The first ever Lexus EV is a solid electric luxury crossover with a lot of ground clearance and strong performance. On the other hand variety and charging are more mid-pack instead of class leading. It remains to be seen whether Lexus' normal concentrate on dependability, customer care, and long term maintenance expenses will hold true for Lexus' very first EV.
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Why does the thumbnail show a yoke steering wheel, but in the review there is a traditional steering wheel?
Alex and Brian, Would it be fair to say this RZ does not quite offer everything, everywhere all at once? 😉
Is it just me or are Alex and Brian becoming the same person?
I legit thought it was a gag for a moment when Brian first walked in the frame.
They certainly aren’t helping the chatter about it. 😂
@Russell C Bring on the paternity test!
need a charging and range test based on what we’ve seen with the bZ4x
I would love a competitive Lexus EV – this is not it – disappointing
not bad for toyotas first EV but competition like tesla, hyundai, etc have mastered EV.
Looks like the only thing Lexus keeps working on and making it pointier and a lot more over hang. Mainly NOSE some back end….idk not for me for sure…
Overall great job Alex, as always!
An addition I would like to see when talking about Level 1 and 2 charging is to state the amp draw. I think many people are familiar with the capacity of their home circuits in amps (from the labels on the breakers in their panels) not kilowatts, so why not say 15 amp (120V – 1.4kW), 20 amp (240V – 3.3kW), 30 amp (240V – 6.6kW), or 50 amp (240V – 11kW)?
The big news about this car is the drive by wire implementation and just how well Lexus did it. This is the one I want to see you drive. The other news is the radiant heating. I don’t geek out over range. I still want to know the primary way the car acts and I think this is the best Lexus SUV on the market in terms of how it drives and feel. Or at least it sounds that way after a bunch of driving impressions I’ve watched. I’d avoid the 20 inch tires. Too big and take away range while the 18s have more ride comfort. Otherwise, it’s a nice car. If you need range, then this isn’t your car. But if you don’t, then this should be driven and I think some are too hung up on numbers. Cars are way more than their numbers.
Who cares about how it drives? It’s fwd. it won’t drive like a civic type R.
@naveenthemachine Who cares how it drives? Many people who are considering buying it. And they aren’t looking for Civic Type R qualities. That you bring up the Civic Type R is odd.
The piano black as the replacement for the grill does not match the black hood. I like the headlight fender being something different. Overall, it appears as a car that Lexus had to come out with and not well thought out. 200 mile range, no thanks. I’ll wait for the next battery, sulfur-aluminum for example.
The RZ has the exact same seat adjustments as my 2020 Camry XSE 😂. And you all think “Lexus is higher quality”😂 9:13
Has some nice features. Of course, one needs to drive before making a decision to buy. It would be nice to offer a 240V cable for home charging. I’m not ready to venture into the EV world, however, good presentation/introduction video (as usual). Hopefully, there will be better batteries allowing faster charging while on long trips.
Um no you’re wrong.
This is one of those evs where “one needs to drive before making a decision to buy” just won’t cut the mustard
226 miles of range? Pass. Completely unusable in winter climates after temperature-related range drop.
how much extra battery does the steer by wire take and will the steering work when you run out of power?
I have no reason to believe that this will take more power than current electrically assisted power steering, and it’ll probably run off the 12 volt battery system, not the high voltage one.
4:35 the spec insert says 7kW AC Charger and say 6.6kWh Charger down below the DC. Is there any Wh limit on charger??
Brian went from Alex’s protégé to his doppelganger.
Brian looks like a scaled down version of Alex.
I’m sure plenty will bash the range but the 10-year long term design goal of the battery is literally what ties the whole equation together for BEV’s. Charging, range, and range over the lifetime of the battery are the three hurdles that are the bare minimum for any ICE owner deciding to make the leap.
Now if Lexus could do the same with a much larger battery, we’ll finally be making some progress against Tesla, Lucid, and Rivian.
I’d rather have the Lexus for the stealership/service experience compared to the Genesis. I’m not paying Telluride-level MSRP just to go to a Hyundai stealership.
Now if Genesis were to finally jump to a direct-sales model, I would seriously consider the GV70 even if the look and shape is not my preference. Kia’s EV9 and Hyundai’s Ioniq 7 are definitely my preference (boxy beauties) are sorely needed too.
Who cares about the battery lasting 10 years?😂
You don’t see that kind of advertisement for phones or iPads. Because nobody cares about that
I’m a little disappointed at how uncompetitive Toyota/Lexus have been in the EV space. I feel like the meh range and charging rates would have been more acceptable if the interior space was actually nice. I was impressed with the quality and use of materials of the RZ when I was able to sit in one at the LA Auto show, but I just can’t shake my head at some of the bizarre design choices made on these vehicles, particularly the lack of a glove compartment. Toyota/Lexus have always been able to rely on their practicality and reliability to sell over their competition, but in this new era of EV’s, it’s a complete blank slate. I can’t help but think this is the first time Toyota has been caught with their pants down.
They’re screwed big time. Soon Toyota Lexus won’t even exist anymore
I much prefer lift-off regen with a large coast segment of the pedal. The BMW i3 has a nice coast segment with lift-off regen and blended braking. The regen ramps up with the friction brakes and applies more regen than the max lift-off regen.
This is one fine Lexus. What it could use is an extended wheelbase version with 3 rows and a longer battery.
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