bZ owner here. I like the dash setup. You just have to get used to looking over the wheel. The mute button is the power button between volume buttons. The AWD has great acceleration and grip but you can tell it's heavy.
@@JessSkubi yeah so I'm driving it 1300mi this weekend and yeah I bet the FWD is a good bit more livable. Spring for the limited with the radiant heating if you can bc the air heater has big range penalty.
@@misaelramos83 Wow!! I hope you'll share your experience. That's what I've been mapping out to see how it would do on an 8 hour trip. From the south to the Midwest. I haven't bought yet but close to pulling the trigger. Thanks for the advice. I'll definitely consider the limited.
Thanks for the review. I don't know if any other commenter has pointed this out but the reason for the lack of a glove box is radiant heating. Radiant heating is much less taxing on range than the HVAC system but trade off is no glove box.
New bz4x has a real world range of 450km, as tested in the Netherlands, outside temp 11 degrees. Far more efficient motors, on par with model Y, far better charging and 10 years warranty on car and batteries. Only ev you van consider to buy 2nd hand in a few years. So nothing, nothing wrong with the bz4x.
It should have a volume knob, but if you’re getting a call while driving, you should be using Bluetooth hands free. You may be able to mute by pressing and holding or changing the audio mode instead of tapping furiously 50 times.
I think you should Check your info. There are towing up to 750kg. No glovebox because there are irheater there. You have room under The midtc. And deep room under The armrest. In Europe they have 150kWh loading speed. Same battery in both 2wd and 4wd
@@jonathanfields4ever ill bounce you my photos over of the car in my drive. It's a joy to drive. More comfortable than a Model 3 and pisses all over Tesla techwise....
@@jonathanfields4ever Well I've had a Tesla M3 and chopped it in for Bz4X Premium AWD. I cannot fault it. The ride and comfort knocks Elon out of the park
@@Wonky4925 But it has much less range with a bigger battery, slow charging that’s limited to twice in one day, and it’s extremely heavy. It’s just not a good EV even if the build quality is nice. It has similar range to a base grade Nissan LEAF, but costs twice as much. It’s just a bad car in general. You could have had an Ioniq 5 with better features, more range, and much better looks for a bit less. There’s also the Polestar 2, the Volvo midsize SUVs, and the EQB. Anyone who picks the Toyota out of that bunch is just a Toyota fanboi.
Maybe for you, it's the worst, but for someone, it's the best. That's why they build a car like that. I see nothing different about the range from others, except the charging speed is not very fast, because it protects against damaging of battery. They will fix it in May. "Someone is always negative about everything".
@@naveenthemachine Lol that's a self answered question - most EV owners bought an EV so they don't have to purchase gas at all anymore. I am a former hybrid owner and it wasn't so great.
Yeah Chevrolet has priced the Bolt Euv so affordably that the charging speed isn’t an issue like this BZ4X is. Because like you said the price range.. I’d trust toyota over all for an ICE vehicle but for an EV, any other automaker (besides the leaf) are priced the same and more.. luxurious and sport as well as charge much faster
NOT a solid choice at all. Was looking at the I5 when a Toyota salesperson called and said to come and look at the bz. What an absolute heap of garbage. Drove terrible. No power. Slow charging with no range. Yeah, it's shocking toyota made such a POS. Bought the I5 immediately. I think toyota decided to leave the ev market out of embarrassment.
