It's a balance review, though gripping the steering-wheel at the top isn't a safe way to drive. Glad you discovered that secondary storage in the center-console, but you missed what goes in place of the glovebox with the limited weather package. You get a radiant heater, which is a nice efficiency feature other automakers don't offer. Glad you found the recline feature for the back seats. Why would people want the appearance of a vehicle to be bland, looking just like all the other white SUVs on the road? After all, it contradicts your own claim of wanting the vehicle to standout as unique. As for efficiency, you are mixing that up with range. With my bZ4X, seeing efficiency around 4 mi/kWh during the summer has become routine. As for comparing to a Tesla, yes it is a packaging difference. bZ4X shares a similar profile to the extremely popular RAV4 and clearly delivers more ground-clearance than Tesla. With regard to having a frunk, that's pretty much marketing gimmick. Lowering the front end of the vehicle for improved visibility was more important, which is exactly what Toyota did when you compare bZ4X to its closest traditional equivalent RAV4. Claiming 150kW is outdated for DC fast-charging is a disconnect with need & market. Faster may sound nice on paper, but it really only shaves off a few minutes and finding chargers to deliver that speed is difficult. Federal funding did not recognize faster as a priority; NEVI targeted 150kW as the speed useful for the masses. It was a good video overall. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching the video and leaving the comment. I really appreciate it. I agree with you on some points but I still have to stand by things I said. I am not sure how you drive but I would say quite a lot of people if not all of them drive with their hand on top of the steering wheel at some point. So that’s why I mentioned it. Also for your point on the frunk, I think just because it has a frunk doesn’t mean the hood needs to be higher to accommodate it. if that was the case, then the model Y wouldn’t have a frunk. Yet it does and the hood is quite low great visibility. For the efficiency and range, better efficiency gives you more range, so if it was a bit better designed aerodynamically then the efficiency would be even better. And since the battery size stays the same but efficiency improves you get more range. That’s why I was comparing with the model y, it has the same battery pack size but gets more range. As for the looks, it’s definitely subjective but to your point it looks exactly the same as the Subaru even down to the black fender panels. So that’s what I was referring to it not being unique. And finally the charging speed, I tend to agree with you on it but just having the capability of faster charging speed is what I was talking about. If and when you need it. Most of the time you are charging at home and overnight so you don’t need that. But I see what you’re saying. Also, thank you for your comment I really appreciate that you left a very detailed and passionate comment where you did not agree with me but still were very kind in your comment. Much appreciated.
@@automaticYT That still mixes up efficiency with range. Toyota uses less of the battery-capacity available for the sake of longevity. If Toyota reduced size of the buffer... like Tesla does... it would increase range. That has nothing to do with electricity consumption though, indicated by the measure of MILES PER KILOWATT. When looking at that value... mi/kWh... you'll see the outcome is similar to other EVs in the same category.
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It's a balance review, though gripping the steering-wheel at the top isn't a safe way to drive. Glad you discovered that secondary storage in the center-console, but you missed what goes in place of the glovebox with the limited weather package. You get a radiant heater, which is a nice efficiency feature other automakers don't offer. Glad you found the recline feature for the back seats.
Why would people want the appearance of a vehicle to be bland, looking just like all the other white SUVs on the road? After all, it contradicts your own claim of wanting the vehicle to standout as unique.
As for efficiency, you are mixing that up with range. With my bZ4X, seeing efficiency around 4 mi/kWh during the summer has become routine. As for comparing to a Tesla, yes it is a packaging difference. bZ4X shares a similar profile to the extremely popular RAV4 and clearly delivers more ground-clearance than Tesla.
With regard to having a frunk, that's pretty much marketing gimmick. Lowering the front end of the vehicle for improved visibility was more important, which is exactly what Toyota did when you compare bZ4X to its closest traditional equivalent RAV4.
Claiming 150kW is outdated for DC fast-charging is a disconnect with need & market. Faster may sound nice on paper, but it really only shaves off a few minutes and finding chargers to deliver that speed is difficult. Federal funding did not recognize faster as a priority; NEVI targeted 150kW as the speed useful for the masses.
It was a good video overall. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for watching the video and leaving the comment. I really appreciate it.
I agree with you on some points but I still have to stand by things I said. I am not sure how you drive but I would say quite a lot of people if not all of them drive with their hand on top of the steering wheel at some point. So that’s why I mentioned it.
Also for your point on the frunk, I think just because it has a frunk doesn’t mean the hood needs to be higher to accommodate it. if that was the case, then the model Y wouldn’t have a frunk. Yet it does and the hood is quite low great visibility.
For the efficiency and range, better efficiency gives you more range, so if it was a bit better designed aerodynamically then the efficiency would be even better. And since the battery size stays the same but efficiency improves you get more range. That’s why I was comparing with the model y, it has the same battery pack size but gets more range.
As for the looks, it’s definitely subjective but to your point it looks exactly the same as the Subaru even down to the black fender panels. So that’s what I was referring to it not being unique.
And finally the charging speed, I tend to agree with you on it but just having the capability of faster charging speed is what I was talking about. If and when you need it. Most of the time you are charging at home and overnight so you don’t need that. But I see what you’re saying.
Also, thank you for your comment I really appreciate that you left a very detailed and passionate comment where you did not agree with me but still were very kind in your comment. Much appreciated.
@@automaticYT That still mixes up efficiency with range. Toyota uses less of the battery-capacity available for the sake of longevity. If Toyota reduced size of the buffer... like Tesla does... it would increase range. That has nothing to do with electricity consumption though, indicated by the measure of MILES PER KILOWATT. When looking at that value... mi/kWh... you'll see the outcome is similar to other EVs in the same category.
@@john1701a Interesting so what's the usable capacity then?
@@iambatman2303 89% for the Panasonic battery and 90% for the CATL battery.
I did not realize either that the usable battery capacity was limited. I am curious how much real world range do you actually get in this?
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