Great Power Industry: You're a private company building an aircraft carrier?

The car stopped in front of everyone, and a handsome young man got out.

"I'm so sorry everyone, I'm late. After modifying this car, I couldn't resist giving it a few extra laps. I didn't expect you all to arrive so early..."

Bang!

Before Qin Chuan could finish speaking, Schultz had already bent down to the inside of the driver's seat, pulled the hood safety latch, and then opened the hood to look inside.

Generally speaking, in order to shorten the length of the front of the car, ordinary sedans commonly adopt a transverse front-wheel drive layout, which means that the engine is placed horizontally, the transmission is also placed horizontally, and the differential directly transmits power to the front wheels through two half-shafts of different lengths.

Luxury cars use a longitudinally mounted rear-wheel drive configuration, with the engine placed vertically along the direction of the car body. The transmission is already tucked into the cockpit, transmitting power to the rear wheels via a driveshaft, resulting in better handling.

Of course, there are also oddities.

Volkswagen likes to use a longitudinal front-wheel drive layout.

The engine is placed longitudinally, and the gearbox is also recessed into the cockpit. However, the power coming out of the gearbox is transmitted to the front axle through the drive shaft, which is equivalent to turning the engine 180 degrees!

The longitudinally placed engine compartment has a lot of space on both sides, which is why Qin Chuan chose this car for modification. At this moment, on one side of the engine, there is an electric motor that is several times larger than usual!

There was also an electronically controlled metal box next to it, and the two were connected by a thick cable.

"Mr. Qin, has your company already equipped the Santana with a hybrid system?"

"Ahem, well, well... we were just doing it casually, so please don't accuse us of copyright infringement..."

"Of course not, Mr. Qin. Could you introduce him to us?"

"Well, let's have the chief engineer of the hybrid system at Zhonghua Motors of Laiyang Group introduce it to everyone, Mr. Ma!"

Ma Ming stepped out from the crowd. Actually, he only wanted to study technology. Showing off like this was a waste of his time. But... President Qin said that the money earned from this project would be invested in the next electromagnetic catapult research and development, so he had to go!

Qin Chuan wasn't unaware that Ma Ming's time was valuable, but... he also knew his own limitations. If he answered a professional question incorrectly, wouldn't that make Laiyang Group appear unprofessional?

There are methods to fool people!

"Ladies and gentlemen, we've added a 10-kilowatt integrated electric generator/generator to this engine, using a 12-volt power supply system, with a peak torque of 50 Nm..."

Novices look at power output, while experienced drivers look at torque. After all, engine power increases with engine speed. Many drivers are reluctant to step on the gas and prefer to drive at idle for the entire distance. A 200-horsepower engine is usually used as if it were only 10 horsepower.

Power determines a car's maximum speed, while torque determines an engine's acceleration capability.

The Santana's 1.8-liter engine is outdated, and at 3,000 rpm, it can only produce 145 Nm of torque, which is already the maximum.

Now, by adding an electric motor, the torque increases by fifty percent, and even after accounting for losses, it still increases by one-third!

When combined with a gasoline engine, the torque approaches 200 Nm! This figure is comparable to Audi's 2.3-liter five-cylinder engine!

Even Peter's eyes widened: "What? These stats are incredible!"

The main feature of electric motors is their high torque. In the era of gasoline cars, a car that could accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in under 10 seconds was considered a luxury car, and one that could do it in under 5 seconds was considered a sports car. In the era of electric motors, most electric cars can do it in under 5 seconds!

In the East, even when the light is green, drivers have to start slowly to let those running red lights pass. In Europe, however, when the light is green, almost all cars floor the gas pedal to increase speed as quickly as possible. Although acceleration consumes more fuel, once the speed is high, it starts to save fuel and also improves traffic efficiency.

Driving in the city, the acceleration and deceleration at traffic lights are the most fuel-consuming times.

Now, with this hybrid system, the electric motor can participate during start-up and acceleration, allowing ordinary family cars to achieve the acceleration performance of luxury cars. Volkswagen cars are always leaving others in the dust at every traffic light intersection...

Thinking about this, Peter was also tempted.

Can we give it a try?

"Sure, our car factory has a dedicated test track. Please follow me!"

test track.

Five people sat in the Santana, all engineers from Volkswagen headquarters. These tall, burly men, each weighing 180 pounds, totaled 900 pounds! Clearly, they wanted to put a greater burden on the powertrain.

Qin Chuan didn't seem to care much; he smiled and looked at the people around him.

“Mr. Piëch, Volkswagen’s designs are very good, but there are some problems, especially when they come to our East. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”

Huang Wenlan, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but say, "President Qin, Volkswagen's design is first-class, which has advanced our Eastern automotive industry by at least twenty years. Does it still need improvement?"

“That’s natural. For us Easterners, the bigger the car, the better,” Qin Chuan said. “Cars from the European market, when they come to the East, will sell even better if they are lengthened by ten to twenty centimeters.”

Huang Wenlan looked at the five burly Western men crammed together like sardines in a can: "They don't mind the small space in the car, so why should we?"

Your QQ is even smaller, but it still sells like hotcakes, doesn't it? What makes you complain about Volkswagen cars having too little space?

"That's natural. In the West, a family might have several cars, as long as there's enough space in the front. But here..."

Just then, the Santana's front wheels made a squeaking sound, leaving two clear black marks on the ground, and the car shot off like an arrow!

Inside the car, Peter sat in the driver's seat, pressing the accelerator to 3,000 RPM, launching the car into the maximum torque range. Once the car surged forward, he continued to press the accelerator to the floor, and when the RPM reached 6,000, he pressed the clutch to shift gears.

After a brief interruption, power is transmitted to the front wheels again!

The others felt the push-back sensation from their seats while keeping an eye on the large speedometer that was attached to the center of the dashboard.

Thirty, sixty, ninety, one hundred!

Click!

Schultz, in the passenger seat, stopped the stopwatch in his hand.

"Nine and eight seconds!" Schultz exclaimed excitedly. "The 0-100 km/h acceleration time has been reduced to under ten seconds!"

These data were measured under full load! With only one driver, it might even be able to get under eight seconds! That acceleration is just amazing!

Peter released the accelerator to slow down, the engine shut off, and the car entered a phase where the electric motor reversed to act as a generator while simultaneously providing braking force, and the car instantly became quiet.

"I take back what I said before. This system can indeed improve the performance of our vehicles, but there are still problems. The tuning is not good enough, and we don't know how much the cost will increase."