Produced by | Auto Bookstore
The author | Yang Feng
Volkswagen electric beetles are possible!
"Our most “emotional car” in our history is definitely the microbus. This was my first priority to bring this icon back to life. But yes, many other emotional cars are possible on our scalable MEB platform." Volkswagen Group CEO Diess recently publicly responded to the question about the "electric resurrection of the Beetle", and the tone is quite optimistic.
The gist is: "The most emotional car in the history of the Volkswagen brand is definitely a van ... However, on our scalable MEB platform, the resurrection of many other emotional cars is possible. ”
Anyway, in my heart, the "emotional car" of the Volkswagen brand is only two: the local Santana and the world's Beetle! Hurry! The old owner is waiting!
Can you stand a manual electric car? Toyota's!
Toyota is already patenting clutch operation and manual transmissions for electric vehicles! In the current pure electric car product market, manual transmission models can be said to be non-existent, most models only have 1 gear transmission, Porsche and Audi use 2-speed gearboxes to get better response at higher speeds. And Toyota, a Japanese brother, is trying to change all this: the system comes with the familiar manual shift lever that can control the motor torque output according to the throttle pedal operation force, the pseudo-clutch pedal force and the position of the pseudo-shifter. Pseudo— The word "pseudo" is interesting, meaning that the entire power transmission is just for fun, not the real state of the vehicle's operation. It is said that the system even includes a shift reaction force generator, which generates a shift reaction force through the operation of the reaction actuator in response to the operation of the pseudo shifter and increases the driver's true "manual driving experience".
This kind of research and development is very interesting, indicating: the current driving feeling of electric vehicles is not real and direct; users are likely to need the driving of the tram to be more real and more operational; the creation of this "pseudo" driving sense I personally feel meaningless, unless the hand-blocked tram is sold cheaper; Japanese manufacturers are very fond of this kind of "consumer electronics" sense of things, or to encourage Toyota.
Electric Rolls-Royce has its own logo!
Rolls-Royce has redesigned the front of the car for its future electric products! Just for this new standard, RR stunned is to carry out 830 hours of modeling and wind tunnel testing, the purpose: to make the aerodynamic performance of the new goddess more excellent, and thus contribute to the optimization of the wind resistance coefficient of the new electric labor! The new goddess was adjusted to a lower standing position, one leg in front of the other, and the statue's fluttering robe was redrawn. The height of the fuel version of the standard is a few millimeters lower, the material is reduced, and the cost is estimated to be tens of thousands of dollars lower.
The new standard will only be listed with an electric version of the RR product, the current Phantom, Phantom and Cullinan, etc. have no chance of the new standard, right, the prototype of the electric Rolls-Royce Spectre EV, the wind resistance coefficient is only 0.26, the new standard is indispensable.
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