After it is almost extinct, Electric Vehicle (honorary) Extended-Range Technology undergoes a revival, and not only in the form of new models of car manufacturers, including Ford” Mazda” Ram” Genesis” Byd” Deep And Speaker.
At least two powertrain suppliers have recently unveiled new honorary systems that can be applied afterwards to existing battery-electric vehicles (EVs), which means that EVs are effectively changed into hybrids and one of the largest hand rams on widespread EV acceptance is eliminated: reaching.
Horse PowerTrain, a joint venture between Renault and Geely, used last month’s Shanghai Motor Show to reveal its future hybrid concept, a compact hybrid powertrain designed for applications in existing EV platforms.
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The system integrates an internal combustion engine (ICE), electric motor and transmission in a single unit that can replace the electric drive system in EVs with minimal changes, allowing car manufacturers to offer hybrid powertrain options for existing EVs without major technical investments.
The future hybrid concept of Horse is based on a 1.2-liter three-cylinder petrol engine, which works exclusively as a generator to charge the existing battery of the vehicle, only switch on when the battery load levels are low or require extra power driving conditions.
The company says that the super compact honor system can increase the total driving range to 800 km, or about 25 percent more than the 600 km offered by the most efficient EVs of today.
Horse claims that a fuel tank with 25 liters is sufficient for a few weeks of typical urban driving, when the ice is largely eliminated, because most daily commuting takes place in EV-Allene mode. And of course it can simply be topped up instead of charged if necessary.
Designed for transversal powertrain applications, Horse honorary system comprises an 800V booster that makes DC chargers possible quickly, a transmission and drive shafts that make work possible for all wheel drive in both EV and parallel streamodi, a inverter, DC/DC converter, built-in charger and electronic power control.
It has a ‘slim’ top and a broader profile at the bottom to ensure compliance with global safety and crash standards.
The ice of the horses can work on a wide range of fuels, including gasoline, E85 ethhanol, methanol and synthetic fuels, making it suitable for a variety of climates and markets -especially those with long distances between cities and where EV -Laadin infrastructure stays in the infancy
As in most honorary honor, the motor has been calibrated to run consistently in its most efficient speed range, which is claimed to contribute to 40 percent lower emissions than conventional hybrid powertrains.
“Horse Powertrain is aimed at solving the biggest problems that OEMs are confronted with for cars,” said CEO Matias Giannini.
“For more than ten years, it seemed that Bevs was the only path to Net Zero, and OEM’s planned accordingly. However, we are now shifting to a technology-neutral world, with different markets and applications, each of which pursues their own sustainable mobility trip.”
“The future hybrid concept designs as a combustion engine, motor and transmission unit, reducing the complexity of a hybrid powertrain,” said Ragnar Burenius, the chief engineer of XHEV Systems at Horse Powertrain.
“This makes more flexibility for the packaging possible, so that it can be integrated into existing BEV platforms with minimal adjustments to the vehicle.”
Horse Power Train, with 17 factories, five R&D centers and 19,000 employees worldwide, says that vehicles with the future hybrid concept will set off by 2028.
Before that, the company delivers ‘HR13’ 1.3-liter four-cylinder turbo-petrol engines for the Caterham Academy racing series of 2026, which produces 97 kW of power and 176 Nm torque.
Horse Horse Project is supported by various strategic partners, including Saudi energy giant Aramco, who hopes to accelerate the development program prior to global commitment.
Het bedrijf-dat ook mild-hybride (MHEV) en plug-in hybride (PHEV) aandrijflijnen produceert, evenals handmatige en automatische transmissies, en zelfs flex-fuel pHEV-aandrijflijnen voor mariene toepassingen-zegt dat het autobermerken levert, waaronder Renault, Geely, Volvo, Nissan, Mitsubishi en Proton.
Just a few days after Horse revealed his honorary driveway in China, the German Autoshoevoersianant ZF announced that it will start the production of a similar Range-Extender driving line next year, the ZF honorary synchronized.
Two ready-made versions of the ZF range extender system will be available-the Electric Range Extender (Honor) and the Electric Range Extender Plus (Honorary+)-both consisting of a small gasoline engine that produces between the former and 70-150 kW in the last between 70-100 kW.
The honor combines an electric motor and an integrated converter via a planetary equipment, while the honor+ adds an “intelligent coupling and differential” with which it can only be used as a generator or as a secondary drive unit.
