Intelligence rising:Why smart is the new fast
As we move further into the 21st century, mobility is facing a new evolution. The ecosystems from which today’s most advanced cars emerge resemble nothing else in industrial history. Intelligent vehicles are redefining what an automotive experience can be.
Automatic for the People
Cars are being built smarter, cleaner, and more efficiently. They are built by designers and engineers with equal parts efficiency and care and a level of precision unimaginable a decade ago. And if they’re the VF e35 and VF e36 crossovers, they’re produced in a state-of-the-art facility located in Hai Phong, Vietnam, where 90% of the manufacturing process is automated.
VinFast is at the fore of a manufacturing revolution. The global automotive robotics market is evaluated to project a compound annual growth rate of 16% from 2021 to 2028. Foresight has put VinFast on this trajectory, but a unique vision for what a car should represent in the 21st century keeps it there.
VinFast believes that a car should contain connected, smart features that make both driving and ownership a delight. It is projected that by 2025, there will be 55.7 billion connected devices worldwide. When vehicles can intelligently respond to the desires and needs of the driver with robust virtual assistant capabilities, that’s a foundation of smart mobility.
Progress Without Compromise
As the world comes to terms with a climate crisis exacerbated by the burning of fossil fuels, a consensus is building around electric mobility systems. With zero tailpipe emissions, fully electric cars can help improve air quality in congested areas and reduce noise pollution because no fuel is combusted onboard. EV battery technology is advancing almost daily – improving vehicle range and battery efficiency. VinFast’s subscription battery model aims to lower the barriers to entry for new EV owners while increasing access to the latest technology. Further, this approach reduces operation and maintenance expenses while ensuring that battery cost is similar to the monthly price of gasoline for vehicles with similar capacities.
A Focus on Humanity
The same attributes that make an EV sustainable also make it a more human-centric design solution. Because the battery and electric motor are packaged so efficiently, cabin comfort and space are also improved. Design, too, is freed to grow warmer and more expressive.
And because their systems are designed with connectivity in mind, the smartest EVs can receive software updates over the air, making the owner experience even more seamless. Many of the sophisticated componentry and technologies bundled in the VF e35 and VF e36 are developed by proven suppliers with decades-long legacies of innovation, including Thyssenkrupp, Bosch, and Magna Steyr.
A Smarter Future
The VF e35 and VF e36 will make their North American debuts at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show in November and continue to the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. This will be a strong message from a Vietnam-based EV manufacturer that smart mobility is not a theory but a practice, and will prove that an affordable vision for EVs is within reach. And for show visitors, they will offer a vision of the future for drivers and the planet.
