2022 Toyota BZ4X Review : A possible EV resale hero | CarBuyer Singapore
2022 Toyota BZ4X Review : A possible EV resale hero | CarBuyer Singapore
Toyota sez YEH. We drive Toyota’s first proper EV, the BZ4X, in Singapore. Worried about EV reliability and their New Weirdness and dream of Toyota Reliability with EV benefits? Then you should defintely watch this review Even though CAN’T buy it in Singapore yet, because it shows us just how Toyota is going about it’s EV plans, and how it claims it’ll help owners preserve their resale value.
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00:00 Intro
01:20 What’s the bZ4X?
02:50 What’s bZ?
04:53 What’s inside the bZ4X?
08:36 How does it drive?
10:00 How powerful is it?
11:11 How does it juice up?
13:06 Competitors?
15:25 Outro
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0.42 -> hey Toyota can I get an EV
3.959 -> Toyota says Gnar
6.48 -> many hours later
9.48 -> hey Toyota can I get an Eevee
13.98 -> we have a Prius
17.22 -> Prius one minute 37 seconds later
21.84 -> okay Prius was good but I want an EV
26.64 -> IL we have a new Prius
30.72 -> view Prius a few minutes later
35.12 -> hey Toyota can I get an EV please
38.579 -> everyone has one Kia Volkswagen Hyundai
42.899 -> I want one now now
49.68 -> How About Now Eve is a relatively new
52.559 -> chick very scary you don't know much
54.84 -> about them but what if you could take
56.16 -> that EV nurse and pair it with a
58.44 -> reliable brand that's been known for
60.3 -> quality and reliability for a very long
62.16 -> time this is Toyota's very first EV to
64.86 -> bz4x now watch to find out why even
67.32 -> though you can't buy it it tells us a
69.72 -> lot about what you should know about the
71.82 -> future of Toyota's EVS buy or sell your
74.88 -> car now with car buyers Singapore and
77.1 -> remember to check out the latest
78.119 -> Automotive content with us
80.52 -> first of all what is the bz4x it's
82.86 -> Toyota's very first globally made and
85.439 -> sold EV now Toyota's made EVS before but
88.32 -> they've been really half ass like I
89.88 -> think there was a red for Evie way in
91.74 -> the past but the pz4x represents the
93.72 -> Toyota's first real effort and making a
96.42 -> proper EV and it certainly looks like it
98.7 -> because it looks like every other EV on
101.28 -> the market oh it's a crossover it's an
103.32 -> SUV it's got a nice plunging roof line
105.72 -> it's got high mounted lights
108.36 -> um no light bar yet but it may as well
110.34 -> have one it does have one at the back in
112.079 -> fact so the bz4x is very much an EV in
115.68 -> the modern mode and the cool thing is it
117.659 -> does look very much like a lot of the
120.06 -> other Toyota's on the market maybe not
121.619 -> at the front end but if you look at the
123 -> back looks just like the Yaris cross and
124.86 -> the Harrier hybrids which we reviewed
126.719 -> very recently on car by Singapore the
128.94 -> thing is Toyota is on the back foot when
130.8 -> it comes to the EV game this car was
133.2 -> only announced last year and it's the
135.239 -> first Toyota EV but you can't buy it yet
137.879 -> because for some strange reason in
139.98 -> Singapore it's on money for lease we'd
142.14 -> have the full story on that you can
143.819 -> check it out on car by Singapore but the
145.86 -> point is even if you can't buy this car
148.5 -> it is a great window into how Toyota is
152.34 -> making Evies finally and when we drive
155.64 -> and show you what it's like inside we
157.68 -> can expect that the future of Toyota's
160.379 -> EVS will be very much like this now keep
162.3 -> in mind that this is all speculative and
164.94 -> it's our educated guess from a car
167.7 -> expert point of view
169.8 -> so when we see the future of Toyota what
172.379 -> exactly do we mean now this car was
174.48 -> announced globally last year 2021 and
178.14 -> after that Toyota also made clear its
181.2 -> billion dollar investment multi-billion
183.18 -> dollar investment in EVS so the Japanese
185.879 -> giant finally went from going eh maybe
189.18 -> not about EVS to going all in in the EV
192.54 -> so the bz range now the bz b z
198.2 -> petrol pump
201.08 -> bees his knees
205.019 -> bz stands for Beyond
209.04 -> which actually means one right
211.62 -> right Beyond zero is one yeah
213.599 -> yeah the Toyota one for X doesn't sound
216.239 -> as cool as bz but okay enough
217.98 -> bz it refers to I think um Terrier's EV
221.659 -> specific range and I think it will be
224.04 -> also the uh sort of the premium Eevee
227.12 -> offering for for Toyota so it says it
230.58 -> will launch seven of these cars uh the
233.28 -> compact version was just announced as
235.319 -> well very recently
