Man Who Hates EVs Buys EV. What Will Go Wrong?

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After living with the bZ4X for 6 months, it's clear why they're generally considered to be the "worst" EV out there, lol. The specs are underwhelming all around and sometimes I ask myself what the heck they were thinking for certain elements of the car. And it's definitely inferior to the competition in many ways. I'm curious to see what you think after living with the car for awhile.

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I pretty much agree with everything. For me though, it's a Prius replacement so in that regard it's a nice lateral move vehicle. Similar to your Subaru upgrade.

Everything is "nicer" than the Prius. And I was already used to the funkyness of the Prius, so the interior quirks of the BZ don't really bother me. In fact, both IQ and I feel like it's a Prius CUV. They feel like they share a similar lineage. So I was immediately comfortable.

And yes, at $60k this was a dumb buy. But at mid $20s, a bargain. Otherwise, I'd have zero interest.

I don't think I'm really going to like it as much as the Prius. But my "beaters" have never knocked my socks off (Echo, Insight, Prius,) so this will be much of the same.

And I think Toyota goes easy on the battery tech (charging, range, performance) to sacrifice for longevity reasons. This same powertrain in Europe gets a 1,000,000km warranty. And I'm OK with that. Toyota has always been extremely sensitive to the quality of their batteries in their hybrids so I think that applies here too