There is a very obvious difference between the Chinese and American auto markets: pickup trucks have been selling well in the United States, and pickup trucks represented by the Ford Raptor are even an important symbol of American car culture, but in the Chinese auto market, pickup trucks are a niche category, and even under normal circumstances, pickup trucks will not be counted in passenger car statistics. Of course, there are many reasons for the economic and cultural use of the car threshold, but after the delivery of the Tesla Cybertruck and the China tour, the pickup truck began to show signs of rebirth in the Chinese market.
The new energy technology route of range extension was once considered backward, but the hot sales of the new force's ideal prove that consumers value the actual experience, rather than whether the technical route is advanced, after all, consumers pay for the experience, not the technology.
Range Extension + Pickup These two technical routes and niche model categories that are not popular in China are superimposed, so the Changan Hunter was born.
On March 1, the Changan Hunter Extended Range Pickup was launched, positioning it as the world's first super extended range pickup. The Changan Hunter has launched a total of eight models in three editions, priced at 13From $990,000, including:
Changan Hunter Warrior Edition, a luxury single-motor standard box model, priced at 13990,000 yuan, luxury dual-motor four-wheel drive standard box model, the price is 14$990,000;
Changan Hunter Knight Edition, pilot single-motor standard box model, priced at 16390,000 yuan, pilot dual-motor four-wheel drive standard box model, the price is 17390,000 yuan, flagship dual-motor four-wheel drive standard box model, priced at 19$390,000;
Changan Hunter Armor Edition, an all-round single-motor standard box model, priced at 17990,000 yuan, all-round dual-motor four-wheel drive standard box model, priced at 19690,000 yuan, a global dual-motor four-wheel drive standard box model, priced at 21$690,000.
Changan Automobile believes that the range extension technology route is the most suitable for the form of pickup trucks, and Changan Automobile's self-developed Blue Whale 2The 0T super large range extender can solve the core pain point of the conflict between high performance and low fuel consumption, and provide the optimal solution for pickup power. In addition, compared with the problems of high pollution, vibration, noise and maintenance of diesel pickups, the extended range route can also take into account the quietness, comfort, handling and safety of pickups.
Blue Whale 20t Super Large Range Extender by Blue Whale 2The 0T engine and the R100G generator are composed, in which the maximum efficiency of the generator reaches 97% in the industry, and it can output 30kW of power at 1750rpm, which is 1In addition, compared with the diesel pickup truck, which is known for its excellent low-speed torque, the maximum torque of the Changan Hunter is 470N·m, which is close to 30t engine level; Zero-hundred acceleration can reach 79s level. In addition, for the field climbing scene, when the engine is running at high power, the power generation power of the Changan Hunter engine reaches 50kW at 2750rpm, 70kW at 3750rpm, and the Changan Hunter can also drive more than 30 kilometers continuously with a heavy load of 1 ton and a 30-degree slope.
In response to the pain point of diesel pickup trucks, in addition to the low noise of the range extender itself, Changan has also carried out targeted NVH performance development. Through the design of low-torsional vibration structure under all working conditions, a torsional shock absorption structure is added between the engine and the generator to reduce the torsional vibration of the engine by more than 80%, and with the blessing of motor howling noise control, active suppression of engine vibration, and dynamic control of global power and torque, the interior quietness of the pickup truck has reached the level of luxury cars, and the interior noise of Changan Hunter is 63 decibels at 100km h, and after the range extender intervenes, the difference between the front and rear NVH is 2db, which is almost negligible.
Now many pure electric cars have the function of external discharge, and some can even charge other electric cars with low power, but compared with pure electric vehicles, the Changan hunter in the form of extended range + pickup truck itself has its own generator, which can generate 20kw of high power from the battery at idle, and the maximum power is 227kw·h when fully charged and full of oil, after Chang'an calculation, the electric drill can be used continuously for more than 319 hours during outdoor operation; When camping outdoors, the 2000W induction cooker can continue to burn the hot pot for nearly 5 days.
In addition to the power, NVH and charge and discharge key points, reliability is the key point that pickup trucks are most concerned about, especially after the use of extended range routes, battery safety is particularly important, because the road conditions encountered by pickup trucks are much more complex than ordinary new energy vehicles.
Changan Automobile said that the Changan Hunter is equipped with Changan Automobile's self-developed Golden Bell Jar battery, with the blessing of military standard new thermal insulation materials and other technologies, the use temperature is increased by more than 200 compared with conventional materials, and based on the uniqueness of the non-load-bearing body structure of the pickup truck, the battery is wrapped in the left and right longitudinal beams to realize the cage safety battery anti-collision structure. In addition, based on the double-layer battery structure, the double-layer liquid-cooled battery protection technology can work better in extremely hot and cold conditions, and in laboratory tests, it can still maintain the cell temperature of -10°C after standing at -40°C for 20 hours.
The technical points of other Chang'an hunters are as follows:
Braking distance of 100 km 39The 5m double wishbone front overhang and the five-link rear overhang achieve a minimum turning radius of 6In the 5-meter tank U-turn mode, the turning radius is reduced to 5The 54-meter body is flexibly connected to the frame, and the seat rails have a z-direction acceleration of 0017G is equipped with a front axle lock + rear axle lock + ** energy lock, which can distribute torque output in real time, and efficiently limit the slip of four daily modes and six pickup customization modes, such as snow, sand, mud and other customized modes Pure electric priority, fuel priority, forced pure electric, one-key injection or automatic mode and other five energy management modes such as remote control + full-scene voice interaction, 40W on-board wireless fast charging
For Changan, pickup trucks are not only a sub-category that will continue to grow in the future, but also an important part of Changan Automobile's globalization, and Changan Automobile will also launch four products to the world, including Changan Hunter and P866. Zhu Huarong, chairman of Changan Automobile, said that Changan Pickup will continue to deepen cooperation with Stellantis Group to jointly build a pickup product platform, expand global markets such as ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand, Central and South America, the Middle East and Africa, and strive to achieve the goal of global sales of 500,000 Changan pickup trucks by 2030 and ranking among the top 5 in the world.