Toyota bZ4X Could Go Half Way As Announced

Japanese auto giant Toyotalast year “bZ4X“. This car went down in history as the company’s first fully electric model. In fact, Toyota bZ4X was even nominated to be the car of the year as part of the Car of the Year events. However, the latest news has come, with Toyota’s bZ4X frustration it shows what he’s been through.

Toyota bZ4X has already reached some European countries. As such, this vehicle real world usage tests, Made by real drivers. However, the tests did not meet expectations. In tests conducted by Denmark-based FDM, which makes news about automobiles, the expected range value of Toyota’s first electric car unable to offer appeared.

500 kilometers declared, 215 kilometers it can travel

When introducing the bZ4X, Toyota announced how many kilometers this vehicle can travel with a fully charged battery. Front-wheel drive version, according to the company’s statement 504 kilometers, the all-wheel drive version would be able to travel 461 kilometers. Tests in Denmark, however, revealed very different results. So much so that the front wheel drive version 246 kilometers, the all-wheel drive version could travel 215 kilometers. The result of the actual tests was 49 percent and 47 percent lower than the announced figures, respectively.

Hearing the test findings, Toyota acted quickly. Toyota’s UK leg is both Toyota Europe and Toyota Japan. started an investigation announced. Toyota engineers will try to understand the reason for the huge difference. By the way; A strange statement came from Toyota Denmark as well. A spokesperson said that despite the display on the instrument showing a range of 0 kilometers that the backup battery is fullHe said that the difference may be due to this. However, there was a difference of at least 246 kilometers. The possibility of the backup battery having such a high range is unlikely. not reasonable looks like.

There is a difference in other brands as well, but not at this level!

The auto industry is used to the difference between the declared range and the actual driving range. for example Tesla Model Y. According to the company, this vehicle should travel 507 kilometers. But the average result from real-world tests is 355 kilometers. So the declared range as much as 70 percent. Models such as the Mercedes EQA and Volkswagen ID.4 can offer up to 67 percent of the announced range. However, the gap at Toyota is too wide compared to its competitors. The reason for this gap may come to light within the scope of the investigation initiated.

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