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China's electric vehicle market is surging,
"Xiao Liwei" has laid the camp of the first echelon of new car-making forces.
A number of second-line car-making new forces you chase me.
Similarly, in the U.S. market,
In addition to Tesla,
There are also a number of companies scrambling to build electric vehicles,
Even emerging Asian auto companies want to squeeze into the U.S. market.
Are the new forces in the United States reliable? You can't jump to conclusions. Tesla has grown into a big catfish, and the likes of Rivian have begun to be delivered, and at one point they made waves in the stock market. Today let's focus on the follow-up power of electric vehicles and see how many stops have they reached on their road to success?
Rivian
In the United States, except for Tesla, even If it is Rivian. The brand, which entered the automotive market with electric pickups, ushered in a highlight on November 10, 2021. Rivian is listed on the NASDAQ on this day for an issue price of $78. With $12 billion in funding, it was one of the largest IPOs in U.S. history. At issue price, Rivian's market capitalization is $76.4 billion. On the first day of listing, it rose as much as 53%, and then gave back some of its gains, closing at $100.73, up 29.14%.
Founded in 2009, rivian is a U.S. maker of electric vehicles and self-driving technology, and electric pickup trucks will be its first market segment to compete with Tesla.
Rivian founder R.J. Scaringe
Like Musk, Rivian founder R.J. Scaringe is a typical academic bully: he graduated from Rensselaer Institute of Technology with a bachelor's degree and received his Ph.D. in engineering from MIT's Sloan Automobile Lab. However, the bespectacled founder is 11 years younger than Musk and does not have Elon Musk's paranoia.
Skateboard platform
Rivian said its products were developed strategically on a platform called "Skateboard." Specifically, the Skateboard platform's battery pack, drive unit, suspension, braking and thermal systems are all set below wheel height, leaving room for passengers and transmissions while lowering the body's center of gravity.
R1T
In terms of suspension, the R1T also adopts an unequal length suspension structure, with double wishbone suspension at the front and multi-link suspension at the rear. It also features dynamic roll control and adaptive shock absorption, as well as an air suspension system with adjustable body height. Unlike other luxury SUVs and select pickup models, the suspension of the R1T and R1S can be adjusted for on-road, off-road performance, or off-road capabilities.
The first new car is the R1T. The 2022 Rivian R1T debuted with a $73,000 Launch Edition that features quite a range of features, from a refined wood and vegan leather interior to an L2-level driver assistance system.
In terms of power, the four wheels of the R1T are equipped with a separate motor, and the combined maximum horsepower of the vehicle is 800 horses under the configuration of 4 motors, and the peak torque is a staggering 14,000 Nm. Under the strong power guarantee, the R1T's acceleration time of 100 kilometers can be within 3 seconds of the supercar level. In terms of off-road capability, in addition to the four-wheel drive brought by the 4 motors, the R1T has a small ground clearance of 360 mm, a wading depth of more than 0.91 meters, and a maximum traction force of 4.9 tons.
Lucid
Founded in 2007 as Atieva, Lucid Automotive initially focused on equipping other automakers with electric vehicle battery packs and powertrains.
Lucid's CEO Peter Rawlinson
Lucid's CEO Peter Peter Rawlinson was previously Tesla's vice president of engineering. Derek Jenkins, Vice President of Lucid Corporation, previously served as Head of Design for Mazda's North American Operations. In October 2016, the company changed its name to the current "Lucid Motors" and officially announced its entry into the competition of high-performance luxury vehicles.
Lucid Automobiles' plant is in Casa Grande, Arizona, and on September 28, 2021, the first Air sedans began rolling off the production line and deliveries to customers began at the end of October.
CEO Rowlingson has said Lucid intends to produce its Project Gravity SUV by 2023 and then launch tesla Model 3 competitors to the market by 2024 or 2025.
Lucid Gravity
Back in November 2020, Lucid announced that the Lucid Air Pure was accepting reservations, with an estimated range of 653 kilometers, a power of 480 horses, and a starting price of $77,400. The full range includes the Lucid Air Touring, Grand Touring and Dream Edition versions. The top model has more than 1,000 horsepower.
