Can A Pure Electric SUV Go Wild? Off-road Test Polar Fox Alpha T, Tesla Model Y

As we all know, the pure electric SUV is equipped with a layer of power battery pack on the chassis, so many people will have doubts in their hearts: Can the pure electric SUV really completely replace all the functions of the traditional fuel SUV? Does it just imitate the appearance of an SUV in appearance, without having similar off-road capabilities? On the other hand, most of the current pure electric SUVs are consciously or unintentionally emphasizing on-road performance, and there is little mention of off-road capability, so let us uncover the mystery today.

The two pure electric SUVs we evaluated this time can be said to be relatively representative. One is the Tesla Model Y with a considerable market share, and the other is the equally popular Polar Fox Alpha with all-terrain off-road capabilities. T. After all, it is a light off-road test, so both cars are four-wheel drive models.

Before the official test begins, let's take a look at the basic data related to off-roading of these two cars. After measurement and calculation, the approach angle, departure angle and longitudinal passing angle of the Polar Fox Alpha T are about 19.90 degrees, 21.50 degrees and 7.80 degrees respectively, and the approach angle, departure angle and longitudinal passing angle of the Tesla Model Y are about It is 16.70 degrees, 19.90 degrees and 6.70 degrees (the above data are all measured manually, there are inevitably errors, and the official data shall prevail). From the above data, we can simply draw a preliminary conclusion: Tesla Model Y is still mainly based on road performance, and off-road is really not good; while the polar fox Alpha T has the appearance characteristics of SUV and the prerequisites for off-road capability.

This preliminary conclusion was soon confirmed in the design of the two cars. As mentioned earlier, the Polar Fox Alpha T has off-road all-terrain modes with three different representative road conditions, mud, sand and snow, while Tesla Model Y has only two assist functions: simple off-road assistance and getting out of trouble.