At the beginning of December 2021, Lexus has been through the way of the trailer film, for the RZ car series, followed by the concept car, multiple angles of factory photos, interior photos and other content, for the Lexus RZ series to make warm preparations, but also predicted to April 20, 7 pm Japan time, officially reveal the complete appearance and product information of RZ. Lexus held the RZ global online publication, the first pure electric car series under Lexus, equipped with a 71.4kWh battery capacity, a 450 km range, and a set of electric motors in front and rear, with the new Direct4 electronic four-wheel drive system.
Lexus North America announces that the RZ 450e is expected to go into production by the end of 2022.
Toyota Group held a global electric vehicle strategy press conference at the end of 2021, a large number of Toyota and Lexus global electric vehicle strategic plan, as many as 16 electric strategy works, at that time it has been revealed that the Lexus brand will be led by the RZ car series; this means that the RZ car series will set a benchmark for Lexus's electric combat strength, Lexus also communicated again in the RZ publishing event, it is expected that in 2030, all levels of the line will launch pure electric works, in 2035 In the new year, it will be 100% transformed to electric vehicles.
The production version of the Lexus RZ 450e does not have much difference from the concept car, with a body size of 4,805mm, a width of 1,895mm, a height of 1,635mm, and a wheelbase of 2,850mm. From the outside, the RZ series adopts the latest brand design language of Lexus, and unlike the electric vehicle UX 300e developed on the basis of fuel models, instead of sealing the water tank guard, it completely changes the shape of this block, cancels the water tank guard, giving people an avant-garde sense of technology and sporty style that spans the era.
The RZ compartment is designed to continue the Tazuna (Japanese reins) design vocabulary of the LF-Z Electrified concept car, which mainly emphasizes the highly interactive design between people and cars, adopts a Chinese-style full-digit instrument design, the touch screen above the center console is also deliberately inclined to the driver, which facilitates the touch operation setting, and adopts the top and bottom flat multi-power steering wheel that is the first in the bZ4X car series, thus emphasizing the futuristic sense of interior design. And LSS+ is naturally no longer a problem.
The first release of power architecture information, as previously speculated, RZ is built with the same e-TNGA pure electric modular chassis as the Toyota bZ4X, and follows the LF-Z Electrified concept car Direct4 new electronic four-wheel drive system, front and rear axles are equipped with an electric motor, the system can be deployed at any time front and rear axle output, switching between front drive, rear drive and four wheel drive. The front axle motor can be fed 150kW (around 201hp) and the rear axle motor is 80kW (about 107hp), giving the RZ 450e a maximum horsepower of 230kW.
RZ 450e battery capacity of 71.4kWh, and the original factory announced the range of 450kW (J-WLTC), although Lexus did not announce the RZ 450e charging specifications, but it and Toyota bZ4X the same chassis and battery capacity, so it should also be DC 150kW fast charging premise, can complete 80% of the charging capacity in 30 minutes.