DC Fast Charge Winter Tests on my Toyota BZ4X XLE 2023 (AWD CATL Battery)

[@davidnicholson6901]

Thank you, Evdude, for defining yo-yo. I appreciate your channel and your presentations I find to be excellent.

[@donallen900]

Peak charging today on bz4x fwd le was 92 kw after 2 min at 23% charge. Insane !! Never seen it that high. Outside temp was 6c

[@davidp.4727]

Nice to see that once the battery temperature goes up the battery will accept a faster rate of charge. I was getting worried that the fastest I would ever see is 37 kWh.

[@thekat-dg9fx]

The Bz4X seems to throttle DC fast charging after the equivalent of charging from low or zero to 80% twice in 24 hours, which would be around 116 kW. Any further DC fast charging in that 24 hours is markedly slower.

[@JohnGeorgeBauerBuis]

Thank you for making this video. I was looking for more information about how this car would perform in these kind of conditions.

[@dr.hassansaeed5100]

Great man.

[@janernn]

It's important to note that it's only the North American AWD models that get the CATL battery - elsewhere both FWD and AWD get the Panasonic battery

[@EVDude]

Thank you for watching and for the clarification.

[@janernn]

@@EVDude Thank you for making these bZ4X videos!

[@licsor546]

Great video and data points. For EV with no battery preconditioning, it will be problem once fast chargers gets crowded. Slow charging means long wait times. Once Tesla opens up more of their superchargers to non-tesla owners, I think the EV fast charging experience will improve as reliability of the non tesla charger are hit or miss. BZ4X I think is really meant for Urban driving and most charging will be done at home. Without the QC rebates, would have you consider this EV? Toyota value vehicle are their Hybrid.

[@patricemunger2942]

Hi, what is the app you are using?

[@EVDude]

Its in the description for the links, here's the name : Car Scanner ELM OBD2

[@stefandroasca]

Thanks for making this videos, overall are you happy with the decision to trade Prime for Bz4x?

[@donallen900]

Thoughts on the icar pro ble??

[@disneydee2001]

Your doing way better charging speeds compared to me. I live in california. When I went to a supercharger at 35 degree F I got a max speed of 25kw and at 55 degree F I got a max speed of 30kw. For someone who lives in the snow getting better speeds in certain stops I’m jealous

[@EVDude]

Hey thanks for watching ! What I learned from these tests is that you need to charge when your state of charge (%) is very low. Try going to a fast charger when you have 10% or less, I'm convinced you can get over 50kw at 55 F.

[@fredericochs1378]

Limiting the max charge capacity to 80% helped mine to charge much faster

[@EVDude]

@@fredericochs1378 How big of a difference did you get?

[@fredericochs1378]

@@EVDude it helped to get from 40kw to about 100kw, up to 140kw at the Peak for about 10 minutes, charging 105 KM in that time. Please take note that I charged under the condition of 9 degree C.

[@EVDude]

@@fredericochs1378 Thank you, I will definitely try this on my next set of tests. Very surprised that a simple setting would change charging speeds 😅

[@nicholaslo9205]

What brand of OBD are u using?

[@EVDude]

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[@sukhjinder71]

I GET 65.2 KW MAX 10 CELSIUS ON 100 KW CHARGER. 2023 BZ4X WITH 1000KM DRIVEN ON IT. I'M NOT IMPRESSED. 72.4 KW BATTERY PACK. THAT IS 6 PERCENT TO 70 PERCENT IN 45 MINUTES.

[@phd_le]

Nice test. Newbie question: what is doing yo yo means ?

[@EVDude]

Thanks for watching. Yoyo= accelerating and decelerating abruptly in order to generate heat and warm up the battery.

[@marcelrochon]

❤ Great to have you out there testing for us !!! Do you think there is a batterie charging BREAK-IN effect? 😊. The new name EVDude is excellent, easy to remember and refer others to… CHEERS 🎉

[@EVDude]

Thank you for watching ! Since these are lithium-ion batteries, there isn't really a need to "break-in".

[@crepeitup]

you sold your bz4x, do you miss it? i just bought used.

[@EVDude]

@@crepeitup I got it again for my wife, used : kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGjak5V5eJycatEsi=06gZEVXzoTdtPusk

[@crepeitup]

@@EVDude I was worried with my purchase when I saw your video. You like the BZ4X? Cause your other videos show your disappointments in Toyota.

[@EVDude]

@@crepeitup I still dislike it for many things, thats why it's only being used for local driving by my wife and for her daily commute. We have the Tesla for long trips.

[@davidmartin3402]

What software do you use with your OBD? Should I get software with an expensive subscription?

[@EVDude]

I use Car Scanner pro. You don't need an expensive subscription for this.

[@Ahda108]

wow great charging speed from Toyota, just a slight slower than my 30KW max Nissan Leaf

[@davidnicholson6901]

What is «yo-yo»?

[@EVDude]

Accelerating and decelerating repeatedly, abruptly... not fun for passengers.

[@EJ650RM]

Bottom line.. are you happy with the car? Would you recommend that someone purchase this car or the similar Subaru?

[@EVDude]

Hi thanks for watching. I would not recommend it if you plan on doing roadtrips with this car. You should take a look at my recent video, I sold the car : kzbin.info/www/bejne/apKcYaNqq7GokJo

[@EJ650RM]

Will do. Thanks for taking the time to share!

[@jarpen3]

Preheat battery before charging

[@EVDude]

Unfortunately, there's no preheating.

[@djtaylorutube]

You can see why people resist EV's when it's no effort to find videos demonstrating the terrible charging experience of some of them.

[@robertdx9533]

'Promosm'

[@goranjurkovic6796]

And you traded in your beautiful rav4 prime xse for this piece of sh.... lol