# Toyota bZ

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Toyota bZ and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a conventional, good-looking EV from a traditional automaker that is improving; critics say it is not yet fully baked as an electric car.

## Why people recommend it

- Good-looking exterior design (2 comments): "looks pretty nice in my opinion" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47106363)) "actually seem pretty decent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49837949))
- Clearly improving Toyota EV, better driving (2 comments): "their 2026 bZ Woodland shows that they are starting to figure out how make compelling EVs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47107008)) "how much drastically better it was to drive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49079605))

## What people warn about

- Not fully baked as EV (1 comments): "a toyota not yet being fully baked as an electric car" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49712196))
- Struggles with basic infotainment tasks (1 comments): "It was neat. But I struggled to do basic things." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48786382))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Tesla vehicles](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-vehicles.md): 209 recommend
- [BYD electric cars](https://hackerapproved.com/p/byd.md): 157 recommend
- [Ferrari Luce](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ferrari-luce.md): 140 recommend
- [Tesla Model 3](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tesla-model-3.md): 128 recommend
- [Rivian electric vehicle](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rivian.md): 73 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.toyota.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Toyota bZ", https://hackerapproved.com/p/toyota-bz/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).