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Old 08-26-22, 03:43 PM
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Default 2023 Toyota bZ3 EV sedan

Made its debut in China. Essentially a badge-engineered BYD car with the Toyota badge slapped on...

Chinese Government Reveals the Toyota bZ3 – the Electric Corolla – Ahead of Time




This is the same vehicle they showed off months ago at their big EV event:



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Basically for the China market only - a Toyota badge with Chinese batteries and motor. I do speculate that the export market bZ will be built by Toyota with Toyota innards.

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Basically for the China market only - a Toyota badge with Chinese batteries and motor. I do speculate that the export market bZ will be built by Toyota with Toyota innards.
Highly doubt it after seeing the badge sharing with Subaru on the bZ4X.

We also know that the platform isn't Toyota's, because it's RWD unlike the FWD bZ4X. So essentially nothing mechanically on the car is Toyota.

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Has a moon roof
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Seems closer in size to a Camry than the Corolla. And 4883 lbs?! Must have a huge battery if it's 600 lbs heavier than the FWD bZ4x. Looks decent, but it doesn't look like it'll be NA-bound anytime soon. Too bad.
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Originally Posted by kolokmee
Seems closer in size to a Camry than the Corolla. And 4883 lbs?! Must have a huge battery if it's 600 lbs heavier than the FWD bZ4x. Looks decent, but it doesn't look like it'll be NA-bound anytime soon. Too bad.
Maybe in between? That is indeed heavy. I believe my new 4R weights just under that.
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ioniq 6 says hold my beer.
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
ioniq 6 says hold my beer.
Umm no. I was gonna say the Toyota looks at least normal looking. IO6 looks too futuristic
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
ioniq 6 says hold my beer.
This is way smaller than the Ioniq 6 and basically around the same size as the Model 3. For a competitor to the best-selling electric car in the world, you would think Toyota would take matters into their own hands rather than outsource it to a Chinese company. Then again, after seeing what a disappointment the bZ4X was, maybe even BYD could do a better job than Toyota.

It still feels like Toyota isn't taking EV's very seriously.
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Originally Posted by Motorola
It still feels like Toyota isn't taking EV's very seriously.
The wheels are supposedly falling off the bZ4X but are they really? Is something else going on? When is the last time any Toyota had issues with lug nuts/bolts and wheels falling off I'm going to say never. All of sudden they forgot how to make the most basic part of the car?

In case you can't tell (you can) it feels like a conspiracy by Toyota to delay moving to EVs.
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
The wheels are supposedly falling off the bZ4X but are they really? Is something else going on? When is the last time any Toyota had issues with lug nuts/bolts and wheels falling off I'm going to say never. All of sudden they forgot how to make the most basic part of the car?

In case you can't tell (you can) it feels like a conspiracy by Toyota to delay moving to EVs.
Look up Edmunds.com and Tesla S. The lug nuts swelled and were replaced under warranty.
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Originally Posted by Motorola

It still feels like Toyota isn't taking EV's very seriously.
haha. Nice try Toyota has showed off all of their EVs that are coming, I think 15 models at least . I don’t care for them because I have no interest to charge any car….but they are all there. I like none of the so far.


Hyundai has done the SAME thing in China. All of the manufacturers do it.









but back to Toyota bZ3….Toyota will build cars for specific markets…they always have and they are best at doing it

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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
Look up Edmunds.com and Tesla S. The lug nuts swelled and were replaced under warranty.
This thread is not about Tesla.
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
This thread is not about Tesla.
not about the bZ4x either. Or about some conspiracy
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
not about the bZ4x either. Or about some conspiracy
I'm going to talk about Toyota in a Toyota thread if that's okay with you. I wonder if the bZ3 uses the same lugs and hubs as the bZ4X.
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