Chapter 920: Devil's Track!
Afternoon.
The teams left the circuit one after another.
Trailers and vans went straight to the northern suburbs of Longyang City.
There is a road circuit known as the 'Devil's Racetrack'.
This year's Longyang International Automobile Road Race is destined to be as unrestrained, crazy and fierce as in previous years.
And the reason is that the track of this road circuit is very special.
It was originally a poor area in Longyang City, because of the continuous mountains and very little arable land, it was too difficult to get rid of poverty and become rich.
However, the winding and rugged winding roads there often attract many off-road enthusiasts to go off-road camping.
And so
The local government simply moved the residents of several mountains to the bottom of the mountain and built a new rural area.
Several of the mountains were enclosed and transformed into a road racing track after more than a year-long transformation.
Starting from the new countryside at the foot of the mountain, it was a cement road at first, but after entering the mountainous area, it became a gravel road and a dirt road.
Between the mountains, there are various right-angle bends, hairpin bends, continuous S-bends, and of course, there are also some straight sections.
That's why it's called the 'Devil's Track'.
Not only because of the whole course, not the length, in fact, the total length of the whole course is less than 20 kilometers.
It's because of this track that you can encounter all kinds of road conditions.
There are asphalt, gravel, and sand roads, some are flat and straight, some are rugged, some have sharp curves, some are extremely steep, and some are muddy and slippery......
So, on this track, you can encounter all kinds of situations.
Overturned, crashed, flat tire, skidding, stalling, car accident......
The cars that can drive the whole course are absolutely excellent, and the skill of the drivers is naturally commendable.
Because of the particularity of the track, because of the special car culture of the local area, but also because of the desire to attract more popularity.
The competition rules of Longyang International Highway Circuit are very simple and extensive.
As long as it is a production car with a ground clearance of not less than 200 mm, whether it is an authentic off-road vehicle, an urban SUV, or a modified sedan, whether it is gasoline and diesel-powered, pure electric or hybrid ......
Anyway, there is only one article, you must sign up for the competition in the name of the team, and you must set up a rescue team in several specified locations.
In case of an accident involving a vehicle or person, the vehicle can be towed away and the driver can be rescued in time.
Because of such relaxed registration conditions, the competition has just started a few sessions, attracting many professional and amateur teams to join in the fun, so you can see a variety of domestic and foreign brand vehicles here, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Toyota, Mitsubishi Land Rover......
But the excitement is lively, and the notoriety of the Devil's Circuit is also left over from the previous races.
Survival of the fittest!
Non-professional drivers, non-high-performance vehicles, don't even want to run the whole race.
In the last two competitions, there are basically only professional teams left, and of course, there are also some amateur teams formed by Krypton local luxury fans.
They all have one thing in common, and that is that the car is good.
Toyota Overlord, Toyota Land Cruiser, Nissan Patrol, Range Rover, Jeep Wrangler, Mercedes-Benz G-Class, etc.
These vehicles are already powerful, well-equipped, and have strong off-road performance, and after their modification and strengthening, the performance is even stronger.
Therefore, this game has become a duel between local tyrants.
But......
This edition of the competition is very special.
Tianyuan Green Energy Automobile has formed a team and will carry its Tianwei SUV to participate in the competition.
As everyone knows.
SUVs look a lot like off-road vehicles, but they are actually designed and built with different concepts.
SUVs are focused on suburban use, can cope with rough roads, and have better passability than sedans, but they are not designed for off-roading.
Off-road vehicles are different, they are born to drive on muddy and rough roads, even in the wilderness, and do not care about whether the ride is comfortable or not, and focus more on the ability to get out of trouble in all kinds of terrain around the clock.
That's why.
A good off-road vehicle, from the engine transmission to the body structure components and devices, are designed and manufactured to adapt to the harsh use environment, and will have full-time four-wheel drive, high-rigidity propeller shaft, front axle center and rear axle differential lock......
For the sake of cost, SUVs only add a little off-road performance while considering ride comfort, energy saving and low fuel consumption.
