2022 should be regarded as a year in which Japanese cars will fully develop new energy vehicles in the domestic market.
Two days ago, Honda's first pure electric model Dongfeng Honda e:NS1 was just listed, and Toyota's first pure electric model in China also opened pre-sale on April 28.
The Toyota bZ4X, a pure electric SUV model based on Toyota's exclusive platform for e-TNGA architecture BVE, officially opened pre-sale on April 28.
The new car is positioned as a medium-sized SUV, a total of 5 configuration models have been launched, the pre-sale price range is 220,000 to 300,000 yuan, and the new car will be produced simultaneously in FAW Toyota and GAC Toyota in the future.
As early as the end of last year, Toyota's BZ series of pure electric vehicle models have been announced overseas at a price of about 359,000 to 441,200 yuan.
In comparison, in the domestic market, Toyota bZ4X is still relatively cheap.
I think the most important reason for this is that looking at the world, the number of domestic new energy vehicle companies or the market sales of new energy vehicles are far ahead.
Among the new energy vehicle companies, there are Tesla, BYD and "Wei Xiaoli" as the representative of the new car-making force car companies.
Even Volkswagen, as early as last year, has begun to lay out the new energy vehicle market in China, and has launched three ID series models.
In terms of sales, although it is not as good as Tesla, BYD and other car companies, in the joint venture car brand, Volkswagen is at the forefront in the field of new energy vehicles.
For Japanese cars, the layout of the new energy market is indeed a little late.
So, as a competitor of the same level, the belated Toyota bz4X series model, in the face of the Tesla Model Y, which has sold very well, what are the odds?
In the view of car fast reviews, Toyota, as the world's largest car company, in the field of traditional fuel vehicles, may only be able to match Volkswagen.
However, if you change a track, in the field of new energy vehicles or pure electric vehicles, Toyota's influence is basically negligible.
Especially, in the domestic market.
From a product point of view, although the Toyota bZ4X series models are positioned as medium-sized SUVs, it is clear that there is a gap in the performance of the body size and interior space compared with the Tesla Model Y.
In terms of technology configuration and three-electric system, there is no doubt that Toyota is still inferior to Tesla.
The only advantage may be that the Toyota bZ4X is relatively cheap.
Do you think that as a latecomer, can the Toyota bZ4X compete head-on with the Tesla Model Y?
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