This is how All New Toyota bZ4X looks live at its booth in Shanghai

The international debut of the first model of Toyota new range of electric vehicles took place at the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show. This was how the new Toyota bZ4X looked live at the brand's booth at the Chinese event.

The event chosen by Toyota to present the first crossover of its new range of electric vehicles was the Shanghai Auto Show 2021, one of the first major public motor events to take place since the health crisis began last year. The vast majority of events in Europe and North America have not been able to be held, like the Tokyo Auto Show 2021, whose cancellation was confirmed just a few days ago.

All new Toyota bZ4X is not the Japanese brand's first battery-powered crossover, as that honor goes to the pure electric variants that were available to an extremely limited extent during the first generations of the Toyota RAV4. But this is the first model in the new 100% electric bZ range that in a few years will have more than half a dozen models, including at least three crossovers.

For the moment, the Japanese firm has limited itself to presenting this model with the concept label, so it is assumed that we are not yet before the production vehicle, although of course this prototype seems to already have its final configuration. Especially in the interior, where we find the coverings and inserts typical of a street model and not a living room prototype. Despite the futuristic look of the huge screens and rectangular fighter-style steering wheel.

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After having seen the first official images of the model, we now find the photographs taken at the foot of the stand at the Shanghai event itself. As usual in these cases, live images offer a very different appearance from the heavily retouched photographs used by manufacturers during the official presentation of their models.

The specimen shown in Shanghai does not seem to be the same as the one featured in the official image gallery, the colors of the interior give it away, but this is even closer to production in this new series of photographs. Although there are details like the darkened front and rear optics that are likely to be slightly modified before reaching the assembly line. Although the prototype presented at the Chinese event was a complete model that was even open, we still do not know the specifications and performance of the new electric crossover, as the company has been more concerned with announcing its new electric range and its futures. electrification plans than to introduce its first fully battery-powered model.