The good experience brought by new energy vehicles to consumers has been very clear, with economical fuel consumption, strong power, high degree of intelligence, etc., but car bloggers have also encountered a lot of propositions in the past two years, such as Northeast or Northwest car friends asking: We have a very long and cold winter here, which plug-in hybrid car is more appropriate?
Extremely cold weather will greatly reduce the performance of the power battery, resulting in increased fuel consumption and decreased power, so it is difficult to have a high-quality answer to this question, so there is a saying that the plug-in hybrid car is not Shanhaiguan, of course, it is not easy to pass the Yumen Pass!
It's hard, it doesn't mean it's not!
At the 2023 Winter Auto Challenge held by the automotive authority China Automotive Center, the all-new CR-VE:PHEV passed the challenges of fuel consumption, performance, and temperature control in extremely cold weather, standing out among plug-in hybrid vehicles.
Plug-in hybrid car owners in the north have found that slow air conditioning in winter is a common phenomenon. The temperature in the compartment is minus 137 The Dongfeng Honda CR-VE:PHEV turns on the air conditioner (external circulation mode) and heats up at the maximum horizontal wind speed, which takes only 2 minutes and 50 seconds to reach 26, which is more than the industry average of 5 minutes.
In most parts of the north, it is common for the temperature inside the car to be in the minus ten degrees if you park for a long time in an open environment. In order to achieve a comfortable interior temperature, pure fuel vehicles need at least 10 minutes of slow driving to raise the engine temperature, most brands of plug-in hybrid vehicles have serious battery performance attenuation, so it takes about 5 minutes to achieve a comfortable temperature, this process is long and painful, if there are elderly people and children in the car, you have to worry about their health problems.
The vehicle is also equipped with a remote control system, which can remotely turn on the air conditioner through your mobile phone 3 minutes before going out, completely saying goodbye to the troubles caused by low temperature and high temperature in the cabin. Hidden door handles have become a popular trend in new energy vehicles, the so-called ability to reduce wind resistance is not high, but it is easy to lock in cold weather, CR-VE:PHEV still insists on using mechanical door handles, no matter how low the temperature is, there is no need to worry about door locking.
The windows are easy to freeze in winter, fogging is also very annoying, Dongfeng Honda CR-VE: PHEV has set up a physical button for defogging, compared to entering the function interface step by step on the central control screen, it is more convenient and faster to start with one button after getting on the car, although it is just a small detail, but it highlights a more humanized design concept. Although the fast-paced work and lifestyle makes modern people want to slow down, they can't slow down on car operation and simply waste time.
The fuel consumption performance of hybrid vehicles in winter is a topic of concern for the general public, and the measured fuel consumption of CR-VE:PHEV in the state of -5 to -25 outdoor temperature is 501L 100 km, lower than the official WLTC calibration of 581L 100 kilometers, is a typical reverse false standard, to solve the user's anxiety about fuel consumption, even if the charging conditions do not allow, completely rely on refueling to travel without worrying about high cost of fuel.
Objective evaluation, hybrid vehicle technology is still in the early stage of development, but many car companies seem to be in a hurry, giving the vehicle a lot of flashy configurations and functions, seemingly advanced but the actual use rate is relatively low, but the lack of precipitation and research at the important hardware technology level, resulting in the problem of full of novelty but not high practicality.
After all, private cars are a means of transportation, it is better to fight acceleration than to fight energy saving, before the pursuit of intelligence, we must first implement humanization, Dongfeng Honda CR-VE: PHEV silicon step by step, first consolidate the hardware technology of the vehicle, and then cover the software system, is the real user-oriented attitude of car manufacturing, worthy of our recognition.