When it comes to pure electric vehicles, do you think of a very futuristic styling design, an interior style such as many large screens in the car? Indeed, now whether it is a traditional car company or a new power brand, the electric vehicle is built as the direction of the future car, and it is as sci-fi as possible when manufacturing and cost allow. But who says electric cars must start from the sense of the future? Today's few pure electric classic cars, if you drive on the street, the return rate is even higher than the supercar!
The first brand mentioned in the opening paragraph is from our country, which is called loose locomotive. Listen to the name with the word organic car, and immediately you will associate it with a motorcycle. Yes, according to the introduction on the official website of Loose Locomotive, it was established in 1995 in the form of the Loose MC American Motorcycle Club. It is quite famous in high-end customized motorcycles and classic cars, and many big names in the entertainment industry are also its loyal fans, such as Feng Shaofeng, Yang Kun, Huang Xiaoming and so on. Judging from the declared model information released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology before, its front end was actually hung with BYD's car logo, what is going on?
This model is a hard-top roadster "SS DOLPHIN" jointly launched by Beijing Loose Locomotive and AM Company of the United States, but because neither company has production qualifications in China, the model borrows BYD's production qualification and is produced by BYD's Xi'an plant.
When you are used to seeing the appearance of modern cars, do you feel that your eyes are bright when you suddenly see such a cargo? This is not an exhibit in the museum, but a car that has been listed, can be licensed with new energy, and can really drive on the street - SS DOLPHIN. This model has a hard top and convertible two products, the classic American shape and color scheme, so that as a fan of the car, you will be able to see at a glance that its inspiration is derived from the classic Chevrolet's original Colvette (code name C1).
The interior design can be said to be a kneading of retro and technology, the whole body of red, leather and metal collision, seat shape and stripes, let the viewer's memory back to the distant United States 6, 70s. However, due to the relationship with BYD, you will find that its full LCD instrument, central control screen, and even gear handle are the same as BYD's products. In addition, active and passive safety, intelligent voice interaction, remote control moving car and other technologies that SHOULD BED should have in other models, SS DOLPHIN is also equipped.
The loosely launched roadster uses a plug-in hybrid system with an engine model of BYD476ZQB and a power of 118kW. Flipping through BYD's current car series, the same power combination is its Qin Pro DM model, both engine models are the same, both ARED476ZQB, the maximum power is the same, both are 118kW. At present, the loose locomotive has officially announced the guided price of its convertible sports car SS DOLPHIN, which is 598,000 yuan. I don't know how many powerful consumers can impress the price of nearly 600,000 yuan to taste the fresh?
Remember, I mentioned the Volkswagen Beetle above, this car was born in Germany during World War II, but it was born as a national car, so this car is really a model with a very historical and cultural background. However, under the hands of Volkswagen, not only this car has historical accumulation, the other is the Volkswagen T1.
In the first Beetle factory, workers roughly produced a simple trolley to transport body parts in order to facilitate the transportation of some body parts. One day, ben Pon, a Volkswagen import merchant in the Netherlands, saw this small car pulling body parts through the factory in the Beetle factory, he felt that this car was very good, which was conducive to the recovery of the national economy after the war, so he went home and drew a stick figure of T1 in his head on the book, he took this sketch to the leader of Volkswagen, said his idea, but he went back after giving this opinion, and after a while Volkswagen informed him that he was going to produce this car, Volkswagen was in Ben Pon's sketch was professionally designed and the T1 was finally produced.
After more than 70 years of development, today's T1 has developed to T6, which is the More Familiar Matterway. However, in 2020, with the help of electric vehicle modification expert eClassic, the electric version of the Volkswagen T1, the Volkswagen e-Bulli, has a modern chassis with a range of more than 124 miles on a single charge.
From the outside, this is a classic Volkswagen T1, but the car uses an exclusive orange and gold double-paneled livery to give it a stronger modern feel. The addition of LED headlights and LED daytime running lights has also made it keep up with the current design trend. In addition, the new car is also equipped with vintage polished wheels, with white tires painted, very personal.
Inside the car, the new car also has many changes. The seats in the car provide the same color as the appearance, and although the dashboard inherits the shape of the T1, it adds a driving computer display that can display information such as mileage and battery. The central control part, although it looks like a retro radio, but in fact, this car provides DAB digital signal broadcasting, Bluetooth, USB and other functions, and the car is also equipped with a subwoofer speaker. In addition, we can vaguely see that the car has adopted the classic "Wolf Castle" logo on the steering wheel, and the retention of this classic element is also a tribute to the T1 model.
It comes with a 45kWh lithium-ion battery pack and a small electric motor transplanted from volkswagen e-Up. The car produces 82bhp and 212Nm of torque, more than double the output of the classic T1 bus's original 1.5-liter air-cooled engine. Top speeds have also improved, from 65 mph to 81 mph.
In response to the electric motor modification, Volkswagen completely redesigned the chassis of the T1 with the addition of a new multi-link front and rear axle with adjustable shock absorbers and ventilated disc brakes. There's also a new steering system to replace the old T1's super-old steering machine, as well as larger wheels and tires. The car supports 50kW DC fast charging, and Volkswagen says it can provide 80% of the charging progress in just 40 minutes. The estimated selling price should not be less than $70,000.
Britain-based Lunaz, which specializes in the retrofitting of rare vehicles, has introduced a range of electrical conversion kits that bring classic classic cars back into the 21st century, and the company has now retrofitted the 1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom 5 and the 1953 Jaguar XK120, with the Slythe Mirage 5 with a 120kWh battery pack.
