MAROKO133 Eksklusif ai: China’s Chery unveils new hybrid EV, offers 870-mile range with te

📌 MAROKO133 Hot ai: China’s Chery unveils new hybrid EV, offers 870-mile range wit

Chinese automaker Chery is expanding its 2025 lineup with the launch of the Tiggo 9 C-DM, a new plug-in hybrid model.

For the 2025 model year, the Chinese automaker is giving its Tiggo 9 lineup a subtle refresh, adding more powertrain choices and limited “early bird” pricing during China’s National Day holiday in October. 

The update focuses on minor configuration changes rather than a full redesign, preserving the SUV’s familiar appearance and overall feel. 

The Tiggo 9 retains its 2.0-litre turbocharged engine producing 192 kW and 400 Nm of torque. Depending on the trim level, buyers can choose between a seven-speed dual-clutch or an eight-speed automatic transmission, providing a straightforward set of options while maintaining the model’s established and dependable character.

Tiggo 9 C-DM features larger battery and stronger output

The Tiggo 9 lineup is expanded with five trims for 2025, including the new mid-range Yaoxiang edition. This version replaces the outgoing Zunxiang trim and adds CDC adaptive suspension, a smart Bluetooth key, a 12-speaker audio system, and an exclusive twilight purple interior option.

Joining the family as the plug-in hybrid choice, the Tiggo 9 C-DM keeps the same exterior styling as the standard model but features a larger 19.43-kWh ternary lithium battery. 

Its Kunpeng Super Performance Electric Hybrid C-DM system pairs a 1.5-liter turbo hybrid engine with a front-mounted electric motor and a 3-speed DHT. The engine delivers 154 horsepower and 162 pound-feet of torque, while the motor provides 221 horsepower and 288 pound-feet.

The Tiggo 9 C-DM can go from 0 to 62 mph in 8.8 seconds and delivers a CLTC-rated all-electric range of 66 miles. On a full tank and fully charged battery, it achieves a WLTC combined range of more than 870 miles. Using fast charging, the battery can be replenished from 30% to 80% in 25 minutes, while a full charge with standard charging takes about 3.5 hours.

New Tiggo 9X features shorter wheelbase and design tweaks

The Tiggo 9X builds on the Tiggo 9 platform but comes with a slightly shorter wheelbase, reduced by 50 mm, and several design updates. At the front, the bumper has been redesigned, now featuring separate air intakes instead of the previous full-width lower grille. The rear has also been refreshed with updated taillights and revised bumper details, giving the model a more distinct and modern appearance.

Under the hood, the Tiggo 9X features a 2.0-liter turbocharged engine generating 187 kW and 390 Nm, slightly less than the standard Tiggo 9. It is paired with an eight-speed automatic transmission, with front-wheel drive as standard and all-wheel drive offered on higher trims.

Furthermore, top-level trims come with the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8255 cockpit chip and the Falcon 500 driver assistance system, providing features like highway NOA, memory driving, and enhanced parking assistance.

🔗 Sumber: interestingengineering.com

📌 MAROKO133 Eksklusif ai: New Public Toilets Make You Watch Ads to Get Toilet Pape

At the core of contemporary China is a contradiction: it’s the world’s most prominent Communist-ruled country, yet it’s found steadily increasing affluence in recent decades by embracing a degree of entrepreneurship and market competition that would make Ronald Reagan drool in envy.

In some cases, all that capitalism can lead to situations in the People’s Republic that sound like a bit like unintentional parody.

Recent video shared by China Insider — an outlet co-produced by anti-China media groups NTD and The Epoch Times, for what it’s worth — shows an incredible video of a woman forced to scan a QR code with her phone in order to activate a toilet paper dispenser.

After scanning the code, the woman has the choice to either pay a few cents for some bathroom tissue — or, strikingly, watch an ad. The bizarre mechanism might be vaguely dystopian, but it’s admittedly pretty seamless from a user point of view, taking just a few seconds of effort.

Context is iffy. The outlet fails to disclose where the video was taken, so we have no way of knowing whether this is a private McDonald’s, a public-private mall, or a public subway station.

“This system is designed to cut down waste — some people would abuse free paper before,” CI writes under the video.

It’s plausible, though. Toilet paper thievery, surprisingly, is a longstanding social issue in China.

A 2017 story by the New York Times details the situation: for years, park managers in high-traffic tourist areas have scratched their heads as their stores of bathroom tissue were rapidly depleted. But tourists weren’t the problem, one manager told the NYT — instead, it turned out to be “local residents” taking advantage of the free supply of toiletries.

“The people who steal toilet paper are greedy,” a service worker named He Zhiqiang told the NYT at the time. “Toilet paper is a public resource. We need to prevent waste.”

Another source told the newspaper that China’s decades of poverty have left some people overly anxious to take advantage of publicly available goods.

A related bit of context: public toilet paper isn’t a given in the People’s Republic; most public bathrooms operate on a system of BYOTP, meaning that well-outfitted restrooms are even more likely to become targets.

While that’s said to be slowly changing, at least in tourist-heavy areas, it seems adtech might be part of the mitigation effort until everyone learns to share.

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🔗 Sumber: futurism.com