Author?| Li Dapeng
Produced by?|?Electric Association
Toyota’s world’s first pure electric car is here.
On April 16, FAW Toyota bZ3 was officially launched. The new car was launched in three models, with a price range of 169,800 to 199,800 yuan. Among them, the Elite PRO version is 169,800 yuan; the long-life Pro version is 189,800 yuan; and the long-life Premium version is 199,800 yuan.
At the press conference, bZ specialists from FAW Toyota’s five major regions across the country completed the delivery of the car to five groups of happy families of new car owners, which also means that the delivery of bZ3 will officially begin from now on.
As FAW Toyota's new pure electric mid-size sedan, bZ3 is built on the e-TNGA platform and is equipped with BYD's Fodi motor and lithium iron phosphate battery. The CLTC operating range reaches up to 616 kilometers, 30-80 Charging takes only 27 minutes.
Officially, as of now, bZ3 has received over 5,000 orders.
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Superior quality, specially built for Chinese users
At the beginning of development, bZ3 was set as a "people-oriented" core concept Toyota car".
Kato Takero, chief designer of the FAW Toyota bZ3, said frankly that in order to meet the needs and preferences of Chinese consumers more quickly and accurately, Toyota dispatched more than 100 engineers in the fields of design, production, technology, quality control and other fields. Participate in research and development.
In terms of appearance, the front face of the new car adopts a family design. Most pure electric cars adopt a closed front grille design. The FAW Toyota bZ3 is no exception, but its front face design is tougher and more The sharp and angular lines are very different from the current mainstream streamlined design, and they also make the front face look less empty.
The side lines of the car body are very smooth, and the fastback design, combined with the shape of a lop-headed shark on the front face, makes it look like a calm and powerful tiger. The hidden door handle design is also quite special. The fast and slow charging port is located on the left rear of the vehicle, making it more convenient to reverse and park for charging.
In terms of body size, the length, width and height of the new car are 4725/1835/1475mm respectively, and the wheelbase is 2880mm, which meets the size requirements of a B-class car.
At the rear of the vehicle, the taillights adopt a through-type design and form a Y-shaped bifurcation on both sides. It has a design inspiration of a coupe hatchback. The entire rear bumper is made of black plastic material. It can alleviate the maintenance costs caused by daily scratches to a certain extent.
On the whole, bZ3 fully demonstrates FAW Toyota's "people-oriented" design thinking. The entire appearance is full of power and elegance, highlighting the characteristics of a pure electric vehicle, and the "big back" The coupe design should be able to win the favor of more young Chinese consumers.
In terms of interior, bZ3 perfectly combines the two current mainstream themes of intelligence and minimalist style to create a smart cockpit that combines technology and luxury. The surface of the center console is surrounded by flat soft materials. , a vertical central control screen in the middle, and the traditional arched instrument panel has been replaced by a floating instrument. The multi-screen combination shows a full sense of technology.
It is worth mentioning that bZ3 adopts the largest 12.8-inch suspended multimedia navigation system in Toyota's history. The vertical design is more in line with users' habits of using vertical screen mobile phones, and at the same time provides good comfort for rear passengers. Watch the field of view. The growth-type AI intelligent companion "Xiao Fei" will gradually grow while accompanying the user and become more in tune with the user.
At the same time, "Xiao Fei" can also support Mandarin, Cantonese, and Sichuan dialect recognition, and supports no need to wake up and 120 seconds of continuous command and natural voice input in various scenarios, strengthening the emotional connection between the vehicle and the user. , bringing a more “warm” smart experience.
In terms of power, bZ3 is equipped with a permanent magnet/synchronous motor with maximum power of 135kW (standard model) and 180kW, and a peak torque of 303N·m. The standard model can complete 0-0 in 3.2 seconds. Accelerating to 50km/h, the power output is very abundant.
At the same time, the new car is equipped with lithium iron phosphate batteries of different capacities. The CLTC pure electric cruising range is 517 kilometers (standard model) and 616 kilometers respectively.
In addition, the battery pack of the new car supports fast charging mode, which can complete 30-80 charge in 27 minutes. It also supports V2L discharge system (maximum output power reaches 3300W), which can be used to make hot pot when camping, which is satisfactory. Increasingly diverse car usage scenarios.
In terms of driving control, thanks to the low weight, high rigidity of the e-TNGA architecture and the excellent front-to-rear weight distribution of 55:45, bZ3 can effectively reduce the body's left and right sway and front and rear sway, making it easier to turn when turning. Can be manipulated however you want. On bumpy roads in the city, bZ3 creates "comfortable moments" for users by suppressing useless movements of the vehicle and reducing the movement of the occupants' bodies and heads.
