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For ideal cars, add-program hybrid technology is definitely the best solution to solve the long-distance driving problem of new energy vehicles. Li Xiang has made it clear publicly many times. Ideal car CEO Li Xiang posted on Weibo on Feb. 7: if BYD, Geely and Changan, which are among the top three car sales, all start using extended-range electric, a company's marketing plan for extended range can be stopped and save some money to get down to business. I do not aim at BYD,BYD and have not belittled any technical line. It is the enterprise that we respect most. Considering the two key elements of ride comfort and energy consumption, we think that the front drive is the most suitable for parallel connection; four-wheel drive and rear drive, series is a better choice.

Just the day before yesterday, Li Xiang had asked BYD on Weibo whether the power structure of the U8 was parallel plug-in hybrid (PHEV) or series extended range hybrid (REV), and many netizens thought that Li Xiang was not looking up at the power structure of the U clearly, but hoped to prove that the ideal car could choose the extended range route correctly and in a pioneering way. At the same time, Li Xiang also insinuated some car companies, saying that it is not necessary to keep marketing add-program hybrid technology backward, should spend marketing expenses on car research and development, and combined with Li Xiang's previous post, Li Xiang's "certain enterprise" may be referring to Great Wall Motor.

"it will take time to improve and popularize the charging piles, and the extended range mode is the most suitable new energy vehicle model at present," Yu Chengdong, Huawei terminal BG CEO and smart car solution BU CEO, said on Weibo on July 6, 2022. At the same time, Yu Chengdong also praised the extended-range hybrid system and thanked "Li for his efforts and contributions in exploring the extended-range model," while Li forwarded Weibo and sent "love" on Weibo.

"it takes good blacksmiths to make good steel," CGO Li Ruifeng, chief executive of Great Wall Motor, wrote on Weibo that night. "it takes a good blacksmith to make good steel. It is an industry consensus that the mixing technology of add programs is backward. No matter how big the mouth is, you can't talk nonsense." At the same time, it also added topics such as "Smart DHT is the best new energy technology in the world" and "Yu Chengdong said that the extended range car is not advanced enough is nonsense # and accompanied by a picture of" I can't figure it out ". Subsequently, Li Ruifeng posted two more Weibo posts, saying that "the added program is backward, separated by lines, and don't regard casual sex as a personality," and "just make a mute noise to make a fortune, why say it?"

Although sales are good, there are still people in the industry who scoff at the add-on technology. On July 15, 2022, Feng Sihan (Stephan Wollenstein), former CEO of Volkswagen China, said: "from the perspective of customer value, add-on hybrid is a transitional technology, Volkswagen Group will not pursue this." It should be noted that Feng Sihan used "transition" rather than "outdated", indicating that there is still some recognition of the technology.

Add program hybrid, the most prominent component is the addition of the driver, the working principle is the use of the engine to generate electricity, the motor to drive the vehicle. When the power is sufficient, the vehicle can drive in pure electric mode, and when the power is insufficient, the engine will start and then drive the engine to charge the power battery. Strictly speaking, the add-on program is a variant of plug-in hybrid, the simplest understanding is that the car has two sets of power systems of electric motor and internal combustion engine, and the two power systems drive the car in series and parallel. Series-parallel hybrid and other combination modes, the add program is the relatively simple series mode.

From the point of view of the time of development, the added program is indeed a backward technology. A hundred years ago, the world's first pure electric car, the Lohner-Porsche, was born. Because its mileage is too short to be practical, Porsche founder Ferdinand Porsche installed an internal combustion engine to generate electricity in order to solve the mileage anxiety. This is the world's first series gasoline engine hybrid vehicle and the first add-on electric vehicle. Therefore, adding programs is not a new technology at all.

Although add-on hybrid is a backward technology, it does not mean that it is unable to adapt to the market. In terms of sales, the ideal ONE sold 78791 vehicles for the whole year in 2022, making it the highest medium and large SUV by sales, higher than the second BMW X5 (50220). After the replacement, the ideal L8 will sell 10189 vehicles in December 2022, ranking first in the medium and large SUV market. On the other hand, Wei Brand, although it carries the claim that "the world's best Great Wall lemon DHT hybrid technology", but the market performance is a mess. According to the data, sales of Wei brand were 36381 in 2022, down 37.66 per cent from a year earlier.

At present, in addition to ideal cars, including Lantu, Cyrus, BYD, Changan, Geely and other manufacturers have announced new add-on electric models, to some extent, the recognition of this technology. Li Xiang has said publicly that in the next five years, the add-on program will still be the best solution for SUV, and the ideal thing to do is to continuously improve the efficiency of the extension. In fact, no matter which technical route chosen by automobile companies has its own advantages and disadvantages, it is more important to take the lead in shaping product strength, verifying reliability, and giving full play to the greatest advantages in the route. As for whether or not to lag behind, the market will always give a fair ruling.

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