Lexus will unveil its production RZ electric SUV on April 20, the company announced Tuesday, steering clear ahead of April Fools’ Day with a teaser package that will be right at home in the coming weeks. By Elon Musk Twitter feed. And yes, there is a yoke. If not for the fact that we already know about the Lexus RZ, along with confirmation from Toyota that bZ4X’s yoke is the real deal, we’re very skeptical of this early April announcement from a traditionally conservative manufacturer. Welcome to 2022, when that doesn’t seem to matter anymore.
We suspected that RZ was based on Toyota’s bZ4X, so the indication of an available yoke is not really surprising. In the Toyota, it is paired with a variable-ratio steering system. Toyota says it also improves handling and ensures road and tire vibrations don’t affect the driver. The latter may seem obvious since there’s no physical connection between the wheel and the road, but whether that produces an “improvement” in steering feel is not something we tend to be self-conscious about. consent motion.
Lexus has provided no further information beyond the reveal date and time (6 a.m. EDT April 20) and these new teaser photos. The work on car psychedelic lighting might seem a bit preoccupied for something that’s coming out on April 20, but again, this isn’t a Tesla, so obviously someone just thinks it will look very cool. Luckily, we have the bZ4X’s spec sheet to go on. The 4,232-pound Toyota is powered by a single 201-horsepower electric motor or a dual-motor setup with 214 hp (107 hp each). Obviously, bringing all-wheel drive into the equation is more important than performance, as Toyota says it will still take 7.7 seconds for the bZ4X to hit the 60 mark.
Regardless of the number of engines, the bZ4X has a 71.4 kilowatt-hour lithium-ion battery the battery The package says it will provide a maximum driving range of around 310 km for the front-wheel drive model and 285 km for the all-wheel drive version based on the Japanese test cycle. It’s no exaggeration to think that the RZ might have a more powerful powertrain, but we’ll just have to wait and see what Lexus has in store.
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