As we all know, our domestic new energy vehicles are in full swing, pure trams, plug-in vehicles, extended-range electric vehicles are flourishing, it can be said that it is lively! From the current situation, the future of new energy vehicles with electricity as the core driving force will become the mainstream of the automotive industry, and at least in the country, this trend is almost irreversible.
Although many manufacturers have seen the future of new energy vehicles or electric vehicles and actively embrace this trend, Toyota is not included. In recent years, Akio Toyoda, the head of Toyota Motor, has continued to criticize electric vehicles on different occasions, expressing his disapproval of the trend of electrification. At the same time, we vigorously promote our hybrid vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell technology.
Many small partners believe that this is Toyota unwilling to admit the wrong “science and technology tree”, and unwilling to give up the opportunity to make money using patents, hoping to guide global car companies to give up electric vehicles!
However, a “small thing” that happened recently has slightly changed the ideas of some small partners, because at least in the area of energy saving and low fuel consumption, Toyota still has something.
Recently, a man named Wayne Gerdes took a long trip between Los Angeles and New York, and tested the fuel consumption of the fifth-generation Prius. Starting and ending are 3211.7 miles apart, and passing through the plateau area of 7,000 feet above sea level, it can be said that the test distance and road conditions are very representative.
Under the elder brother’s test, Toyota’s fifth-generation Prius broke the Guinness World record for fuel consumption of this car, with a combined fuel economy of 93.158 miles per gallon, or 39.6 kilometers per liter, which burns 1L of oil and can run nearly 40 kilometers. Translated into the level of fuel consumption of 100 kilometers that we often say, that is, 2.52L/100 kilometers, according to the current domestic oil price calculation, fuel consumption per kilometer costs about 2 cents.
The fifth generation Prius driven by Wayne Gerdes this time is a low-size model of the United States, the vehicle is equipped with 2.0L hybrid system, equipped with 195/60/R17 tires, the vehicle has not been modified, so the 2.5L level of fuel consumption is run out of the plain car state, but also through the plateau and high temperature area.
In fact, the performance of the fifth generation Prius at the product level is still quite strong, and the main model power has changed from the previous 1.8L to today’s 2.0L hybrid, as well as E-Four and PHEV versions. At the same time, this represents the highest level of Toyota hybrid model, not only low fuel consumption, but also zero acceleration can do 7 seconds, control and chassis adjustment level is also very high.
The fuel consumption level of Prius is so low, compared with the domestic plug-in models, the loss of electricity consumption is quite low (2.9L/100km) BYD Qin L and Seal 06, and there is no Prius low, but this car has not entered the domestic market, we have not heard of this car has entered the domestic market sales plan, do not know how Toyota is planning in this piece. If it is put into production early in the country, it may have a fight with domestic plug-in models.
Of course, although the fuel consumption of the Toyota Prius is very low, the overall cost is not necessarily low compared with the domestic plug-in hybrid range models, the reason is simple, that is, the plug-in hybrid range has a certain pure electric range, and many owners actually use a large number of pure electric driving, the overall cost will be lower! This is also the reason why Toyota and Honda’s petrol-electric hybrid models have fallen rapidly after the domestic plug-in hybrid models have risen.
All in all, in the oil and electric hybrid this piece, Toyota is really something, the fifth generation Prius refresh the fuel consumption record, converted into domestic oil prices and costs, basically and general electric vehicles almost a level. Of course, Toyota hybrid in the domestic new energy vehicles, the greater gap is still in the intelligent piece.
