Toyota has unveiled a brand new electric SUV, dubbed the bZ3X, on the Beijing motor show.
A blocky five-seater developed in collaboration with Toyota’s Chinese three way partnership associate, GAC, it is stated to prioritise inside area and luxury.
Its minimalist inside relegates most controls to a big infotainment touchscreen, in step with the Chinese market’s urge for food for uncluttered interiors and digital performance.
Toyota claims that the bZ3X gives “the latest driver assistance systems”, though it has but to make clear what degree of help is obtainable by the automotive.
Similarly, it has but to element technical specs for the SUV.
Toyota’s different electric cars – the bZ4X and Chinese-market bZ3 saloon, which makes use of batteries equipped by BYD – are each primarily based on the e-TNGA platform, suggesting this is most certainly the platform underpinning the bZ3X. This hasn’t been confirmed, nevertheless.
The bZ3X was unveiled at Beijing alongside the bZ3C, a fastback model of the saloon of the identical title.
The SUV is anticipated to make use of the identical BYD-sourced lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery pack because the saloon, which yields a variety of round 372 miles.
That is thanks partially to the saloon’s low drag coefficient of 0.22Cd, a product of aerodynamically pleasant cues equivalent to flush door handles and numerous air channels round its exterior.
Both the bZ3C and bZ3X will go on sale in China subsequent 12 months, and an organization spokesperson informed Autocar that the latter is at present present process a “detailed evaluation” forward of a possible European launch.
