On May 18, Tiggo 8 PRO was launched, once again witnessing the strength of "Technical Chery"

On May 18,CheryAuto's new flagship product,the Tiggo8 PRO, was officially launched, with a price range of 126,900-171,900 yuan.As the latest member of the Tiggo 8 series, the Tiggo 8 PRO is positioned as the "flagship of global power technology". The new car meets the car buying needs of the younger generation of consumers through sci-fi design and rich technological configuration.For many people, May 18 may be just an ordinary day, but for Chery it is an unusual day.Go back in time to this day 23 years ago,Chery'sfirst engine was successfully rolled off the production line and ignited successfully, which sounded the clarion call of "Technical Chery" to conquer the world.

Speaking of the birth process of Chery's first engine, it can be said to be an inspirational story of Chery Automobile and even China's auto industry.At the end of the 20th century, China's auto market was monopolized by foreign and joint venture brands for a long time. China contributed a vast market, but did not exchange the core technology of foreign brands.In 1996, the start-up Chery spent 29.8 million US dollars to introduce asecond-hand engine production line fromFord

Due to the low efficiency of the British side and the extremely uncooperative performance of the British side, the production line could not be completed.In the 1990s, when the belt was tightened, foreigners could afford it, but Chery couldn't.Chery decisively terminated the contract with DP and decided to assemble its own engine production line and develop its own engine.After more than 500 days of unremitting efforts, on May 18, 1999, Chery's first engine was successfully rolled off the production line and ignited successfully. Since then, the road of "Technical Chery" has officially opened.

It is precisely because of this experience that Chery was determined to build its own engine, and started the research and development of ACTECO series engines in Chery.In 2003, Chery's first-generation ACTECO series engine officially rolled off the production line. This engine is also Chery's first engine with independent property rights.In 2009, the second generation of Chery's ACTECO series officially rolled off the production line. Compared with the previous generation, the main change was the addition of a turbocharged engine, which made a comprehensive improvement in power performance, economy and emissions.In 2018, the third-generation ACTECO engine represented by 1.6TGDI was born.As a high-performance engine with completely independent intellectual property rights independently developed by Chery, the third-generation ACTECO 1.6TGDI engine was selected as the "China Heart" Top Ten Engines in 2019 with its excellent performance.

Adhering to innovation-driven Chery, it has been constantly polishing the golden signboard of "Technical Chery" and building a brand "moat".Over the past 20 years, Chery has established a global R&D system that includes six R&D centers in North America, Europe, and Shanghai, China. This also enables Chery to have the largest and most advanced automotive engineering center in China.The strong independent research and development strength has also laid a solid foundation for its flagship SUV series Tiggo 8 family.Since its launch in April 2018, the Tiggo 8 series has continued to sell well due to its advantages such as surging power, ample space, intelligent technology, and reliable quality. It has successfully won the 2020 and 2021 Chinese brand medium-sized SUVs and 7-seat SUVs in just four years since its launch. SUV sales doubled, won 27competitionchampionships, 10 product honors and many overseas awards, and exported to Russia, Brazil and other overseas markets, and quickly won the trust of more than 500,000 users around the world after listing.

Since then, at the 2021 Shanghai International Auto Show, Chery officially released the "Chery 4.0 Era Global Power Architecture", and named the fuel and hybrid solutions under the architecture "Kunpeng Power CHERY POWER"."Chery 4.0 Era Global Power Architecture" covers professional power solutions in all fields of mainstream power forms in the future, including fuel, hybrid, pure electric and hydrogen power, and can meet all the needs of users forvehicles.

On May 18 this year, the new member of Tiggo 8 series, Tiggo 8 PRO, is based on the advantages of the global power architecture of Tiggo 8 series, through the breakthrough time-space matrix design, the main focus of future intelligence The multi-configuration of technology, as well as a number of new technologies such as AI technology smart cockpit, "CHERY AWD" Chery full-scene intelligent control four-wheel drive system, once again refreshed the standard of SUV products of the same level, injecting new momentum into the Chery brand.

Among them, Kunpeng Power 1.6TGDI/2.0TGDI engines are based on the three major R&D centers in Europe and China (Wuhu and Shanghai), and are independently developed by Chery.Among them, the Kunpeng Power 2.0TGDI engine is based on Chery's 25 years of positive engine development capabilities and a perfect product development system and advanced verification system. The R&D team of more than 1,000 people took 48 months to complete the construction, representing the current Chinese auto brand. The highest R&D strength of fuel power core technology.

In addition, Kunpeng Powerstill shows strong strength in the field ofnew energy .Kunpeng DHT super hybrid technology combines Chery's more than 20 years of experience in hybrid technology research and development, and represents Chery's highest technical manufacturinglevel.,BYDand other world's leading hybrid technologies have the same competitive strength.

It is worth mentioning that Chery Automobile has become the onlyindependent car brand in the industry that dares to implement "lifetime engine warranty for allmodels " through its profound accumulation in engine technology and quality over the years.This move is not only a manifestation of corporate responsibility, but also Chery's confidence in its engine technology.

As a Chinese self-owned brand car company with technological innovation as the foundation, Chery Automobile has used actions to break the core technical barriers monopolized by foreign car companies, and has also achieved fruitful results.It has also won the title of "Most Popular Chinese Automobile Brand" for many times abroad. Not only has it won the first place in China's passenger car export for 18 consecutive years, but its "big single product strategy" star product - Tiggo 8 series is a best-selling product Globally, the global sales exceeded 500,000 units in April this year!The birth of Tiggo 8 PRO once again made us realize Chery's craftsmanship in polishing technology to the extreme, and it also confirmed that Chery is still at the forefront of its own brand technology.