Toyota sells bad EVs and was the last OEM to offer one. It’s the most anti-EV OEM by far and engages/engaged in the most EV FUD.

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freetime2 44 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

> Toyota sells bad EVs

The 2026 bZ Woodland [1] looks pretty nice in my opinion.

[1] https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/02/looks-a-lot-like-an-ele...

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Spooky23 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The bZ4X was particularly bad. Toyota adopted a combo of NIH syndrome and DNGAF. They didn’t anticipate cold weather. The batteries lost like 30% of their capacity in the cold and the resale value of it tanked.

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magicalhippo 6 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

> The batteries lost like 30% of their capacity in the cold

Here in Norway Toyota was invited to include the bZ4X in this years winter range test[1], but they declined. Suzuki entered with their eVitara model, which is a "technological twin" of the Toyota Urban Cruiser.

The Urban Cruiser really disappointed in a regular test performed in cold weather[2]. So perhaps unsurprisingly, the Suzuki eVitara was by far the worst in the winter range test, with the least range overall and more than 40% reduction compared to its WLTP range, among the worst in the test.

[1]: https://www.tek.no/nyheter/nyhet/i/d4mMkA/verdens-stoerste-r...

[2]: https://www.tek.no/test/i/OkQAwE/toyota-urban-cruiser

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aaronbrethorst an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

They’re also just phenomenally ugly cars.

	▲	dcrazy 28 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It shares the same ugly design language as much of Toyota’s lineup.

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some-guy an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have only purchased Toyota vehicles (currently in the market for an EV) and it baffles me that Dodge created a Charger in EV form and Toyota hasn’t made even an EV Corolla or Camry.

	▲	lostlogin an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		An electric Corolla or Camry is my ultimate. I hate driving. I want an appliance that just works. The Corolla and Camry were this for petrol. I love my Leaf but it isn’t a Carolla. What’s with the turning circle on the Leaf?
	▲	breve an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That's essentially the bZ3. But a Corolla branded BEV will eventually happen: https://electrek.co/2025/10/13/toyotas-best-selling-car-elec...

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badc0ffee 16 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

And yet they had one of the first hybrids (although not a plug-in hybrid) in the Prius.