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Toyota bZ4X

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The Car Guide rating 3.5/5 68% Detailed ratings

Price $46,515 – $59,830 Payments

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The bZ4X benefits from a few key changes for 2025. The base LE model can now be specified with all-wheel drive. New body colours are available, while the list of safety features has been updated. Battery management and charging times were improved last year. The longest-range bZ4X is the one with front-wheel drive (406 km), while those equipped with all-wheel drive can travel shorter distances (367 km). Output is limited to 201 hp and 215 hp, respectively.

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2026 Toyota bZ: Significantly Improved and More Competitive

Disappointing range, software problems, poor cold-weather performance, staggering depreciation. All of this and more have disillusioned countless Toyota bZ4X customers who, until now, were accustomed to placing blind trust in the brand—often because they previously owned a Corolla , Camry or RAV4 that kept them highly satisfied. Consequently, Toyota has …May 27, 2025

Top 10 Most Affordable Electric Vehicles in 2025

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New Canadian Winter Tests Show How Much EVs Lose Range

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 13 different electric vehicles until their batteries ran out of power in order to find out which ones perform best in …February 12, 2025

Top 10 Most Affordable Electric Vehicles in 2024

February 23, 2024

2023 Toyota bZ4X: Disappointing and Frustrating

Hybrid king Toyota was pretty late to the battery-electric vehicle party and continues to face a lot criticism as a result. You’d think it could have used the time—and its electrification expertise—to come up with a really great product that would trump most others, but that’s far from the case. July 15, 2023

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2023 Toyota bZ4X: Moderation in All Things

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Windshield Defroster Issues Affecting Toyota, Lexus, Subaru Electric Crossovers

A trio of related electric crossovers are now the subject of a joint recall due to a possible windshield defroster issue. Affected models are the 2023-2025 Toyota bZ4X and Lexus RZ as well as the 2023-2024 Subaru Solterra . The recall includes over 21,600 units in Canada—essentially every single one …September 11, 2025

2026 Toyota bZ Adds More Potent, Adventure-Ready Woodland Model

Two days after announcing the new 2026 bZ that replaces the bZ4X and features numerous enhancements, Toyota Canada is adding a more powerful and more adventurous Woodland model aimed at active families who like to get off the beaten path. Developed alongside the equally new Subaru Trailseeker and set to …May 15, 2025

2026 Toyota bZ Gets Key Upgrades Beyond Simpler Name

The Toyota bZ4X is no more. With the 2026 model on the way, the company has renamed its electric crossover for the North American market. From now on, it’ll simply be known as… bZ. Initially announced in March , the mid-cycle update is similar but also different from the 2026 …May 13, 2025

Toyota 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 …March 12, 2025

New Canadian Winter Tests Reveal Fastest-Charging EVs

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2025 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 …December 13, 2024

U.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 …October 3, 2024

2024 Toyota bZ4X Loses Base Model, Improves Cold-Weather Charging

Toyota’s bZ4X electric crossover is losing its base L model for its second year on the market, the one that used to carry a low MSRP of $44,990 in order to qualify for a $5,000 EV rebate from the Canadian government. Now that the federal program has increased its price …January 11, 2024

Future 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 …October 20, 2023

Toyota 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 …June 13, 2023

Toyota 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 …October 24, 2022

Toyota 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 …October 6, 2022

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