The pace of innovation in the global electric vehicle market is much faster than we thought. The rapid rise of new car-making forces and the elegant transformation of traditional car companies are telling us that future travel needs new ideas.

As an important member of the "big factory" of traditional car companies, Toyota is extremely serious about being an "environmentally friendly car". After nearly 30 years of development and accumulation in the field of new energy vehicles, up to now, Toyota has a complete HEV/PHEV/BEV/FCEV all-round electrification technical route and product layout, creating a mature big factory style.

BEV is a new term in China automobile market. During this year's Shanghai Auto Show, Toyota bZ pure electric exclusive series, which originated from Toyota BEV exclusive platform, was officially released, seemingly to meet the demand for BEV products in China, Japan, the United States, Europe and other markets. At that time, Toyota announced that it planned to sell seven models of this series in the world by 2025. China market is the market with the largest number of imported products, and it is estimated that there will be five models.

Today, Toyota bZ4X, the first pure electric vehicle in Toyota BZ pure electric exclusive series, unveiled the mystery. Once released, it has become a "different landscape" in the field of pure electric SUVs.

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100% restored concept car

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Few production cars can completely restore the concept car, but Toyota bZ4X did. As a brand-new SUV model under the exclusive platform of Toyota BEV, 100% restores the previously announced concept car.

It retains the heart and impulse of users when they see the concept car, and realizes the advanced design of the concept car one by one in terms of appearance modeling, special-shaped steering wheel+steer-by-wire system and four-wheel drive system.

Based on the design concept of "activity center", Toyota bZ4X shows the edge of BEV for the first time. Its appearance adopts the theme of high-tech emotional design, which echoes the slender bumper by embedding in the front side of aerodynamic components, showing the trendy and unique BEV. The integration of the hood and headlights constitutes a unique visual challenge; The penetrating taillights, trunk and bumper adopt a trapezoidal theme facing the tires, which makes the whole vehicle look full of gas.

The forward-looking design in the cockpit has broken through many "Toyota firsts". For example, Toyota adopts the overhead dashboard position design for the first time, which is convenient for drivers to directly see the dashboard from above the steering wheel; For another example, Toyota realized the combination of steer-by-wire system and special-shaped steering wheel for the first time, and abandoned the mechanical connection between steering wheel and tire in structure, so that users can complete steering operation without changing hands and hitting wheels, and at the same time, the steering torque and wheel angle are independently controlled to improve the sense of control. At the same time, this structure also expands the leg space, improves the freedom of driving position and the convenience of getting on and off. According to the official disclosure, the system will be the first to be put into China market, and will be put into other regions after listing in 2022; Also, Toyota used the knob shift for the first time, and the operation was more intuitive and simple.

Electric cars lack driving pleasure? Does not exist! Toyota bZ4X, which was born on the exclusive platform of BEV based on Toyota e-TNGA concept, has realized the arbitrary driving experience and off-road performance of SUV. Toyota bZ4X contains many of Toyota's latest technologies. For the first time, Toyota adopted an electric drive axle integrating motor, drive axle and inverter to help new cars achieve low center of gravity. For the first time, the X-MODE function jointly developed with Subaru * * * is adopted to meet the needs of a four-wheel drive SUV from daily life to light off-road.

In order to better adapt to the consumer market in China, Toyota bZ4X has made unremitting efforts in building an in-vehicle intelligent ecosystem. It has rich speech recognition functions, multimedia systems, etc. It can be upgraded directly through OTA, and the number keys are convenient and easy to use. In addition, the multimedia system not only has general navigation functions, but also has BEV exclusive functions such as charging facilities display and cruising range display.

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Adhere to peace of mind and safety

Loyal to the original heart

For a long time, Toyota has been committed to peace of mind and safe driving performance. Based on Toyota's mature and reliable three-electric technology and advanced technology, Toyota bZ series will be made into a safe and secure electric vehicle brand.

The biggest wish of mobile travel companies is "zero casualties in traffic accidents". In order to realize this wish, Toyota adopted an upgraded version of "Toyota Safety Sense Smart Travel Safety" auxiliary package in Toyota bZ4X to further prevent accidents. In terms of passive safety, bZ4X adopts omni-directional collision response structure, which can protect passengers, battery safety and other vehicles, which not only meets the requirements of BEV, but also gives full play to safety.

Toyota bZ4X is based on Toyota's mature and reliable three-electricity technology, which ensures battery safety by strengthening the "prevention" of battery failure and "timely detection when there are signs of failure" and introducing new technologies, and adopts multiple monitoring systems to ensure accident safety. At the same time, Toyota and CATL Contemporary Ampere Technology Co., Ltd. * * * jointly developed a battery pack and used it on Toyota bZ4X, creating a battery peace of mind on Toyota's exclusive production line.

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Auxiliary carbon neutralization

Live up to the market

The release of Toyota bZ4X is just a starting point. In the future, Toyota bZ pure electric exclusive series will present different BEV products to the market. Beyond Zero is not a simple slogan, but a determination of Toyota on the road of carbon neutrality. With the landing of products, Toyota is realizing it step by step.

As the first product under the exclusive platform of BEV, Toyota bZ4X is called "BEV of energy production". It uses a panoramic skylight with a solar charging panel, which can travel 65,438+800 km per year (estimated by Toyota), contributing to the excellent cruising range. Not only can you charge in the parking lot without charging piles, but you can also use solar energy to charge in emergencies such as disasters. It also uses 3R batteries and recyclable materials to reduce carbon dioxide emissions more actively. This configuration not only reduces the environmental burden, but also creates new value for the pure electric vehicle market.

In 2020, the Central Economic Conference put forward two "small goals"-the peak of carbon dioxide emissions and carbon neutrality, that is, the peak of carbon dioxide emissions should be achieved by 2030 and carbon neutrality should be achieved by 2060. For the automobile industry, popularizing electrification is an important measure to achieve carbon neutrality. In order to reduce carbon emissions and gradually realize zero carbon dioxide emissions, Toyota has been acting.

Toyota proposes to help carbon neutrality in the whole life cycle and strive to promote all-round electrification, aiming at launching sustainable and practical cars and reducing carbon dioxide emissions while meeting the needs of consumers. Toyota hopes to popularize EV by controlling battery cost, and bZ4X will play an important role as an important part of it. For the whole vehicle, from Toyota bZ4X to 2030, the power consumption per kilometer will be gradually reduced, and the goal of reducing by 30% will be achieved. Reducing power consumption can reduce battery capacity, which means that the cost can be reduced by 30%. Through these integrated research and development of vehicles and batteries, Toyota hopes to achieve the goal of reducing the battery cost per vehicle by 50% compared with Toyota bZ4X in 2030.

Now the release of bZ4X is the first step for boots to land. Taking this as a starting point, the lineup of Toyota bZ series continues to expand. At the same time, Toyota will give full play to the network advantages of more than 65,438+0,300 dealers nationwide, and join channels to open a new era of electric vehicles.

Write it at the end

Toyota is a "big factory" with profound car-making heritage. Like other auto companies, on the road to the new energy market, it has brought more convenience to consumers with superb technology and calm layout.

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