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As Toyota’s new pure electric mid-size sedan, the bZ3 is based on the e-TNGA architecture and is equipped with blade batteries and drive motors provided by BYD. The CLTC’s comprehensive cruising range is 517km and 616km respectively.

According to reports, Toyota bZ3 is exclusively manufactured by FAW Toyota, and the three-electric technology is jointly developed by Toyota and BYD (The battery comes from Fudi Battery, and the drive motor comes from Fudi Power).

The length, width and height of this new car are 472518351475mm, the wheelbase is 2880mm, and it is equipped with 18-inch wheels. The drag coefficient is only 0.218. With the rear-drive mode, the power consumption is 11kWh/100km.

The exterior design of the bZ3 is similar to that of the bZ4X. The front face adopts a closed design, and the through-type LED daytime running lights highlight the new energy attributes. The headlight group is a matrix full LED light source with a sharp shape. The side lines of the car are smooth, and the suspended roof and hidden door handles add a sense of movement. In addition, its B and C pillars adopt a hidden design.

This car uses a 12.8-inch vertical central control screen, equipped with a car machine developed by BYD Toyota Electric Vehicle Technology Co., Ltd. (BTET), and adopts a new UI design. The larger vertical screen uses the navigation map as the home page The card-style shortcut function entrance and air-conditioning area are set up below, and it also integrates Kuwo Music, Himalaya, Anxiang Butler, application market and voice assistant “Xiaofei”, supporting 120s continuous dialogue.

In terms of power, the bZ3 uses a lithium iron phosphate blade battery provided by BYD Fudi Power and a rear single motor. The motor is available in two specifications of 135kW and 180kW, the peak torque is 303N m, and the fastest acceleration from 0-50km/h is 3.2 seconds.

The battery capacity is available in two options of 49.92kWh and 65.28kWh, and the corresponding CLTC cruising ranges are 517km and 616km respectively. In addition, it also supports fast charging, which takes 27 minutes at 30-80% at room temperature and 47 minutes at -10°C.

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The bZ3’s exterior design is similar to that of the bZ4X, with a closed front design and running LED daytime running lights highlighting the new energy attributes. The front headlights are matrix-type full LED light sources with sharp shapes. The sidelines are smooth, with a suspended roof and hidden door handle for a sporty feel and a wind resistance coefficient of 0.218. The hidden door handles shrink inward to better solve the problem of icing in winter. The rear tail light cluster echoes the front, and the dotted light beads are highly recognizable, while the concave design of the license plate frame and small rear wing create a sense of hierarchy. The new car’s length, width and height are 472518351475mm, wheelbase is 2880mm.

Power, the bZ3 uses BYD FWD power to provide a lithium iron phosphate blade battery and rear single motor. The motor is available in 135kW and 180kW sizes, with a peak torque of 303N・m. The battery capacity is available in 49.92kWh and 65.28kWh, corresponding to a CLTC range of 517km and 616km respectively.

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The bZ3 rolled off the assembly line this time, as the first car of the bZ brand, has a new design and a maximum cruising range of more than 600 kilometers.

According to public information, the Toyota New Energy Plant, located in the planned industrial zone in the northern part of the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city, has a total planned area of 1.97 million square meters. Efficient and highly flexible production lines with an annual production capacity of 200,000 units.

According to reports, Toyota bZ3 is exclusively manufactured by Toyota, and the three-electric technology is jointly developed by Toyota and BYD (The battery comes from Fudi Battery, and the drive motor comes from Fudi Power).

The bZ3 is positioned as a pure electric medium-sized sedan, also based on the e-TNGA architecture, with a size of 4725/1835/1475mm, a wheelbase of 2880mm, and a vehicle drag coefficient of 0.218. The chassis adopts the front McPherson rear E-type multi-link structure, which belongs to the mainstream level of the same class. It adopts the rear-drive mode, and the CLTC has a cruising range of up to 616 kilometers.

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Toyota is the first heavyweight external customer for BYD’s power battery business.

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Recently, Toyota China announced that it will launch the second pure electric model bZ3 after the bZ4, which has attracted great attention from the author.

First of all, what attracts the author’s attention is the appearance of the bZ3.

The bZ3 is a medium-sized sedan built on the e-TNGA platform, with a length, width and height of 472518351475mm and a wheelbase of 2880mm. It adopts the family-style design of the Toyota bZ series, with a prominent Toyota logo printed on the front of the car. The front face cancels the air intake grille of the fuel car, adopts a closed design, and is equipped with through-type headlights. At the same time, the left and right sides are Ventilation openings are also designed with a vertical layout, showing a strong sense of movement. The rear of the car adopts through-type taillights and uses a concave rear surround, which has a good sense of hierarchy.

It is reported that the Toyota bZ3 model will be produced by FAW Toyota Tianjin plant. The Tianjin plant is one of Toyota’s most advanced plants in the world and previously mainly produced Toyota’s TNGA flagship model, the Asia Dragon.

