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ElectricToyota bZ4X to Get Much-Needed Power, Range Boost
Despite achieving respectable sales, the Toyota bZ4X has been a disappointment since launching in 2023. The fact is that it lags well behind many rivals in terms of power, range, charging speeds and technology, among other things. Oh sure, improvements were made for 2024 , followed by equipment revisions and …
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ElectricNew Canadian Winter Tests Reveal Fastest-Charging EVs
Earlier this month, the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) hosted a special EV drive event with a number of staff members and auto journalists—including The Car Guide ’s Julien Amado—testing over a dozen different electric vehicles until their batteries ran out of power in order to find out which ones perform …
Electric2025 Toyota bZ4X Drops Prices, Packs More Content
While not really competitive in terms of specs and performance, the Toyota bZ4X is one of the best-selling electric SUVs in Canada (up 79 percent through three quarters of 2024), helped in large part by the automaker’s excellent reputation. But now that early adopters have their bZ4X, what will Toyota …
ElectricU.S.-Built Three-Row Electric SUV From Toyota Pushed Back to 2026
Toyota ’s second battery-electric vehicle for the North American market will have to wait. Production at the Georgetown, Kentucky assembly plant has been pushed back from 2025 to the first half of 2026. Following reports by Japanese newspaper Nikkei , which received tips from some Toyota suppliers, Automotive News was …
ElectricFuture Toyota, Lexus EVs to Add Tesla’s NACS Connector
The dominos keep falling. Toyota and its luxury brand Lexus are adding their names to the long list of car companies that have reached a deal with Tesla to gain access to more than 12,000 Superchargers in Canada and the U.S. Customers owning or leasing a Toyota or Lexus EV …
ElectricToyota Details Next-Gen EVs With Up to 1,500 Km of Range
Toyota recently held a technical briefing session in Japan under the theme "Let's Change the Future of Cars" and announced a variety of new technologies to be launched by the end of the decade. After taking its sweet time developing battery electric vehicles, the Japanese automaker now aims to become …
ElectricToyota Reportedly Planning Major Shift in EV Strategy
Toyota has officially unveiled the new bZ3 compact electric sedan, a model aimed at the Chinese market but likely not North America—even though it shares its platform and several components with the bZ4X crossover. At the same time, Reuters is reporting that the Japanese automaker, which was slow to embrace …
ElectricToyota bZ4X, Subaru Solterra Production Resumes After 3-Month Pause
Production of the brand new 2023 Toyota bZ4X and Subaru Solterra electric crossovers, which was suspended in June, has now resumed at Toyota’s Motomachi assembly plant in Japan. It was previously discovered that the wheel hub bolts could loosen under hard braking and steering manoeuvres, potentially causing a wheel to …
New ModelsToyota Shows bZ4X GR Sport and GR GT3 Concepts in Tokyo
Tokyo Auto Salon 2022 is off to a start and Toyota has quite a lineup to showcase including several sporty and race-oriented models. The one we’re the most interested in is probably the bZ4X GR Sport Concept, based on the brand’s upcoming electric SUV. It is said to deliver “an …
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