Lexus has revealed its first dedicated electric car, the 2022 Lexus RZ.
Revealed alongside the Toyota group’s broader electric vehicle plans, the new RZ is expected to share its e-TNGA underpinnings with the new Toyota BZ4X and Subaru Solterra, and sits alongside the existing UX300e and future dedicated electric cars in the Lexus brand’s plan to go all-electric by 2035.
Drawing styling influences from the LF-Z Electrified concept revealed earlier this year, the new RZ is believed to share its 2850mm wheelbase with the BZ4X, but it is clothed in unique sheetmetal – including a new, closed-off take on the Lexus brand’s ‘spindle’ grille shape.
The concept’s full-width LED tail-light bar carries over to the production car, joining a closed-off lower bumper and available 20-inch alloy wheels.
A look inside the cabin hasn’t been provided, however the BZ4X and Solterra share a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen and a 7.0-inch instrument cluster display.
No details of powertrains have been announced, though Lexus has confirmed the new electric SUV will wear the ‘RZ450e‘ moniker – with the ‘DIRECT4‘ badge on the tailgate confirming it will use the brand’s new electric all-wheel-drive system.
Using the power outputs of other Lexus 450 and 500-badged models as a guide, it’s fair to speculate the RZ450e will offer dual electric motors developing approximately 250kW combined – a significant improvement over the standard, all-wheel-drive BZ4X’s 160kW combined output (from two 80kW motors).
The Lexus LF-Z Electrified concept, meanwhile, packs dual motors and a 90kWh battery for combined outputs of 400kW and 700Nm, 600km of WLTP range and a 0-100km/h time of three seconds flat.
The 2022 Lexus RZ will be revealed in full in the first half of 2022. Australian details are yet to be confirmed.
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