I'm afraid this Spring Festival epidemic will have a great impact on the automobile industry, and car companies can't return to work on time, resulting in the postponement of the release of many new cars. Half a month at home, I can only look at the new car dynamics abroad. This look, but let me find several foreign brands, such as? GMC, Ford, Rivian? The pure electric pickup truck has become a climate.
pickup trucks have always been the mainstream in the United States. In the above picture, I will? 219? The total sales of the top ten pickup trucks, SUVs and cars in North America in 2 were compared. Can be clearly seen, 219? The sales of the top ten pickup trucks in the United States totaled 3? 113? 943? Car, SUV? Sales? 2? 856? 617? A car, a car? 2? 31? 78? Car. Therefore, if you want to live in North America, pickup trucks are a market segment that you must not lose.
■? Ford: F15 pure electric
Ford f series has occupied the sales champion of single model in the United States for 42 years, which shows that Americans love Ford pickup trucks deeply. On January 3th, foreign media exposed an imaginary picture of Ford F15 pure electric pickup truck, which basically looked like an "oil-to-electricity" version of the current model. Mach, Mustang's first electric car? E, now it is changing its most popular model from oil to electricity. You can't deny Ford's determination to electrify.
In fact, in 218, Ford announced that it would invest $11 billion to electrify the global market by 222. By then, Ford will have 16 pure electric vehicles and 24 hybrid vehicles worldwide. Although compare All? For the electrified Volkswagen Group (6 billion euros in five years), this investment is nothing. However, compared with BMW's plan to launch 25 new energy vehicles in 223, Ford is not far behind. Now, we have seen the leading world EV and Mach? E, F15 pure electric version will be the third pure electric vehicle.
As early as the north american auto show in 218, Ford's global marketing director said that F-series models would be electrified in the future, and consumers will officially see the production version of F15 pure electric in 221. Last July, Ford showed its customers the powerful towing capability of the F15 pure electric prototype. In the test, the prototype successfully towed a freight car with 52 F15, and the total weight of these freight cars reached an astonishing 567 tons.
There are two important indicators for evaluating pickup trucks: pile loading capacity and towing capacity. For pure electric vehicles, the large torque of the motor is naturally greater than that of the fuel engine. As long as there are no moths, the pure electric version of F15 has stronger dragging ability than the fuel version, which is the result of nailing.
in December p>219, Ford applied to the U.S. patent office for a patent for the pure electric version of F15, which showed that the pure electric version of F15 would have a front compartment. Obviously, without the traditional internal combustion engine and transmission structure and the blessing of Ford's highly integrated electric drive technology, the loading capacity of the pure electric version of Ford F15 will be much higher than that of the traditional fuel version.
The patent also shows that Ford further separates the front compartment by some smaller boxes with handles, and there are no less than two lighting devices inside. Considering Mach? The front compartment on the E can be used as a box for storing ice, and the front compartment of the F15 has so many ways to play. It seems that Ford is going to "play bad" the front compartment of the electric car. In fact, with Tesla's education, consumers have equated "having the front trunk" with "advanced technology of the three power plants".
at present, we don't know much about this pure electric version of the Ford F15. It can only be seen from another patent application that Ford will place the battery pack in the middle of the beam of the frame. The obvious advantage of this is that the weight of the battery pack can be evenly distributed on the whole vehicle, and it also increases the support for the frame itself. Ford claims that the advantage of this is that it can also increase the length of the car body, carry a larger battery pack and have a longer cruising range; At the same time, it can also reduce the vibration and noise of driving poisoning.
In addition, we can see from the patent drawing that the pure electric version of Ford F15 may also adopt the form of front and rear double motors. In the future, Ford will produce in its factory in dearborn, Michigan, USA. Just now, the official has not revealed more information about the power of the new car.
