A few days ago, the official website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology disclosed the gac toyota bZ4X declaration chart. The closed front face, coupled with the three-dimensional through-the-rear taillights, with a white body, the actual car picture is basically the same as the Toyota prototype mass production car.
At the end of March, FAW Toyota also held a bZ4X introduction meeting, and FAW Toyota's corresponding domestic models have also been mass-produced. It seems that later this year we will have the opportunity to drive a new domestically produced car from North and South Toyota.
Many friends may lack confidence in the new energy vehicles of the joint venture brand, and indeed in this regard, the independent brands and new car-making forces, especially Tesla, are very powerful.
But I would like to say that some of the bZ4X technologies are very innovative and bold, and from the information disclosed by the official and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, several core technologies will be mounted on domestic models, and have not shrunk because of domestic production.
Both single-motor and dual-motor versions are available, with X-MODE four-wheel drive systems
The official website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology disclosed that the length, width and height of GAC Toyota's new vehicles were 4690x1860x1650mm, and the wheelbase reached 2850mm. Dedicated e-TNGA pure electric architecture, front and rear passenger distance of 1000mm, the interior space is very good.
GAC Toyota bZ4X is available in both front-drive and four-wheel drive versions, with the front-drive version being equipped with a single motor with a maximum power of 150 kW and the 4WD model being equipped with dual motors with a total output of 160 kW. This is exactly the same as the overseas bZ4X, and the FAW Toyota version of the model is also the same.
One of the highlights of the dual-motor version is the X-MODE four-wheel drive system developed in conjunction with Subaru, as well as the newly developed "Grip-Control Intelligent Multi-Way Adaptation System". Of course, Toyota's tuning is not the same as Subaru's, and the latter will perform better.
The special-shaped steering wheel and steer-by-wire are not lacking
The Lexus RZ, which debuted in the world on April 20, is the Lexus version of the Toyota bZ4X, and the most worth mentioning technologies on the RZ are the special-shaped steering wheel and steer-by-wire.
On the overseas version of toyota bZ4X, some countries and regions may not use a special-shaped steering wheel. But I can't imagine the domestic version of bZ4X, whether it is FAW Toyota or GAC Toyota version, the special-shaped steering wheel and steering-by-wire are not absent.
The special-shaped steering wheel design is not only very cool, but also the steering wheel without the upper half of the steering wheel will not block the front line of sight and the dashboard, so FAW Toyota also promotes the concept of an "overhead dashboard".
In order to ensure that this special-shaped steering wheel will not be troublesome when operating, Toyota used the Steel by Wire variable ratio electronic steering system for the first time.
Since steer-by-wire has no mechanical connection, it can isolate excess vibrations from tires and brakes, and only feed important driving information such as road conditions back to the driver.
In addition, the domestic version is also equipped with a newly upgraded "TSS 3.0 Zhixing Security" auxiliary set, which can be realized such as intelligent parking and rich speech recognition functions.
Roof solar charging panels
The North and South Toyota bZ4X have confirmed that the domestic new car will be equipped with a roof solar charging panel (guess it should be an option). This is a very innovative and bold configuration, because many years ago, like Audi, it was used, mainly for parking ventilation in the car, but it was not successful.
In the era of pure electricity, Toyota bZ4X solar panels can also charge batteries. According to Toyota's own calculation method, the electricity generated by this solar charging board each year is equivalent to 1800km for vehicles to travel.
What are the selling points of Toyota's pure electric?
In addition to the good design and the above technologies, Toyota's quality may be one of the highlights, after all, everyone is very concerned about the safety of new energy vehicles.
Toyota guarantees that the power battery provided by the Ningde era used, together with its own battery management system, can still achieve more than 90% of the battery capacity after 10 years of use. In addition, Toyota has maintained a record of zero battery accidents for 25 years, reminding that this includes hybrid models.