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On the evening of August 22, Great Wall held a press conference on new energy strategy. At the press conference, Harvard brand officially transformed into a new energy brand. Great Wall Motor CEO Mu Feng said that this is the most determined step in the transformation of Great Wall Motor to new energy vehicles, marking the full implementation of Great Wall Motor's new energy strategy, which is expected to account for 80 percent of Great Wall cars' new energy sales by 2025, and that the Harvard brand will officially stop selling fuel vehicles by 2030.

At the press conference, the Harvard brand released the new LOGO and launched the first blockbuster model of the new energy strategy-the third generation Harvard H6 super hybrid DHT. Among them, the Harvard H6 DHT gas-electric hybrid model is officially on the market, with a price of 149800 yuan; the Harvard H6 DHT-PHEV plug-in hybrid model is synchronously opened for pre-sale, pushing a total of two models, with a pre-price of 168800 yuan for the pure electric 55km version and 176800 yuan for the 110km long-lasting version.

The new car is based on the third-generation Harvard H6. In terms of appearance, the third-generation Harvard H6 DHT PHEV version basically continues the design concept of fuel vehicles, with large-size hexagonal grille, honeycomb mesh decoration and sharp LED headlights on both sides. On the side of the body, the new car extends from front to back by a waistline, and the overall visual effect is slender. in terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4653/1886/1730mm, the wheelbase is 2738mm, and the positioning of the compact SUV is consistent with the fuel version. In the rear part, the new car uses the popular through-type taillight group, with the word DHT logo at the bottom of the car, which is distinct from the fuel version.

In the interior part, the new car also continues the design of the fuel car, using a hugging cockpit design with a 10.25-inch LCD instrument and a 12.3-inch suspension central control screen. In terms of power, the H6 DHT is equipped with a hybrid system composed of a 1.5T engine and motor, with a maximum power of 154Ps, a peak torque of 233N m and a fuel consumption of 4.9L per 100 km; while the PHEV model announced at the press conference is equipped with a 1.5T plug-in hybrid system, the official has not yet released the detailed power parameters of the model, only announced a pure electric range of 55km and 110km respectively.

Li Xiaorui, manager of Harvard brand, said: "lemon hybrid DHT is the best hybrid technology in the world and the best hybrid technology for consumers at present; Great Wall DHT surpasses Japanese hybrid in an all-round way." For the arrival of the new car, Li Xiaorui created the momentum for the new car: "the Harvard H6 super hybrid DHT Gemini model is built by the best hybrid technology and the most professional SUV car building experts, only to eliminate the anxiety of users in the new energy era." In the new energy era, mileage anxiety and safety anxiety are the two major anxieties faced by automobile consumers. in order to solve this anxiety and verify the product's performance in the extreme environment, the new car has also carried out four extreme challenges of Sinochem. Hua Miao, chief taste appraiser of Sinochem Media, said that the results all showed "excellent performance".

In the national authoritative experiment, the third generation H6 DHT has carried out two extreme challenges of ultimate life and extreme battery safety under the condition of temperature difference of 100 degrees from 40 degrees below zero to 60 degrees above zero. The results show that the new car performs well in extreme environments. Under the condition of 100 degree temperature difference in extreme environment, the driving distance was 1178km for 43 hours. In the experiment, the battery pack burned directly at high temperature for 140 seconds, indirect combustion for 60 seconds, and observed for 2 hours after leaving the fire source to determine whether the battery exploded or not. the results show that the direct combustion time is equal to 2 times that of the international, the overall performance of the new car battery package is stable, no explosion and so on. When the steel pipe and marble slab are extruded under the same conditions, the safety performance of the collision extrusion of the vehicle is carried out on the side, the extrusion pressure far exceeds the international 150kN (equivalent to 15 tons weight), the extrusion deformation stops when the extrusion deformation reaches 30% of the overall size of the extrusion direction, and the extrusion is kept for 10 minutes. The battery status during the whole process is observed. The results show that the battery pack is subjected to far more international 150kN. The internal battery has no damage, no fire and no explosion. In the battery super-international safety limit challenge immersion test, the flooding experiment simulates the extreme case of torrential rain or stagnant water to soak the whole battery package in water with a depth of one meter to observe the battery status. After soaking for 60 minutes, there was no problem of fire and explosion. After the battery was removed, the battery was opened to check for no signs of water intake.

