In the field of non-plug-in hybrid Toyota with THS hybrid system, its products have a good sales, and now Toyota finally began to lay out the pure electric vehicle market, the protagonist of this article GAC Toyota - GAC Toyota bZ4X is based on the Toyota e-TNGA pure electric platform to build the first model, just from the model name can feel its difference.
The letters b and Z in the bZ4X name are abbreviations for Beyond Zero, which translates to Chinese is Beyond Zero Emissions. A more graphic way of saying that you can think of bZ as an ID series similar to a mass brand.
In addition, it is worth noting that the new car uses the e-TNGA pure electric platform, which was designed to treat the battery pack as part of the chassis at the beginning of the design, the structure is more flat, in addition, the platform can be compatible with the front-drive, rear-drive and four-wheel drive three drive forms, more flexible, and bZ4X provides front-drive and four-wheel drive two drive forms.
The appearance of the new car is obviously more ostentatious than that of the current fuel model in the family, the sharp polyline intersects the edge of the front, outlining a more sharp shape, and the closed net extends to the hollow place surrounded by both sides, and the three-dimensional sense and suspension are excellent.
The side of the bZ4X is more eye-catching, the roof line is relatively straight in the A, B and C columns, and the D column is tilted at a large angle, with the shorter front and rear overhang layout and segmented waist line processing, the visual tension and dynamic sense are there, in addition to the blue brake calipers and double five-spoke 20-inch rims can also show the personality side.
The line of sight comes to the rear of the car, compared to the front face, the tail of the car is more conventional, the trapezoidal license plate frame and the one-piece tail light group are more attractive, and the lower encirclement is also integrated into the design of a diffuser, and the details are more careful.
The interior design of the new car has made great progress, the use of piano black trim panels, fabrics, matte metal on the material enriches the visual effect in the car, the full LCD instrument adopts a suspension design, the decorative border on both sides is relatively novel, the central suspension screen style is similar to the land release car system, and the new car also provides comfort configurations such as front seat heating and ventilation.
In terms of power, the car has a front-drive, four-wheel drive two power forms, the front-drive version of the motor maximum power of 150kW, 0-100km/h acceleration of 8.4 seconds, four-wheel drive version before and after the maximum power of the motor is 80kW, 0-100km/h acceleration of 7.7 seconds, according to the information previously exposed, the car will be equipped with 71.4kWh capacity battery pack, front-drive and four-wheel drive model WLTC working conditions of 500km, 460km, respectively.
As far as the information currently available is concerned, GAC Toyota - GAC Toyota bZ4X is a sincere work of Toyota, subverting the moderation in the design of the appearance, sci-fi and tension-rich shape is more in line with the theme of new energy, in addition to the scientific and technological atmosphere and materials in the car are not faulty, but in the endurance of 460-500km data is relatively flat, the mass production version of the new car will be officially unveiled at this year's Beijing Auto Show, like friends may wish to continue to pay attention.