■? Rivian: r1t
Rivian is a new car-making force in the United States, and its reputation is equivalent to Weilai's reputation among the new car-making forces in China. At present, the car company has released a 7-seat SUV——R1S and a pickup truck-R1T for private consumers. More importantly, Rivian has a modular pure electric platform, which is why Ford is willing to spend 5 million dollars to invest in it. For giants like Ford, directly using the ready-made pure electric platform can save huge R&D expenses.
according to the latest news, Ford's high-end brand Lincoln will also jointly build Lincoln's first pure electric vehicle with Rivian. But obviously, this car will not be a pickup truck.
to get down to business, let's talk about R1T. Just like China's new car-making force, most of the first models focus on SUVs. The mainstream model in the United States is pickup trucks, and Rivian will obviously not give up this market segment. R1T will be officially delivered in 22, with a starting price of 69, US dollars. At present, R1T has received a super-large order for 1, freight pickup trucks from the major shareholder Amazon. Previously, Amazon had invested $7 million in the company.
different from Tesla Cybertruck's eccentric shape, Rivian? The R1T at least looks more like a traditional pickup truck, but the unique headlights and daytime running lights always remind people of the nostrils of the second brother.
aside from these, R1T has a solid foundation. Especially the skateboard platform, with four motors, can not only provide four-wheel drive for the vehicle, but also realize the torque vector distribution function, so as to realize the in-situ U-turn function like a tank. According to official data, the minimum ground clearance of R1T is 36mm, and that of approach angle is 5. As a double-row pickup truck, R1T has a body size of 5475/215/1815mm and a wheelbase of 345mm.
There is a tidbit news that Rivian once let former NBA star Shaq O 'Neill, a super center who is 2.16 meters tall and weighs more than 15kg, sit in the R1T, and O 'Neill has more than enough head space, which shows the spatial performance of the car.
in addition, Rivian also integrates Amazon's voice assistant Alexa into the car system. As a major shareholder, Amazon and Rivian have launched a series of in-depth cooperation. Car owners can not only control some multimedia functions through voice, but also control functions such as windows, tailgates, skylights and air conditioning systems. This mode of cooperation can be understood as the cooperation between SAIC and Ali. Of course, as a pure electric vehicle born in the 21st century, L3-level automatic driving function is also essential.
What is certain is that R1T will launch a variety of power versions. At present, it is known that the high-power version with 4 motors can achieve an exaggerated maximum torque of 14, Nm. The four wheels of R1T will be controlled by four independent motors, each with a maximum power of 147kW and a combined maximum power of 588kW. Therefore, the high-power version of R1T can accelerate from to 96 km/h in only 3 seconds, and the top speed can reach 21 km/h..
As the delivery date of products approaches, Rivian is frequently seen on the application list of the US Patent Office. Since 218, Rivian has applied for various patents such as 8 volt charging technology, car-to-car charging technology, battery PACK, detachable battery, temperature control system, external roof device, brake pad wear detection, tailgate lifting and so on. There is only one 8-volt charging technology. At present, there are only Porsche Taycan and Audi e-tron? GT has announced that the vehicle charging architecture supports such a high voltage.
regarding the cruising range, Rivian has announced that the R1T will be equipped with three battery packs with different capacities: 15kWh, 135kWh and 18kWh, with the highest cruising range of 644km. Rivian? R1T is based on Tesla Model? 3 The same 217 batteries, and creatively divide the battery PACK into two layers, so as to fit more batteries in a limited space. To this end, Rivian also applied to the United States Patent Office for the corresponding battery temperature control system patent. Only now, we don't know the battery supplier of the company.
in terms of production qualification, Rivian is located in Nomore, Illinois, and once belonged to Mitsubishi Motors. Today, it will be the production plant of R1T and R1S. According to Rivian, the factory plans to have a production capacity of 25, vehicles in the first year, and will reach a maximum annual production capacity of 26, vehicles as the production capacity climbs.
compared with Tesla, Rivian may bear much less pressure on production capacity, and the order for 1, freight pickup trucks from Amazon may be the main problem that the factory will face after 221. As of the deadline, Rivian has not announced the number of orders from ordinary consumers.
■? GMC: Hummer pure electric
Never imagined that Hummer with "heavy eyebrows and big eyes" would one day rebel against the revolution. During the American Super Bowl this year, the advertisement of Hummer pure electric pickup truck endorsed by NBA star James officially met with the audience, and the Hummer, once an "oil tiger", finally bowed its head to electrification.
