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In the latest issue of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology declaration catalogue, the automotive industry has obtained the declaration chart of GAC Toyota bZ4X. The new car is based on the BEV exclusive platform of e-TNGA architecture, positioning medium-sized pure electric SUV, and FAW Toyota bZ4X are sister models to each other, and the new car is expected to be on the market this year.

Earlier, the GAC Toyota bZ4X prototype was unveiled at the 2021 Guangzhou Auto Show, while the GAC Toyota bZ4X declared by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology was the first car in the new volume production version. From the point of view of appearance, as a newly developed pure electric, the whole vehicle design language is completely different from the Toyota fuel model on sale, the closed middle net is matched with the extremely radical penetrating type C headlamp group, and the lower encirclement adopts the penetrating styling design. the overall shape is very scientific and technological. From the side, the lines of the new car are also very strong, and the lines of the two-color roof, rear spoiler, rear window and rear door are very close to that of the RAV4. In the rear part, the new car is equipped with popular through taillights, and the black encirclement of the bottom area further enhances the sense of movement of the rear. In terms of body size, Guangzhou Auto Toyota bZ4X length, width and height are 4690/1860/1650mm, wheelbase is 2850mm.

In terms of interior, refer to the Toyota bZ4X concept car, which uses a special-shaped steering wheel, but the Zhi production version is not expected to continue this design. In addition, the dashboard adopts a surrounded design, with a large central control screen and some physical buttons at the bottom, and the two styles of machinery and technology are well integrated.

In terms of power, GAC Toyota bZ4X can provide two forms of front drive and four-wheel drive. Among them, the front version of the maximum power 150kw, peak torque 265N ·m. The maximum power of the four-wheel drive model is 160kw, and the peak torque is 336N ·m. At the same time, the four-wheel drive version is equipped with X-MODE four-wheel drive system and Grip-Control intelligent multi-road adaptation system.

It is worth mentioning that whether it is Guangzhou Auto Toyota or FAW Toyota, the name of the new car is "bZ4X". It is not known whether the official Chinese name will be released. As the two models are sister models, no matter the appearance, interior design and power system are basically always, but as different manufacturers, this part of the design and parameters will be different. From the point of view of the time node, the time to market of FAW Toyota bZ4X is expected to be faster than that of Guangzhou Automobile Toyota bZ4X.

Under the influence that new energy vehicles have become the tuyere of future development, and under the influence of independent car brands and automobile brands such as Tesla, Ulai and Xiaopeng, which occupy most of the new energy market share, more and more international car companies begin to enter the new energy industry on a large scale and announce the time to stop selling fuel vehicles one after another. Take Volkswagen Group as an example, it has launched a number of new pure electric vehicles in 2021, including ID.3, ID.4, ID.6 and so on. These models are all newly designed pure electric products, which have achieved relatively good sales results in domestic multinational car enterprises. Toyota, on the other hand, although it has been exploring in the field of new energy vehicles for many years, it has never launched a real model. Take the domestic as an example, the new energy products currently on sale include Weilanda high-performance version, RAV4 Rongfang double engine +, Carola double engine +, Lei Ling double engine +, Yize E engine, C-HR EV and so on, which are basically based on fuel version derived from plug-in hybrid cars or pure trams, the monthly sales are not very objective.

On December 14, 2021, a Toyota launch shocked the industry. On the same day, Toyota displayed 17 pure electric vehicles and released a series of strategic target data at the same time. Toyota proposes that Toyota new energy vehicles will account for 75% of total sales in 2030, strive to sell 3.5 million vehicles a year, invest 4 trillion yen (224 billion yuan) in pure electric in 2030, and launch 30 new pure electric vehicles by 2030. In addition, Lexus will become a pure electric brand, achieving 100% pure electric in Europe, North America and China, and the goal will be extended to the world by 2035. It is understood that the new Lexus pure electric RZ will be unveiled on April 20.

'We hope to expand the sales of carbon-neutral models as much as possible by 2035, but in fact it will be largely affected by the energy situation in various countries, so we need to avoid this, 'Mr. Toyoda said in an interview with the media. In the face of diversified markets and different situations, we need to deal with them through a variety of solutions. In Norway, for example, BEV has a market share of about 60% and 70%. The reason why it is so popular is that compared with other vehicles, BEV enjoys a variety of benefits, such as tax incentives, free parking, free tolls and so on.

In the future, the market of new energy vehicles will gradually expand, and the major car companies will be more clear about the development goals of new energy vehicles. Different from independent car companies, Toyota, as a global automobile giant, although it is still unknown whether its proposed goals can be achieved, we can see that Toyota has begun to achieve transformation, and the pure electric strategy is enough to shake the development pattern of the global automobile industry. the most intuitive impact will greatly promote the accelerated development of the pure electric vehicle market.

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