Although Toyota virtually invented the modern petrol/electric hybrid with the Prius, it’s been slower to build battery electric models, and the bZ4X is its first ‘clean sheet’ EV.
Why is it called ‘bZ4X?’ Apparently, this has something to do with ‘beyond zero,’ but get beyond the gnomic marketing stuff and the car itself is a large sports utility, which essentially means that the bZ4X is the sort of thing wealthier families might have bought with a diesel engine not so long ago.
