Great Wall will die rather than to release hybrids a la Lixiang

At the Motor Show in Shanghai, the senior vice president of the concern Mu Feng made a sharp statement. The top manager spoke out against cars with the fuel extension cord (Range Extender): according to Great Wall, the concept is not compatible with the long-term development strategy of the company. Consistent hybrids consider pseudo -electric technology with a number of disadvantages.

The main beneficiary of consistent hybrids is LI Auto billionaire Lee Xian. Popular crossovers of this brand are equipped with power plants with gas generator, which is not connected with wheels. However, Great Wall very negatively assesses the prospects of such a technology. Mu Feng said that the concern “would die rather than would produce such cars.”

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According to the top manager, fossil fuel is the main source of energy of consistent hybrids. The stroke on “pure” electricity is small, the saving of fuel is doubtful, and the performance is less than that of electric vehicles. Great Wall believes that at least in the luxury segment the future behind parallel hybrids: electricians are assigned an auxiliary role, and ICE gives emotional value.

Great Wall position is not divided by competitors on both sides of the ocean, and in China the concern’s strategy has opponents. For example, the academician of the Chinese engineering Academy Yang Yuishen told Car News China that the future of cars with the “extension cord”, and by 2030, the share of such machines and connected hybrids in China will be 55%.

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