Both have the same battery size, 71.4kWh gross (usable TBC), which will quickly charge up to 150kW. The on-board slow charger is now 6.6kW, although the bZ4Xs get a standard 11kW charger instead towards the end of the year.
Range for the 4WD version on the WLTP cycle is 257-286 miles, depending on the variant (2WD cars go 277-317 miles), but as is usually the case, you won’t see much -thing. Toyota’s calculation, and what the onboard estimated range gauge says, is more like 210 miles in the 4×4.
Performance figures, size and battery put it on a par with the Volkswagen ID 4, and whatever range you get will come down to what’s most efficient. Toyota says it will be the bZ4X. VW engineers are probably saying something different.
Inside, the bZ4X has a spacious and airy cabin, with a 452-litre boot under the luggage compartment cover and folding rear seats. There’s plenty of rear knee room for a car of this length and a low front fascia. There are rough plastics and thin fabric on the dash, around which is plenty of storage but oddly no glove box.
There are plenty of buttons in addition to the touchscreen, including on a small steering wheel which has shades of Peugeot’s Cockpit I, meaning you have to look over the instruments which it has partially obscured. From next year a steering-by-wire configuration will be optional, with an airplane-style yellow instead of a wheel, variable ratio and maximum rotation of 150 degrees, making the instruments easier to see . I wonder if that answers the questions no one asked, but we’ll see. It may be amazing, it may not be.
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Source: www.autocar.co.uk
This notice was published: 2022-06-08 19:15:23