ZF also sees a market for potential buyers who are worried about the Driving range, and says that honorary honor are better than PHEVS because they are cheaper to produce, to develop faster, simpler supply chains and, per horse system, can reduce fuel consumption and emissions by turning on the most efficient RPM, because the engine is not confirmed because the engine is not confirmed because the engine is not confirmed because the engine is not confirmed because the engine is not confirmed, because the engine is not confirmed because the engine.
“Although the fully electrical range of passenger cars is on average approximately 500 km, range still influences a wide range of buyers when choosing their next vehicle,” Dr. Otmar Scharer, Senior Vice President R&D at ZF’s Electrified Powertrain Technology Unit.
“These are a real alternative to larger and therefore more expensive batteries or plug-in hybrids. The new interest and the increased demand for range expansers show that the potential of this technology is far from exhausted-especially for model platforms that have already been designed for battery-electric driving lines.
“Behind our solutions is the system and platform concept. This means that we are optimally equipped to respond to all customer and market requirements with shorter development cycles.”
Also known as Range-ExDender EVs, Honors are not new. Early examples were the relatively short-lived Volt and BMW i3 Rex, which were demolished under 2012 and 2021 respectively, as well as the Fisker Karma and the rotating Mazda MX-30 e-skyactiv R-EV, which were not sold in Australia.
However, the Leap engine C10-Middel-Groote Electric SUV has recently been made available with a ‘Reev’ driving line option for $ 2000 less than equivalent EV variants.
Since the demand for EVs is decreasing in large car markets, including the US, there are several other honorary lines on the horizon for models, including the Mazda EZ-60/CX-6E Large electric SUV, the Genesis GV70 medium luxury SUV and BYDs Yangwang U8 large luxury SUV.
Ford recently announced that it will invest heavily in honorary drivers for its medium and heavy models in the midst of an EV-question in North America, where Scout Motors offers a Volkswagen-Stunder Scout Motors Range-Extender PowerTrain options in its upcoming electric SUV and Pick-Upgeing.
RAM will surpass both brands with his Ramcharger, a pick-up of an extensive range that can also be sold here. Ram Trucks Australia Chief Jeff Barber recently told Carexper The honor, which uses a Pentastar V6 to extend its range, was “better suited for our geography here” than the battery-electric RAM 1500 Rev.
The first honor that is available in Australia can, however, be the Deepal Hunter K50 Dual Cab, which combines unique front and rear electric motors with a 2.0-liter turbo diesel engine mounted on the front to charge a 31.2 kWh lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) battery.
The Chinese car manufacturer, which will introduce the Deepal E07 ‘Transformer’ electric SUV/ute here later this year, claims that the result is combined fuel consumption of only 1.3 l/100 km and 900 km total driving range including 131 km only electric reach (CLTC).
That is more than the plug-in hybrid byd Shark 6, GWM Cannon Alpha PHEV and the upcoming Ford Ranger PHEV, all of whom are less efficient.
However, not all car manufacturers go all-in honor for all markets.
Volkswagen CEO Thomas Schäfer told Coach Those Powerrains of the reach-extender are logical in large cars in China, but that PHEVs are better for markets such as Europe.
When the Volkswagen ID ERA concept of the extensive range was unveiled in the Shanghai show with an assortment of 1000 km, the brand’s sales and marketing leader said that Erev Tech could offer a “very good intermediate step for many consumers” and the driving lines can even have “relevant in Europe”.
But this week, his boss said that VW Erev Powertrains would not develop for a wide range of models outside of Europe.
“The technology is not really new. It came up again and was specifically purchased in China, but it is probably also applicable in the US – in predominantly larger vehicles,” he said Coach.
“It makes sense if you have CO2 regulations and you have to comply with it, but in the larger cars … The doubtful area is in the smaller space. Although you have PHEVs, do you really need reach-outmen?
“It is an expensive technology and from a driveability and the point of view of costs, it makes no sense to have both reach-extenders and plug-in hybrids.
“In larger cars, yes. Scout, for example, in the US there will be a reach-outsender. But it is still to see whether this is just a peak or it will actually be a larger trend.”
GWM’s President Mu Feng reportedly said: “Great Wall Motors would rather die than to make vehicles out of extended distance”, with the argument that they only serve as a transitional voltage and are not in accordance with the company’s development plans.
According to Car news ChinaMr Mu argued that honorary pseudo-electric ‘are and are mainly dependent on fossil fuels, have small batteries and therefore have a limited electrical range and offer inferior fuel consumption on hybrids, but poorer performance than pure electric vehicles.
