As electric vehicles gradually begin to mature, consumers also gradually begin to accept and even fall in love with pure electric vehicles, and even fall in love with its high efficiency and high torque. No, even the pickup truck has begun their pure electric career, such as the Rivian R1T model that just came off the production line some time ago, the excellent design and ultra-high performance performance, which have attracted the attention of many consumers, and even consumers who have no feeling for pickup trucks are also attracted by its advanced design concept and become intended buyers.
In particular, the super strong in-situ tank U-turn function on the Rivian R1T is almost to complete the entire U-turn in situ, compared with the tank U-turn function equipped with the traditional off-road model, the entire U-turn of the Rivian R1T is more clean and neat, which is amazing.
This is due to the fact that its four wheels are equipped with an independent drive motor, with the super torque of the motor, making its entire U-turn process seem extremely relaxed, which may be the charm of new energy.
Just recently, Toyota in 2019 to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) formally submitted four-wheel independent steering patent information was officially approved, Toyota in order to achieve the early realization of four-wheel independent steering technology as soon as possible landing, these years in the field has been deeply cultivated for a long time, the side shows that Toyota is very optimistic about the prospects of the technology.
Toyota's four-wheel steering system differs from the Rivian R1T's tank U-turn technology in that each of its wheels can achieve independent turning, and its steering angle is up to ≤90 degrees, which completely breaks the traditional structure of pure fuel vehicles in the past, thanks to the fact that each wheel is equipped with an independent drive motor, which makes its moving angle larger. It is therefore capable of implementing a total of three different drive forms.
One: The four wheels move diagonally at the same time, which can make a diagonal driving trajectory (that is, the GMC Hummer EV crab function).
Two: The four wheels are 90% parallel, which can realize the in-situ seat translation form trajectory, and can implement horizontal translation parking in the true sense.
Three: The four wheels are diagonally parallel, and each adjacent wheel is reversed to achieve the purpose of making a U-turn, compared to the Rivian R1T tank U-turn, Toyota's technology is more simple and rough.
It is reported that in the near future, this technology will be applied to the next generation of pure electric version of Toyota Tantu for the first time.