In addition to the super high appearance, another thing that caught my attention is the close cooperation between Toyota and BYD, a Chinese new energy vehicle manufacturer. The bZ3 model will be equipped with a drive motor and lithium iron phosphate provided by BYD’s Fudi Power. Blade battery products. Among them, the equipped blade battery adopts a rear-mounted single-motor design and provides two motor versions of 135kW and 180kW. Under CLTC conditions, it reaches 517 kilometers and 616 kilometers respectively, and the power consumption per 100 kilometers is 11 kWh and 12 kWh.

As we all know, BYD is a fast-rising new energy vehicle company in China in the past two years. Its Dynasty series and marine series products continue to sell well in the domestic market. But few readers know that BYD is also vigorously promoting its parts business to other brands of OEMs.

Wang Chuanfu, founder of BYD, believes that BYD’s profound accumulation in the upstream supply chain fields such as power batteries, semiconductors and motors gives it great commercial potential in the parts business. It competes with its peers in the form of an independent business unit in the powertrain and other businesses.

Wang Chuanfu said on many occasions that the subsidiary only earns BYD’s money, which is not a skill. It is only the skill that makes money from the market, which means that the product is competitive. BYD’s provision of power batteries and motor products for Toyota’s bZ3 model is the epitome of this open strategy.

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On October 17, BYD issued a financial announcement for the forecast increase in the third quarter of 2022. According to the announcement, BYD expects the net profit attributable to the parent in the third quarter to be 5.5 billion to 5.9 billion, a year-on-year increase of 333.6% to 365.11%; the net profit after deducting non-return to the parent is 5.07 billion to 5.77 billion, a year-on-year increase of 879.37% to 1014.57 %. The accumulated net profit attributable to the parent company in the first three quarters is expected to be 9.1 billion to 9.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 272% to 289%; the non-returned net profit is expected to be 8.1 billion to 8.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 813.8% to 892.77% .

Compared with history, although BYD’s above-mentioned achievements are beautiful, it is still eclipsed by the performance of its old rival Ningde era.

On the evening of October 21, CATL also released its third-quarter financial report for 2022. The financial report shows that the operating income of CATL in the third quarter was 97.369 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 232.47%, and the net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies was 9.423 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 188.42%. In the first three quarters, CATL achieved revenue of 210.340 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 186.72%; net profit was 17.592 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 126.95%.

Source: Data from China Automotive Power Battery Industry Innovation Alliance
From the point of view of profit data, CATL is more than twice that of BYD, which is mainly due to CATL’s super high market share in the field of power batteries. According to data released by the China Automotive Power Battery Industry Innovation Alliance, from January to September 2022, the installed capacity of CATL power batteries reached 92.02Gwh, accounting for 47.51%. Among them, the loading capacity of ternary power batteries is 40.44Gwh, accounting for 52.40%, and the loading capacity of lithium iron phosphate power batteries is 51.58Gwh, accounting for 44.34%. However, BYD’s power battery installed capacity is only 43.06Gwh, with an overall market share of 22.23%, which is less than 1/2 of that of the CATL era.

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At present, there are many discussions in the capital market about who has more investment value between BYD and CATL.

Some investors believe that BYD has not only the vehicle business, but also the power battery business, and its long-term value will be greater than that of CATL, but from the actual performance of the capital market, investors still chose CATL with real money. As of the most recent trading day, BYD’s market value was 744 billion yuan, while the market value of CATL was close to 1 trillion yuan.

The author agrees with this judgment logic in the capital market, because CATL has already proved its super competitiveness and profitability in power batteries, and this profitability will continue to grow with the growth of the market.

On the other hand, BYD has only achieved some achievements in the field of complete vehicles, and has not yet proved itself in the export market of power batteries. In addition, it is well known that the automobile market is a red ocean market. Although BYD has grown tremendously, many powerful competitors will soon meet the development ceiling, especially when it enters overseas markets, it is even more difficult for BYD to truly achieve the right The overall catch-up of international auto giants such as Volkswagen and Toyota. Even if BYD achieves the expected sales volume, the profit of the vehicle business is even thinner than that of the power battery business.

If BYD wants to surpass the Ningde era, there is only one possibility, that is, its power battery business can truly get rid of its dependence on its own vehicle business, gain larger external customers, and even win the Ningde era in the external customer market. Previously, although BYD had already had some external cooperative customers in the external market, the overall influence of these companies was relatively weak, which led to some doubts about the feasibility of the opening strategy of BYD’s parts business.

The Toyota Motor, which has cooperated with this time, is the first heavyweight external customer for BYD’s power battery business. In addition, the first product of the cooperation between the two parties, bZ3, has a super high value, coupled with Toyota’s consistent quality, good reputation in the minds of users, and extensive channel layout, it is likely to become a leader in China’s new energy vehicle field. A blast. If the bZ3 is successful, it will also drive the sales of BYD’s power battery business.