The above picture is an imaginary picture drawn by foreign media, and GMC officials only announced the front grille style of the new car. According to reports, the Hummer pure electric pickup truck will be officially unveiled on May 2, 22, and it is expected that the new car will be officially launched in the autumn of 221. At present, the official has not announced the pre-sale price of the new car, but some foreign media predict that the new car may be between 8 thousand and 1 thousand dollars. In 222, GM also plans to launch a higher performance version of the pure electric Hummer pickup.
judging from the imaginary map exposed at present, the new car does lack the tough lines of Hummer models in the past, and it looks too "universal". Give a brief explanation to the people who don't know the truth. At present, Hummer brand belongs to GMC brand of General Motors. This time, the launch of pure electric Hummer pickup truck means that GM will also officially launch pure electric pickup truck models in the United States. From this, I boldly guess that the new car will be built on the general BEV pure electric platform.
according to the official announcement, the pure electric Hummer pickup truck will have a maximum power of 1 HP and a torque of 15591 nm, and the acceleration time from -96 km/h will only take 3 seconds. These data are not far from the Ford F15 pure electric and R1T mentioned above, but as the official has not released more detailed technical data, we can't analyze how this car is done.
once upon a time, Hummer was stopped by GM for environmental protection. Nowadays, with the global electrification wave, the Hummer brand is revived again. For GM, reviving Hummer does not mean counting on it to make money in the future. What the new car undertakes is more of a task of showing muscles. Otherwise, the renovation investment of Detroit's Hamtramck factory alone will exceed $3 billion, and Hummer's target group is too small to recover the cost in any case.
In fact, the launch of the pure electric Hummer pickup truck is part of GM's large-scale luxury pure electric vehicle plan with internal code BT1. This plan will launch Cadillac's first pure electric SUV based on Hummer platform, which is expected to be officially unveiled in 223. According to previous reports, Cadillac's first pure electric SUV will be built on the exclusive platform of general BEV pure electric, and the platform will launch various types of electric vehicles covering SUVs, light commercial vehicles and medium-sized cars in the future.
perhaps for GM, in this wave of pure electric pickup trucks, the real winner is the electric version of Chevrolet Sorod.
if the guess is true-the pure electric Hummer pickup truck is indeed built on the BEV platform, then the new car will also launch various customized battery packs in the future, offering different versions with cruising range for consumers to choose from. For more news and technical analysis about the new car, please continue to pay attention to the follow-up analysis reports of the electric state.
■? Tesla: Cyberruck
Musk knows very well that whether Tesla can live well depends on Model. 3 global sales; Whether Tesla can really take root in the United States depends on the sales of Cybertruck in the United States. Up to now, Cybertruck has received more than 25, orders, but this does not mean that Tesla has the confidence to wrestle with Ford F15. There are two reasons, one is that these orders can be refunded at any time, and the other is that Tesla will not be able to start production until the end of 221, and the planned production capacity is only 5, units.
There have been too many articles and videos about Tesla Cybertruck. This electric car looks like it came from the future, and it does have a fatal charm. On the one hand, this charm comes from the appearance that is ridiculed as "intern design", on the other hand, its deadly technical parameters.
single motor rear drive version: EPA has a battery life of 42km, and the acceleration time of -96km/h is 6.5s, and the price is 39,9 USD;
dual-motor four-wheel drive version: EPA has a battery life of 483km, with an acceleration time of 4.5s at -96km/h, and the price is USD 49,9;
Three-motor four-wheel drive version: EPA has a battery life of 84km, with an acceleration time of 2.9 seconds at -96km/h, and the price is $69,9.
apart from the explosion of styling, what other eye-catching functions does Cybertruck have? Is it bulletproof glass or bulletproof body? Is it a drag coefficient of .3 or a solar tailgate cover? Maybe these are all, but they can't convince most American consumers.
according to a survey of a website in the United States, netizens in 31 States in the United States said that they could not accept the appearance of Cybertruck. New energy from the media garage No.42, once cited the American investigation company Piplsay on 21143 Americans about Cybertruck? The survey results of related problems show that 44% Americans know about Cyberruck, and 32% Americans know nothing about Cyberruck. Among the people who know, 44% said they don't like Cybertruck, while 29% said they like it.
faced with such an extreme evaluation, I think it remains to be seen whether Cybertruck can succeed. One is consumer acceptance, and the other is from market share. At the beginning of the article, I counted the total sales of the top ten models in the American pickup truck market in 219-3? 113? 943 vehicles. 3 million, which is probably the market share of the pickup truck market in the United States, and there are about 8 domestic markets in the United States at present.