What is the ultimate direction of technology? Beijing Auto: Let users be more lazy

Throughout the history of human development, "laziness" runs through our entire technological development process.

Going out hunting every day is very hard, so keep the animals in captivity; going out to pick fruit every day is very hard, so plant fruit trees and grain in a fixed place. The emergence of the idea of "want to be lazy" has allowed humans to stand out from the animal world and develop today's brilliant civilization. When people were tired of having a mess after a good meal, they invented dishwashers, disinfection cabinets, and detergents. When people were fed up with preparing food three times a day, they invented microwave ovens, refrigerators, convenience foods, and so on. When people don't want to do it themselves, takeaways, express delivery, and online stores based on Internet technology have appeared one after another.

Now we have entered the era of the third technological revolution. Looking back at every industrial revolution, most of the inventions were caused by "people becoming lazy". For example, cars, airplanes, etc., were born to replace humans’ long-distance walking; and every technological advancement is led by scientists and engineers. Only by giving full play to the subjective initiative and creativity of people can the "lying down" The dream is realized.

What is the ultimate direction of technology? Beijing Auto: Let users be more "lazy"

Today, the automotive industry is undergoing unprecedented changes in a century, and various technologies are also developing rapidly. Engineers are working day and night to develop new technologies and new products, and they are slowly realizing people's desire to be "lazier".

In order to prevent you from queuing for cheap gas, engineers have made these optimizations

Presumably, many users of fuel vehicles have experienced this trouble: when they know that the oil price will rise in the early morning of the next day, they will often queue up at night to add oil. In order to save so much money for a tank of gas, I sacrificed my rest time. It would be great if the fuel consumption was lower!

What is the ultimate direction of technology? Beijing Auto: Let users be more "lazy"

The power R&D engineers of Beijing Auto have long thought of this problem. In order to let everyone have more time to rest and not pay attention to oil prices day and night, they decided to break the fuel economy of the engine. But how easy is it to reduce fuel consumption a bit?

What is the ultimate direction of technology? Beijing Auto: Let users be more "lazy"

The most intuitive way to reduce engine fuel consumption is to improve fuel thermal efficiency and squeeze the calorific value of each drop of fuel to achieve the goal of fuel saving. In the research and development work, engineers often develop various new technologies day and night in order to increase the thermal efficiency by one percent. For example, in the creation of the SUPER POWER power platform, Miller cycle increased compression ratio technology was used to improve thermal efficiency in a macroscopic sense.

But this group of "technical houses" pursued more perfection, so they began to optimize the technology at the level of detail. For example, through crankshaft offset, thermal management, DLC coating and other technologies, the heat loss and internal friction during engine operation are reduced, so that the maximum thermal efficiency of the whole machine has exceeded 40%, and the fuel economy performance of the vehicle is expected to be improved by 10%. %. Just like this, consumers no longer need to line up at gas stations at a fixed time to add "cheap gas", because every tank of oil added will be "10% off".