Whereas there can be no scarcity of recent electrical car (EV) fashions heading our approach now that the federal government’s transfer to supply fully-imported EVs full exemption from import responsibility and excise responsibility for a interval of two years from January 1, 2022, has begun, not every little thing is arriving this yr.
These wanting intently on the Toyota bZ4X must be affected person – we already know that the sharp-looking all-electric crossover is slated for Malaysia, however it’ll solely be arriving someday in 2023, with the Lexus UX 300e because of arrive first later this yr.
The five-seater mannequin, the primary within the automaker’s bZ collection of electrics, is out there in front-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive configurations, however there’s no phrase on which model will make it right here. In its FWD guise, the car incorporates a single motor with 204 PS (201 hp or 150 kW), whereas the AWD has two 109 PS (107 hp or 80 kW) models providing a mixed output of 218 PS (215 hp or 160 kW).
Each variations characteristic an similar 71.4 kWh battery, which helps AC charging at as much as 6.6 kW and DC charging at as much as 150 kW. Efficiency figures embrace a 0-100 km/h dash time of 8.4 seconds for the FWD, and seven.7 seconds for the AWD. As for vary, the bZ4X can journey as much as 460 km on single full cost.
As for the way a lot it might go for right here, UK pricing supplies an indicative estimate of what Malaysian patrons can anticipate. The bZ4X can be out there in 4 grades for that market, with costs ranging from £41,950 (RM238,000) for the Pure variant, which places it proper up towards the likes of the Ford Mustang Mach-E RWD SR over there. The following grade is the better-specified Movement, which fits for £45,750 (RM259,000), so Malaysian patrons might be taking a look at a price ticket at across the RM250k mark.
Extra information on what we will anticipate by way of specs and trim needs to be supplied by the mannequin’s arrival in Thailand later this yr.
