Alex, Stick a fork in it, that joke is done. 🤣😂

@@rightlanehog3151 are you sure? I have more!

@@AAutoBuyersGuide You wild and crazy guy!

Because he’s biased Nobody in their right mind would say anything good about the bz4x. Especially everyone’s favorite Toyota hater😂

While he's not necessarily wrong about viewing it as an ordinary car on the day-to-day, it is an absolute joke of an offering, especially at it's price point, lack of features, and clear lack of forethought in design with the steering wheel blocking the gauge cluster that's weirdly far away from you in pretty much every position. Wouldn't have even been competitive 5 years ago. Not much better than a Bolt on a road trip for double the price too as it doesn't realistically do that pitiful 100kw peak as seen in the testing other reviewers have done.

It’s going to sell well despite its lackluster on-paper comparisons, because Toyota has that magic sauce that makes it better than the sum of its parts that non-enthusiasts love.

@@StephenByersJ well it just doesn’t work anymore. Tesla is a newer brand than Toyota yet they currently outsell the corolla which was the worlds best selling car. But now that title goes to the model y. In ca the model 3 / y outsell the Camry

@@StephenByersJ Is that why it's selling poorly, getting such a bad reputation, and those that did buy it and ditching it within months?

As a car it's fine, as a BEV it's nearly 2 generations of technology behind and therefore, at the price they're selling it, awful.

@@timaustin2000 nonsense. Only Tesla makes a good Bev, awful car regarding build and materials. All other manufacturers have Bev's like their Ice's, just with a big battery pack. That has nothing to do with engineering....not one Eurooean Bev comes near Wltp range, to heavy and very poor warranty. The Rz has a small battery pack, Lexus doesn't want you to fast charge to many times, kills the batteries. Because of these safety meassures they can give 15 years warranty. The only bev you can buy 2nd after a few years. Toyota will roll out their Bev's 2.0 starting from 2026, full line up will be presented by the end of 2025. Solid state plugin and latest generation batteries, affordable Bev's and less weight. We received a very detailed internal briefing from Toyota last week...... .

I owned an EV6 and then a bZ4X and now to an Ioniq 6. I agree with pretty much all of that and I think I can best sum it up by saying the bZ4X is a great car and a mediocre EV.

With the recent software updates, the bz4x can fast charge 4x in 24 hours and charging is much faster as well..... . We had the software update this summer. Range improved considerably, 450km real world range. In a recent comparison test the bz4x was considered the far better choice above the ID4 and q4 etron......

@@Mildernwow you’ve been able to drive my top 3 evs i’d want to own. how’d you pull off owning 3 different cars on short time span

@@dwilliams4558 Tax credits and inflated trade in values! Also some luck. Had a vehicle get totaled so I had a do-over thrown in there as well and got the Ioniq 6.

@@Mildernwhy did you switch between the three? Especially the ev6 and i6 which are quite similar

You’re getting a lot of head rolls from Tesla drivers because they’re laughing at you. They can’t believe how dumb of a purchase you made. 😂 They’re going “man how dumb is that person who bought a bz4x? Thank god Tesla is better than Toyota”

​​@@naveenthemachineI like your persistent on trolling at every toyota /lexus videos 😂😂😂. Did you know Tesla lied on their range 😂😂😂

@@ju4121who cares? It’s still better than Toyotas. Not to mention teslas are faster and they drive better and charge faster

I just bought a B Z4x after weeks of considering all the options as they pertain to my needs. One overriding issue with other makes I looked at is build quality. I was not impressed with Tesla at all, especially after seeing the rear window of one fall out on the freeway for no apparent reason. A KIA I saw had a handle break off in a reviewer's hand when he attempted to fold back a rear seat. A Volkswagen all electric had side sensors that stopped functioning after driving off the lot. Dependability weighs far heavier for me than charging times and range. Over the years I've come to trust Toyota for quality and I don't think I will be disappointed with my Bz4x.

