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Toyota Says It Will Restart Production Of Its First Electric Vehicle, The bZ4X, After Resolving A Safety Issue That Halted Sales Of The New Model For More Than Three Months.
The largest automaker in Japan recalled 2,700 bZ4Xs in June after discovering that the car’s wheels risked falling off. Subaru also had to recall the Solterra, which was co-developed with one of its partners, Toyota. A recall notice from Toyota to the Japanese Ministry of Transportation in June stated that tight turns and sudden braking could loosen the hub bolts, increasing the risk of the wheels falling off.
The automaker assured the ministry that the hub bolts would be replaced and properly tightened in the new version of the bZ4X. Additionally, Toyota stated that it had identified and fixed the underlying issue with the airbags. Some are installed incorrectly and there is a risk of malfunction or injury due to the placement of the strips within the assembly. Toyota had not disclosed this problem previously.
Toyota Says It Was Unaware Of The Issue
Masahiko Maeda, Chief Technology Officer at Toyota, said that the automaker only became aware of the airbag issue in the last month or two. “We apologize again for the concern, anxiety, and inconvenience we have caused to our customers, our dealers, and our shareholders,” Maeda said. He declined to comment on how much the recall cost.
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Last year, the Japanese automaker committed around US$ 30 billion to develop electric vehicles. The company expects annual sales of these cars to reach 3.5 million vehicles by the end of the decade, about one-third of its current annual sales of gasoline-powered cars.
Meet The bZ4X
The Toyota bZ4X is the first model that Toyota designed from the ground up to be an electric vehicle. It is an SUV with ample interior space, all-wheel drive as an option, and the usual package of safety and driver assistance technologies from the brand. Developed in conjunction with Subaru, the platform used by the SUV is the e-TNGA, a new platform created exclusively for electric cars. In fact, this partnership will bring a sibling to the model, which will belong to Subaru. The version in question will be named Solterra. In this case, the drive will be 4×4.
To move, the compact SUV features a front electric motor with 201 hp in the XLE version. There is also another version, the Limited, with two electric motors (front and rear axles). With this, the model offers all-wheel drive and a power of 215 hp. In numbers, both options peak at a maximum speed of 160 km/h. In the first, the 0 to 100 km/h time is 8.4 seconds. In the second option, it takes 7.7 s. The model offers about 450 km of range (according to the WLTP standard, from Europe). According to Toyota, when connecting a 150-kilowatt charger, the battery charge reaches 80% in approximately 30 minutes. Charging stations can be found through the multimedia center.
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