The origin of bZ:
BZ in bZ3 is the first letter of the English word "beyond Zero", which means that Toyota hopes to provide consumers with a value concept beyond zero emission. It is a "product specially designed for China customers" developed in China, which breaks the traditional concept of car and creates new value in line with BEV. With the design concept of "FAMILY LOUNGE Family Fun", BZ3 aims to create a high-quality and reliable electrification journey for a family, and incorporates a series of humanized and intimate designs.
Static appearance article:
As the first pure electric vehicle under FAW Toyota, bZ3 is very sincere in body size. Its fuselage size is 4725mm/1835mm/1475mm respectively. From the body size, it is more like a larger compact car, but it has a long wheelbase of 2880mm, even longer than the Asian dragon. Such a long wheelbase ensures a spacious distance between the front and rear passengers. The long wheelbase and slip-back shape create a smooth and stretched feeling for the side of the vehicle, and the blackened suspended D-pillar design also makes the vehicle more visually extensible.
The front face design of bZ3 continues the three characteristics of Toyota BEV, namely hammerhead shark modeling, angular design and three-dimensional sense. The headlights have a unique design. Entry-level models use starlight headlights, while mid-high models use meteor headlights. Comprise a blue eye charging indicator lamp and a multi-scene intelligent welcome lamp.
Static internal items:
BZ3 adopts the popular vertical suspension central control panel in internal design, which is closer to the usage habit of smart phones. Although most of the physical buttons are reduced, the commonly used buttons remain in the steering wheel position. The collocation of buttons on the big screen makes the whole cockpit look more scientific and intelligent. The steering wheel is integrated with the overhead instrument panel, so the design can focus on the driver, reduce the head depression angle and increase the viewpoint distance.
BZ3 has made great innovations on the steering wheel, such as canceling the commonly used turn signals and the left and right levers of the wiper control lever. When the turn signal is placed on the steering wheel where the thumb can easily press it, it becomes a button. Press your left thumb when you need to turn left and press the right turn signal button when you need to turn right. There are also two new designs similar to shift paddles on the steering wheel, the high beam button on the left and the wiper controller on the right.
In addition to the steering wheel position just mentioned, bZ3 has also made many innovations in the window control buttons. There is only one window up and down button in the main driving position. If you want to control the windows in other positions, you need to use the following lever to operate, dial up and down to select the rear window, and press and hold to select the front window. In fact, the designer's operation of the window control button embodies the design theme of "family fun", that is, the seating space of each member in the car should be as fair as possible. The conventional four independent buttons occupy a lot of space at the armrest of the main driver's seat. Integrating all the window buttons into one is beneficial to release the elbow space originally belonging to the main driver's seat.
BZ3 also attaches great importance to the balance of the whole vehicle riding experience. For example, the front headrest can be removed and laid down, which can form a flat space with the rear seat and expand a variety of use scenarios. The sofa-type back seat has ample seating space, the back floor is flat, and the middle position, that is, the lower part of the central armrest, is hollowed out, so even if three people sit, the leg space will not be cramped, and even the situation that no one wants to sit in the middle of the back row has changed. The hollowed-out design allows more space in the legs when sitting in the rear middle seat, and the middle seat also has a better view, changing the C position every second.
Dynamic driving articles:
Driving on the track, you can feel the rigidity of a car. The main influencing factors of body stiffness are body angle and chassis, both of which will affect driving stability. BZ3 comes from the exclusive platform of BEV under the framework of e-TNGC, and the body is made of large-area high-strength bronzing material, paying attention to collision safety and lightweight. Due to the possession of the battery, the center of gravity of bZ3 is lower, and the axial load ratio between the motor and the battery is 55:45, so the weight distribution is more balanced. The advantage of this is that it can bring comfortable cornering and driving safety. At the same time, bZ3 adopts front and rear suspension gold poles, and the front engine room has unique tower-shaped reinforcing poles of competing products at the same level, which further strengthens the stability of the car body when cornering laterally. Coupled with the fully enclosed chassis, it can protect the battery safety and improve the lateral stiffness of the car body.
When it comes to pure electric vehicles, the information that consumers are most concerned about is cruising range. Toyota chose to cooperate with BYD, especially in Sandian. BZ3 uses Foday brand lithium iron phosphate battery, which is also a well-known blade battery. It provides 49.92 kWh and 65.28 kWh, and the pure electric cruising range of CLTC is 565,438+07 km and 665,438+06 km respectively. Toyota officially marked the average power consumption per 100 kilometers of bZ3 two endurance models as 1 1 and 12 kWh respectively. BZ3 supports fast charging, the maximum power is 70 kW, and the charging time from 30% to 80% takes only 27 minutes. BZ3 is equipped with front single motor, with maximum power 135kW/ 184hp, peak torque of 303Nm and maximum speed160km/h. ..
Write at the end:
On April 16, the first pure electric vehicle bZ3 of FAW Toyota was listed and registered at Shanghai International Auto Show. The new car * * * introduces three models: Elite PRO version, Long Life PRO version and Long Life Premium version * * *, and the price range is 16.98- 199800 yuan.
The listing of bZ3 fills the gap in the pure electric vehicle market of FAW Toyota, and also enriches the pure electric vehicle products of the joint venture brand in the range of 1.5-0.2 million yuan. In a short pre-sale period, more than 5,000 orders were obtained, and a delivery ceremony was held for five car owners at the event site. "Happy family car" is not only a slogan, but also a masterpiece of Toyota's efforts to focus on consumer demand in China. Just like the naming of "Xiaofei", the voice assistant of "Growing AI Partner" released at the listing site, only by opening your heart can you win people's hearts.
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