That's exactly how it works.

This is the biggest problem annoying me: the speed limited by the power of dual elec motors, but motor's acceleration in high speed is weak even more than 100kw. And in winter or cold weather ,the battery's performance degradate again, can't support long range climb or highspeed accelerate.

2.1kWh lithium-ion (1.73 usable)

This is very similar to the i3. This runs on electric motors only, and the 1.5 turbo engine is there purely to provide range. It is capable of driving under electric power alone, in EV mode. Where does it get the power from? The 1.5 engine. In other words, the petrol engine extends the range. If it wasn't for the petrol engine, it would be an electric vehicle with very limited range.

@@drivingenthusiastaustralia That's completely false. 1. "Extending range" is for EVs (with a range extender) because hybrids does not have any "range" unless they are PHEVs. The hybrid system is there to "help"/"work together with" the gas engine, not to provide "range" even if they can go 1-2-3km in EV mode. 2. A range extender engine is a very very tiny and weak engine (the i3 had a 2-cylinder 0.65L with 25kW) whose purpose is to "extend the range" in order to find a charger to charge that EV, not to drive hundreads of km with that empty battery relying on that scooter engine. Here you use that engine in a normal way, not "to extend the range" because it's not even a PHEV and it doesn't have any range. 3. This is just a series hybrid where the gas engine is a generator not a range extender. And it wouldn't be a electric vehicle because there is no EV with a 2.1kWh battery. This is a series hybrid (toyota uses a series-parallel hybrid).

@@Eugen-E Agree to disagree there mate. This does have a small battery as you said, but it works very similar to a larger-battery range-extender EV. Even Nissan calls e-Power an advanced form of range-extender EV. Official Nissan image: drivingenthusiast.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Nissan-e-Power-development.png

@@drivingenthusiastaustralia They use that rhetoric as a marketing trick. They want people to think that their hybrids are not hybrids but more like EVs ))) Mild hybrids are also marketed as being "hybrids", but they are not. Similar doesn't mean the same. If it uses the gas engine as a generator that doesn't mean it's a range extender. That would mean every series hybrid (for ex. Honda hybrids) is a "range extender" which doesn't make any sense. Just agree that these are two different things with two different modes of operation ))) 1. There is no range to be extended in a hybrid car. 2. A range extender is a scooter engine and should be used just for reaching the charging point (extending the range of an EV).

@Eugen-E is right. The combustion engine in this car is a generator. To call it a range extender is incorrect because unlike an i3 or MX-30, it has no other means of attaining meaningful range. The engine is the primary source of electricity generation, whereas on the MX-30 (for example) the wall socket is the primary source and the engine is secondary / reserved for emergencies.

Well said. I guess the only thing left is if this e-Power actually improves fuel economy. The official rating is 6.1L/100km, which isn't that impressive in the world of hybrids etc. Personally, I think it is an interesting idea but I'd probably just buy a basic petrol model with less weight and arguably fewer complex parts (aside from CVTs).