2026 Toyota bZ

"Depends what you want"

"Honestly have loved my two year experience. Haven’t personally encountered any of the issues people mentioned in the 1-star reviews. As with buying any new car, you lose the most in depreciation the first couple of years. Re CCS charging, when at a true CCS fast charging station, ie in the bay, it gets 15 to 90% in about 20-40 minutes. Can’t say I’ve timed it. Regardless, enough time for me to get a cup of coffee and run to the bathroom. Not recommended for road trips from NorCal to SoCal. I take it from Sacramento to Bay/SF without any complaints. That said, I don’t drive in the middle of the night to experience the extreme battery charge drop off that is associated with extreme cold temps and most EVs (ie<50 degrees F). Cannot comment. I mostly use it for work commute within Sacramento, home charging. Love the transition from gas to electric so far. As early adopter of EV, as long as you expect you’re paying a premium for it, I don’t have any regrets. And as I am using my dollars to do my small role in electrification, increasing EV competition and diversifying from Tesla, I understand the potential financial impact. You have to accept the financial impact if what you want is similar to me. I trust Toyota as a brand considering I drove my 2000 Camry to 300k miles without issues, I am willing to risk it with the untested (time wise) new EV and model. You need to accept that risk too, otherwise you may leave disappointed."

"Insufficient charging speed"

"This is an excellent driving EV for urban use it but suffers from poor performance in fast charging ……..making it not-so-good for road trips. The CCS fast-charging network ( which this car uses) is not completely reliable or as simple/easy to use as is the highly reliable Tesla network. Beware! look around! , think about how you will use the car! It is definitely not the best choice for road trips."

"Cheap materials, poorly built"

"The front and rear are built with flimsy plastic, really cheap looking and feeling. This continues into the interior with very poorly constructed plastic / cloth dash. The seats are comfortable and ride is stiff, but decent considering it's an SUV. The range is nothing near what the specs state unless you completely turn off the climate control. The infotainment system works great when it is working, it occasionally locks up, but will recover on it's own. And the most annoying thing on my bz4x is the rattling noise coming from the driver side dash when driving. Overall, I am extremely disappointed in the poor quality of it's build and all the cheap plastic it is constructed with. Definitely not worth it's high price. I've always heard good things about Toyota's, but not my experience and will NEVER buy another Toyota!"