2023 Toyota bZ4X AWD Charge Curve Test: How Slow is Too Slow?

We put the 2023 Toyota bZ4X EV to the DC Fast Charging test! We want to show this crazy car off to the caped crusaders at Motor City Comic Con, but can this all-electric SUV do the job? We're running it down all the way to zero and charging it up to 100%. Along the way, we'll capture the data to find out if this electric vehicle is truly a family crossover you can count on for cross-country road trips. Watch to find out what the peak kW is and how many minutes it takes to go from 10 to 80 percent. Essentially the same as the Subaru Solterra EV, this test should tell us how both will perform!

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0:00 Introduction
1:49 Charging Challenge Methodology
3:33 Depleting the Battery
5:07 Early Impressions
7:52 Plugging In
9:50 Charging Stall
12:02 A Special Gift
14:14 Will it EVER Finish?
17:25 Comic Con!
20:56 Charging Analysis
23:55 Conclusions

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[EVRevolution]

More and more info is coming out to support the sub-standard DCFC performance of this. Even a 40kWh Leaf performs better. For those who will be charging at home overnight all the time, the BZ4X will be a great BEV. For road-tripping, that is going to be dependent if folks want to drive for 2.5 hours, then stop for an hour, then rince and repeat. A la Bolt, long distances can be done, but will take a hell of a lot longer then other competitive BEVS at similar price points, with just as much room and great build quality as Toyota.

IMO, Toyota has screwed the pooch on this first BEV offering and I am really disappointed in them.

[johnny_w]

I would take the Rivian, standing next to it at the charging station !

[EconBobWong]

Great video. Would love to see this analysis re-done for the FWD version. Subbed!

[djtaylorutube]

Toyota just made a new advert for Tesla, the strapline being "The car in front of you and blocking your charger, is a Toyota"

[johna]

All those miles driven, hard to drain the battery. That's great real-world data. What was the resulting mi/kWh?

[JaredRosenholtz]

Did you stop and get any Crumbl cookies???

[Realistick]

This was an awesome video, answered all of my questions with great presentation and shots!

[shanesnyder]

Very informative and entertaining to boot. Pardon my ignorance all, but is it possible that Toyota and Subaru could release an over the air update that would increase charging speed? I believe I read about VW or another brand having done so. Thanks and looking forward to additional testing! Subbed.

[TheTomvideo]

Great entertaining video. Thanks for sharing. I had the Subaru version of the bz4x on reservation. Embarrassing recall put a dent into my plans. In a way I was glad to cancel the reservation. The bz4x / Subaru Solterra was impressive in the features of the vehicle. The electric range and rapid charging speed is way out in left field. Not competitive at all. They entered the EV market late. They’re way behind the competition. Till Toyota and Subaru can get their act tog, I may reconsider it. I ended up purchasing the Hyundai Ioniq 5 Limited AWD. Electric range is 266 miles and rapid charging rate from 10 to 80 % is 18 minutes on a 350 kWh rapid dc charger. I travel from Baltimore to New York often . I don’t have time to sit around for over an hour to charge up to 80%. Time is of the essence!!!!

[richardsmith]

When he pulled up I was on the edge of my seat, waiting for the wheel to drop off.

[ramblingadventures]

I did 110 miles on my Solterra so was at 33% charge when I went to one if those stations. Took 80 minutes to get to 90% and cost $19.53 with tax so over twice as much for that distance than our Prius.

[ParzivalHB]

Nice analysis. I hope you reconduct this same test on a 24' AWD. Toyota has made significant updates to the software and some tweaks to the heating and cooling on the battery. Notably the 2024 AWD and FWD are both rated at 150 kW charging and 7.6 kW on board charger.

[dcbel]

Very interesting video! The Toyota bZ4X looks great. It appears to have been well thought out in terms of practicality and space. 🚗 ⚡

[dethpuck]

matches why Kyle at Out of Spec did. Nice video.

[CarEdgeElectric]

Subbed, great video. We should collaborate! Your charge test results make me feel a tad bit vindicated after receiving so much pushback from Toyota fans on our bZ4X video! We simply don't think this kind of charge curve is helpful to electrification at all. These will fill up the used EV market in no time.

[motch]

I'm hoping the rumors i'm hearing of HOLDING these at Rail-head is for a Software update (and hoping this software update is for charging curve fix!) I guess we shall see. 30-day hold started for me at 5/26/22.

[daftrok]

This charge rate is absolutely inexcusable. It is literally the worst in the industry.

[maorgrinfelld]

I wanted to know please, what is your height and how getting in and out of the vehicle is easy or difficult? Because I have a Toyota Corolla 2021. I want to replace it, because I have no room for the head when I stretch and I am 1.72m and it is difficult for me to get out

[vipsavior]

How about the actual range? Hearing the range in the pack and what they say is totally off. Saw it on a Norwegian article testing group.

[SirHackaLt.]

That fan noise and the steering wheel issue makes you wonder how much thought they put into making this model and if they are really bothered in no one wants to buy one.