Recently, Toyota has suddenly opened up as if it had suddenly launched a force in the pure electric market, whether it is announcing the new concept of "carbon neutral car", or releasing a matrix of 30 pure electric models in one go, or announcing the complete transformation of Lexus into a pure electric brand in the future, which can be described as quite a bit of All in meaning.
Recently, foreign media have photographed the real car map of Toyota's new pure electric model bZ4X, and it is understood that this new car will be listed in China next year.
Specifically, the appearance of Toyota bZ4X at first glance can still let you see that this is a Toyota, the overall design concept is closer to FAW Toyota's recent listing, but the new car as a whole will be more angular, and the fully enclosed grille highlights its pure electric identity.
If the appearance of Toyota bZ4X is somewhat new and bright, then about the interior of this new car, I think Toyota may still have less of an awareness, in addition to a small size of the full LCD instrument and the current Toyota fuel vehicle interior design is different, the overall layout is still the main practical traditional layout concept, especially like the old-fashioned TV central control screen shape, still appears in this Toyota so-called pure electric transformation, it does seem a bit outdated.
As for the key performance parameters of pure trams, Toyota continues the conservative style of the fuel era, focusing on the battery longevity surface, but the total power of the new car that has been exposed at present is only 71.4kWh, and the mileage is about 460-500 kilometers, which is not dominant in the pure electricity market that runs everywhere in China.
In addition, in the current era of pure trams with 300 km/h acceleration of 3 and 4S, Toyota is also only equipped with 150kW and 160kW motors for bZ4X, and the 100 km/h acceleration is only 7.7 seconds -8.4 seconds. Perhaps Toyota in the pure electric generation, still want to focus on the needs of mature and stable middle-aged people.
Judging from the more traditional product tone of Toyota bZ4X, the probability of entering the domestic market in the future will be directed to the Volkswagen ID.4 series. Referring to its current starting price of about 360,000 overseas announcements, and the starting price of ID.4 is less than 200,000, if the domestically produced bZ4X cannot significantly reduce the price, I am afraid that it will be difficult to continue the good story of the Toyota fuel era in the increasingly rolled pure electric market.