Since the beginning of this year, Toyota’s products have been updated to the fifth-generation intelligent electric hybrid dual-engine system in order to better cope with the mixed market of involution. At the same time, the new cars launched this year have also been upgraded for intelligent driving, intelligent interconnection and intelligent cockpit.
On August 6th, FAW-Toyota Corolla sharp-release intelligent electric hybrid twin engine also strengthened its strength in these aspects, and its official guide price was 139,800-184,800 yuan. This is the first time that Corolla Ruifang has launched a hybrid version, which will be more competitive than joint venture rivals such as exploring songs and hackers.
The strength of sharp-release dual-engine products has been comprehensively improved.
Corolla sharp-release twin-engine is equipped with the fifth generation intelligent electric hybrid twin-engine system, which consists of a 2.0L naturally aspirated engine, an electric motor and an E-CVT continuously variable gearbox. In the first half of this year, this system has been applied to various models of Toyota. It has been fully optimized in terms of motor, battery and electronic control, and has strengthened its electric drive. It has been completely optimized in terms of acceleration performance, ride comfort and fuel economy.
For example, the fuel consumption per 100 kilometers of Ruifang intelligent electric hybrid twin engine is 4.56L, which is greatly improved compared with the fuel version, and this has become its biggest highlight. This data is competitive with joint ventures or independent products of the same level. From the earlier test drive experience of the vehicle equipped with Toyota’s fifth-generation intelligent electric hybrid dual-engine system, it can be clearly felt that the vehicle’s ride comfort is better and the power output is stronger under the conditions of reducing the weight and volume of the battery and increasing the output power of the high-speed motor. This is because there are more opportunities for the motor to intervene in the high-speed environment, which is also the key reason for improving the fuel economy of the vehicle.
In addition, the sharp-release intelligent electric hybrid dual-engine comes standard with T-Pilot intelligent driving assistance system, Toyota Connect intelligent interconnection and Toyota Space intelligent cockpit, which optimizes some original functions and adds more functions, and comes standard with the whole system, realizing intelligent equal rights and comprehensively improving intelligent strength. For example, in terms of active safety function, the sharp-release intelligent electric hybrid dual-engine can identify vehicles and pedestrians in the visual blind area in advance, and can also assist in braking or even avoid when a collision accident is about to occur.
Ruifang, which was born in the name of Corolla, has the characteristics of comfort, practicality, safety and high quality. In the entry-level joint venture compact SUV market, it is a powerful player, and it is common for the monthly sales to break through 10,000. After the dual-engine model is added, the audience of Sharp will be wider, thus further promoting sales. The SUV with the positioning and price close to that of Sharp Power Smart Electric Hybrid Twin Engine, as well as BYD Song PLUS DM-i and Geely Yinhe L7 in independent brands, the latter are all hot spots in the market, and the voice of independent hybrid is very high at present, so the challenges that Sharp Power Smart Electric Hybrid Twin Engine will face are not small.
All star models challenge five major projects
In this listing conference, FAW Toyota also brought test drive experience activities for its various models. The 2023 Asian Dragon, New Corolla, New RAV4 Rongfang, Smart Electric Hybrid Twin-Engine Crown Lu Fang and Sharp Electric Hybrid Twin-Engine have passed the five challenges, namely, Rapids, Voices of the Future, Braves, Roller Coasters and Space Exploration.
Among them, the 2023 Asian Dragon carried out the challenge of "Rapids", and put a water cup on the roof. Under the linear acceleration, only a few water in the water cup overflowed, and the acceleration stability and body support were sufficient, which was due to its low center of gravity and other characteristics.
The new Corolla, the new RAV4 Rongfang and the sharp-release intelligent electric hybrid twin engines participated in the "Voice of the Future" challenge. After waking up the car system once, they can say all the instructions for controlling air conditioning, windows, music, navigation, etc. in one breath, because these models all support the function of 30-second continuous voice dialogue.
In addition, the new Corolla also participated in the "Brave" challenge project, which responded quickly when identifying obstacles and dummies on the road, and was able to assist users in braking and avoid collision accidents to the greatest extent.
It is worth mentioning that the intelligent hybrid electric twin-engine version of Crown Lu Fang, in the "roller coaster" challenge project simulating cross-country cross-axis sections, has shown excellent driving and control strength under the configuration of E-Four electronic four-wheel drive system and TRAIL one-button escape mode.
MPV Gravia has also ushered in its "space exploration" challenge. For such a big car, parking is a big problem, but fortunately, Gravia is equipped with PVM panoramic monitoring system, PKSB parking auxiliary braking system and other configurations, which can be easily put into storage.
Driven by these models with outstanding product strength, FAW Toyota sold 373,195 vehicles in the first half of this year, up 6% year-on-year. Among them, the cumulative sales volume of Ruifang was 54,039 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 140%.
Write it at the end
In the first half of the year, FAW Toyota sold 99,895 smart electric hybrid twin-engine vehicles, up 6.3% year-on-year, accounting for 26.8%. At the same time, the proportion of mid-to-high-class vehicles under TNGA-K platform, represented by Asian Dragon, Graveyard and Crown Lu Fang, increased to 46%. These two sets of data show that FAW Toyota is accelerating electrification, embracing new changes, and steadily promoting high-quality development. The launch of sharp-release twin engines is also an important embodiment of FAW Toyota’s new and upward development. (Text | ｜DAN)