Toyota’s refreshed, midsize EV — the 2026 bZ — looks nothing like other Toyotas.
Its backside is sharply sloped and angular, giving it a profile that resembles a doorstop. It might win a Pontiac Aztek lookalike contest.
Step inside, and even the dashboard has some funky angles, including a gauge cluster that sits unusually far back from the steering wheel.
Once you get past the initial “Wait, that’s a Toyota?” feeling about the design, the SUV quickly starts to feel like an all-electric version of Toyota’s massively popular gas-hybrid RAV4.
That’s a huge compliment.
I spent a week and about 300 miles with a front-wheel-drive bZ XLE Plus, which…