In addition, the cooperation with Toyota also has a very strong demonstration effect. Toyota is the most successful car company in the world today. When Toyota casts a vote of confidence in BYD’s power battery, it will naturally attract more car companies to choose to cooperate with BYD. For example, there has been news that BYD will supply power batteries for Tesla recently.

If Tesla is successfully won, BYD’s position as an independent battery supplier will be more stable. At that time, it is also expected to use its own brand and external brand two-wheel drive to catch up with CATL in the power battery market. BYD is also expected to catch up with the CATL era in the capital market.

But all of this is just an assumption. Zeng Yuqun, the founder of CATL, is a very capable entrepreneur, and he will definitely guard against BYD in terms of core customers. It is reported that in order to continue to expand the scale of supply, CATL is still investing in the construction of production bases. For example, in July, CATL invested 14 billion yuan in Jining City, Shandong Province to build a new energy battery industrial base project in Jining, and in August, it invested 7.34 billion euros in Debrecen, Hungary to build a new energy battery industrial base project in Hungary Times , at the end of September, invested 14 billion yuan in Luoyang City, Henan Province to build a new energy battery production base project in Luoyang.

On the one hand, Wang Chuanfu was eyeing the tiger, and on the other hand, Zeng Yuqun responded cautiously. Regardless of the final outcome, the battle between the two best Chinese entrepreneurs, Wang Chuanfu, founder of BYD, and Zeng Yuqun, founder of CATL, will be one of the important points of interest for China’s power batteries and even the entire business community in the future. Closely.

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According to the declaration information, its length, width and height are 472518351475mm, with a wheelbase of 2880mm. It has the popular through-headlights and taillights and uses the common closed front face of electric vehicles.

The side of the car also uses more folding design, the shape is more rigid, but also equipped electric cars commonly used hidden door handles, it is worth noting that the location of the rear triangle window is very far back, almost connected to the rear, so as to ensure that the rear passenger’s permeability.

From the previously exposed spy photos, the car is equipped with a three-spoke multifunctional steering wheel and oblique vertical center screen, its overall design is relatively simple, the car also uses a knob-type electronic gear lever, gear lever below also hollowed out processing, can expand the front storage space.

The car is equipped with a drive motor from BYD’s FDI Power and a lithium iron phosphate blade battery with a rear-mounted single motor design, offering two motor versions of 135kW and 180kW, reaching 517 km and 616 km respectively under CLTC conditions and consuming 11 kWh and 12 kWh of electricity per 100 km.

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Filing information shows that the car is equipped with a drive motor from BYD’s VD power and lithium iron phosphate blade battery, length, width and height are 4725 * 1835 * 1475mm, wheelbase of 2880mm, vehicle overall mass of 1710kg, 1835kg, 1840kg.

From the view of the declaration, the overall shape of the car is very simple, most of the front of the car is closed is designed, while equipped with running LED daytime running lights, the left and right sides of the headlamp group sharply shaped, the bottom is the black envelope outer shovel, enhance the sense of movement.

The side of the car also uses a more folding line design, the shape is more rigid, but also equipped with the common hidden door handles of electric cars, it is worth noting
It is worth noting that the rear triangular window is located very far back, almost connected to the rear, so as to ensure the rear passengers’ permeability.

The rear is layered with small duck wings, and also uses through-lighting, and the light sources on both sides are specially shaped to look more recognizable.

In terms of power, the FAW Toyota bZ3 is designed with a rear-mounted single motor, offering 135kW and 180kW motor versions, although the current range position is tentatively estimated to be over 500km (CLTC).

Toyota + BYD, this wave of strong combination to launch the new car, you will be interested in buying?

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Recently, the news, in the latest batch of new car declaration directory of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the figure of FAW Toyota bZ3 pure electric sedan, which has an unusual identity, will become the first pure electric sedan of BYD and FAW Toyota in-depth cooperation.

Filing information shows that the car is equipped with a drive motor from BYD’s VD power and lithium iron phosphate blade battery, length, width and height are 4725 * 1835 * 1475mm, wheelbase of 2880mm, vehicle overall mass of 1710kg, 1835kg, 1840kg.

From the view of the declaration, the overall shape of the car is very simple, most of the front is closed is designed, while equipped with running LED daytime running lights, the left and right sides of the headlamp group sharply shaped, the bottom is the black envelope outer shovel, enhance the sense of movement.

It is worth noting that the rear triangular window is located very far back, almost connected to the rear, so as to ensure the permeability of the rear passengers.

The rear is layered, with small duck wings, and also uses the through light group, the light source on both sides made special shape processing, looks more recognizable.

In terms of power, the FAW Toyota bZ3 is designed with a rear-mounted single motor, offering 135kW and 180kW motor versions, although the current range position is tentatively estimated to be over 500km (CLTC).

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