Lucid Air
On September 16, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rated the Lucid Air's endurance at 840 km on a single charge.
VinFast
VinFast is not a tech company founded by silicon valley tech gods and directly produces electric vehicles. The company was founded in 2017 by Vietnam Vingroup. The company designed its prototypes with the help of Pininfarina, BMW and Magna and participated in the 2018 Paris Motor Show, launching the LUX SA2.0 and LUX A2.0. VinFast claims that it is the first large-scale automobile manufacturer in Vietnam and the first Vietnamese automobile manufacturer to participate in a major international auto show.
The VinFast plant broke ground in September 2017 in an industrial park on Cat Hai Island near hai phong city in Vietnam. The $1.5 billion, 3.35 million square meters of the plant, with a paint shop, stamping shop, assembly shop and engine shop, was completed and put into use in just 21 months. The company claims that it has brought together talent from several established companies and is looking for design, engineering and production technology partners in Europe.
In addition, General Motors has established a comprehensive partnership with VinFast in Vietnam. VinFast will own Chevrolet's exclusive distribution rights in Vietnam and will acquire ownership of GM's existing plant in Hanoi (VIDAMCO). The plant will then build a "brand new global small car" licensed by GM and sell it under the name VinFast.
In August 2018, VinFast signed two contracts with Siemens Vietnam, a subsidiary of Siemens AG, to provide technology and components to manufacture electric buses in Southeast Asian countries.
As part of VinFast's global expansion plan, the company will spend $200 million to establish a U.S. headquarters in Los Angeles, paving the way for entry into the U.S. market.
Although a traditional car company invested by a traditional industrial group, VinFast is optimistic about the future of the electric vehicle market and has launched a series of electric vehicle products, including VF5 (entry-level Crossover), VF6 (small sedan), VF8 (compact sedan), VF9 (medium-sized SUV). In addition, VinFast also produces electric bicycles.
Fisherman
Henrik Fisker co-founded Fisker Motors in 2007 with Fisker Automotive partners Bernhard Koehler and Quantum Technologies, after receiving a $5.2 million investment from two Italian businessmen. Venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers was one of the early investors. Fisker himself is an old man in the automotive industry, having designed many high-end cars such as the Aston-Martin DB9 and V8 Vantage, Artega GT and BMW Z8. He has served as Design Director at Aston Martin and served on the Board of Directors.
Founder Henrik Fisker
Fisker's entrepreneurial journey began in 2009. After more than a decade of ups and downs, from the business crisis to bankruptcy, from retaining the company logo and trademarks, to the backdoor comeback, Fisker's life and death have also stumbled.
In fact, Fisker's products are still relatively early on the market. In 2012, the company established a total of 45 distributors in the United States and Canada. In addition, in Europe, the company has also cooperated with local dealer groups. In that year, the global delivery volume was about 4,000 vehicles.
The company has several models, the most important of which is the Karma, an extended-range electric vehicle or tandem hybrid, powered by a pair of 161 horsepower electric motors. Lithium battery packs are arranged in the center of the vehicle. The 260-horsepower 2.0-liter Ecotec four-cylinder turbocharged petrol engine on the car powers the generator, delivering the power directly to the drive motor. The engine is from General Motors. Batteries can also be charged from the grid.
Aptera
In 2019, the two founders co-founded Aptera Automotive, chris Anthony and Steve Fambro. In December 2020, aptera Motors unveiled the world's first solar-powered electric vehicle (sEV) for daily use without charging, which can travel up to 1,000 miles per full charge. The company has announced the completion of a round of funding, accepted more than $4 million in funding and secured bookings for more than 7,000 cars in just over two months, totaling 250 million. At the moment, it is moving at full speed, determined to build an electric vehicle powered by solar energy.
Steve Fambro (left) and Chris Anthony (right)
The aptera solar electric vehicle (sEV) has the company's "never charge" technology built into it, which is designed to collect enough sunlight to drive 11,000 miles a year in most areas. Its lightweight composite materials — many times stronger than steel — allow its unique body shape to glide through the air with an unheard-of coefficient of resistance.
