Toyota doesn't have to use its own hybrid, using BYD super hybrid DM-i?

Zhiyi Automobile

2024-05-13 19:18Published in Hunan

Zhiyi Auto / Chen Yi

Recently, the news that "Toyota will adopt BYD DM-i hybrid system" has been very loud, and there are even car bloggers who have personally come out to feed the people who eat melons.

In the face, officials responded quickly, saying that "there is no definitive information".

The reason why the outside world is optimistic about Toyota's marriage to BYD is mainly due to two reasons:

(1) At this year's Beijing Auto Show, Toyota made it clear that it "will introduce PHEVs through a joint venture in the next 2-3 years", which is naturally reminiscent of the joint venture established by Toyota and BYD in 2020;

(2) Toyota is facing a double dilemma in China, one is that the bZ4X and bZ3 launched by home have failed to set off a big storm in the market, and the other is that the basic plate of fuel vehicles has not been so forbidden to play, and the introduction of foreign aid at the moment, and it is also a big man of BYD's level, which is twice the result with half the effort for Toyota.

In fact, Toyota has already tasted the sweetness given by BYD, and the bZ3, which was jointly built by the three parties and sold well, is not BYD's three-electric system? Even if it mainly supplies the B-end market.

Conversely, you can also think that the likelihood of Toyota trying to gain a foothold in the new energy field on its own is very low, as evidenced by the polarization of sales of the bZ4X and bZ3.

In other words, BYD's big model is an effective way for Toyota to regain its sense of existence, and the two have already had a precedent for cooperation, not to mention that BYD's DM-i super hybrid system has been tested by the market for a long time, not only the technology is mature, but the supply and cost are also guaranteed.

Digression: It is rumored that BYD is currently seeking external buyers for core components, but if Toyota is more active, this matter is a "win-win" result.

Of course, there are naturally pros and cons, and if Toyota is really on BYD's big money, there is a high probability that it will bring two disadvantages:

smashed their own signboard. As we all know, Toyota is recognized as the big brother in the hybrid field, not only with totemic products like the Prius, but also with the wise saying that "there are only two hybrids in the world, one is Toyota, and the other is other".

Out of competition, BYD should not give the latest version of the hybrid system to Toyota, which means that Toyota can only take the outdated hybrid system to the market, which is obviously what some people do not want to see.

Based on the above, even if Toyota really uses BYD's hybrid system, it is difficult for it to stand up in the new energy market, at least it can't be a "big brother".

Some time ago, Toyota announced a new financial report, in which the annual operating profit reached 249 billion yuan, is the "global car company profit champion", it stands to reason that Toyota, a big business, is capable of achieving a "counterattack" through self-development, but the self-development cycle is too long, and the new energy market is changing with each passing day, for Toyota, whether to find foreign aid or not, it has reached a dilemma.

One thing to say, in the face of real money market sales, Toyota is not a lack of firewood, rice, oil and salt, the ninth-generation Camry that was launched not long ago, is not also equipped with Huawei HiCAR car machine and voice?

It can only be said that Toyota has not lost enough at present, if the fuel vehicles as the basic plate collapse a little more, and the new energy vehicles are a little lonely, the speed of marriage with BYD is estimated to be a little faster.

Write at the end:

In the field of new energy, Toyota is BYD's predecessor, it has nearly 30 years of electrification technology accumulation, but unfortunately, Toyota's deep technical background is not suitable for the general needs of the current new energy market, to put it bluntly, Toyota's electrification is not the electrification that Chinese car owners want.

The Japanese, who have eaten the dividends of the Chinese market, should calm down and learn from the Chinese.

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