237.18 -> um you can read about that on cover as
238.92 -> well and furthermore non-bz EV from
242.04 -> Toyota there will be 15 of them in 2020
244.86 -> by 2025 so that really shows that Toyota
247.62 -> is going yes we're gonna make EVS
249.239 -> finally and you can actually buy one but
251.22 -> you still can't buy this car because you
253.2 -> can only you can only release it if you
255.239 -> live in the Eco town of Tenga in future
257.579 -> we have the full story on that if you
259.56 -> ever want to try this car
261.72 -> um yeah you go to Tenga very far but
264 -> yeah that's it so what you have to keep
265.919 -> in mind
267.18 -> um when we look at this car is the fact
268.56 -> that it runs on the dedicated EEB
270.479 -> platform e t n g a which is Toyota
272.699 -> electric Toyota New Generation
274.8 -> architecture and that obviously will
276.96 -> underpin or or if not many of Toyota's
280.5 -> future EVs and of course the battery
282.36 -> pack uh made it made the battery pack
284.52 -> and the electric motor made in
286.74 -> conjunction with Panasonic and catl as
290.28 -> well and you can see here this is really
293.699 -> so this is really the first proper
296.04 -> Toyota EV we get to try and from here we
298.02 -> will see how Toyota does its EVS what
300.78 -> kind of approach it's going to take and
302.46 -> when you buy in Toyota EV this is what
304.5 -> you can expect in future now you look at
306.72 -> the cockpit of the bz Forex and you
308.46 -> immediately notice that something is
310.68 -> different and weird but in a good way so
313.979 -> um first of all let's take the steering
315.419 -> wheel now the steering was really small
316.86 -> it's only like this and normal Car
319.139 -> steering wheels for the luxury ones
320.34 -> especially more like that but it's
322.44 -> really small and and quite cool and this
324.78 -> unique button layout is uh I haven't
327.36 -> seen on any other Toyota today only on
329.4 -> the bz4x
330.84 -> draw your attention to the driver's
333.12 -> display I have no idea how big it is but
335.16 -> it's it's very legible very clear we
337.68 -> have our typical Toyota
339.479 -> font and layout for everything so all
341.639 -> you got is right there we've got the
343.62 -> Toyota safety system as well blind spot
346.199 -> monitoring we've got active cruise
347.699 -> control so everything you expect from a
349.38 -> modern high-tech EV and what I like
351.9 -> about this besides the cool design I
354 -> don't know what this part is for but I
355.56 -> don't know if you can yeah
357.419 -> I'm too fast the screen is right up near
359.58 -> the windscreen so you don't need a HDD
361.139 -> and your your eyesight and your eye line
363.96 -> is always very very close to the road
365.759 -> which I really liked again so lots of
368.039 -> safety uh nicely ergonomic design you
370.979 -> can adjust the wheel so if you like to
373.32 -> have it near you no problem you can
375.3 -> still see everything so that avoids one
377.699 -> problem I have with some cars where the
379.979 -> wheel gets in the way of seeing where
381.479 -> I'm signaling for example so that's a
383.639 -> nice touch design wise for the driver
386.4 -> that for the driver that I think Toyota
389.46 -> has done really well here
391.319 -> so the center of the cabin we have a
393.84 -> 12.3 inch or what I presume is a 12.3
396.24 -> inch display very very similar to what
398.22 -> we've seen in the Lexus NX and the new
400.38 -> Lexus RX in terms of features there is
404.039 -> Jack all because this is not for sale
406.46 -> yeah but you can link up Android auto
409.46 -> and apple carplay to this thing I tried
413.639 -> streaming Bluetooth it just refused to
415.259 -> work so one of those niggling little
417 -> things
418.4 -> on a side note the launch and the
421.5 -> rollout of the bz-4x has not exactly
423.9 -> been perfect for Toyota now it has
426.3 -> recalls for wonky wheels and amongst
428.639 -> other things so we can see that this is
431.22 -> very much still this first try at a
433.199 -> proper EV but so far so good all those
435.72 -> things are pretty minor I've driven it
437.52 -> quite a big distance and the wheels
439.62 -> haven't fallen off yet so
442.02 -> so but there are a few things that are
444.06 -> very much uh Toyota Lexus c
447.18 -> um we have the uh surround View Camera
450.599 -> um quite useful when you're parking
452.099 -> although it does sometimes look a bit
453.36 -> weird but this is really interesting
454.38 -> this shows you a kind of an invisible
457.56 -> view of around the car so that's quite a
460.5 -> good uh addition to a car and like many
463.319 -> other eebs this car has a very very
