NetEase Auto reported on August 19 that not long ago, the new small pure electric SUV-BYD S2 was officially launched, with a guide price of 89,800-109,800 yuan after subsidies. With its affordable price, practical battery life and advanced platform technology, it can be said to have dropped a blockbuster in the 80,000-100,000-class pure electric SUV market.

Compared with pure electric SUVs of the same level on the market, the newly launched BYD S2 adopts BYD's advanced e-platform technology. The e platform has the characteristics and advantages of integration and standardization. It can greatly simplify the design and production process of electric vehicles, reduce manufacturing costs, and bring lower energy consumption and longer battery life to vehicles.

●BYD's new e-platform strategy

BYD's new e-platform focuses on the characteristics of electric vehicles, integrating batteries, wiring harnesses, and control modulesThe blocks are rearranged. First, the electric drive powertrain is three-in-one, including motor, controller, and transmission. The three are highly integrated, reducing complex mechanical structures and connection relationships. Automotive electronic components have also been simplified. Control modules such as instruments, air conditioners, audio, and smart keys are integrated into one PCB board. In short, lightweight design is achieved under the e-platform, making the electric vehicle module structure more compact, effectively reducing costs, and improving large-scale production efficiency.

As a consumer, choosing a new energy model is not only clean, environmentally friendly and beneficial to the natural environment, but also largely based on economical vehicle costs. So, as the latest people-friendly model S2 strategically laid out by BYD, what substantial benefits can it bring to consumers?

●The advanced e-platform improves the cost-effectiveness of new cars, and consumer benefits are essential

As new energy models accelerate the update and iteration rate, small pure electric SUV models have become the darling of the new consumer market due to their high endurance, high practicality, and high cost-effectiveness. BYD S2 is not only a native electric model. With the support of e-platform technology, BYD S2 has achieved a more value-for-money price performance, further reducing the cost of using the car.

※The e platform enriches the types of car models and reduces the cost of car purchase

Thanks to the two development ideas of integration and standardization, the advantage of BYD's e platform is that it can make the structure of electric vehicles simpler, safer and more reliable. Through standardized and integrated design of originally complex and discrete parts. The development cycle of new models is shorter, thereby effectively controlling research and development costs, and ultimately driving down the selling price further. Consumers can buy new energy vehicles that are more reliable, safer, more comfortable and have longer range for less money.

It is not difficult to see from the above price list that BYD S2 has a price advantage among EV models of the same level and size, with outstanding cost performance. Compared with the same price range Compared with other models, it can achieve overwhelming advantages in terms of class and size, so BYD S2 will have a huge impact on the existing economical EV pattern of 90,000 to 120,000 yuan after entering the market.

※Lower energy consumption and lower car maintenance costs

Through e-platform integration and optimization. After integration, new energy vehicles can also have lightweight bodies, which are not only lighter than new energy vehicles of the same level, but even lighter than fuel vehicles of the same level. At the same time, the integrated parts and mechanical components have been reduced in size, making the driving space more reasonable. The small body and large capacity (4100cm long, 2535cm wheelbase).

The lightweight body and the high-efficiency power of the e-platform ensure low energy consumption and high endurance. The NEDC comprehensive mileage of BYD S2 is 305km, and the constant speed endurance reaches 360k. m, the ternary lithium battery has a capacity of 40.62kWh and can be fully charged in 1.1 hours. It supports up to 50kW DC fast charging and can reach a charging rate of 30%-80% in 30 minutes. It can be said that in terms of charging efficiency and compatibility, BYD S2 can achieve current charging services. The best experience in a business environment.

BYD’s self-developed AC permanent magnet synchronous motor combined with the e-platform’s advanced energy management system achieves an ultra-economical power consumption of 11.7kw·h per 100 kilometers, which translates to only 6 cents per kilometer.

Let’s make an economic calculation. With the starting price of Didi (13 yuan), you can travel all over the city; the average fuel consumption of a fuel vehicle of the same price and level is calculated as 7L/100km, which is converted into a fuel price of 6.5 yuan/L. The fuel cost per kilometer is more than 40 cents. It is about 7 times the energy consumption cost of BYD S2. Day after day, the longer the vehicle is used, the greater the gap in energy expenditure will be.

Further calculation of the economic account shows that traditional fuel vehicles require maintenance of machine filters, air filters, and spark plugs., timing belts, fuel filters and other items can all be omitted in electric vehicles. Taking 100,000 kilometers as an example, the maintenance cost of a fuel vehicle of the same level is about 17,000 yuan, while the maintenance cost of a pure electric vehicle is only 2,200 yuan.

●e platform advanced technology to achieve industry-leading safety

In addition to the cost and charging speed of new energy vehicles, what consumers are most concerned about is safety. BYD S2 has implemented the most stringent control of battery safety in the industry from the source. Combined with BYD's fifteen years of experience in supporting new energy research and development, the e-platform carries out a comprehensive safety protection design from the battery, high-voltage system to the entire vehicle.

※Advanced safety design prevents risks at the source

First of all, in terms of vehicle safety, whether it is subsystems such as battery packs and high voltages, crash tests, or active safety technologies, the e-platform has carried out rigorous and thoughtful designs. BYD S2, derived from the e-platform, has leading platform-based security, with high energy efficiency, high stability and high security.

