057: Gearbox Difference
For the core components of automobiles, with the more understanding of automobiles, and the faster and faster upgrading of the world's industrial manufacturing process mode, Zhao Tian is gradually expanding his cognition.
Like he used to think of the engine as the most important part of the car, now he has a lot of other ideas.
In addition, new energy vehicles are like the second revolution of the automobile industry, which makes him realize that where there is development, there must be changes.
This means that we must look wider and wider.
For all the structural configurations of the car, it is also necessary to change the previous cognitive attitude of "looking at the head of the horse" with the engine.
Just like when Great Wall Motors released Weipai Automobile before, although the overall operation was not bad, only the gearbox problem in the whole vehicle almost ruined the reputation of the entire car.
Later, after the help of the Universe Group, Weipai Automobile was brought to a new height.
Since then, Zhao Tian has begun to pay attention to the gearbox.
This time, in order to avoid the embarrassment of 'changing the soup but not the medicine', Zhao Tian finally remembered the gearbox again.
When he saw the information of 'smooth transmission technology', Zhao Tian knew that in the automobile industry, just like the advent of the original driving safety system, a new wave of unknown degree was about to break out.
Regarding transmission technology, I don't know when multi-speed gearboxes have become one of the important gimmicks for various car companies to launch new models.
Starting from the seven-speed gearbox, which is the most well-known to the public, the mainstream gearbox of the current high-end brand has increased to as many as ten.
Even some weak car companies claim to launch or purchase automatic transmissions with more than eight gears.
For a while, multi-speed gearboxes seemed to be synonymous with 'high-tech'.
However, from the perspective of the existing transmission technology in the world, whether it is a multi-speed manual transmission (MT), or a continuously variable transmission (CVT), or a hydraulic automatic transmission (AT), or an electro-mechanical automatic transmission (AMT), or even a deified dual-clutch automatic transmission (DCT), there are extremely obvious defects and deficiencies.
The role of the gearbox and the car is naturally as its name suggests, since it plays a role in changing the trajectory of the car and changing the speed, and in principle, it is natural to replace the power generated by the engine with potential energy in different directions and energy sizes, and transmit it to the transmission shaft, which is the change of the trajectory of the car.
Among them, the amount of energy transmitted by the gearbox each time, and the amount of stable energy delivered in the minimum unit time, will most directly make the car faster or slower.
The reason why many car companies now clearly advertise their own gearbox gears is more and more, naturally because the more gears, the more energy will be delivered per unit of time, more stable and average, so that the energy can be better delivered, the most direct manifestation is that the car is moving, when changing the speed, the frustration will be greatly weakened.
Based on the current so many transmission technologies and types, in fact, the ultimate goal is to get closer to the 'continuously variable transmission' that is most used for internal combustion engines, and only when there is no gear, the potential energy of the internal combustion engine can be transmitted smoothly and evenly, so that the vehicle carried does not produce any additional vibration.
However, in the current gearbox technology, whether it is a CVT gearbox with a core structure of a cone wheel and a steel belt, or an AT gearbox with a wheel axle type for receiving and unloading, it is inevitable that there will be potential energy loss during operation, so that it cannot truly achieve the effect of 'stepless'.
And the 'smooth gearbox technology' discovered this time really made Zhao Tian addicted.
The meaning of 'smoothing' is almost the same as the meaning of 'stepless', except that 'smoothing technique' is not really stepless.
Zhao Tian consulted the core technical data, and in the 'smooth transmission technology', the most amazing thing is that it has a transmission covering more than 100 and up to 128 potential energy conversion nodes, that is, the existence of the same gear in the gearbox.
With so many potential energy conversion nodes, it is equivalent to an ordinary gearbox, with one hundred and twenty-eight gears.
The smoothness of the potential energy conversion is naturally self-evident.
If the current hottest 10AT gearbox has a shift time of about 60 milliseconds, that is, 0.06 milliseconds, then the 'smooth gearbox' with hundreds of gears is more than ten times faster in terms of shift time efficiency.
In such a fast time, I am afraid that I can't even prepare for a fart, and when it is applied to the conversion of potential energy, it is naturally a mistake that people have not had time to feel, and it has passed in an instant.
The gearbox, which makes people feel no frustration, is naturally smooth.
With this kind of gearbox technology that can no longer be described as 'dick bombing', Zhao Tian has completely abandoned the 'shame' that appeared violently before.
Applying this transmission technology to the 'Descendants of the Dragon' brand will not disgrace its name.
Given such an explanation, most of the configuration structure of the 'Descendants of the Dragon' can be regarded as preliminarily decided.
After completing the most important work, Zhao Tian went back and re-examined all the configurations, which can be regarded as for the sake of excellence and see what needs to be improved.
As for the 'Dragon-II' engine used, although it will be the same as the engine adapted to the third model of the 'Han' brand, in fact, all this is in the original planning of the group, and it is inevitable.
The reason why Huaxin Company was invested in the company was to reduce the cost of car manufacturing, and at the same time, the three engine technologies that were taken out at the beginning were also to serve more mass-produced models in the future, and it was also a preparation for vigorously promoting the "ST" technology engine.
As for the selection of the aeroresistance coefficient of the model, the reason why the aerostatic coefficient is chosen is '5', which is the same as the current 'Cosmic Walker', naturally because of the ground clearance of the vehicle.
According to the chassis system currently used by the Universe Group, in order to maintain higher stability of the car at high speeds, it can only match the appearance of the model with such a coefficient.
After careful review, I didn't find too many problems and contradictions, and the new model of 'Descendants of the Dragon' was settled here in Zhao Tian.
For the appearance of the vehicle accessories and details, in view of the current planning department has not given a specific plan, that is, there is no specific model drawings, Zhao Tian has no more ideas, and can only wait for a while, and after all the specific work is completed, the final global adjustment.
On Wu Yan's side, after receiving the specific task, like Huang Shiren, he urged his staff day and night to complete it.
Not to mention, working overtime like a tireless animal, three days later, Wu Yan really took dozens of first drafts of the new logo design and core design plan, and walked to Zhao Tian's office with red eyes.