seating position: I have a long torso and I sit very low in mine with power seats. Maybe the manual seat tracks are taller? That would be strange. The original design had a yoke with variable ratio steer-by-wire and a max rotation of 150 deg. There was no wheel hoop to block the speedo screen and your hands lined up perfectly with the hub controls. Huge disappointment that the yoke and steering were left on the R&D floor and the display wasn't moved after the choice was made. no volume knob: press the "power" button at the bottom of the screen. It pauses music apps. Took me 3 weeks to discover that without RTFM. wireless charger: I feel less dumb now that I know other people are also constantly leaving their phone in there. Range: I have an AWD and the usable range is more like 170. The car struggles to average better than 500kWh/100mi. You only get about 80 of that 100kW of charge power, and only below 25%. Then it falls off very rapidly, averaging about 35kW from 20-80% and dipping to level 2 charge speeds and WORSE above 80%. Charging from 10-80% regularly takes 90 min, not the claimed 50. No Frunk: that's because this is a compliance car and it's just the standard Hybrid Synergy Drive with the ICE ripped out and a motor stabbed in its place. Nothing "ground-up" about it other than the fact that it's a new body and has a low-slung battery. The name: yes, it's clunky and stupid. You would think they learned this lesson with Scion but apparently Toyota has no generational memory. 1 pedal drive: progressively more "unavailable" the closer you get to full charge. In a car that has range and charge speed issues. Towing: check out the "Activity Mount" accessory. No glove box: that's where the radiant leg heater is in cars with the weather package. There's a bigass smuggler's compartment under the false bottom of the little bin below the armrest. It's really too bad that the big well below the ergonomically nonfunctional panel where the phone charger is, is completely inaccessible while you're on the road. Efficiency: the AWD, like I stated previously struggles to do much better than 2 miles/kWh. I'm on the central coast of CA. the drive: These things really do "car" really well. They just don't do it for very far. the tech: The built-in voice command system is absolutely useless. The cameras are all jarringly low-res. Other than that, everything works great. Except when Safety Sense 3.0 decides that you are getting off at every exit. Every time. And it STILL doesn't do go-stop-go without driver input. And any white or red light you can see through the windshield will cancel the auto high beams. The steering wheel vibration warning feature can be turned on in the menus, but as far as I can tell doesn't actually exist. All the driving aid chimes are practically inaudible and can't be turned up. The rear: leg room back there is indeed cavernous. Verdict: don't buy the AWD, you sacrifice too much livability. I would bet that the AWD models were manufactured first and the FWD came later with a better battery and onboard charger. Don't buy either one if your commute is more than 20 miles. You will have legitimate and crippling range anxiety because of the frighteningly terribad charging speeds.
The worst car that I ever drove. Don't believe in any thing that the internet is saying. 200km range distance driving at 100km per hour. Going up the mountains you will see the battery dropping so fast. And the charging time it's ridiculously slow.
Complete nonsense. Recent software uodates give the Bz4x far more range, 450km plus, tested in the Netherlands, far better charging results and far more efficient morors. In comparison test with the Id4 the bz4x was considered the best choice....
oh cmon-bad Toyota because you forget phone in car? Is that even a thing? Phone issue is other there-try to connect android auto to that usb port, put your huge phone there and close a lid. Who designed that phone place, must be drunk that day lol Its family car, just screaming around "all about safety". Even 70% of car settings are on aka head-up display, just in case you want to change, lets say "curvature slowing down level" on the go-your eyes always on the road. Have you noticed huge space in back seats? Is not for your adult beer friends with cheap jokes, its for kids kicking you in front seat :) Agree on mute button, all EV somehow suffer of that, annoying thing. Most annoying thing in EV videos? "No frunk!" Seriously guys who need frunk... why...
This is NOT the first fully EV for Toyota! I wish these reviewers would learn some history…. The first fully EV Toyota did was many years ago! RAV4 EV.
this guys complained too much from the start :D just say you are too tall for the car different height different opinions and also you can adjust your seat btw to lower it down
bZ owner here. I like the dash setup. You just have to get used to looking over the wheel. The mute button is the power button between volume buttons. The AWD has great acceleration and grip but you can tell it's heavy.
Good to know from someone that owns this vehicle. I am probably going to get the FWD to have more range.
@@JessSkubi yeah so I'm driving it 1300mi this weekend and yeah I bet the FWD is a good bit more livable. Spring for the limited with the radiant heating if you can bc the air heater has big range penalty.
@@misaelramos83 Wow!! I hope you'll share your experience. That's what I've been mapping out to see how it would do on an 8 hour trip. From the south to the Midwest. I haven't bought yet but close to pulling the trigger. Thanks for the advice. I'll definitely consider the limited.
I have mine bz4x and i love it
Nice!
