On April 20, Lexus' new electric vehicle, the Lexus RZ, ushered in its debut, which is based on toyota's e-TNGA pure electric architecture and positions a pure electric compact SUV.
In the process of electrification, compared with Volkswagen, BMW or some independent car brands, Toyota's pace is obviously slow, but this does not mean that it will be absent. Nowadays, Toyota has begun to exert efforts in the pure electric vehicle market, and the Lexus brand has also ushered in the pioneering work of the pure electric vehicle series.
The design is still "thunder car", so that people can identify at a glance that it is a Lexus. The Lexus RZ has a lot of sharp lines throughout the body, the simple and sharp day running lights lift the spirit, and the family spindle grille design is still very aggressive. To say that the more special place is that the Lexus RZ can choose a two-color appearance, but people do not just blacken the roof, but together with the front grille, cabin cover together with "black", there is a bit of modified car meaning.
Lexus RZ did not forget to be young, using the body design of a coupe SUV, and the back slipped directly to the end of the tail, ending with a small ducktail design. In terms of size, the new car has a length, width and height of 4805/1895/1635mm, and a wheelbase of 2850mm.
Instead of adopting the brand logo, the tail was replaced by the word "LEXUS". The new car adopts the popular through-type taillight design, the style is very simple, basically a stroke.
In fact, from the appearance point of view, Lexus RZ does not give people a sense of innovation, and entering the car is different! The irregularly shaped steering wheel is absolutely eye-catching and has a bit of a racing flavor, which retains the "reins" concept from the LF-30 concept car.
The steering wheel is designed in this way, which is obviously a little uncomfortable when it is necessary to cross hands to play the direction. Don't worry too much, though, because the real focus of this steering wheel is that it uses a new Steel by Wire variable ratio electronic steering system, so that the steering wheel has a steering angle of about 150 degrees plus or minus.
Leaving aside the oddly shaped steering wheel, the Lexus RZ is relatively conventional in other aspects of the interior. One thing is gratifying, that is, lexus RZ is not like many current electric vehicle products, for the so-called intelligent technology experience, without thinking about installing a huge screen. Lexus has allowed RZ to retain many traditions, such as start buttons, physical buttons, mosaic central control screens, etc.
In terms of other details, the Lexus RZ uses knob-type electronic shifting, the front row is equipped with 3 Type-C interfaces and wireless charging, the in-car button door opening mechanism is the same as the new NX, and the panoramic sunroof is two-piece...
As an electric vehicle, how the endurance performance is of concern to everyone, but Lexus' new car release did not disclose the mileage data of the RZ series, as well as the vehicle's recharge time, and it is known that it will be equipped with a 71.4kWh battery. In terms of power, the new car is equipped with a dual motor drive system, and the maximum power of the front and rear motors is 150kW and 80kW respectively.
Equipped with the DIRECT4 electronic dynamic all-wheel drive system, the front and rear wheel drive forces can be distributed based on information collected by wheel speed, acceleration pedal and steering angle sensors. Because it is a four-wheel drive composed of two motors in front and rear, it is easy to achieve a front-to-rear ratio distribution between 0:100 and 100:0. At the same time, the system will change this ratio at any time through conditions such as acceleration and deceleration/cornering.
Electrification does not allow us to see another Lexus, but continues to maintain the original brand tone, at least from the perspective of the Lexus RZ that will be put into mass production. Perhaps, we see too many electric vehicles too much pursuit of technology, or caught in the whirlpool of large screens, showmanship can not extricate themselves, take it for granted that electric vehicles should be like that...
Lexus chooses to maintain its own tone and innovate in the inheritance, which may be a bit conservative, but it is a steady path of innovation. Next, the opponents of the Lexus RZ will be Model Y, Mercedes-Benz EQA, Audi Q4 e-tron and so on. Whether you can have a beautiful opening depends on the final model pricing. There is also a brand like Lexus with a halo of faith in the electric vehicle market, and the faith may not be able to be continued!
All in all, the world of electric vehicles will become more and more lively, and our choices will also be more and more. In the era of great changes in fuel vehicles and electric vehicles, we are lucky after all.