2023 Toyota bZ4X Price, Reviews, Pictures & More | Kelley Blue Book

An all-new electric vehicle, the 2023 Toyota bZ4X SUV has a range of up to 252 miles and is similar in size to the RAV4. Pricing starts at $42,000.

Although the name seems like some homage to a robot in the Star Wars universe, or perhaps someone just rested their elbow on a computer keyboard, there is a meaning behind bZ4X. The bZ aspect stands for “beyond zero” — signifying that there’s more to this compact SUV than just no carbon emissions. Toyota has other bZ vehicles in the pipeline, so this functions like Volkswagen’s ID sub-brand, as in the ID.4 all-electric SUV.

The number 4 relates to the fact that this vehicle is similar in size to the RAV4, and the X denotes that it’s a crossover SUV. There’s a logic at work here, but Toyota really could have chosen a more user-friendly moniker that still sounded sufficiently techy.

Back to more important matters, the lithium-ion battery rests under the umbrella of an 8-year/100,000-mile warranty — whichever happens first. The bZ4X is capable of over-the-air updates. Owners can set things like cabin temperature and heated/cooled seats (in the Limited trim) remotely by using an app on their smartphone and controlling the charging schedule.