In the highly competitive transportation industry, electric vehicles have become the first choice for more and more truck drivers looking to switch. Due to their lower purchase costs and higher loading capacities compared to vans, this segment of the market holds vast potential.
In response to the rapidly emerging electric mini truck market, LINXYS has made a strong entry with its brand new electric mini truck—the LINXYS Golden Mini Truck.
Long-nose exterior with low wind resistance, passenger-car-like interior design
The LINXYS Golden Mini Truck features a family-oriented design that continues the aesthetic of LINXYS’s new energy logistics vehicles, incorporating a long-nose cabin with high safety standards and excellent aerodynamics. This cabin design provides a longer safety buffer zone during collisions compared to shorter or flat-front vehicles, offering the driver a larger survival space.
The streamlined long-nose design includes multiple airflow guiding lines along the body and LINXYS’s innovative wedge-shaped wind deflector. This results in a lower drag coefficient compared to its peers, leading to greater energy efficiency during high-speed driving.
As the name suggests, the LINXYS Golden Mini Truck is adorned in a luxurious golden color. Additionally, its family-oriented design ensures abundant spare parts for maintenance, reducing the user’s repair costs. The cabin also features a high-roof design, providing ample headroom compared to other models in the same category.
The benefits of the long-nose design are numerous. LINXYS has utilized the available space in the engine compartment to create a front storage box, as depicted, for “discreet storage of tools/clothing.” For long-haul drivers, this front storage box effectively addresses the issue of clutter in the cabin, keeping the driving environment tidy.
The capacity of the front storage box, as shown in the image, is substantial and made of lightweight materials. It has significant depth, allowing for the storage of clothing and other personal items.
The LINXYS Golden Mini Truck is equipped with lens-type high and low beam headlights, featuring circular lenses that provide excellent illumination for nighttime driving.
Although it is an electric vehicle, the LINXYS Golden Mini Truck retains a lower intake grille. This design is primarily for the cooling of the air conditioning condenser, as the open grille increases the air exposure to the condenser, enhancing cooling efficiency. Therefore, this electric vehicle can achieve rapid cooling even in the hot summers of the south, making the air conditioning very effective.
Upon opening the door, it is evident that the LINXYS Golden Mini Truck features a two-seat layout, with no protrusions or obstacles in between, allowing the driver to lie down across the two seats for a rest. The seats are designed with a sporty shape and soft padding in the center, with strong lateral support, ensuring that the driver does not feel fatigued during long periods of sitting.
Thanks to the advantages of the long-nose design, the floor of the LINXYS Golden Mini Truck can be constructed without excessive protrusions, which greatly improves accessibility between the driver and passenger seats. If the driver wants to stretch their legs after a long drive, they can easily extend them to the right side.
The spacious interior of the LINXYS Golden Mini Truck is also evident at the top of the cabin, which features a high-roof design. Even taller drivers will not feel cramped while driving this vehicle. Additionally, there is front storage space above the cabin, perfect for storing daily items like receipts and other essentials.
The steering wheel is a two-spoke design, allowing for multiple grip positions. The outer ring of the steering wheel is shaped like a D, which provides more space for larger drivers around the abdomen.
This vehicle is equipped with cup holders for both hot and cold drinks, with a placement that allows direct airflow from the air conditioning vents.
The dashboard design features a symmetrical style, with air vents and a rotary gear shift on both sides, giving it a more “passenger car-like” feel. The central screen integrates navigation, rearview camera, and Bluetooth functions, ensuring that entertainment features are not compromised despite being a commercial vehicle.
It’s worth noting that physical buttons for air conditioning controls are retained on the dashboard, which greatly aids reliability, convenience, and driving safety.
The clarity of the rearview camera is shown in the image, featuring a wide-angle lens with distance markings. The assistance from the rearview camera allows the driver to monitor blind spots behind the vehicle, enhancing safety while driving.
Fully Charged Range Over 300 km, Powerful Cargo Configuration:
As an electric vehicle, the performance of its battery is naturally a focal point. The LINXYS Golden Mini Truck is equipped with a 53.58 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery from CATL, ensuring high safety and longevity. Moreover, CATL’s next-generation batteries come with an 8-year or 400,000 km warranty. During the launch period, the first owner will also enjoy a lifetime warranty on the battery, eliminating concerns about battery reliability.
With the CATL 53.58 kWh battery, the LINXYS Golden Mini Truck boasts a maximum range of up to 318 km, effectively addressing users’ concerns about insufficient range for intercity trips. For typical urban deliveries or business use, charging is not necessary for one to two days.
When it comes to charging, the LINXYS Golden Mini Truck is equipped with both fast and slow charging ports. During intercity transport, it can utilize fast charging at highways, allowing the vehicle to charge from 20% to 80% SOC in just half an hour, resulting in a range boost of 150 km. Additionally, it can be equipped with a 6.6 kW slow charger, perfect for home charging or using off-peak hours at night, making the cost of electricity cheaper, at less than 0.1 yuan per kilometer.
The vehicle utilizes an electric drive axle structure, with an electric motor rated at 80 kW and peak torque of 240 N·m, comparable to a 2.4L gasoline vehicle. Thanks to the electric motor’s strong low-end torque and instantaneous response, the LINXYS Golden Mini Truck accelerates remarkably quickly, ensuring that users need not worry about power, even when loaded.
The carrying capacity is also a crucial measure of a mini truck’s overall strength. The LINXYS Golden Mini Truck’s frame is composed of 74% high-strength steel, which can be understood as a mini truck with a very sturdy “spine,” guaranteeing a significant carrying capacity. Additionally, it features a 2.6-ton grade axle, with a rear axle suspension of six steel leaf springs and tires sized at 195/70R15, all of which are significantly ahead of its peers in terms of carrying capacity, meeting the needs of most dual-rear-wheel customers.
To stabilize the vehicle’s posture and provide excellent shock absorption, the LINXYS Golden Mini Truck’s rear axle is equipped with vertical shock absorbers. Its braking system features front disc and rear drum brakes, with the entire vehicle utilizing hydraulic brakes, complemented by regenerative braking, ensuring good braking performance even when heavily loaded.
The LINXYS Golden Mini Truck offers three types of superstructures: flatbed, cargo box, and cage, to meet various customer needs.
The flatbed truck’s cargo dimensions are 3305 x 1840 x 365 mm, the box truck’s cargo volume is 10 m³ with dimensions of 3160 x 1790 x 1765 mm, and the cage truck’s cargo volume is 11 m³ with dimensions of 3305 x 1840 x 1915 mm. All models support sufficient height for most customers to stand upright inside, reducing fatigue.
As illustrated, the flatbed cargo space of the LINXYS Golden Mini Truck can easily accommodate a 1.8-meter double bed mattress, and a person 183 cm tall can lie down inside without any pressure.
Conclusion:
The LINXYS Golden Mini Truck is a high-end, purely electric mini truck developed based on user needs, boasting high safety, ample space, long range, and special capabilities, making it an ideal choice for today’s urban new energy logistics vehicles.
Notably, despite its high configuration and long range, the price is quite reasonable. At the launch event, LINXYS announced that the starting price for the Golden Mini Truck is just 88,000 yuan, offering an automatic transmission that significantly reduces operating costs, highlighting the exceptional cost-effectiveness of this vehicle.
