so it can run a lap time of 1 minute and 9 seconds. Another advantage of good grip is that it can brake, and in addition to dealing with cross-road conditions like the one mentioned above, it can also be relatively better to deal with rear-end collisions that are prone to occur in snowy days.
Of course, if it is snowy and windy weather in many places in Inner Mongolia or Northeast China in winter, the poor battery life of the PHEV model will also affect the use experience, you can consider purchasing the CR-V E:HEV Extreme Edition, the power system and structure are the same as the CR-V E:PHEV, but as a hybrid model, there is no need to consider charging, and the four-wheel drive system equipped with the vehicle can bring a better snow driving experience, and the performance on the road crossing and the two-kilometer control track is better than the CR-V E:PHEV model. Dongfeng Honda also carried out a climbing challenge of -35°C to -25°C for the CR-V e:HEV Extreme Edition, and carried out a wet road climbing challenge on a 20° slope of a half-low attached ice and snow road and a half-high attached asphalt road, and completed the climbing challenge in 6 seconds, which can also prove from the side that the four-wheel drive system of the CR-V E:HEV Extreme Edition does have an advantage over PHEV models when dealing with low temperature scenarios.
Of course, as a new energy vehicle, safety is also an issue that cannot be ignored, to share with you a CR-V safety features, the body adopts Honda's unique ACE load-bearing body structure, combined with high-strength longitudinal beams, side beams and annular bone structure, so that the vehicle can fully absorb dispersed energy in the collision and protect the safety of the occupant area as much as possible. And we also know that the battery pack of new energy vehicles is generally in the lower or rear part of the member compartment, and Honda's ACE structure also has a benefit for battery safety.
Of course, the material of the vehicle has improved, compared with the previous generation of CR-V, the new generation of CR-V uses hot-stamping steel in a wide range of four beams and eight pillars of the vehicle, etc., to further improve the strength of the body; In terms of the whole vehicle, aluminum alloy front anti-collision beams, ultra-high-strength steel and HPA high-strength rubber are used to improve the rigidity of the front of the vehicle and ensure the collision safety of the vehicle. In addition, the whole system is also equipped with 10 airbags as standard, which can be regarded as sincere in soft safety.
Now the wave of new energy vehicles is stronger than a wave, in the current wave will inevitably appear in the chaos of flowers gradually charming the situation, I suggest that users in the purchase of new energy models or to uphold an objective attitude, to ensure the core appeal. In the northern region, in addition to looking at the quality of the product, we also need to pay special attention to the performance of the vehicle in the low temperature state in winter, which is both safe and comfortable to use.