Aptera moved into a new production design facility in the Sorrento Valley area of Santiago. The 69,500-square-foot facility is home to aptera's three complete vehicles and a team of development engineers. Areas of focus will be advanced 3D printing, composites, UI/UX development, and battery technology development. As the company expands, aptera will evaluate more production sites in San Diego and around the world.
Canoo
The two founders of Canoo, a new car manufacturer in the United States, are Stefan Krause and Ulrich Kranz, the former of which worked for Deutsche Bank and the latter of BMW. In April 2018, the two founders hired Former Opel executive Karl Thomas Neumann as CEO of the company.
The company meets the mobility logistics of the future by providing modular construction electric vehicles, the current development of the skiateboard chassis architecture can quickly realize the development of a variety of models, and is currently cooperating with Hyundai to develop the future electric vehicle platform.
It is believed that the future of electric vehicles should pursue not the advantages of parameters, but strive to maximize the advantages of electric platforms and create models that maximize practicality.
The Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle is Canoo's first model and best embodies Canoo's design philosophy. It is a lifestyle-oriented model that not only has a maverick exterior, but also a subversive interior.
Canoo models are all based on the same pure electric platform, the platform wheelbase is 2850mm (currently unified specifications, should be adjustable in the future), can support rear-drive or four-wheel drive. This pure electric platform is known as the world's flatest modular pure electric platform, Canoo uses a similar Tesla 2170 cylindrical battery cell, hundreds of cells to form a battery module, and then the battery module to form a battery pack. Canoo's body and chassis design concept is very similar to the BMW i3, which is obviously related to the BMW background of Canoo's developers. The BMW i3 uses a "LifeDrive" structure, with the upper half being the Life module, or crew compartment, and the lower half being the Drive module, which contains the chassis and powertrain. Many models of Canoo share the chassis module of the lower half, and different functions and roles are realized by replacing different upper half modules.
Rimac
If a person's hobbies and careers can be organically integrated, there is no doubt that he will be a lucky person. Rimac's founder, Mate Rimac, is one such man who is favored by God.
His first work was a modified E30 BMW 3 Series. Over time, the company gained the attention of investors, and Porsche began investing millions of dollars in it. Rimac's production car is currently a single electric supercar, the Nevera. While other companies expanded their marketing and announced tens of thousands of bookings, Rimac was focusing on its $2.45 million electric car, taking the Dream Car route. It is said to be able to accelerate from stationary to 60 mph (97 km/h) in 1.85 seconds and then run 1.2 km in 8.6 seconds. According to foreign media test drive feedback, it did not live up to people's expectations.
Rimac has gained more reputation since Nevera's debut, and the Volkswagen Group has ceded control of the Bugatti brand to Porsche and Rimac, forming the Bugatti-Rimac joint venture. The two automakers will exist as separate entities, but the expertise will be interoperable to collaborate to create the next generation of high-value, high-power dream cars.
Bollinger
The shape of the Bollinger brand, founded in New York State, is too distinctive, square and angular. Founded in 2014 by entrepreneur Robert Bollinger, the company aims to produce all-electric, full-size off-road vehicles.
The first car was a prototype called the B1, which was unveiled in June 2017. In addition to the sharp lines, the whole car is covered with matte varnish and can remove the rear of the roof. The model was scheduled to be launched on the market in 2019 at the time. By August 2017, the online transmission manufacturer had successfully collected 6,000 orders for the Bollinger B1.
In March 2018, Bollinger decided to move its headquarters from New York City to Michigan. In September, two years after the B1 prototype was demonstrated, Bollinger presented its first two-car B1 models ready for production. The production version changed in appearance and became longer, adding a rear door and a large 4-door pickup. The car was renamed B2.
In April 2020, Bollinger announced that mass production and sales of B1 and B2 models would begin in 2021.
In mid-January 2022, the company announced a major shift in direction, delaying the development of consumer models in favor of developing car platforms, and said it would refund the deposits for B1 and B2. Bollinger will turn to the technical service sector, offering scalable rear-drive skateboard battery platforms for mid-size trucks. A wide range of commercial models will be produced on this platform, including trailers, garbage trucks, buses, etc. The company is looking for a manufacturing partner for its DELIVERR-E van concept, which it unveiled in August 2020.