The first is passive safety. S2 uses BYD's high-safety and high-protection batteries, and the group safety design eliminates external-to-internal safety problems. It is conducive to the development of standardized body structures and an overall increase in the proportion of hot-formed steel and high-strength steel (3H high-rigidity body), thereby creating an ultra-high-strength and safe body.

The second is the advanced third-generation battery intelligent temperature control management system. BYD S2 uses square hard-shell batteries, which has the deepest technical accumulation in the industry in terms of safety, especially in improving thermal management efficiency, ensuring sealing, and preventing thermal runaway. It has advanced technical support.

※ Comprehensive safety configuration blessing to ensure the leading safety of e-platform

BYD S2 adopts e-platform high-safety and high-protection batteries in terms of passive safety, high-strength steel body design, and dual front airbags. In terms of active safety, it is essential to provide: ABS anti-lock braking system, BOS brake priority system, CCS cruise control system and ESP electronic stability system. As auxiliary safety equipment, BYD S2 is also equipped with TPMS tire pressure monitoring system, HHC hill start control system, 4-probe rear parking radar, etc., which can easily resolve dangers encountered in daily driving.

※Extra-long warranty eliminates safety and reliability concerns

Thanks to BYD's fifteen years of accumulation of new energy industry technology, it has the strength and confidence to provide consumers with industry-leading quality assurance standards. The vehicle has a warranty period of 6 years or 150,000 kilometers, the core components have a warranty period of 8 years or 150,000 kilometers, and the power battery cells have a lifetime warranty.

Combined with BYD S2’s leading position in safety, platform advancement, and warranty services, it is undoubtedly a cost-effective choice for pure electric SUVs in the price range of RMB 80,000 to RMB 100,000.

●Leap-level configuration, highlighting cost-effectiveness

BYD S2 enjoys e-platform modular equipment and provides a unique 10.1-inch rotating large screen + DiLink system in its class. Rich configurations have always been BYD's traditional advantage. BYD S2 has many leapfrog equipment, pushing the price-performance ratio to new heights.

BYD's DiLink system, which has invested heavily in research and development with an eye on the Internet of Vehicles era, continues to evolve and form a new ecosystem. Based on mobile Internet, intelligent AI, speech recognition, Internet of Vehicles, big data and other technologies, BYD has created the DiLink intelligent network connection system, which is also part of the e platform.

Compared with previous car-machine interconnection systems, the biggest innovation of BYD's DiLink system is that it appears as an open platform, giving it more powerful capabilities for expansion and continuous evolution. From the perspective of user experience, the 10.1-inch rotating large screen coupled with an 8-core CPU brings powerful computing capabilities. The adaptive rotating suspension Pad can adjust the vertical or horizontal screen status according to different app interfaces. It can also realize OTA real-time upgrade through 4G LTE network to achieve the latest and most comprehensive operating experience.

The intelligence of BYD S2 also makes daily car use scenarios easier and more comfortable. The cabin that is scorched by the hot summer days is annoying. At this time, the intelligent networking system of BYD S2 can come into play. It can remotely turn on the vehicle air conditioner through the mobile APP, quickly replace the fresh air in the car, and pre-cool the air in the car. Friends and family can enter the car without having to endure the high temperature in summer. Car owners can check the vehicle's remaining battery life and other information in real time through the mobile phone APP, so that vehicle dynamics are always in the hands of the car owner.

The rich selection of driving modes can maximize the performance of the vehicle under different working conditions. The vehicle provides three driving modes: energy saving, sports and snow. Its kinetic energy recovery is divided into high and low gears to adapt to different driving habits.

BYD S2 has also actively added practical configurations with high usage rates such as tire pressure monitoring, reversing imaging, and keyless entry based on consumer usage habits. BYD S2's Dlink large screen, LCD instrument panel, luxurious leather seats, and panoramic sunroof are quite expensive configurations. When comparing pure electric SUVs of the same class: Euler IQ, Tiggo 3xe, and BAIC EX360, it is not difficult to find that BYD S2 is the only model that can provide the above-mentioned high-end configurations, which further strengthens BYD S2's cost-effective performance among models of the same class.

●Summary

BYD’s e-platform can be regarded as a modular development platform in the EV industry, and it has been announced that it will be open to the industry for sharing. The e-platform makes the structure of pure electric vehicles simpler, safer and more reliable: By standardizing and integrating the originally complex and discrete parts, BYD has finally made the "viscera" of pure electric vehicles "universal" and "integrated", which has triggered a series of chain reactions - — Core components have become smaller in size, lighter in weight, and have lower purchasing costs, which means consumers can buy more reliable, safer, more comfortable, and longer-lasting new energy vehicles with less money (large-scale production will spread the cost, and ultimately feed into the competitive selling price of the final product).

With the support of BYD's advanced e-platform technology, compared with other competing models in the same class, BYD S2 has a lower price (compared to competing models, the price is 20,000-30,000 yuan lower), a more advanced platform, lower vehicle costs, safer battery protection and rich configurations, highlighting BYD S2's cost-effective advantage among similar models. Compared with new energy vehicles in the same price range, BYD S2 relies on its higher-level advantages and has crushing interior space, endurance and configuration levels. Therefore, among the 100,000-class new energy vehicles, BYD S2 is a smart choice with high safety factor and high cost performance.