With the transformation of the automobile market, most consumers' eyes have slowly shifted from fuel vehicles to new energy vehicles. Although they are still cars, unlike consumers in the fuel market who value traditional car companies, in the new energy market, everyone pays more attention to new forces such as Tesla, Xiaopeng and Ideal. Also, looking back at the new energy vehicles launched by traditional car companies earlier, the basic "coping products" launched are "oil to electricity", can we not focus on the new forces?
Of course, seeing that market changes are imminent, traditional car companies do not want to give up the "big cake" of the new energy market. No, GAC Toyota recently pulled out its first real new energy vehicle bZ4X, and began the pre-sale of the car (220,000-300,000) on April 28.
From the pre-price point of view, bZ4X is 90,000 less than the same medium-sized SUV Tesla Model Y, looking at the compact oil car - Rongfang hybrid, the joint venture new energy sold cheaper than the new forces, what kind of car is this bZ4X? Today, the president will take a look at it with you.
In terms of appearance, GAC Toyota bZ4X adopts a new design language, that is, closed front grille + narrow long lights, of which the design concept of the front of the car comes from the hammerhead shark. The conspicuous black trim panels on both sides extend from around the headlights to the fenders on both sides, and when they are fused with the matrix headlights with four square LED light sources, they still look quite technological. In addition, the LED daytime running light strip above the front face is also connected to the chrome trim strip in the middle, further lengthening the visual width of the front of the car.
On the side of the body, the two black wheel eyebrows are particularly eye-catching, highlighting the design of the crossover, with the C-pillar tilted at a large angle and the duckling tail at the tail, the coupe SUV fan is still standing. The car does not look big, but the size is still quite powerful, especially the 2850mm wheelbase, which is directly in line with the Toyota Highlander (wheelbase 2850mm) these large seven-seat SUV. Of course, whether the space inside is so large, or you have to actually experience it to give the answer.
In the interior part, the overall layout of bZ4X is more conventional and simple, the size of the central control screen is not large, and it has obvious black edges, but the practical physical buttons are still reserved. The biggest highlight of the entire interior, mainly focused on the pilot position, the design of the instrument panel is a bit of a "fighter" feeling. But unfortunately, the avant-garde rectangular steering wheel unveiled at the previous auto show is not standard, and the conventional model is still equipped with a three-frame steering wheel, which is a little bit interesting.
It is worth mentioning that the bZ4X can also install a roof solar charging panel, which can provide up to 1800km of cruising range for the car with an annual power generation capacity. Although it is allocated only a few kilometers per day, this innovative and bold configuration is quite commendable.
In terms of power, the bZ4X is available in two power versions, front-drive and four-wheel drive, and the two versions of the model are equipped with a 71.4kWh ternary lithium battery. Among them, the front-drive model is equipped with a front motor with a maximum power of 150 kW, and the zero-hundred acceleration is 8.4s.
The four-wheel drive version is equipped with a front and rear dual motors with a maximum power of 80kW, and under the pressure of these two motors, the car's zero hundred acceleration is only 7.7s, and the maximum cruising range of clTC is 615 kilometers. It should be said that the four-wheel drive system used in the dual-motor version of the bZ4X or the X-MODE four-wheel drive system is said to have a stronger ability to get out of trouble than other trams.
On the whole, although the bZ4X is a very characteristic car, it still has a big gap compared with the Tesla Model Y, and this part of the gap in addition to relying on money, but also rely on what to make up? Here, we have to mention toyota's foundation - quality.
Toyota said that the Ningde era power battery used in this car, after cooperating 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 you that this includes hybrid models.
Overall, the launch of the bZ4X represents that GAC Toyota has found its own solution to the problem in this era of electrification. Of course, this is far from enough for GAC Toyota, Tesla, Chinese brands (BYD, Xiaopeng, Weilai, etc.) have achieved a first-mover advantage, at this time GAC Toyota will further accelerate the speed of electrification and intelligent advancement, after all, good food is not afraid of late, but afraid of slow.