​@@naveenthemachineTesla's build quality is almost as good as a yugo. Guess you like that "feature" along with plenty of road noise and back jarring pain over potholes. Congrats 🎉

Toyotas far behind as a brand. No wonder they’re doing so awful in the market. They’re becoming the next infiniti. Both of which are going the way of Kodak

@@naveenthemachine saying toyota is becoming the next Infiniti is just delusional

@@bitbat9 no they are. Look at them. They’re way behind like infiniti is. The latest toyota or Lexus products don’t rank any better than infiniti. For example the nx is just as bad as the qx50 and qx55 But in rare cases infiniti ranks better than Lexus. Especially when competing qx80 vs LX or qx60 vs TX

@@naveenthemachine the average buyer isn’t going to car-reviewer-guy’s ranking website and seeing ‘oh Infiniti X model ranks higher then Lexus Y model, let’s to get Infiniti” And what the TX isn’t out yet, who is ranking that in anything lol

@@chibbyylol the tx isn’t out yet. Exactly. It’s DOA already. Lexus once again phoned it in The tx is not attractive, the interior is one of the worst in class to the point where a Hyundai palisade or kia telluride offer nicer cabins. The tech is still useless on the tx. It lacks a lot of features for its price and I know because I saw the options sheet and it’s not looking good 😁 Sure interior space is great but it’s not like the tx has a new level of interior space. If the tx say had the space of an Escalade esv sure but it doesn’t. The powertrains are especially lackluster. The tx350 uses the same turbo as a base Highlander L. 0-60 takes over 8 seconds. So you’re not going to run away from a corolla or kia rio. You’ll certainly run away from a Mitsubishi mirage but cmon we’re comparing a Lexus tx to a Mitsubishi mirage in 0-60. Quite the lowest bar if you ask me. The tx500h f sport performance (yeah right on the performance part 🙄) uses the hybrid max setup. 366hp 400lbft and it’s still not quick. 0-60 in 6.5-6.7 seconds. So no faster than a telluride palisade pilot, or base explorer 2.3 or v6 grand Cherokee. But still significantly slower than the MDX type s, gv80 twin turbo base aviator, Explorer st / platinum / king ranch etc. and the tx has more power than the MDX and more instant torque than the MDX and gv80 The tx550h+ is the most interesting confusing and typical with Lexus, extremely underwhelming. The interesting part is that it uses a 3.5L v6 and makes 400hp. The confusing part is why does the phev get the v6 and not the other tx models? Didn’t Toyota just kill the v6 in the Highlander sienna venza or even the Tacoma? The underwhelming part is the 0-60. It’ll take 7-7.5 seconds. And it’ll cost 80k. All of a sudden that Cadillac xt6 that’s already overpriced sounds like a better deal compared to the tx… Handling will be awful. It’ll drive like a rav4 XL with lipstick since it’s based off a rav4 / Camry platform. Sure it’ll ride great but so does everyone else. It’s not like Lexus sets the gold standard for ride quality. It’s not gonna ride like a maybach or Bentley or anything with an air suspension. In fact those air suspension options will ride a lot better Quietness probably average. I expect around 70-71db. So no quieter than the average midsize sedan tbh. Fuel economy - does that even matter? It’s a luxury car. You can most definitely afford the low mpg if you can afford a luxury car in the first place

@goinwitdaflow the RAV4 Prime may only be $1000 different in MSRP, but out here in the California Central Valley, they are still going for a minimum of $5,000 over MSRP and are as rare as hen's teeth.

​​@@tjs114I was gonna say: given the difficulty in obtaining a RAV4 Prime combined with where someone is in the country, they might be trying to move the BZ4X that are out there?

@@pine111 Toyota fleet of hybrids can meet regulations for a few more years while these early times of EV iron out. They’re r&d’ing as much as any other company but it isn’t worth to change and retool any factories yet Obvious to say Toyota is a very big company paying very smart people lots of money to engineer, research and plan these things out

I’ve been wondering if that be the reason. It seems to be designed to not create a lot of demand. My gut tells me this is more about Toyotas lack of interest in EV’s though.

I made that point in the video, I rarely charge over 3kw

@@AAutoBuyersGuide But when you have access to 11kW in an enviroment that offers a full charge in 3 hours while you do other things, this vehicle fails.

