How does the truck cross the mountains?

How many steps does it take to transport a truck up the mountain? Three steps: first, dismantle the truck, second, move the dismantled components up, and third, assemble them. And, three people can easily complete the job in a day. Recently, GVT, a company that has been committed to building cost-effective cars suitable for use in poor areas, has launched a car that can be assembled like IKEA's flat-panel furniture, called Ox.

Although the Ox looks unremarkable, it looks like a dull square box, but its subtlety is that three professional staff can dismantle the car into 60 parts and compress it in six hours. Packaging is very convenient for transshipment, and a 40-foot standard container can accommodate six Ox cars. Assembling it requires a lot of energy, but three staff members can complete it within 12 hours. It looks like piecing together a large Lego brick.

The creativity and design concepts of Ox come from GVT founder Torquil Norman and South African supercar design expert Gordon Murray. They aim to create a car that can respond to humanitarian relief in impoverished areas in Africa. The advantage of being able to be quickly disassembled and assembled can not only reduce truck transportation costs, but also allow it to enter special environments that are difficult for large trucks to drive into for transportation work.

In order to facilitate the driving habits of rescue experts from different countries, the driver's seat adopts a mid-mounted design. Although Gordon Murray claimed that it was inspired by F1 racing, if you think about it carefully, it is exactly the same as the concept of a tractor. Ox uses all-terrain tires and has all-in-one shock absorber components. The ground clearance is 254mm, the wading depth is as high as 1.3m, and it has large departure and approach angles. It can be seen that the off-road performance is full. There is a 2.2L diesel turbocharged engine in the front, with a rated load capacity of 4100 pounds (approximately 1900kg). Whether it is transporting goods or relocating people, Ox can play a relatively large role.

The essence of Ox is its simple assembly structure and taking into account both passing performance and carrying capacity. Torquil Norman said that he had the idea of ??designing this car six years ago, and he hopes that this model will not Like IKEA, it also tests the skills of the assembly masters. It is not fun to fall apart while driving in the mountains.