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Toyota bZ4X

Toyota's first purpose-built battery car, on the e-TNGA platform it developed with Subaru and sold simultaneously as the Subaru Solterra — the same vehicle, so Solterra material applies almost without exception and doubles what is available. Two things are worth establishing early. The all-wheel-drive car has a motor on each axle and no propshaft, so a rear-drive fault is electrical. And the early cars were recalled over wheel hub bolts that could loosen, which is the single most consequential thing recorded against them and worth confirming as done before anything else is investigated.

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Toyota bZ4X, front view
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Generations

  • First generation 2022–present

    e-TNGA, shared with the Subaru Solterra; the all-wheel-drive car has a motor on each axle.

    Body styles
    SUV
    Platform
    Toyota e-TNGA
    Engines
    • 71.4 kWh single motor — electric · 150 kW (201 hp) · 266 Nm (196 lb-ft)
    • 71.4 kWh dual motor — electric · 160 kW (215 hp) · 338 Nm (249 lb-ft)
    • Electric motor — electric · 1×1XM AC permanent magnet synchronous (FWD)
    Battery packs
    • 50.3 kWh — NMC · CATL
    • 66.7 kWh — NMC · CATL
    • 72.8 kWh — lithium-ion · CATL
    • 57.7 kWh — LFP · LGES
    • 73.1 kWh — NMC · PPES
    • 74.7 kWh — NMC · PPES
    Transmissions
    Single-speed reduction
    Drivetrain
    Front-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive

Service information

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