Exactly. In a vacuum it's perfectly OK.

Because Hyundai and Tesla are not know for making reliable cars. Toyota is known for that, the BZ4X is going to last more than these you mentioned.

I'm sure there are some people who are brand loyal to Toyota. The question is, do these people want an EV?

@@AAutoBuyersGuideno in a vacuum it’s not okay. It’s absolutely awful. The only car worse than this is the mirage

@@naveenthemachine The only bad thing about the BZ4X is the range.

This is why I like Toyota. They feel refined. I would never pick a Model Y. It goes well and has good tech but the ride quality is not good and it just doesn't seem to be assembled with care. I do like the Ioniq/EV6 siblings.

idk why but i’d prefer a Solterra over a BZ4X although both made by toyota lol

Your Tesla is far superior to even unannounced Lexus Toyota evs we haven’t even seen yet

@@naveenthemachine Superior in what way? There a lot of areas where Toyota is superior but of course you'd never admit to any of them.

@@benjaminsmith2287 Well of course Toyota gave the car real door handles, and unlike Tesla, won't have issues with the doors not opening in an emergency. But hey, don't we all want vehicles that ditch buttons, stalks and everything you've ever used because....reasons?

Local VW dealer has so many bZ4X/Solterra's on their lot it's obvious people have been trading them in for ID.4s and the VW dealer can't seem to get rid of them.

@@KeeperOfTheSevenKeys. I seriously considered the ID.4, but had actually ordered the Mach-E while waiting for the wheels to not fall off the bZ4X, and it came in this summer. The bZ4X will make a decent used car at the right price. The question will be how low that price will be.

@@thekat-dg9fx Yeah I ended up with a Mach-E over my preference of an EV6 due to markup and loss of tax credit. It's a solid car and does have things over the EV6 like the glass roof and Ford being better at OTA updates (though not Tesla/Rivian/Lucid good yet). edit: oh and frunk! frunk has been useful a few times.

Efficiency is not the issue, charging speeds are. I am not saying that the charging speed is good, I simply point out that other EVs are also slow LOL

Except Hyundai Kia who charge significantly faster

@@naveenthemachine yeah that's if your charging point isn't faulty

Lexus getting their act together is as likely as Alex’s dodge Durango SRT will last over 300k miles with no issues 😂 both of which we all know will never happen

330 is definitely not achievable on a model y with a full charge. You will be lucky to get 300 max.

@@minghiy More like 270 ish on the hwy too. And you'll also look like a total dork in one.

As an owner with the update who has already experienced winter, it's easy to see your unnecessary worry.

It's not first gen. Toyota made a RAV4 electric over 10 years ago.

That has been solved

You can fast charge 4 times now and it charges faster with the latest update

No grand highlander is no better. It too is a universally mediocre option over the telluride palisade pilot cx90 grand Cherokee L or even the new Traverse

But this is 2023. Every brand has become more reliable than ever. Look at Alex’s Durango SRT. He bought it new yet it hasn’t broken yet even though everyone jokes on fiat reliability

You've copy/pasted this lie at least 1/2 dozen times. Inside EVs clearly shows BZ4X as #4, behind ID.4 and XC40 for 2023. Don't even bother looking at 2022 because of the recall.

The bz4x is worse because it’s on an uncompetitive Toyota

@@naveenthemachine and the honda is competitive?

No frunk, no sub frunk, pathetic AC charger, slow DC fast charging front wheel drive in 2WD form. Seriously, it's nothing more than mediocre.

@@zoltrix7779 like I said they have really dropped the ball lately. Good thing the competition is getting better and better.

Are EVs better for combating CO2? Yes. Are they actually the real solution to the climate crisis? No. Do democrats actually care? No, because they are a center right wing party. The only political party that would care about solving that issue are socialists.

The FWD and All Europe and Overseas Models Charge Faster only The North America AWD Suck

@@bigcraig4u Ahh. Got it. Tx

Yeah uh, inside EVs tested as being much worse than that lol.

