bZ4X Delivery Dates

[Rajavina]

13 minutes ago, Dave C 17 said:

Have you checked the wheel nuts ...... 👍

I tried but what what you see is plastic hub cap and wheel nuts are seen. 

[Rajavina]

26 minutes ago, Dave C 17 said:

Have you checked the wheel nuts ...... 👍

 

[Rajavina]

1 hour ago, Malop said:

Interested in more about this. Toyota have said no free charging in UK but 6 months free subscription to their charging application (which seems to be their version of ZapMaps). Did you get anymore info on it?

May be you right  

[Rajavina]

2 hours ago, bZ4X said:

Wooow congrats! You are the first person in the UK delivered! 

 

Please share with us yout experiencea and advises. Most of us will be delivering next month, I guess. 

 

Have you applied for free charging station? 

https://youtu.be/UaLjMxH10yc

Useful video. It works for bz4x as well. I don't think this is mentioned in the manual.

[bZ4X]

50 minutes ago, Rajavina said:

https://youtu.be/UaLjMxH10yc

Useful video. It works for bz4x as well. I don't think this is mentioned in the manual.

Yes, I guess this was confirmed by Toyota UK mag site at the question and answers for bz4x. 

[bZ4X]

Anyone delivered from Norway, Sweeden or Netherland? 

[rootraker]

My bZ4X arrived at the dealer today. It's happening folks!

[bZ4X]

2 minutes ago, rootraker said:

My bZ4X arrived at the dealer today. It's happening folks!

Great news! This is UK right? Which trim? 

[rootraker]

Yes this is UK. Vision AWD.

[bZ4X]

51 minutes ago, rootraker said:

Yes this is UK. Vision AWD.

So now they started fixing AWD models. Good news! Please inform us for delivery date. 

 

It seems, they will deliver premier editions last. 

[rootraker]

Ready to go as soon as I want it, but for personal reasons not picking up for a few weeks.

[bZ4X]

Subaru Solterra is ready for test drive after 31.10.2022 at some dealers in the UK. Waiting for good news from Toyota side too. 

[W id]

Just read a Norwegian range test made yesterday and that was not good. That estimated the range to 254 km when driving 50/50 city and road (not highway) in 6-8 degrees. (It was on a solterra) and he was disappointed. The car drove really well but range was an issue. it worries me a bit since I live in Sweden and 8 degrees is by far the coldest we’ll see the coming months. Any takes?

[ernieb]

Wow, that's not much more than 150 miles pretty poor, I guess that would be the AWD version?

[Rob Cherry]

I know it's AWD but that's about 150 miles. That would almost double my estimated energy cost for a FWD.

[Dan2020]

Wow... This is a realy bad news... This could be what Toyota is trying not to lell us?

[Cyker]

This is just a fact of life with all BEVs, not just the bz4x - They all take a big hit when it's too cold unless the car has active temperature control of the Battery. It's one of the reasons I want one with a much higher energy density than what's currently on the market, so that I can have ICE range without having to buy a giant land barge, as all the range figures they quote are in optimal conditions, and those still aren't reachable in the real world, so in worst-case conditions the range drops from being barely okay for me to unfit for purpose.

 

[egg]

Just had a look at Bjorn Nyland's figures on his spreadsheet for winter range testing and that seems pretty poor (although to be fair i only studied the Tesla Model Y for comparison). If it was highway (motorway) cruising at 70/75 mph then i could understand it. Don't suppose the tester said wether they had dc rapid charged more than twice that day did they? As it appears when doing so, there is a temporary range reduction until the Battery is slow charged to full again. 

[egg]

I'm also thinking he may have just driven to an indicated range of zero miles? Not driven below this until car comes to a stop like Bjorn does, there may be a large buffer under this

[swoop5511]

5 hours ago, Rob Cherry said:

I know it's AWD but that's about 150 miles. That would almost double my estimated energy cost for a FWD.

I just picked up my FWD BZ and it was charged to 95% and the range was 254miles. Which is in the 80% of the declared WLPT range. It was 15 degrees and raining.

[bZ4X]

3 minutes ago, swoop5511 said:

I just picked up my FWD BZ and it was charged to 95% and the range was 254miles. Which is in the 80% of the declared WLPT range. It was 15 degrees and raining.

Congratulations! How did you find cars comfort, driving, road/wind noise, etc? And what about lack of rear wiper? 

[Rob Cherry]

16 minutes ago, swoop5511 said:

I just picked up my FWD BZ and it was charged to 95% and the range was 254miles. Which is in the 80% of the declared WLPT range. It was 15 degrees and raining.

That's more reassuring thank you but I want to correct my statement of earlier, that it would double my cost which was a ridiculous thing to say. If I assume a 25% drop in winter range it would add around (only) an extra £30 pa based on 7,000 miles home charging at 7.5p per kWh, (Octopus). Annual cost of approx £150

I test drove a bZ in May before recall and it did 4.2 miles per kWh in the warm, that's equal to 4.2 X 71 kWh Battery = 280+ miles. The car was excellent to drive. I hope to have mine next week and I look forward to hearing you evaluation of your bZ.

[swoop5511]

1 hour ago, bZ4X said:

Congratulations! How did you find cars comfort, driving, road/wind noise, etc? And what about lack of rear wiper? 

Give me some time. Ill post a first "review" in week or so. Driving home in the rain - i did not notice at all that there was no rear windshield wiper. 

[Mister Mike]

4 hours ago, swoop5511 said:

I just picked up my FWD BZ and it was charged to 95% and the range was 254miles. Which is in the 80% of the declared WLPT range. It was 15 degrees and raining.

When I went for a test drive a few months back, the car made some annoying beeping noises when I drove it one-handed. Apparently, there's a camera that monitors for a sleepy-eyed driver and it gets annoyed if it can't see your face. Do you know if this feature can be turned off, as I often drive one-handed with my hand at the top of the steering wheel.

[Malop]

11 minutes ago, Mister Mike said:

Do you know if this feature can be turned off

From the manual it looks like it’s a setting in the driver screen menus.