Recently, Lexus officially announced that it will launch two new pure electric vehicles in 221. The new vehicles will be equipped with a new generation of four-wheel drive system-Direct4. The official also released photos of camouflage vehicles that are being tested with Direct 4 system. After the hybrid patent of Toyota Motor Group expires, Lexus, its luxury brand, will take the lead in opening the era of electrification.
the design director of Lexus, Mr. Hou Yi, said that the Spindle of Lexus brand? Grille's spindle-shaped front face design will also change, but the spindle-shaped design will not disappear completely, which represents the character of the car and the family style of Lexus.
first of all, take the prototype built on the current ES as an example. DIRECT4 electric drive technology will give the products built on the exclusive platform of electric vehicles two different characteristics. Firstly, compared with the traditional four-wheel drive pure electric vehicle with front and rear axle motors and the E-Four electronic four-wheel drive system previously released by REV4, this technology can realize the conventional 5: 5 front and rear power distribution, and at the same time, it can be adjusted to 2: 8, thus becoming a four-wheel drive model with rear drive characteristics. However, it is worth noting that the rear axle motor of DIRECT4 is not used as auxiliary power.
Direct4 adopts e-axle design on the front and rear axles (hybrid only rear axle), and integrates a set of high-torque output motors and drive axles respectively. Through the system upgrade and real-time power distribution of the on-board computer, the effect of zero output delay is achieved. Lexus said that while bringing more flexible dynamic handling, Direct4 also has the effect of reducing noise and improving comfort.
in addition, another SUV prototype is driven by pure electricity, and the output power and torque of the front and rear axle motors are both 15 kw+3 n m. At present, foreign media have speculated that this camouflage car may be a new Lexus model-LQ. Is the new car based on LF-1? The Limitless concept car is built, positioned between the current RX and LX, and is planned to be introduced to the market in 222.
Lexus has synchronized the Direct4 four-wheel drive technology, which is different from the E-Four four-wheel drive technology carried by the current hybrid vehicles. The introduction of Direct4 technology will give Lexus more driving pleasure for future hybrid and pure electric vehicles. The key point is that this technology can be used in HEV hybrid, PHEV plug-in hybrid, BEV pure electric and FCEV hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles at the same time.
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