Jia Xinguang: Development of hybrid vehicles is a viable transition plan

At the end of the last century, Americans sentenced the death penalty for electric vehicles. At that time, the European automobile industry advocated the development of diesel vehicles, developed modern diesel technology featuring high-pressure injection and turbocharging, and further applied it to gasoline engines; the US view was direct. The development of hydrogen fuel cells; Japan is in love with hybrid power.

Insiders pointed out that before entering the age of pure electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles will be a very important transitional model. The government will provide policies and financial support to accelerate the development and commercialization of plug-in hybrid vehicles.

A plug-in hybrid vehicle is a hybrid technology that can be charged either by the engine or directly from the grid. The biggest advantage of hybrid power is environmental protection. Traditional cars have the highest pollution at idle speed and low speed, and discharge well at high speed. When the hybrid vehicle is at a low speed, the battery provides the driving force. When the engine is put into operation at a high speed, the plug-in hybrid vehicle is used to charge the engine. The engine operates at a higher speed, so there is no problem of idling or low speed pollution. Taxis and buses have the highest intensity of use. Electric buses are technically feasible. However, the range of electric taxis is not enough for taxis a day, and there is no time for charging. Therefore, hybrid taxis should be used to reduce air pollution.

In recent years, European major automobile industry groups have also begun to pay attention to hybrid technology. This is because the EU will implement new carbon emission regulations in 2015, requiring carbon emissions per kilometer to be less than 120 grams, or it will face huge fines. It is impossible for a large displacement vehicle to rely on the improvement of traditional technologies to achieve this standard of the European Union. Therefore, European automobile companies will sooner or later embark on the path of new energy, and hybrid power will become an alternative solution.

Although traditional internal combustion engine vehicles and new energy vehicles may have to coexist for several decades, the improvement of traditional internal combustion engine technology is becoming more and more difficult in terms of controlling emissions. Hybrid power is a panacea that can make traditional internal combustion engine cars prolong life. Sooner or later, China will also implement carbon emission control, and then it will be discovered that hybrid technology is indeed a feasible solution.

Hybrid technology is of course a transitional technology, but hybrid vehicles actually include three core technologies of electric vehicles: batteries, motors, and electronic control systems. In the case where existing battery technologies cannot fully meet consumer needs, Hybrid vehicles have already formed a large-scale market, and they can use the market revenue to support the development of electric technology and can make a good transition to pure electric vehicles.