Lunaz revamped Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud
The two electric Rolls-Royce models were the 1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom and the Silver Cloud. In order to maintain the original design of the model, the appearance and interior are only restored, the power system is all developed with a pure electric solution developed by the self, so the maximum power of the two cars is 276kW, the peak torque is 700N·m, and the 80kWh battery pack can achieve 402 km of endurance, and the acceleration time of 100 km only takes about 5 seconds. As for the price, Lunaz is quoted at £500,000, which is around $654,250. The Silver Cloud version costs £350,000, or about $458,000.
1961 Rolls-Royce Phantom after Lunaz's transformation
The company said that the electrification modification will not change the exterior and interior of the vehicle, and the vehicle will be fully scanned before each modification, and the fast charging, energy recovery, and traction control systems will be redesigned and installed. However, the price of this electrification modification is also not cheap, and the cost of a modification kit is pre-tax priced at £350,000. Lunaz founder David Lorenz is a big fan of vintage cars, and his biggest motivation behind doing so is to keep them for future generations, fearing that in the coming decades, classic cars may not be allowed on the road because of exhaust emissions.
Lunaz's pure electric original Range Rover
And this year, the old car revived DreamWorks with a new goal, that is, the first generation of Range Rover (1970-1994). This will also be the first all-electric classic Range Rover model so far, and the package also includes two versions of the standard wheelbase and the long wheelbase, and will have two-wheel drive and four-wheel drive drive, as well as a new suspension system and brake system. In addition, Lunaz will not only restore the interior of the original factory this time, but also pursue the driving and rear seating experience more, so that this classic Land Rover is advanced, although the appearance is very retro, but the actual configuration, driving and riding experience is more modern.
At present, according to the information revealed by Luaz, the combination of the power system is still unknown. However, from the previous XK120 and Rolls-Royce, at least it is a combination of 376 horsepower and 700N·m motors, and the battery is likely to exceed 80kWh, bringing longer endurance. Lunaz will offer at least 50 modified Land Rover models, with an estimated starting price of £245,000 (approximately RMB 2.17 million excluding tax).
The Fiat 126P is from Poland, and its prototype is the Fiat 126 introduced by Fiat to replace the Fiat 500 model. To distinguish it from its original model, the letter P was used to distinguish it, which meant Polish production. The car adopts a rear-drive layout, and the domestic model is equipped with a 0.653-liter twin-cylinder air-cooled engine, which can reach a maximum speed of 105 km / h. The emergence of this car played an immeasurable role in popularizing family cars in post-war Europe. Produced more than 3.8 million units, it is known as a car myth and is on a par with volkswagen "Beetle" and Austin "mini" cars in Europe.
Since the 1980s, china has imported from Poland in the form of barter trade, and stopped importing at the end of the 1980s. It is the earliest into the Chinese people's home and taxi market car model, unique shape in the Beijing market commonly known as "small potatoes", the earliest price of more than 9,000 yuan, you can say that Fiat 126P is the first civilian car in Chinese society after the reform and opening up, is the prototype of today's Private Driving in China.
Andrea Della Vecchia, co-founder of the Italian design studio, designed a concept car called the Electric Fiat 126, which was inspired by the classic 1972 Fiat 126P car. It can be seen that the design of this concept car is very respectful of the original shape, and the short body is a classic element. At the same time, it also incorporates more stylish design techniques, such as LED light groups, hidden B-pillars, and hidden door handles.
It is reported that this pure electric concept car will refer to the power parameters of the Fiat 500 Electric in terms of power, and the battery capacity is 42kWh, and the comprehensive cruising range under WLTP conditions is about 199 miles (320 kilometers). If this model can really be mass-produced, it will be the first pure electric model under Fiat' umbrella. In view of the phenomenon of congestion and poor parking in European cities, the hatchback that was originally a very good market coupled with the blessing of pure electric power can be imagined in its performance in the European market.
In 2017, Jaguar unveiled a concept model, the E-Type Zero, in London. The car's exterior continues the classic styling of the 1961 Jaguar E-TYPE (Series I) model, and judging by the Zero suffix, it must be different from a regular fuel car. Yes, it is also in the form of pure electric.
Why did Jaguar choose to "resurrect" this classic car? I think this means the accolades and praises that this car has received. The Jaguar E-Type model was born in 1961 and was officially discontinued in June 1974. Although the life cycle is only 13 years, it does not prevent the industry from praising this model. It was praised by Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari as "the most beautiful car in history".
The appearance of the E-Type Zero is an authentic restoration of the classic shape of the E-Type, with a streamlined and slender body design, and a classic oval grille, the headlights also continue the circular chrome decoration, the light source has been upgraded to LED with the times, and the classic chrome front bumper and dense spoke wheels have been retained.
However, in 2019, Paul Hegarty, manager of Jaguar Land Rover's classic model management department, said in an email that Jaguar Land Rover has decided to suspend the development and mass production of Jaguar E-Type Zero models. Jaguar Land Rover did not announce the reasons for the suspension of the Jaguar E-Type Zero development, but it has been made clear that the company's resources will be mainly focused on the next generation of world-class classic products and services.
Summary: It can be seen that the electric form has injected new blood into these classic models and been reborn. But whether retro can become a new branch route today when electric vehicles are becoming more and more important, I think this is naturally not. For example, Volkswagen's Beetle, whether it is the history and culture of the vehicle itself, or the retro shape that has changed from generation to generation, it is still inevitable to stop production. So retro electric vehicles are destined not to become the mainstream, like loose locomotives, is to dip the retro this boom, attracting extremely high traffic, but how far can go this no one knows. And high-end luxury custom modifications like Luaz are doomed to be incompatible with ordinary people. However, as we ordinary people, there is nothing wrong with looking fresh.