[Autohome?Industry]?Recently, from the official website of the State Intellectual Property Office, an invention patent whose applicant is Guangzhou Xiaopeng Automobile Technology Co., Ltd. can be found. This patent is a unique design for a vehicle’s removable roof. The patent applied for this time points out: "The present invention discloses a liftable roof device for a vehicle. The vehicle includes a body and a front windshield assembly. The front windshield assembly is located on the top front side of the vehicle body. The liftable roof device includes: The top cover assembly is pivotably located on the top of the car body and is located behind the front windshield assembly. When the top cover assembly is in the closed position, the front windshield assembly and the top cover assembly simultaneously close the top of the car body. When the top cover assembly pivots from the closed position to the open position, the rear end of the top cover assembly rises upward around its front end. "It is not difficult to find through the exposed patent images that compared with the previously launched Xpeng P7 model, this new The body size of the model is smaller. Considering that the competition among SUV models is too fierce, He Xiaopeng once said that Xpeng Motors is more suitable to use sports coupes as the entry point and build it into a popular model. For vehicles that pursue sporty characteristics, due to their streamlined structure from the roof to the rear, the height of the space in the second row of the vehicle is relatively low, and the headroom of the second row passengers is small. Therefore, the patent aims to improve rear-seat riding comfort. The patent shows, “When the top cover assembly is in the open position, its rear end rises upward around its front end, thereby expanding the rear space of the vehicle and improving ride comfort. When the top cover assembly is in the closed position, the vehicle can be lowered It reduces wind resistance during driving and improves vehicle controllability."
『Xpeng Motors P7』 Looking back at Xpeng Motors’ first model, the G3, the overall sales volume is not outstanding among the new car-making forces. In 2019, a total of 16,608 units were sold, which is far from reaching the original “annual target”. Sales target of 40,000 vehicles. At the moment, Xpeng needs a new model to prove itself. According to product planning, Xpeng’s second-generation smart car P7 has been launched. We will continue to know when this “mysterious” model with a liftable roof will appear. focus on. (Text/Autohome?Peng Fei)