Toyota to Launch bZ4X in Japan Next Month

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19 Apr 2022

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Toyota to Launch bZ4X in Japan Next Month

The Japanese auto giant, Toyota is now stepping towards the electrification of Toyota vehicles following other car makers around the world. According to latest news, the company is gearing up to make its entry in the EV market by announcing its new bZ4X all-electric SUV in Japan on May 12, 2022.

The bZ4X 2022 is the first ever EV under the Toyota brand and Toyota has manufactured it in collaboration with Subaru. According to Toyota, the company has manufactured the first Toyota EV bZ4X at the Motomachi plant which relies on environmentally-friendly utility power extracted from recyclable sources. The company claims that its new production plant and EV will help it in achieving carbon neutrality.

Toyota has a plan to sell 5,000 units of the bZ4X in Japan in 2022. It projected sales of up to 3,000 units by the third quarter and an additional 2,000 units by the final quarter of the current calendar year.

Toyota bZ4X EV Specs

bZ4X is an all-electric subcompact crossover SUV . The Toyota launched the EV bZ4X in two variants in the international market. These variants are XLE and Limited. A choice between Front Wheel Drive (FWD) and All-Wheel Drive (AWD) powertrains is offered in the both variant of first EV of Toyota. The new Toyota EV bZ4X will compete with Volkswagen ID.4 and Tesla Model YModel.

FWD variants have is powered by a single electric motor that generates 210 horsepower (hp), while AWD models have two electric motors — one on each axle — that make a total of 214 hp. The base FWD variants use a 71.4 kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery pack with cells from Panasonic, while the AWD variants use a 72.8 kWh battery pack with cells from CATL.

According to EPA, the range of FWD variants is 228 miles (367 kilometers) while that of AWD variants is 252 miles (405 kilometers). The vehicle’s price starts from $42,000 and goes up to $48,780.

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