465.66 -> weight windscreen for aerodynamics so
468.3 -> and a very high kind of Rise of the
470.58 -> cabin so it's not the easiest car to
472.74 -> look out of or park but this makes your
475.199 -> life a little bit easier
477.06 -> down here we've got aircon seats again
479.039 -> very lexisey so this car is obviously
481.46 -> premiumly positioned wouldn't say it's a
484.139 -> luxury car but it's Premium League
485.58 -> position so it feels obviously more a
487.199 -> little bit more well built than
488.759 -> something like say a sienta and it's got
491.4 -> It's got Auto parking as well uh seat
493.62 -> belt is on fastened I'm a bad boy and um
497.039 -> eco mode a charging Bay down here and
501.06 -> another thing just like a lot of EVS
502.74 -> plenty of space to put your stuff cup
504.96 -> holders here a really deep glove box
507.539 -> here another under seat under seat under
509.94 -> tunnel storage area down here with all
512.399 -> USB ports so very typical of EVS that
514.979 -> we've seen
515.82 -> but how does it drive okay so
518.459 -> um it's got big wheels it goes over
520.38 -> bumps a little bit bubbly but it's a
522.839 -> little bit heavy it handles like it's
524.88 -> stuck to the ground at normal speeds um
527.519 -> you push it then it starts to be not so
530.16 -> um stuck to the ground a bit a bit vague
532.08 -> at the front
533.7 -> um generally very very quiet and very
535.74 -> refined have you heard me say this
538.26 -> before yes you have you probably heard
541.74 -> me say that in the poster too you've
543.779 -> heard me say that in the kiev6 you've
545.82 -> heard me say that in almost every other
548.399 -> EV had driven that's because eBay is all
550.92 -> pretty much drive the same way there is
552.54 -> no weird sound there is uh there is no
555.24 -> sport mode there is one pedal driving
557.82 -> um quite easy to get used to but very
559.98 -> very typical EV Driving Experience here
562.08 -> nothing to really write home about it's
564.18 -> very quiet it's very refined you know
567.48 -> um yeah you watch my ev6 review and it's
570.12 -> pretty much uh kiev6 review is pretty
573.24 -> much exactly the same experience there
575.76 -> but of course it's not exactly the same
578.06 -> you know the tieredness of it does shine
581.16 -> through also in the Driving Experience
583.56 -> it's not really a sporty car it can be
585.959 -> driven quickly but it doesn't really
588.12 -> like to do that
590.1 -> um I would say the ev6 has the edge in
592.44 -> terms of handling uh something like a
594.66 -> Tesla as well these cars center of
597.12 -> gravity feels a little bit higher it's a
598.8 -> little bit tippier than the ev6 and
600.48 -> maybe the Tesla Model 3 not so much the
603.24 -> Tesla Model y so although on paper this
605.519 -> car only has 170 horsepower and 300 plus
607.8 -> unit meters of torque which isn't that
609.54 -> much for a Navy it's still pretty quick
611.18 -> zero to 108.6 seconds uh so it's
614.76 -> actually it feels quicker than it is in
616.86 -> real life typical Toyota again you know
618.72 -> they'll give you one figure but in real
620.1 -> life it doesn't really feel that slow so
622.019 -> what you guys really want to know is how
623.459 -> far it will go so this car only comes
626.16 -> with a 71.4 kilowatt hour battery pack
628.459 -> uh our trip in Singapore we did more
631.8 -> than 170 kilometers we got we got what
635.399 -> do we get we got 17.8 kilowatt hours per
638.22 -> hundred which is pretty good so 17.8 not
643.019 -> quite as efficient as the qriv6 uh but a
646.26 -> little bit less efficient too with this
647.579 -> battery pack means you'll get about 400
650.04 -> kilometers uh if you do eco mode thing
652.56 -> you drive like a granny probably further
654.48 -> than that so no range anxiety I feel
658.32 -> and I think Toyota's uh Electronic Drive
662.459 -> Tech is already quite mature even though
664.44 -> this is the first proper Toyota EV 400
667.44 -> kilometers ish from a single charge not
669.36 -> bad
670.14 -> okay we've talked about range talk about
671.82 -> driving now let's talk about charging uh
674.16 -> there is standard 150 kilowatt DC fast
676.92 -> charge the maximum rate of this car so
679.38 -> 10 to 80 in the very very industry
681.72 -> standard half an hour so far so standard
684.72 -> so EV living repuder is a standard
687 -> living a standard make a bet what you
690.06 -> will
691.019 -> and another thing I didn't quite like
692.64 -> about the driving experience was the
695.64 -> suspensions seemed to get a little bit
697.079 -> of uh how do you say the the wonky
700.44 -> junkie okay no one knows what that means
703.16 -> when you go over the bumps it does tend
705.54 -> to degenerate into crashiness quite
