Dongchuan is a magical place, it is a district of Kunming, but it is more than 100 kilometers away from Kunming. There is a very well-known off-road racing track in the country, known as the most difficult in China, because it is generated due to mudslides, so it has a very direct name - Dongchuan Mudslide Racing Track.
Just a look at the nearby hotel parking lot and I understood that it was full of hardcore off-road and hardcore pickups. This time, it was also a pickup truck that was ready to take me to the mudslide, and it was purely electric.
When it comes to all-electric pickups, radar's position in the industry is unrivaled so far. This time it is a new four-wheel drive model, Radar Horizon. It has five major characteristics (pickup characteristics, electric four-wheel drive characteristics, external discharge expansion, intelligent IoT, passenger, etc.), including a total of 8 world firsts, 9 industry unique, 22 China firsts, 60+ industry leaders, not only calmly cope with the off-road road conditions that traditional pickup trucks are good at, but also create a richer expansion and playability than traditional pickups, super pickups bring super life.
This test drive includes a very challenging subject test drive and an extreme road crossing test drive, and before we set off, we will first take a look at the off-road parameters of the horizon. The maximum climbing degree can reach 95%, and the maximum wading depth is 815mm, both of which are the first pickup trucks in China. The turning radius is as short as 3.5m, and there is also a smart U-turn function. The maximum rated load of the radar horizon is 865kg, which is more than 700 pounds more than the traditional pickup, and has the industry's only cargo capacity display function, which fully meets the needs of outdoor play, agricultural and fishery transportation and emergency rescue. At the same time, it also has a 3000kg class-leading super towing capacity, which can easily tow large outdoor play equipment such as RVs, ATV motorcycles, and road boats.
30° roll, 70% half-load climbing, 300mm wading, 815mm wading, 3.5m turning radius, cross-axle and other subject challenges are no problem for the horizon of this all-electric 4WD. The challenge of crossing the river is an important part of testing the horizon, and the multiple layers of protection at the bottom of the battery are enough to resist the splashing pebbles, and the waves are actually more than 815mm high, but the horizon is still flat.
The output advantage of the motor is vividly demonstrated in the debris flow site. The radar horizon is equipped with a high-performance dual electric drive system, with a peak total power of 315kW, a peak total torque of 594N·m, a motor efficiency of 97.1%, and a floor oil start, which only takes 4.5s to accelerate from 000, although it is impossible to experience a top speed of 190km/h, but the rear acceleration ability of the horizon should not be underestimated. With plenty of power comes endless possibilities.
In addition, the world's unique 21kW full-scene discharge function of Radar Horizon can be transformed into a super "power bank", which can not only meet the needs of 220V household discharge, but also provide 380V industrial/commercial electricity. Based on the powerful discharge function of the radar horizon, the test drive site not only set up fishing and camping scenes, but also powered the band's various instruments and other logistics equipment during the dinner session, which perfectly demonstrated its outdoor convenience and versatility.
Radar Horizon is not only a car, it is also the terminal of the outdoor IoT ecology, this set of IoT terminals, the coverage area can reach 300 square meters. IoT drones are the most practical. Expeditions can be explored with consumer drones. Plant protection drones and inspection drones can also be linked to terminals to complete engineering operations. In addition, the number of concurrent access to the smart ecosystem category exceeds 100.
Regular driving is also not lost in crazy off-road. Radar Horizon has L2+ intelligent assisted driving, the industry's only towing intelligent assistance, front and rear lights at night one-key lighting function, and transparent chassis (540° panoramic image), which also reaches the industry-leading level. In addition, Radar Horizon also has an industry-leading full-scene intelligent voice interaction function, which has achieved the first pickup truck in China in the three dimensions of "voice response speed, voice recognition ability, and ecological application", and is also the first Chinese pickup truck to use Alipay's ecological application. In terms of ride comfort, compared with the same level, the radar horizon is equipped with a front windshield double-layer 5mm high-performance soundproof PVB film and motor "umbrella frequency" active noise reduction technology for the first time, which is 3dB lower than that of traditional pickup trucks, and is quieter and more comfortable even when driving at high speeds, and is the only pickup truck model in China that can benchmark the 300,000-level new energy vehicle silent standard.
During the test drive of urban roads and winding mountain roads, I and the media in the same car highly recognized the intelligent level and driving comfort of the radar horizon. Based on the M.A.P Radar Hanhai Platform, the first native electric pickup truck platform in China, the Radar Horizon adopts an integrated endoskeleton body structure, which is the same as the integrated body design concept of the Cybertruck. With a high-strength steel ratio of 70% and torsional rigidity of up to 30,300N·m/deg, it has super armor-like body safety, making it the only pickup truck in China with passenger-grade safety body standards. In terms of three-electric safety, there are as many as 472 three-electric tests on the radar horizon, far exceeding the national standard. IP68 three-electric wading protection system and IP67 high-voltage waterproof system, reaching the highest level in the industry. At the same time, it also has an industry-leading discharge safety protection design, supports real-time monitoring of discharge status, and over-current, over-temperature and leakage power failure in milliseconds, so as to ensure the safety of outdoor electricity in real time.
There is no shortage of users in China's pickup truck market, and there is a lack of diversified products. Radar Horizon has not only changed the traditional definition of pickup trucks, but also created a new benchmark for China's new energy pickup trucks, and will continue to release the huge energy and potential of China's pickup truck market.
The author of this article is Brother Knife, who kicks the car gang