In terms of driving characteristics such as "driving", "deceleration" and "steering", coupled with Toyota's accumulated experience in carefully building cars over the past 80 years, the operation of the accelerator pedal, brakes, steering system and The design is adjusted accordingly, so that while enjoying FUN TO DRIVE (driving pleasure), both the driver and the passengers can comfortably enjoy the happy time in the car.
It can be seen that bZ3 has been designed with Chinese consumers in mind in many aspects. Not only does the styling design cater to Chinese aesthetics, but the driving control during travel is also guaranteed to be excellent.
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Quality assurance, top-level manufacturing system support
Since 2003, FAW Toyota has entered its 20th year. Now, it is facing industrial transformation In the changing trend of the times, how should FAW Toyota embrace new energy?
As the world's largest new energy vehicle market, China is also one of Toyota's largest markets in the world. How to achieve a breakthrough in China's new energy vehicle market has become Toyota's most urgent task.
Not long ago, Toyota Motor President Tsuneharu Sato publicly stated that Toyota now needs to break out of its previous car-making framework and thinking in order to achieve a breakthrough in the electric vehicle market.
To this end, Toyota has decided to change its previous model and build a self-circulating R&D system in the Chinese market. In the future, more Toyota products will be jointly developed and manufactured with Chinese engineers to better Meet the needs of Chinese consumers.
In order to build higher-quality new energy vehicles, FAW Toyota has also established an independent new energy factory.
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At the manufacturing level, FAW Toyota New Energy Plant adheres to QDR (high quality, high reliability, high durability) standards to create pure Toyota products, and bZ3 is built under such a lean manufacturing production system. "Refined", all aspects of R&D, production and quality control comply with Toyota standards, creating "zero-defect" new energy products for users.
The person in charge of FAW Toyota told the "Electric Industry Association" that FAW Toyota's new energy plant is Toyota's most automated plant in the world and has the three characteristics of "complete, intelligent and new".
In terms of full process, in addition to the traditional five major processes, Toyota has for the first time completed the production and assembly of battery packs within a manufacturing plant, ensuring quality control throughout the entire manufacturing process.
For example, in terms of battery safety, bZ3 adheres to Toyota QDR standards and uses lithium iron phosphate batteries that produce no smoke or fire in acupuncture tests and have excellent safety, and the cooler is designed under the battery unit. , greatly reducing the possibility of short circuits caused by coolant leakage and condensation water.
In addition, the bZ3 battery uses a specialized resistor coolant LLC, whose insulation performance is about 50 times higher than ordinary coolant, significantly reducing the possibility of short circuit initiation. At the same time, bZ3 has no distinction between high and low configurations in terms of safety. All new cars are equipped with Toyota Safety Sense, 8 SRS airbags, and multiple battery monitoring systems.
In terms of intelligence, FAW Toyota's new energy plant can meet the mixed-flow production of 7 models at the same time, and can respond flexibly and quickly to customer needs and changes.
A large number of intelligent vision systems are used to realize multi-functional integration of quality monitoring and ensure the production of high-quality vehicles. More than 900 AMRs are used in the workshop to realize unmanned logistics handling and simplify engineering.
The automated production line ensures product accuracy and production efficiency. Coupled with FAW Toyota's continuous improvement of the entire process of material selection, manufacturing and testing, it has achieved a number of "ceiling-level" product performances.
In terms of new technologies, the factory adopts advanced technologies such as Toyota’s patented laser spiral welding and IX painting for the first time to ensure efficient and high-quality vehicle manufacturing.
FAW Toyota not only integrates the development experience of the new energy vehicle industry, but also introduces high-end manufacturing technology to create world-class quality. At the same time, it has the support of top domestic new energy vehicle companies such as BYD.
It is understood that BYD has contracted at least two and a half of the three-electric system of Toyota bZ3. The batteries and motors among the three core components of the powertrain are all from BYD, and the electronic control system is provided by BYD. Toyota and BYD jointly developed it.
It can be seen that FAW Toyota New Energy Factory has provided high-end experience and technology for the R&D and manufacturing of the bZ series to a large extent, making the birth of high-quality products more guaranteed and also The development of bZ series has great room for imagination.
From actively building the most advanced new energy factories to the arrival of the first pure electric sedan bZ3, the outside world has seen that Toyota is also accelerating its transformation under the wave of electrification and intelligence. We are full of expectations for the market prospects of the bZ series.
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