Case Study
Jiexun – A Hybrid Hero
Jiexun – A Hybrid Hero ChangAn Automotive used dSPACE tools to develop hybrid control functions in their new Jiexun mild hybrid car Page 26 ChaNgaN dSPACE Magazine 2/2009 · © dSPACE GmbH, Paderborn, Germany · info@dspace.com · www.dspace.comReducing Emissions and Saving Fuel Following the Chinese market’s needs for lower-emission and more fuel-economic passenger cars, ChangAn launched the “Jiexun” (??: hero + glorious deed; pro- nounced: jié xun [d???i?? ?yn]) hybrid project in late 2005, working closely together with several cooperating partners. As a mild hybrid car, the Jiexun offers features such as elec- tric engine based parking (while the gasoline engine is in idling mode), power assistance and regenerative braking. Unlike full hybrid cars, the current Jiexun hybr