According to the automotive industry's attention, Harvard is a subsidiary of the Great Wall brand, which was established on March 29, 2013. Its models include Harvard H6, Harvard M6, Harvard F7, Harvard Dog and so on. Harvard H6 is the main model of the Harvard brand and is known as the "national magic car". At present, Harvard H6 has developed to the third generation model. Great Wall accumulated sales of 620400 vehicles, of which the Harvard brand accumulated sales of more than 350000, accounting for more than half of Great Wall sales. Harvard H6 as a pillar of Harvard brand sales, after entering 2022, due to changes in the car market environment and intensified competition, Harvard H6 is facing tremendous pressure. Public data show that cumulative sales of the Harvard H6 from January to July this year were 147870, down 30.7% from a year earlier. With the launch of Harvard's third-generation H6 DHT, it remains to be seen whether the launch of the new car will boost Harvard's H6 sales to a higher level.

According to statistics, from January to July this year, the total sales of SUV in China was 4.77 million, of which 3.59 million were fuel vehicles, a decrease of 1.3 million compared with 2021. The decline in sales in the fuel car market has further introduced the proportion of HEV and PHEV models. From January to July this year, the proportion of HEV models expanded to 3.8 per cent, and the proportion of Phev models expanded to 7.5 per cent.

Judging from the time when the Harvard brand officially stopped selling fuel cars, it is not early for a number of car companies to join the ranks of stopping the sale of fuel vehicles. BYD, which is also an independent brand, announced on April 3 this year that it would withdraw from the fuel car market, becoming the first traditional car company in the world to stop the production of fuel cars, while Geely's main models will also suspend the pure fuel version and switch to new energy. In addition, Ni Jun, chief manufacturing officer of the Ningde era, has made it clear that according to the plans for new energy vehicles issued by major countries and governments around the world, there will be no more fuel vehicles on the market by 2030 or 2035 at the latest. BAIC, Changan and Nissan will stop selling fuel vehicles in 2025; Mercedes-Benz and BMW will stop selling them in 2030; Volkswagen will stop selling them in the European market in 2035; Honda will stop selling them in 2040; Kia will stop selling them in the EU market in 2035; General Motors, Ford, Jaguar and Volvo have also announced that they will stop selling them in the future. Yesterday, the people's Government of Hainan Province issued the "Hainan carbon Dafeng implementation Plan", which clearly points out that the sale of fuel cars will be completely banned on the island by 2030.

According to statistics, from January to July this year, the total sales of SUV in China was 4.77 million, of which 3.59 million were fuel vehicles, a decrease of 1.3 million compared with 2021. The decline in sales in the fuel car market has further introduced the proportion of HEV and PHEV models. From January to July this year, the proportion of HEV models expanded to 3.8 per cent, and the proportion of Phev models expanded to 7.5 per cent. The suspension of the sale of fuel vehicles has become a general trend, and it is not surprising that Great Wall announced the suspension of the sale of fuel vehicles. At present, Great Wall has a number of sub-brands to achieve new energy layout, among which Wei Brand's coffee swordsmen-Mocha, latte and macchiato have been fully new energy. From January to July this year, the DHT and DHT PHEV of the latte sold 7548 and 298 respectively, the mocha DHT PHEV sold 1409, and the macchiato DHT and macchiato DHT PHEV sold 1897 and 2176, respectively, according to the insurance volume of new cars in Qiang Traffic Insurance. In addition, the Euler brand's Euler good Cat and Euler Ballet Cat have also formed a pure electric two-car layout; the higher positioning salon brand will reach new luxury heights on the pure electric track, including the tank brand will also release new energy products for tanks. At present, the new energy distribution direction of Great Wall Automobile is hybrid, pure electricity and hydrogen energy three-rail parallel, accelerating the electrification transformation. Li Xiaorui, brand manager of Harvard, said that the new LOGO logo will gradually be applied to all Harvard's products, and Harvard New Energy will be established in the future.

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