Lol damn right. Even you now acknowledge how right my harsh Toyota criticism is. Because you’ve said otherwise lately but you now agree Took you that long to acknowledge that I am right to criticize Toyota even though I own one?

@@naveenthemachine i only agree with you about the BZ4X so don’t get yourself excited

@@naveenthemachinecriticize is a weak word. You quite frankly hate Toyota. I find it ironic you haven’t decided to sell your Camry for a Sonata, or even a Genesis or sone other brand that isn’t Toyota/Lexus.

@@arhamkhakwani5851 the Camry is the only Toyota so far that’s exceeded expectations I was expecting it to look sort of like the 2017 model. But when I first saw it I screamed. I was floored by the XSE especially with the black roof. When I sat inside one I was blown away by the red interior. When I finally drove one I was really impressed. It handled way better than I expected. I never thought a Camry can be fun around curves. It put a smile on my face. And the features were way better than I thought. And the 3.5L v6 was and still is silky smooth and on the highway it’s shockingly quiet. Before buying in 2019 I was prepared to give up some features that weren’t on the Camry at the time like CarPlay android auto cooled seats etc But the 19 model came and it had CarPlay. When the 2020 came out it was surprised to not only find android auto but also cooled seats So no i didn’t have to give up features since 2020 had it all.

I’ve been more negative on Toyotas too lately. Everyone even Alex calls me the internets biggest Toyota hater😂 I’ve been told I’m more harsh on Toyota than sofyan bey

bz4x outsold most other EVs other than Tesla in BEV haven of Norway bz4x outsold EV6 and Ioniq 6 in Canada

If you are talking about efficiency, combined hgwy+city in SUV category. Only Tesla Model Y(AWD, Long Range AWD, RWD) gets more Le/km. If you are looking at whole bev category then only Lucid air touring and pure, Ioniq 6, Model Y and 3 are the only one more efficient than this, bz4x matches Model S, EV6, Bolt EV and EUV. It still more efficient than ID4, Ioniq 5, Model X, Mach E and everything from BMW and Audi.

As a former loyal Toyota customer, who had a bZ4X (North American AWD version, with the crappy slower batteries) for 8 months, yes, this bZ4X is a compliance car, or the North American AWD version is. It takes an hour or longer to fast charge to 80%. It restricts how many times the car can be fast charged per 24 hours (though last week, they finally announced the dealer installed update to fix what they insisted to me was nothing wrong, upping the cap from 2 cycles from 10-80% to 3.8 cycles). I have never personally seen it fast charge faster than 65 kW despite the claimed peak of 100 kW, and youtubers reviewing the car have only seen it hit 83 kW peaks, while most competition can at least hit their peak for a few minutes, if not sustain it. It's less efficient, has a smaller range, and charges more slowly than all of its competition. It is comfortable, quiet, and an easy transition from ICE to EV, but it really would only be a decent car for people who only intend to use it for shorter range drives and charge at home. However, most of the competition also would be great for that use, plus have the flexibility to drive further in a pinch.

@@RoneyThomas Efficiency is metric that you're using loosely. Sure a small single motor speedboat uses less fuel than a 12K TEU transport ship per mile traveled but the transport ship is much more efficient per unit moved. Considering the amount of space in a BZ4X is smaller than most of the vehicles you mentioned it has a disappointing efficiency for a 2023 vehicle. Effectively you're carrying around extra weight of batteries than will never see full utilization in the hopes that the car will have longer range in a decade. In a decade you can retrofit the batteries for 1/2 the price of the current batteries and most likely get 50% more range. Having 400+ mile range on vehicles that people never drive more than 50 miles a day is wasteful. Carrying 20% reserve for something a decade down the line is absurd. It has neither performance, nor charge speed, nor efficiency.

Spoiler alert, every new car is "connected" and while yes, you have to mine for stuff to build them with, you also have to drill for oil to fuel a gas car. There is no such thing as a free lunch. And if you really care about phoning home to the gov, just disable the cellular radio on it....

We put an on-screen note there 😅

It’s no surprise. The big question is why do the Japanese still exist

U know there are other Japanese brands not just toyota