Japanese car giant Toyota introduced a car called “bZ4X” last year. This car made history as the company’s first fully electric model. The Toyota bZ4X was even nominated as the car of the year as part of the Car of the Year events. However, the latest news reveals that Toyota has been disappointed with the bZ4X.
Toyota bZ4X has already reached some European countries. As such, the real-world usage tests of this vehicle were made by real drivers. However, the tests did not meet expectations. In tests conducted by Denmark-based FDM, which makes news about cars, it turned out that Toyota’s first electric car could not offer the expected range value.
500 kilometers declared, 215 kilometers it can travel
When introducing the bZ4X, Toyota announced how many kilometers this vehicle can travel with a fully charged battery. According to the company’s statement, the front-wheel drive version could travel 504 kilometers, while the all-wheel drive version could travel 461 kilometers. Tests in Denmark, however, revealed very different results. So much so that the front-wheel drive version could travel 246 kilometers and the all-wheel drive version 215 kilometers. The result of the actual tests was 49 percent and 47 percent lower than the announced figures, respectively.
Hearing the test findings, Toyota acted quickly. Toyota’s UK branch announced that both Toyota Europe and Toyota Japan have launched an investigation into the matter. Toyota engineers will try to understand the reason for the huge difference. By the way; A strange statement came from Toyota Denmark as well. A spokesperson said that although the screen on the indicator shows a range of 0 kilometers, the backup battery is full, and the difference may be due to this. However, there was a difference of at least 246 kilometers. The possibility of the backup battery having such a high range seems unreasonable.
There is a difference in other brands as well, but not at this level!
The auto industry is used to the difference between the declared range and the actual driving range. For example, Tesla Model Y. According to the company, this vehicle should travel 507 kilometers. But the average result from real-world tests is 355 kilometers. That is about 70 percent of the announced range. Models such as the Mercedes EQA and Volkswagen ID.4 can offer up to 67 percent of the announced range. However, the gap at Toyota is too wide compared to its competitors. The reason for this gap may come to light within the scope of the investigation initiated.
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