UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has announced it has begun testing the Toyota bZ4X on local roads ahead of an official launch this year, with several sample units already registered for this purpose – note the UMWT dashcam. This was revealed together with the company’s multi-pathway strategy to support Malaysia’s goal of becoming a carbon-neutral nation by 2050.
The two units of the electric vehicle (EV) put on display at UMWT’s office in Shah Alam are front-wheel drive and featured an electric motor rated at 204 PS (201 hp or 150 kW) and 266 Nm of torque. Pictured here is a white example, but there is also a grey one on-site, the latter sighted prior to the official preview alongside a blue unit.
Powering the electric motor is a 71.4-kWh lithium-ion battery pack that is good for a range of up to 500 km following the WLTP standard. This setup is the same one used in the Indonesian-spec bZ4X that was launched last November, priced at 1.19 billion rupiah (RM361,241).
The bZ4X supports AC charging (Type 2 connection) at up to 6.6 kW as well as DC fast charging (CCS2 connection) at up to 150 kW, the latter allowing the battery to get from a 0-80% state of charge in just 30 minutes.
For now, the company isn’t providing local specifications of the bZ4X, so what you see here isn’t necessarily reflective of what customers will get. For a quick rundown, the kit list on the sample cars includes LED exterior lighting, 20-inch wheels, a seven-inch digital instrument cluster, a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen, dual-zone climate control with rear vents, a wireless phone charger, synthetic leather upholstery, a powered driver’s seat and tailgate and Toyota Safety Sense active systems.
Similarly, we didn’t get other details like pricing or exactly when the EV will go on sale here. “As infrastructure to support BEVs (battery electric vehicles) improves, UMWT will launch a BEV model in the near-term,” the company said in an official release. It also noted that it supports the government’s target of having 4,000 EV charging points by the end of this year, although just how many charging points it plans to set up remains to be seen.
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UMW, any plan to bring CROWN series to Malaysia ? I must say Crown Sport is really something .
RM361K?!! BusyForEx also still that expensive mehh?? So how much will it be to get BusyForNewGirlfriend?
That is based on indonesian tax structure. Non local assembled cars are heavily taxed.
please don’t expect too much from UMW. they’re practically dinosaurs and too focused on the same cars that Perodua also sells. where is the Rav-4? Prius? Highlander? Toyota makes pretty cool cars, but Malaysia only gets Toyotas reserved for developing nations. sad innit.
Instead of fight Proton for the market, UMW is reduced to fighting their own kid brother Perodua – pitiful.
What do I care if UMW lives or die like a defunct dodo? Proton with the help of Geely is rising from its ashes (meaning the old Proton prior to Hicom) and stands to gain with even more Geely investment in Malaysia.
Used to be other than Proton/Perodua, Toyota (UMW) & Nissan/Datsun (Tan Chong) are the big names. Now we see the revival of Volvo, strengthening of VW, BM whilst MB still clinging on the “top class” seat – just barely. Honda (Kah Motors) often fight with Toyota/Nissan but with the current shameless Honda Malaysia of inability to deliver stocks after taking order before June 30 to deliver their popular H-RV (now forcing those who booked in time to pay Sales Tax because of Honda’s delivery failure by end March (exemption cut-off) many disappointed would be Honda fans will more to other margues..maybe never to return. Reminds me of the old days Honda salesmen told buyers ” consider yourself lucky you can get a Honda – don’t even dream of getting a set of car mat”. I notice that Honda car manager isn’t around anymore…serves him right.
Malaysia is still a developing country. So basically Toyota is doing the right thing. Malaysians in general don’t even follow traffic rules, why bother bring in advanced car.
Developing country My Foot! It’s not! That’s an old story peddled to the moon and back! Malaysia is No Longer A Developing country by WB and WHO standards. But some 3rd World attitudes and conditioning remain.
I guess you must have misunderstood between developed vs developing. We haven’t reached developed status- long wat to go with political instability & ever changing policy. Chill bro.
Below 200k still on
Whatlah Toyota. Test in Malaysia because want to sell in Malaysia.
Learn-lah from Proton. Test in Iceland/Australia but sell in Kenya/Pakistan.
toyota sell this car at usd25k at china….bring here sell 300k i think…where the normal rakyat can afford…all bullshit price..
i take it ours won’t come with the JBL speakers? Toyota standard speakers are HORRIBLE. car companies need to realize malaysians also want and deserve good speakers since our cars cost a million bucks. the least they could do is have it as an option.
If it’s CBU it’s likely to be JBL units. My PRIUS fis itted with JBL. But the sound is so so only.
basically, it’s just an overpriced BYD Atto 3
Actually the BYD Atto 3 is an underpriced cut-corner EV with ching-chong aesthetics. BUILD YOUR DREAMS yo..
RM361K?!! BusyForEx also still that expensive mehh?? So how much will it be to get BusyForNewGirlfriend?
Dead on arrival if starts from more than 200k
Typical third-world country mentality of scarcity/poverty
Overly placed cuts and curves here and there. Design is subjective but this design imho is horrible. Typical. No harmonious flow.
all talk cock and bullshit here..ev so expensive ..all average joe cant afford …can afford also half dead all loans 9 years …in china all the ev start from 30-40k also got..normal people can buy and use…here all bullshit bastard …talk cock only where got benefit normal people…
Cukur malaysia madani
Aiyo why you need to buy new cars??? Keep the old cars maybe its very valuable, and more new cars = more traffic jam
Another high risk recalled car which cannot be sell put on malaysia market…. Urrr
https://www.makeuseof.com/what-you-should-know-about-toyota-bz4x-ev-recall/
Toyota showcase this in bangkok very long ago Byd atto 3 just arrive but today it’s all over bangkok streets I don’t see one bz4x
300k?? I’ll just get a 2009 x5 or q7
2009 x5 and q7 outdated and super ugly nowadays. better get 2019 q3 sportback. design simple yet not so try hard like this one.
me stil dont understand why they make grey front bumper like that. i dont know what in their mind.