Author: little magic
With the traditional car companies put more energy into the electric car platform on research and development, we finally have the opportunity to see some shake off traditional fuel car styling range of children’s future electric car, such as your eyes machine, known as Project Vector, has a capsule-like oval van outline of electric vehicles.
This is a Jaguar from the UK – Land Rover is showcasing its newly developed electric platform, to create a pure electric concept car, and Jaguar – Land Rover has committed to in the future within 18 months of this electric van will be put into road test.
Project Vector is the leading research and development by the National Automotive Innovation Center in Coventry UK, which is a by the Jaguar – Land Rover joint venture, Tata Motors and the University of Warwick £ 150 million the establishment of joint ventures.
Based on the electric van Jaguar – Land Rover new “autonomy ready (quasi autopilot)” chassis to create a length of approximately 4 meters, can accommodate varying capacity 60kWh to 90kWh battery pack and provides 249-299 km of pure electric mileage.
Although the car’s chassis support automatic pilot, but engineers still it is equipped with a steering wheel can be manipulated components of a conventional driving.
all batteries and electric drive system components of this electric vehicle are packaged on a flat floor, so that the designer can easily carry out a variety of flexible cabin layout.
Project Vector meet the private use of public transport and even business services needs, such as last-mile urban distribution and the like.
It is learned that if needed the internet may also be size further extend the 1 m length, which accommodates Although a size its super mini enough for 6 adults people aboard.
Jaguar – Land Rover said they want the car as part of a flexible urban transport network, which can adapt to different uses, and has plans to CowenVertical City Council and West Midlands authorities to cooperate, starting from the second half of 2021, in order to create a Zero project-based mobile travel services. The plan will serve as “the future of mobile Coventry street living laboratory.”
However, in the initial phase of the program, Project Vector electric vehicles will use manned, rather than automatic driving mode. This allows the vehicle without changing the transport infrastructure and related legislation, participate in normal traffic traveling.
the person in charge of the project, Dr. Tim Leverton said that in the first stage, they may create a total of 20 Project Vector electric cars, these cars travel routes are set in and around the University of Warwick.
“We have identified several likely looking area. Not only on campus, these cars can also help students and staff always has conveyed to the outside of the designated area. If we look at Cowen vertical tile mountain areas, where about 2,000 people every day back and forth between the university. “
at present the national automotive innovation Center at the University of Warwick has been selected as the test Project Vector base to help them quickly put into the new test, in addition to the Jaguar and attract – more investment and cooperation, academic and business partners outside the Land Rover.
Leverton said: “The trend of urbanization and digitization of the interconnected urban transport system has become necessary to share and private vehicles will share space with the public transportation network and the inevitable and connected thereto, so you can press the demand for autonomy. . travel
this is a complex task, it is best to cooperate together to achieve through cooperation with various automotive, infrastructure and digital worlds partners
with Jaguar – Land Rover technology and engineering capabilities, we can provide a unique opportunity for innovators to develop powerful urban transport services, seamlessly integrated into daily life. “
following the General Motors after that, the Jaguar – Land Rover also plans to expand into the future of mobile travel urban areas, and the Project Vector as their first works. But in terms of the degree of innovation, Project Vector Compared with the general Cruise Origin released in January this year, and there is not much breakthrough. The conventional vehicle steering mechanism
Although not Cruise Origin inside the driver’s seat, steering wheel, accelerator, brake, etc., it can also accommodate six adults, and also the use of two electric sliding door of the van off the van design.
but this driverless car is not common for individual users, but rather designed to serve the shared travel. GM hopes this Origin can bring them a better car experience, compared to the current variety of car rental, hire a car and car-sharing service and the like. A year later, this car will be unmanned an official road test in San Francisco street.
In contrast, however, Jaguar – Land Rover Project Vector looks more mobility and flexibility, not only as a shared car can travel as a private car for individual users to provide services, a wider audience.
and traditional institutional settings to drive a vehicle is also very easy way out, whether it’s on autopilot through legislation or not, do not delay it legal on the road. It only needs to wait until the time is ripe, the steering wheel can be removed, transformed into a true automatic driving an electric car. [END]