For example, many urban SUVs simply only have the ability of 'timely four-wheel drive', which is to automatically switch the driving form through computer sensing changes in road conditions, so that the vehicle has a certain ability to get out of trouble.
If a more conscientious manufacturer adds a central differential lock to the vehicle and can manually control the mode switching, it will become a more advanced 'time-sharing four-wheel drive', but the cost is also higher.
Of course, the most powerful and expensive is the 'full-time four-wheel drive', which can maintain a relatively independent movement of four wheels at any time and on any road, such as Mercedes-Benz 4MATIC, Audi quattro, and BMW xDrive.
But no matter what, there is still a lot of gap between SUVs and hardcore off-road vehicles.
Especially in the highly professional professional competitions, many off-road vehicles that come to participate in the competition have also carried out a lot of modifications and reinforcements in all aspects such as suspension and transmission, and the off-road performance is stronger.
So......
Tianyuan Green Energy Racing Team sent Tianwei SUV to participate in the competition, I'm afraid it's just to play soy sauce and make a familiar face, right?
After all, Tianwei SUV is not a pure off-road vehicle, and its official price of 428,800 yuan has always been very controversial.
Because at the same price, you can buy BMW X3 and Audi Q5, since it has good ride comfort and handling, it can also greatly meet the needs of car owners.
Even if you want to go off-road, you can buy Mitsubishi Pajero and Jeep Wrangler at this price, and the sales and reputation have been good for many years, can you afford to buy a pure electric SUV that needs to change the battery?
Moreover, Tianwei SUV is not like a hard-core off-road vehicle, with a large number of mechanical devices, and claims to have full-time four-wheel drive ability, which is to send various instructions to the electric motor through the central computer, so as to realize the functions of tire slip restriction and torque transfer.
Although it has been on sale so far, Tianwei SUV has a good sales and use reputation.
After picking up the car, many car owners have conducted various off-road tests, plus a test ride and test drive experience of various car review programs.
Everyone believes that Tianwei SUV has strong off-road ability, and the endurance is also good, and there is no problem with heavy off-road for 300 kilometers.
But can you come to the 'Devil's Track'?
But don't get stuck in the mud and can't move, and you need a rescue tractor, right?
......
Full of curiosity, many fans gathered at the stadium.
In previous track races, the Tianlong sports car has proved that pure electric sports cars have more powerful performance than fuel sports cars.
Countless viewers at the scene and watching the live broadcast were deeply shocked.
Tianlong sports car is fast, stable at high speed, accurate in braking, fast and elegant like a golden dragon.
It's already famous, and it's popular.
Directly prompted the online and offline bookings of the car to soar suddenly.
And now.
Tianwei SUV is about to go into battle, how will it prove itself?
Will it show ultra-high performance that is not weaker than that of a fuel-powered, hard-core off-road vehicle?
......
Four o'clock in the afternoon.
The buses, sedans and semi-trailers of the Tianyuan Green Energy Racing Team slowly drove into the campsite.
This is undoubtedly the most special of all the participating teams.
All the race and support vehicles are pure electric vehicles.
The most eye-catching, of course, is the tall and mighty, long-lasting semi-trailer.
In the past, trailers used heavy-duty tractors and high-horsepower diesel engines to pull dozens or hundreds of tons of goods.
Generally, the semi-trailer weighs 50 tons, and the fuel consumption of 100 kilometers is also 30 or 40 liters of diesel when driving on an asphalt road with good road conditions.
Considering the turbulent international situation, oil overcapacity, and the sharp drop in oil prices, it is more than one kilometer on average.
Nowadays, the front of the car equipped with two high-power motors, using two sets of graphene composite batteries, can still pull and run.
After driving 500 kilometers with heavy loads, the battery pack is replaced once, and the cost is less than 300 yuan after discount, which is less than 6 cents per kilometer.
In addition, it is also equipped with many advanced equipment such as ACC adaptive cruise, intelligent warning of blind spot collision avoidance, lane departure warning, and cab environmental control, which greatly reduces the driver's control intensity and enhances comfort and safety.
So......
