Faster than refueling! Geely intelligent power exchange technology goes online: it only takes 90 seconds to "resurrect" when fully charged.

As the absolute development direction of new energy vehicles in the future, pure electric vehicles have always been highly anticipated by the industry, and various car companies have also invested a lot in pure electric vehicles and supporting service facilities. However, at present, pure electric vehicles still face practical problems such as low cruising range, charging time and maintenance rate. In order to further shorten the charging time of pure electric vehicles, many car companies have also found another way to "skip" the charging link directly and power up the vehicles with a faster power exchange mode.

Weilai is a pioneer in the field of power exchange. At present, more than 130 power stations have been distributed in 58 cities across the country. This year, the switching scheme of electric vehicles and the operation mode of separating vehicles from electricity have ushered in spring, and power switching has been clearly supported in many policies. In this context, another smart power station of Geely Science and Technology Group also landed in Jinan, Shandong Province today (10, 19). According to the official demonstration, it takes only 90 seconds for the vehicle to enter the power exchange station to complete the power exchange, and then drive out of the power exchange station, which is faster than the refueling of ordinary fuel vehicles.

From the official introduction and demonstration, MPV models? Take maple leaf 80V as an example. It only takes 90 seconds for the vehicle to enter the power station, start to change electricity, and then drive out of the power station, which is much faster than our daily fuel car refueling. The speed of changing power stations in one and a half minutes is also two or three times faster than Weilai. Therefore, from the point of view of vehicle power exchange efficiency, Geely's intelligent power exchange station really saves a lot of time.

Looking at the time of power exchange alone, Geely's intelligent power exchange station is really fast, but how should we look at it from a development perspective behind these 90 seconds? From the perspective of R&D and construction cost, according to Geely's official introduction, Geely Technology began to develop power exchange technology from 20 17. During this period, more than 1000 people participated in R&D, involving billions of yuan, and obtained more than 1000 patents related to power exchange. Therefore, the early research and development and manpower investment alone are already very huge investments. In addition, although Geely did not introduce the construction cost of a power station, but from its modular design, floor space, battery storage capacity (each power station can store 27-39 batteries)? The construction cost of the whole power station is definitely much higher than that of Weilai Power Station.

Of course, Geely's smart power station also has many limitations at present. Firstly, the upfront investment of R&D and the construction cost of power station are huge. The other is the problem of vehicle adaptation. Although the intelligent power exchange station can support the wheelbase of 2700-3 100 mm and is compatible with cars, SUVs, MPVs and even light trucks and pickup trucks, for most Geely models at present, the chassis must be modified and upgraded to support power exchange.

From the perspective of Geely's future development of intelligent power exchange station, its main attack is the network car market, and in the short term, it will be mainly used as a supporting facility for Maple Leaf 80V models to enhance its market share in the field of pure electric network car. Therefore, the power exchange station will be in a semi-open state, mainly serving Geely's own network car business. In terms of site construction, Geely currently regards Chongqing as a key market, and plans to complete the construction of 35 sites in 2020, and the number of power stations will reach 100 in 202 1 year, and finally complete the layout of 235 sites in Chongqing.

The top ten car circles in China: Undoubtedly, changing power stations is one of the best solutions to solve the charging time problem of pure electric vehicles. Although Geely intelligent power exchange station greatly improves the time of power exchange, the initial investment cost, marketing and standardization of power exchange station are still difficult problems. Moreover, from the planning of Geely's power exchange station, it is mainly aimed at its own network car business, which also shows that Geely is not ready to fully open the power exchange station to the consumer market.

This article comes from car home, the author of the car manufacturer, and does not represent car home's position.