A few days ago, according to foreign media reports, Toyota said on February 24 that it will cooperate with EVgo, an electric vehicle charging service company, to provide free charging services for new Toyota bZ4X owners, which will last for one year, and car owners can charge vehicles for free within all EVgo charging accounts. For now, though, the service is limited to the U.S. region.
Christopher Yang, vice president of electric vehicle charging solutions at Toyota North America, said: "The arrival of the all-electric model bZ4X marks an important step towards our goal of achieving 70% fleet electrification by 2030. We want bZ4X customers to enjoy a high-quality car experience that is as seamless and hassle-free as possible. Partnering with EVgo, the nation's largest public fast charging network, will help provide fast, reliable charging services to bZ4X owners, wherever and wherever it fits. ”
Jonathan Levy, chief commercial officer at EVgo, said: "We are delighted to be working with Toyota to get more drivers to use electric vehicles. EVgo is excited to create an excellent customer experience for Toyota's bZ4X owners, and this partnership is a testament to the partner's confidence in the reliability and scale of our charging solutions. ”
Toyota bZ4X is built based on the e-TNGA platform, positioning pure electric medium-sized SUV, WLTC endurance of 500km. The previous concept car was launched in the world at the Shanghai Auto Show held in April 2021, and the price has been officially announced in the UK, according to the information on Toyota's official website in the UK: Toyota's new pure electric exclusive series "bZ" first model - bZ4X launched 4 models, priced at 41950-51550 pounds (about 35.9-44.12 million yuan).
From the appearance, the new car headlight shape is full of aggression, the closed middle net highlights the identity of the pure electric vehicle model, the fog light area on both sides is more compact, with the exaggerated grille at the bottom, so that the new car looks full of recognition.
In terms of interior, from the perspective of the real car map, the new car adopts a three-frame reading function steering wheel and electronic gear handle design, and the exquisite instrument panel with a large floating central control screen also makes the car full of scientific and technological atmosphere. Compared with the minimalist mid-air conditioner, the dense button design of the gear area also adds a bit of mechanical feeling to the new car.
Toyota bZ4X adopts the battery pack jointly developed with catheter times, produced in Toyota's exclusive production line, which can achieve a 10-year service cycle, 90% battery capacity retention rate, WLTC working condition endurance of 500km, the use of body integrated large-capacity battery pack, through multiple means to monitor the working status of the battery pack, and strive to avoid collisions, overheating and short circuits caused by the possibility of fire.
At the beginning of February this year, Tianjin TV reported that the first phase of Tianjin FAW Toyota's new energy vehicle project has been completed by the end of 2021, and it is planned to complete the scheduling of three new cars in 2022, of which the first model will be Toyota bZ4X as soon as June this year, and the other two are FAW Toyota GRANVIA and toyota and BYD jointly built the first pure electric vehicle model (internal code EV7).
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I also don't know when Toyota bz4x is listed in China, whether Chinese consumers can enjoy the benefits of one year of free charging, after all, charging is still a headache for new energy consumers, I believe that if Toyota can implement free charging services in China, it will have a great role in promoting its sales.