ReadingThe quality of the coco electric car is very good. First of all, Reading is positioned as a low-speed electric vehicle, and its price is tens of thousands of yuan. The market it faces may also be more third- and fourth-tier urban markets, and more likely to be used by people in small towns for shopping and traveling.
The noise reduction of Reading electric cars is also very good. Not only is there almost no noise when the engine is running, but once the doors and windows are closed, outside noise is also isolated. children at home, so I'm particularly happy with that.
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The structure of the body space is quite intelligent. It looks small, but the interior space is actually quite large because I usually take my kids with a lotthings. , so I take my husband's car. They all seem small, but the Reading D50 doesn't actually seem crowded.
It has all the power going uphill and is easy to turn around corners. I also tested the D70 around this time, and it was pretty easy to go up a hill. I think this should be an advantage of Reading EVs, not just the D50.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia - Reading Electric Vehicles
The signing of the cooperation agreement between Toyota and BYD can be regarded as the one of the biggest news in the automotive field last year. It is a giant brand in the global automobile industry and a strong promoter of automobile electrification. The other is the largest new energy vehicle manufacturer in China. It will be interesting to see what kind of cooperation sparks between them. both will create.
In less than six months, the joint venture between BYD and Toyota has moved from agreement to implementation. On March 25, “BYD Toyota Electric Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd. » was officially created. corporate information platform Data shows that the registered capital of the new company reaches 345 million yuan, and it is located in the "hometown of BYD", Pingshan District, Shenzhen City.
According to company information, the company's shareholding rate is 50% each held by Toyota and BYD, and the management team is also composed of the two parties. The chairman is former Toyota Global Powertrain Chairman Hiroyuki Kishi, Mr. Zhao. Binggen, assistant to the president of the Automotive Engineering Research Institute, will serve as legal entity and general director.
The business scope of the new company includes the design and development of pure electric vehicles and derivative vehicles,n and development of parts for pure electric vehicles and derived vehicles, import and export of parts and components such as as well as sales and after-sales services, etc. wait. It can be seen that this is a company with extremely strong integrity in the development and design of complete vehicles and parts. It is worth mentioning that according to relevant information, the two parties will jointly develop pure electric products and power batteries for cars and SUVs. Newly produced cars in the future will use the Toyota brand and are expected to be launched in Japan as early as 2025. Indoor market.
This also seems to mean that in the future, in addition to "GAC Toyota" and "FAW Toyota", there will also be an all-electric brand "BYD Toyota".
This cooperation is very complementary
If you trace the history of BY's fortuneD, many people can still be deeply impressed by the “BYD Corolla” (BYD F3). Indeed, the BYD F3 looked almost identical to the Corolla and was relatively cheaper. and more affordable. The price opened the market and increased its popularity. But in fact, BYD was the first company to make a fortune in batteries. In addition to consumer 3C batteries, the battery types it covers also include lithium iron phosphate batteries and ternary batteries used in vehicles.
BYD did not follow the “copier” path to the end. Instead, when new energy vehicles began to show signs of success, BYD relied on its many years of experience in battery manufacturing. the leader in plug-in hybrid, Although its products have been questioned for some time when it comes to advanced research and development in theIn the field of pure electricity, facts have proven that BYD has not taken the wrong path. Today, BYD has become one of the largest domestic automobile companies with new energy vehicles as its main products. Its pure electric models are not only our common civilian cars and SUVs, but also pure electric trucks and municipal engineering vehicles in the commercial field. Functional vehicles in the field, buses in the field of public transport, etc. are almost all BYD products.
In addition to product richness, the concept of pure electric vehicle "platform" is also an important R&D direction after BYD's R&D focus shifts from traditional fuel vehicles towards the field of pure electricity. positive development, BYD's "electronic platform" is becoming more and more mature. This formal cooperationbetween BYD and Toyota will most likely use the "electronic platform" that BYD is now proud of on new models developed by the two.
Some people may think that as an international giant in the automobile industry, in terms of size, it is much bigger than BYD and does not need BYD's help in terms of of the technological platform. In fact, this is not the case. If we look at the root cause, Toyota's pure electric development capabilities may actually be lower than many domestic manufacturers.
Although Toyota was one of the world's automakers to combine electrification technology with pure fuel technology relatively early to develop hybrid power (in 1997), it has gained influence almost unrivaled industrial. According to statistics, the Toyota Group. global sales of hybrid models reached more than 14 million units; but despite this, Toyota, as a pioneer in vehicle electrification, has not spent too much money on the development of pure electric fields. After all, in Toyota's philosophy, the best. The solution for new energies is hydrogen energy. (The photo shows the Toyota mia hydrogen car)
The vice president of Toyota Motor Corporation also publicly admitted earlier that "the prediction of the rapid growth rate of the pure electric vehicle market has been wrong evaluated”. At the same time, it also adjusted the sales target of electric vehicles to reach 5.5 million units by 2030 to 2025. It can be seen that although Toyota is as strong as Toyota, in fact, in As part of the global electrification trend, there are There are also times when judgments are wrong.
The Chinese market is undoubtedly a new energy vehicle market with great potential.l in addition to the overall automobile consumption cycle.In addition to the political environment favorable to new energy vehicles, Toyota and BYD have already gained strong awareness and trust in the Chinese market for these two brands, whether in the field hybrid or in the pure electric field. It will undoubtedly be a healthy cooperation that leverages everyone's combined strengths to provide the market with more reliable products and further promote the popularization of domestic new energy vehicle products and market expansion.
Not only BYD, Toyota has cooperated with many Chinese companies
In fact, as early as September last year, Toyota reached a new electrification agreement with “GAC” and “FAW”. The framework agreement for strategic cooperation in the field of smart grid connectivity will further deepen and promote the research, development and popularization of smart grid models.pure electric and hydrogen fuel cells on the basis of maintaining a long-term joint venture.
Domestic electric battery giant CATL is also one of the world's largest suppliers of electric battery systems. It also established a cooperative relationship with Toyota around the middle of last year to develop new technologies for new energy vehicles. will be carried out on recycling batteries and stabilizing the supply of batteries themselves.
Cooperative relationships with established joint ventures were further deepened, a cooperative relationship was concluded with one of the largest pure electric vehicle manufacturers in China and research cooperation in The battery field was conducted with one of the world's largest suppliers of battery systems. This could also mean that almost all energy vehiclesie news on the domestic market in the future will be inextricably linked with Toyota, this may again suppress Volkswagen to a certain extent and continue to consolidate. its position as the world's number one automobile manufacturer.
For BYD, if the technical depth and reliability of its "electronic platform" can stand the test, it will also be possible to promote BYD's transformation from an independent brand mainly targeting Chinese market to a purely electric international brand. vehicle. The role of leading automotive technology platform providers has changed. This role upgrade will undoubtedly make BYD's path to "overseas" although BYD's commercial vehicles and public transportation models have already seen successful exports, if this can be another victory. the field of civil grade passenger cars will undoubtedly bring the size ofthe BYD brand and its market share to a whole new level.
This article is from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.