Although car companies around the world are undergoing electrification transformation, the pace is different. Among them, the most positive transformation is the independent car companies, and the plug-in hybrid and pure electric models have been on a batch after batch. There are natural conservatives who are active, and compared with independent car companies, the electrification process of Japanese car companies has a little bit of hindsight. Japanese car companies are known for their "conservative" and "calm", and the behavior of not making big moves has satisfied the appetite of consumers, making consumers more and more looking forward to their electrified products.
Since Toyota released a series of electrification products, its high-end brand, Lexus, will finally usher in a blockbuster electrification product, that is, the new Lexus RZ. Although the previous Lexus has had pure electric products, but in the end it is from the "oil to electricity" platform, the product force is limited, obviously, Lexus RZ is the real representative of Lexus's latest electric technology from the pure electric platform products. The new car is positioned as a pure electric compact SUV, built based on the e-TNGA architecture, and is expected to be officially released globally at 18:00 Beijing time on April 20. At present, the official has exposed the official picture of some of the new cars, let's take a look at it below.
In the front part, the new Lexus RZ still retains the family's classic spindle design, but the interior adopts the popular fully enclosed design of pure electric models, and the sense of technology has been enhanced, with a high degree of recognition. The new car's headlights are sleekly shaped, and the black spoiler designed through below further enhances the sporty atmosphere of the front face.
The side of the new car adopts a sneakback design, but it is different from the mainstream coupe SUV, and its roof line is tightened at a large angle in the C-pillar position, so the advantage of this design is to ensure the aesthetics at the same time, it can effectively improve the head space of the rear passengers. It is worth mentioning that the waist line of the new car is very sharp, with the shape of the upper back, supplemented by two-color multi-spoke wheels for embellishment, full of sports atmosphere.
Looking at the rear, the trunk door of the new car has made some slightly raised convex design, which makes the whole car more sporty, and also makes the air flow at the rear of the car more stable when driving at high speed. In addition, the new car also uses the popular through-type taillights.
In terms of interior, the new car retains many family-style designs, but the overall style is obviously more radical than previous models, and the wrap-around design with button shift mechanism is obviously more technological. It is worth mentioning that the new car still retains the same "special-shaped" steering wheel of the LF-30 concept car, adding points to the avant-garde sense of the overall interior. Of course, whether the style of this steering wheel complies with domestic regulations is still unknown.
In terms of power, the official has not disclosed any news at present, but from the "RZ 450e" bid-rigging, its power or will be stronger than the Toyota bZ4X from the same platform (maximum power 204 horsepower).
Although the arrival of the new Lexus RZ is not too early, it is fortunate that the current pure electric market still has great potential. At the same time, its arrival will also help us to learn more about Toyota's progress in electrification.