If the car company wants to launch one or several flagship models in the future, it will generally release the concept model in advance to provide a model for the creation of future mass production models. In the past half a month, many brands have released their new concept models, such as Polar Star O2, Lexus Future Electric Sports Car, Renault Hydrogen Power Concept Car, Jidu Concept Car and other models, through which they can not only understand the product design characteristics, but also understand the future strategic layout of the brand, and also have a certain reference role in car purchase.
Polar Star O2
Polestar O2 is an electric roadster released by polestar brand, named after the chemical form of oxygen, which means to exclude noise and exhaust gases, open the open top to welcome fresh air, and the original intention of electrification of the automobile industry.
In terms of design, Polar star O2 uses aerospace design style to pursue the ultimate aesthetic effect and aerodynamic performance. Polar Star officials said that the car uses an integrated airflow channel to create a unique wheel arch and taillights, which also has a wind blade effect. The vehicle will show the minimalist design vividly, the double-fold LED lights also highlight the sense of technology and the sense of the future, and the color wheels enhance the recognition of the whole vehicle.
The concept car uses an integrated and bonded body, which not only improves the performance of the whole vehicle, but also provides better design flexibility. Polaris O2 is graded on aluminum for vehicle applications, which facilitates easier and accurate sorting in future recycling in order to preserve material properties and make material recycling more efficient. In order to carry out the concept of sustainable development to the end, the interior of the new car also uses woven linen fiber panels, 3D knitted fabrics and other sustainable and innovative materials, while maintaining environmental protection, but also achieving advanced visual effects and greater driving comfort.
Lexus futuristic electric sports car
Recently, Lexus officially released a futuristic electric sports car, the Lexus BEV Sport concept. At this point, the electrification process of the Lexus brand has gone one step further.
The front face of the new car no longer follows the spindle-shaped mid-mesh design of the current Lexus model, but adopts a more integrated "X" shape. The body side is extremely tense, through a large number of applications of the cooling trough design to enhance the aerodynamic performance of the vehicle, the roof and rear window adopt an integrated design, the taillights embedded in the wide body shape, highly recognizable. It is reported that the acceleration time of the model of 0-96km/h (0-60mph) will be less than 2 seconds, and the cruising range will be about 700km.
Renault hydrogen-powered concept car
When everyone is riveting into the field of pure electric, Renault released a preview of its hydrogen-powered concept car in February, which means that its hydrogen fuel cell technology is becoming more and more mature, and this concept car is expected to be fully unveiled in May. As can be seen from the trailer, this concept car applies a new car logo, the daily running light group is arranged by 4 LED light sources, the split headlamps are sharp, the body lines are full of muscle, and the overall shape is fierce.
Part of Renault's 2030 electrification goals, Renault's hydrogen-powered concept is designed around three aspects: the environment (hydrogen-powered systems, sustainable and eco-friendly materials), safety (in-vehicle technology innovation) and inclusion (diversity and accessibility of development teams). The author believes that although the current mainstream new energy models are plug-in hybrid models and pure electric models, hydrogen fuel cell technology with a higher degree of environmental protection is also constantly improving, with good development prospects, and everyone can look forward to the early arrival of Renault hydrogen kinetic power production vehicles.
Set degree concept car
You may be relatively unfamiliar with the brand of Jidu Automobile, Jidu Automobile Co., Ltd. is a smart car company established by Baidu. Jidu officially said that it will officially release its concept car on April 18, and the new car will also be officially unveiled at the Beijing Auto Show. A few days ago, Jidu exposed the exterior of the first concept car and the detailed design rendering of the interior. As can be seen from the rendering, the vehicle outline adopts a simple curved design, while adding angular details to the local area, and the reserved position of the lidar can be seen above the wheel eyebrow.
In terms of intelligent technology, the new car has L4 level intelligent driving capabilities, which can realize human-vehicle interaction and accurate recognition of speech semantics. After the new car is officially mass-produced, it will also become the first model in China to adopt the 8295, a digital cockpit platform of the 4th-generation Snapdragon car. In addition, thanks to the empowerment of artificial intelligence, the system can achieve self-learning and iteration, and optimize the overall intelligent driving and intelligent interaction experience by continuously learning user usage and interaction habits.
summary
Under the dual thrust of environmental protection policies and rising oil prices, it is foreseeable that this year will still be a year of rapid development of the new energy vehicle market. Brands have successively launched new energy concept cars, which can show their technical strength to consumers, and traditional car companies have further consolidated the market by launching concept cars. We can look forward to the official launch of mass production vehicles based on concept models such as the Polar Star O2, Lexus Future Electric Sports Car, Renault Hydrogen-Powered Concept Car, and Jidu Concept Car.
(Author: Dai Jun)