With the group's Huaxia green energy industry, in various provincial roads, national highways and highways, as well as cities and counties, continue to increase the construction of battery swap stations, improve the distribution density, battery replacement has become more and more convenient.
In the past, electric vehicle owners were most worried about the most expensive battery, which would be more and more miserable and worthless because of the longer the age, but now replacing the battery is as convenient and fast as refueling, and there is no worry at all.
Therefore, many express companies and freight companies have already ordered pure electric trucks in large quantities.
Tianyuan Green Energy Automobile and Huaqi Industry Group produce tractors, trucks, dump trucks, etc. of various tonnages, with many orders, and work overtime day and night to produce.
This time, I pulled sports cars and off-road vehicles and came to participate in the competition, which earned enough eyeballs, which is equivalent to doing live advertising for free.
Of course.
The most attractive thing for journalists is the convoy bus.
This luxury bus, which can seat 52 people, is painted in blue and white, and the shape is very majestic.
And the most eye-catching thing is its license plate.
Like the semi-trailers of the fleet, they are all suspended with green new energy license plates.
In the past, buses used rear-mounted diesel engines, which inevitably hummed and neighed.
The pure electric bus that the reporters saw in front of them was extremely quiet and had no fuel odor.
The most special thing is that it can be automatically opened at the rear of the car, which is convenient for entering the battery swap station and replacing two sets of graphene composite batteries.
Of course.
There is no battery swap station on this side of the field, and it is difficult for the team.
These pure electric vehicles can not only use charging piles, but also use 220V AC household electricity, and even 380V high-voltage industrial electricity, equipped with charging modules, and have super adaptability.
The organizer has long taken into account the particularity of the Tianyuan Green Energy Fleet, and specially reserved charging piles in the parking area.
Multiply!
Accompanied by the motor drive, the warning sound of opening the door.
The bus doors open.
As the team leader, Fang Qingya naturally took the lead, holding the handrail and slowly walking down the steps.
After getting into the wheelchair that the driver took from the baggage compartment, he immediately went to the side of the separation line, met with many reporters, and answered all kinds of questions.
The most asked by reporters is, of course, about Qin Yutian.
Everyone knows that Qin Yutian just won the championship of the sports car track race for the team.
Will he continue to win road races for the team?
Secondly, I am also concerned about whether the Tianwei SUV that participated in the competition for the first time can conquer the devil's track, and what kind of results are expected?
The last question is, of course, the future development of the team, whether it will expand its scale, recruit drivers, and participate in more types of domestic and foreign competitions.
Fang Qingya is 1510, without any cover-up.
I am telling reporters that the contract with Qin Yutian has been terminated, Tianwei SUV will definitely be able to complete the race and get a good ranking, and there will be no shortage of Tianyuan Green Energy Team in various competitions in the future.
With the rich and diverse product range of electric vehicles, future touring car championships, car rallys, truck races, etc., will not be absent, if it is not for the graphene composite battery is not small, it cannot be installed on motorcycles, otherwise it can participate in more races.
As for tomorrow's race, who will the team arrange?
Fang Qingya did not answer this question, but asked the reporters to pay attention to the results of the competition within the team.
The reporters heard these words in a fog, and they didn't know what to say at all.
Without Fang Qingya and Qin Yutian, who else in the team is a professional driver?
But it didn't take long for them to make a surprising discovery.
Tang Xiao, the famous domineering beauty president, and her more famous and louder husband Wu Jie.
Both of them actually put on their competition uniforms and drove away two brand-new Tianwei SUVs.
Tomorrow is the official race, the Devil's Circuit is notorious, and today's track is naturally open to all participating teams.
It was officially opened at four o'clock and cleared at seven o'clock, during which the car was casually tested to familiarize itself with the road conditions.
Buzzing......
The engine roars and is domineering.
The other teams' magic off-road vehicles are more rugged and powerful than the other.
And the Tianwei SUV driven by Wu Jie and his wife is handsome and handsome, more like a handsome boy who has been mixed into the gangsters.
In the end, who can conquer the devil's track and who can participate in the main race.
In anticipation, a trolley set off at a gallop......