On April 28, 2022, FAW Toyota's "Beyond Zero" series of pure electric SUV, bZ4X, officially opened pre-sale, with a pre-price of 220,000-300,000 yuan. "Beyond Zero" translates to Chinese means "Beyond Zero Emissions", while 4 and X are abbreviations for body size and body type. The bZ4X is positioned as a pure electric mid-size SUV based on Toyota's e-TNGA architecture, and the new car is expected to go off the production line in June.
In terms of appearance, the front face of FAW Toyota bZ4X adopts the closed grille of the mainstream electric vehicle, and the through-type chrome trim is connected to the daily running lights on both sides, and the front of the car looks wider. The front surround is aerodynamically designed, and the two sides are also embedded with deflector holes, which not only reduces wind resistance and extends the endurance, but also makes the front of the car look more three-dimensional.
On the side of the body, the design of the long axle and short suspension makes the body proportions look more coordinated, and the wide polygonal black wheel eyebrows create a wide body effect, and form a contrast design with the body, the overall feeling is more sporty.
The popular through-LED taillights at the rear are not absent, and the exaggerated and sporty shape design greatly improves the recognition of the vehicle.
In terms of interior, the new car adopts a more technological and futuristic design. In some details of the design is also very careful, the concept of environmental protection is also implemented to some details of the vehicle, such as the co-driver's trim panel using fabric design, environmental protection materials. This is rare in other models, and only appears in some Japanese products.
The 12.3-inch large screen is equipped with the latest car machine system, which supports mainstream functions such as speech recognition, mobile phone Internet APP application download, remote OTA upgrade and so on. The UI design of the page has also been significantly improved.
In terms of power, it will provide two power forms of front-drive and four-wheel drive, the front-drive version of the motor maximum power of 150kW, 0-100km/h acceleration of 8.4 seconds, the four-wheel drive version before and after the maximum power of the motor is 80kW, 0-100km/h acceleration of 7.7 seconds.
It is worth mentioning that Toyota for the first time adopted an electric drive bridge design that integrates electric motors, transmission bridges and inverters. At the same time, the two functions of charging and power distribution are combined into one power supply assembly. The four-wheel drive version is also equipped with X-MODE and Grip-Control intelligent multi-road adaptation system, which is an electric drive four-wheel drive system developed by Subaru, which can truly realize the light off-road demand of electric vehicles.
In addition, the new car also uses cross-structural parts, which can improve the crash energy absorption rate of the cabin. The special structure of the lower part of the body can multi-channel disperse the impact load in the event of a collision, and can protect the safety of the cabin and battery pack in the event of a frontal collision and a side collision.
Text/Tencent Auto Cargo