708.06 -> easily more so than the other cars and
711.2 -> I would prefer a little bit more front
713.579 -> end feel sometimes when you're going
715.8 -> faster on a highway it doesn't feel so
717.959 -> nice to drive a little bit a little bit
720.18 -> more incisiveness on the front end would
722.519 -> be appreciated there and also some of
724.8 -> the cabin Plastics are quite harsh now I
728.1 -> should probably contextualize this by
730.079 -> saying you know at when Toyota previewed
733.5 -> this car earlier this year
735.959 -> um someone told me that this car would
739.019 -> cost at least 250 000 in Singapore money
742.32 -> to buy right now and obviously that was
744.66 -> a few months ago so now it would
746.459 -> probably be at least 280 or more
749.519 -> but um for that kind of price
752.339 -> um I think the quality has to be a bit
754.019 -> better so I think we can see why Toyota
756.6 -> might not want to sell this car in
758.279 -> Singapore just yet because you know it
760.8 -> is in many ways there but in some ways
763.5 -> it's not quite there yet
765.42 -> okay so just let me stretch out a bit
767.04 -> show you guys the excellent leg room of
769.32 -> the bz-4x again the wheelbase 2850 mm
773.22 -> only 50 mm of the Kia ev6 I don't think
777.66 -> that is a
779.519 -> what's that word
781.2 -> coincidence yeah that's right it's not a
783.779 -> coincidence
784.68 -> okay so um yeah I think you just have to
788.1 -> go and watch my Kia ev6 review a lot of
790.32 -> information there again be compared to
791.88 -> the Tesla Model Y and the poster too all
795 -> those cars cost 250 000 ish or more and
799.139 -> if the bz4x was sold here they would be
801.779 -> direct competitors to that car and I
804.42 -> think on paper
806.1 -> um The Busy Forex might lack a bit it's
808.2 -> front wheel drive number one although
809.88 -> that's not really a problem unless you
811.139 -> really like driving uh the range is okay
813.48 -> I think the amount of tech on the inside
815.82 -> slightly a bit less like the ev6 is big
818.82 -> deal is that it's the fastest charging
820.26 -> car in Singapore whereas even in normal
822 -> charging this car isn't quite as fast so
825.12 -> competitors competition wise the bz4x is
829.32 -> there but um I think when people want to
832.74 -> buy a Toyota and I've seen this in
834.24 -> petrol theaters as well even if they're
836.459 -> not
837.779 -> um blow for blow the best cars on paper
841.26 -> they are still very very effective cars
843.72 -> and people love them for certain reasons
845.519 -> now one of the reasons is of course
847.62 -> Traders wanted reliability and its brand
851.519 -> image you know it is reputation what
853.92 -> building cards would just go and go and
855.36 -> go and then obviously we can't drive
857.339 -> this car for 10 years we don't know how
858.779 -> it's going to behave but here is a very
860.76 -> important claim that Toyota made when
862.68 -> they announced the bg4x now this is from
864.54 -> our story on Carver Singapore so I quote
867.12 -> Toyota is producing EVS with a view to
870.18 -> helping owners preserve their resale
872.16 -> value Tada one very important factor for
875.399 -> buying a Toyota in Singapore especially
877.2 -> the company claims the busy Forex will
879.779 -> retain 90 of its original battery
882.42 -> performance after 10 years or 240 000
886.68 -> kilometers
887.94 -> very impressive so while some car
891 -> companies here selling EVS offer eight
893.519 -> year warranties for the batteries this
895.26 -> is not a warranty but it's a claim that
898.16 -> this car as an EV has been engineered
901.199 -> with the same approach that Toyota has
903 -> brought to its ice cars whether or not
905.82 -> you believe in that is up to you we
908.279 -> don't think Toyota will bundle that up
910.5 -> so badly and you know their years and
912.899 -> years of experience doing hybrid cars
914.459 -> has taught them a lot about battery
916.56 -> management and Longevity so I for one
919.86 -> would incline I'm inclined to take that
922.74 -> claim at face value
925.92 -> so that was our review of the Toyota
928.579 -> bz4x with lasers on their head
932.16 -> um of the tutor that you can't buy in
934.199 -> Singapore but is Toyota's first EV a
936.66 -> very very important car for the company
938.399 -> and it gives us a deep insight into how
940.8 -> the car is going to make his future EVS
942.959 -> if you like this review please like it
944.639 -> please subscribe to car by Singapore and
946.92 -> support us so we can continue to do more
949.139 -> of this nonsense and behave like Macho
951.18 -> Manuel Randy Savage
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