Bringing Latest Technology, This Is The Reason Chery Uses The Name CSH Not PHEV

Chery Tiggo 8 CSH. (Photo: Afrizal/VOI)

Chery brought a new technology to Indonesia, namely the Chery Super Hybrid (CSH) and was embedded in the Tiggo 8 model, aka the latest variant.

In fact, Chery Super Hybrid itself is the same as Plug in Hybrid (PHEV). So why doesn't Chery use the name PHEV?

Responding to this, the Director of Sales Chery Indonesia Budi Darmawan said that he deliberately used the name CSH and not PHEV, because it was to show the excess hybrid owned by the Chinese brand.

"Because if we are in Indonesia, especially when we want to pioneer the use of CSH, actually this is also one level above the hybrid," he said, when met in the Pantai Indah Kapuk area, some time ago.

Furthermore, he revealed, so far, customers know that PHEV technology, and Chery certainly has its own branding by calling Chery Super Hybrid.

Chery himself is not a new player in segment one, because currently the technology has entered the fifth generation developed by the Chinese brand.

In specifications, Chery Tiggo 8 CSH is equipped with a CTECO H4J15 engine with a capacity of 1,500 cc turbo, which is developed exclusively for the latest generation of Super Hybrid Chery platforms.

This engine is capable of generating 243 PS and torques up to 215 Nm of very efficient fuel consumption, reaching 76 km/liter based on WLTC testing. Meanwhile, the battery embedded in this car is claimed to be capable of traveling 90 km.