Posted on 04/19/2025 9:31:54 PM PDT by Red Badger
Great Wall Motor, a China’s firm, aims for long-distance travel with its next-gen Haval Xiaolong Max hybrid EV.
GWM's Haval Xiaolong Max PHEV SUV. credit: GWM
China’s Great Wall Motor (GWM) has introduced the second-generation Haval Xiaolong Max plug-in hybrid SUV, featuring updated exterior styling and the company’s in-house Coffee Pilot Plus driver assistance system.
The new model promises to offer more range, power, and smart features.
Haval Xiaolong Max blends modern styling with practical features The latest Haval Xiaolong Max follows the brand’s “rhythmic natural aesthetics” design language with a refreshed exterior that gives the SUV a more modern look. Its headlights feature 72 LED elements, delivering up to 4,000 lumens and a lighting range of 190 meters. The model is available in five exterior colors.
The cockpit features a T-shaped layout with a flat-bottom steering wheel, a 12.3-inch digital instrument display, and a 14.6-inch central control screen. On the higher trims, a heads-up display (HUD) is available. The system is powered by the CoffeeOS 3 smart cockpit, which includes voice and facial recognition capabilities.
The advanced driver assistance system uses a visual-based solution for urban and highway autopilot navigation. It is supported by three millimeter-wave radars, 12 ultrasonic sensors, and seven cameras. Key features include obstacle avoidance, lane change assist, traffic light recognition, and remote parking control.
The Haval Xiaolong Max is equipped with GWM’s Hi4 plug-in hybrid system, combining a 1.5L engine with front and rear electric motors. Together, they deliver up to 319 horsepower and 595 Nm of torque. The SUV reaches a top speed of 112 mph and can accelerate from 0 to 62 mph in 6.8 seconds, offering solid performance for a plug-in hybrid in its class.
Efficient powertrain with fast charging and low fuel consumption A full battery and fuel tank allow the Xiaolong Max to cover up to 746 miles before requiring recharging or refueling, and the PHEV system continues to operate as a traditional hybrid once the battery is depleted.
The model offers two lithium iron phosphate battery options: 18.74 kWh and 27.54 kWh, with estimated electric-only ranges of up to 42 miles and 64 miles (CLTC), respectively. Fuel consumption is as low as 0.97L per 62 miles under WLTC standards.
Fast charging from 30% to 80% takes about 20 to 30 minutes, while slow charging takes roughly three to four hours, depending on the trim.
GWM’s Haval brand, once the leading SUV brand in China, has been surpassed by BYD as the new energy vehicle (NEV) sector rapidly grows.
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Now, with the new Haval models, the brand aims to regain its position in the market, focusing on innovative features and energy-efficient technology to compete in the growing NEV sector. Furthermore, NEVs have been rapidly gaining traction across China’s auto industry as Chinese carmakers focus on developing cleaner powertrains.
I didn't know anything regarding what is being show in the video. I based my comment on many other things that China has manufactured like pet snacks and plaster board, and sold here, only to have pets poisoned, and people ending up with health issues because the plasterboard was emitting dangerous chemicals and gases.
Here in Hawaii, gas cars are cheaper to run than electric.
Yeah right.
Agreed. 30 minutes to charge to 80% isn’t exactly impressive. It’s embarrassing.
,,, some years ago toothpaste from China to the US market was found in lab testing to contain toxic materials. China is now a monoploy manufacturer of tomato sauce. The reach of that in burger outlets and on retail shelves is easy to imagine. Their attack is on so many levels.
The model offers two lithium iron phosphate battery options: 18.74 kWh and 27.54 kWh, with estimated electric-only ranges of up to 42 miles and 64 miles (CLTC), respectively.
For what it’s worth, my crossover Hyundai BEV (fully electric, not a hybrid), gets 3.7 to 3.9 miles per kWh DC doing local driving, which includes a mix of 35 mph to 75 mph speeds and includes running the AC. Reduce that by 10% when charging (while converting home AC to DC during the charge process) and call it 3.5 miles per kWh AC.
As far as how much each kWh costs, it’d depend on your local utility rates. In my last power bill that was about 13.8 cents per kWh (pretending I didn’t have home solar providing most of my power, and including the 1.7 cent per kWh discount our utility gives EV owners to charge at night to encourage us to not drain the grid during high demand day hours). Thus in Alabama every $1 added to the power bill gets 25 miles. So last months 1,272 miles would have added $43 to the power bill if I didn’t have home solar providing 90.8% of last month’s power.
China has been educating engineers and scientists . We have been educating lawyers and communication majors. Come to think about it many are educated at our best institutions.
From a practical standpoint I am not sure why one would want the faster DC charging capabilities for a limited range hybrid battery. It seems to me it would be something rarely used on a road trip and would just add extra expense to the car for the battery management system.
and they are the Perfect Spying Machine
This is good https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7u0wynQ7iU
Let’s go to China and steal their ideas/plans and then make it cheaper and better.
Musk is developing the “Nuclear Diamond” battery that never needs charging. I’m not joking look it up.
Another mass produced future chicken coop.
BFD. By comparison a Prius currently goes 640 miles on a tank 3 gallons smaller, isn’t built on stolen tech, and actually achieves its results.
Dollars to donuts this is a theoretical max range based on ideal conditions, untested, and never realized. I’m asserting this based on a search which only returns spec pages and media splash and “comming soon” results.
30 minutes? I get 100 % full in less than 5 on my gas-powered car.
Umm, babbling on and on about “EV range” on a hybrid is silly. Range is determined by the size of the gas tank.
I have a feeling the technology was stolen, at least in part, from the U.S.
That’s right. It’s a plugin hybrid not an EV. 95% of the time it will be propelled by its ICE.
Nothing wrong with Hybrids in my book, although I’d really like to see a Diesel/Electric Hybrid...given that a small car of that type would likely get 80 MPG.
Also, I think that range is an EXCELLENT selling point, but is usually considered as an afterthought. In one case, I had my choice down to 3 new cars, and one had the range that I needed (to easily handle a 400 mile drive so I wouldn’t get ripped off by overpriced gas in the middle of the drive)...and so I bought that car. For a Hybrid, it’s VERY EASY to have a long range - just use the same size fuel tank that you would have used on a gasoline engine.
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