Thanks for the review. I don't know if any other commenter has pointed this out but the reason for the lack of a glove box is radiant heating. Radiant heating is much less taxing on range than the HVAC system but trade off is no glove box.
Wow! That's good to know.
New bz4x has a real world range of 450km, as tested in the Netherlands, outside temp 11 degrees. Far more efficient motors, on par with model Y, far better charging and 10 years warranty on car and batteries. Only ev you van consider to buy 2nd hand in a few years. So nothing, nothing wrong with the bz4x.
It's a good car. I love it. Had it for 6 mounts now.
It should have a volume knob, but if you’re getting a call while driving, you should be using Bluetooth hands free. You may be able to mute by pressing and holding or changing the audio mode instead of tapping furiously 50 times.
I think you should Check your info. There are towing up to 750kg. No glovebox because there are irheater there. You have room under The midtc. And deep room under The armrest. In Europe they have 150kWh loading speed. Same battery in both 2wd and 4wd
I've had mine a week, fucking love it!!!
I don’t believe you have one. Or you’ve never driven another a EV. It’s terrible.
@@jonathanfields4ever ill bounce you my photos over of the car in my drive. It's a joy to drive. More comfortable than a Model 3 and pisses all over Tesla techwise....
@@Wonky4925 I’ve test driven one. I don’t know how you can say the tech is better. The nav screen was super laggy. The only upside was CarPlay
@@jonathanfields4ever Well I've had a Tesla M3 and chopped it in for Bz4X Premium AWD. I cannot fault it. The ride and comfort knocks Elon out of the park
@@Wonky4925 But it has much less range with a bigger battery, slow charging that’s limited to twice in one day, and it’s extremely heavy. It’s just not a good EV even if the build quality is nice. It has similar range to a base grade Nissan LEAF, but costs twice as much. It’s just a bad car in general. You could have had an Ioniq 5 with better features, more range, and much better looks for a bit less. There’s also the Polestar 2, the Volvo midsize SUVs, and the EQB. Anyone who picks the Toyota out of that bunch is just a Toyota fanboi.
For mute sound you can push the mode button two times or push and keep for two seconds
Maybe for you, it's the worst, but for someone, it's the best. That's why they build a car like that. I see nothing different about the range from others, except the charging speed is not very fast, because it protects against damaging of battery. They will fix it in May.
"Someone is always negative about everything".
Really? And who’s that?
Also why wouldn’t you just get a regular hybrid? You get 3 times the range of this ev
@@naveenthemachine Lol that's a self answered question - most EV owners bought an EV so they don't have to purchase gas at all anymore. I am a former hybrid owner and it wasn't so great.
Yeah Chevrolet has priced the Bolt Euv so affordably that the charging speed isn’t an issue like this BZ4X is. Because like you said the price range.. I’d trust toyota over all for an ICE vehicle but for an EV, any other automaker (besides the leaf) are priced the same and more.. luxurious and sport as well as charge much faster
NOT a solid choice at all. Was looking at the I5 when a Toyota salesperson called and said to come and look at the bz. What an absolute heap of garbage. Drove terrible. No power. Slow charging with no range. Yeah, it's shocking toyota made such a POS. Bought the I5 immediately. I think toyota decided to leave the ev market out of embarrassment.
seating position: I have a long torso and I sit very low in mine with power seats. Maybe the manual seat tracks are taller? That would be strange. The original design had a yoke with variable ratio steer-by-wire and a max rotation of 150 deg. There was no wheel hoop to block the speedo screen and your hands lined up perfectly with the hub controls. Huge disappointment that the yoke and steering were left on the R&D floor and the display wasn't moved after the choice was made.
no volume knob: press the "power" button at the bottom of the screen. It pauses music apps. Took me 3 weeks to discover that without RTFM.
wireless charger: I feel less dumb now that I know other people are also constantly leaving their phone in there.
Range: I have an AWD and the usable range is more like 170. The car struggles to average better than 500kWh/100mi. You only get about 80 of that 100kW of charge power, and only below 25%. Then it falls off very rapidly, averaging about 35kW from 20-80% and dipping to level 2 charge speeds and WORSE above 80%. Charging from 10-80% regularly takes 90 min, not the claimed 50.
No Frunk: that's because this is a compliance car and it's just the standard Hybrid Synergy Drive with the ICE ripped out and a motor stabbed in its place. Nothing "ground-up" about it other than the fact that it's a new body and has a low-slung battery.
The name: yes, it's clunky and stupid. You would think they learned this lesson with Scion but apparently Toyota has no generational memory.
1 pedal drive: progressively more "unavailable" the closer you get to full charge. In a car that has range and charge speed issues.
Towing: check out the "Activity Mount" accessory.
No glove box: that's where the radiant leg heater is in cars with the weather package. There's a bigass smuggler's compartment under the false bottom of the little bin below the armrest. It's really too bad that the big well below the ergonomically nonfunctional panel where the phone charger is, is completely inaccessible while you're on the road.
Efficiency: the AWD, like I stated previously struggles to do much better than 2 miles/kWh. I'm on the central coast of CA.
the drive: These things really do "car" really well. They just don't do it for very far.
the tech: The built-in voice command system is absolutely useless. The cameras are all jarringly low-res. Other than that, everything works great. Except when Safety Sense 3.0 decides that you are getting off at every exit. Every time. And it STILL doesn't do go-stop-go without driver input. And any white or red light you can see through the windshield will cancel the auto high beams. The steering wheel vibration warning feature can be turned on in the menus, but as far as I can tell doesn't actually exist. All the driving aid chimes are practically inaudible and can't be turned up.
The rear: leg room back there is indeed cavernous.
Verdict: don't buy the AWD, you sacrifice too much livability. I would bet that the AWD models were manufactured first and the FWD came later with a better battery and onboard charger. Don't buy either one if your commute is more than 20 miles. You will have legitimate and crippling range anxiety because of the frighteningly terribad charging speeds.
my AWD limited DC fast charge is horrible. It takes an hour and a half just to get to 80%..
No! bots dont own cars
@@mondoflambe8522 I dont get it
@@tonyha9979 ok if you say so 😅
@@mondoflambe8522 man you are dumb. Makes no sense
@@tonyha9979 Ha Ha you are the one who bought one .
The worst car that I ever drove. Don't believe in any thing that the internet is saying. 200km range distance driving at 100km per hour. Going up the mountains you will see the battery dropping so fast. And the charging time it's ridiculously slow.
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Complete nonsense. Recent software uodates give the Bz4x far more range, 450km plus, tested in the Netherlands, far better charging results and far more efficient morors. In comparison test with the Id4 the bz4x was considered the best choice....
SlOw charging is a deal-breaker..
oh cmon-bad Toyota because you forget phone in car? Is that even a thing?
Phone issue is other there-try to connect android auto to that usb port, put your huge phone there and close a lid. Who designed that phone place, must be drunk that day lol
Its family car, just screaming around "all about safety". Even 70% of car settings are on aka head-up display, just in case you want to change, lets say "curvature slowing down level" on the go-your eyes always on the road.
Have you noticed huge space in back seats? Is not for your adult beer friends with cheap jokes, its for kids kicking you in front seat :)
Agree on mute button, all EV somehow suffer of that, annoying thing. Most annoying thing in EV videos? "No frunk!" Seriously guys who need frunk... why...
This is NOT the first fully EV for Toyota! I wish these reviewers would learn some history…. The first fully EV Toyota did was many years ago! RAV4 EV.
Perfect review. I believe Toyota is now struggling to catch up. They should stick to hybrids for now.
Well Toyota won’t ever catch up. They’re slowly joining infiniti on the verge of irrelevancy
@@naveenthemachine Bots dont drive anyway.
It’s like they put no thought into this vehicle 💀
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Honestly, it looks like a seizure on wheels. Probably the ugliest car I've ever seen
Wow you complain about the name, because you don't understand it...
You poore thing....😂
this guys complained too much from the start :D just say you are too tall for the car different height different opinions and also you can adjust your seat btw to lower it down
“This guy complains too much from the start” mate it’s a list video covering the worst parts first 🤪
There’s nothing good about the bz4x. Like at all.
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