Model 2.  Sometimes you have to ask questions and post a few reminders for perspective:  What would be the draw of purchasing a Model 3 when a Model 2 is so much less expensive?  If you're only using it as a roundabout (daily commutes, errand running, random evening drives) and Superchargers are so common & convenient, there's no point.  Lots of families desire the ability to hold on to their old beater (which will tank in value anyway, as cheap BEV become a reality) but still need reliable transport for the kids.  Some of us still remember the 80's, how small cars worked fine for the basics.  Few also remember this paradigm shift Toyota warned about... even a small BEV will grossly outperform a small ICE vehicle, which would turn the market upside-down in terms of selling bigger as better.

Liberty, North Carolina.  I looked up detail of that location where the new $13.9 Billion construction project Toyota just completed.  Once all 14 lines are running, that production facility will produce up to 30 gigawatt hours, the equivalent of 800,000 hybrid, 150,000 plug-in hybrid, and 300,000 EV batteries.  That is exactly the type of capacity & flexibility antagonists have been complaining about for years.  They claimed Toyota should have had that in place already.  They have since grown completely silent.  Not only is Toyota well positioned for their new battery rollouts, it has also become painfully obvious that "premature lock-in" was indeed a problem avoided by not rushing.  Tesla doesn't know what to do with their 4680 cells, because they didn't deliver improvements to give them the competitive edge that was promised.  How much do you want to bet that in Liberty, North Carolina we'll see the upcoming "bi-polar" cells being produced.  With NiMH chemistry, that new cell packaging has proven its worth.  Waiting to be sure the same is likely to be the case with a Li-Ion variant is exactly what Toyota would need to gain a competitive edge.  This is exactly what enthusiasts hoped Toyota would have delivered years ago.  But you know how impatient they are.  Ugh.

Think about Toyota's strategy of phasing out ICE vehicles.  Having a hybrid base already makes upselling to PHEV a relatively simple process.  It's a bridge for both business & consumer in a market where an entry-level BEV isn't well supported yet.

The days of BEV enthusiasts here being their own worst enemy by insisting that long-range capacity is essential are over.

That is not a standardized test results for the sake of comparison.  That is the real thing, an actual owner on an actual trip... and the results are well above your cherry picked data.

Most driving is a mix highway & suburb with a small amount of urban.  That's where bZ shines... and you know it.  Fear of reviews highlighting everyday efficiency clearly scares you.  Each time you post the cherry-picked data confirms it.  Seeing that is quite vindicating.

Continued dismissal of reviews from others and real-world data from owners is tells us a story of fear.  You're scared Toyota's improvements for 2026 will be very difficult to misrepresent.  Keep reposting the same old nonsense.  Everyone is watching.

As for lowest efficiency, treating your audience like idiots isn't a wise move.  They see right through rhetoric of the past misrepresenting range as a measure of efficiency.  They now recognize what mi/kWh indicates.  They see the current bZ easily achieving 4 mi/kWh in daily summer driving.  The 2026 upgrade will deliver a next-gen motor & inverter for increased efficiency.

Acronyms.  Gotta like when someone gets so mixed up, their messaging becomes a confused mess.  That's easy to do when you don't pay close attention to the acronyms being used.  For example: "I don't think lobbying against EV adoption, calling hybrids that do not even plug in "EVs" and coining PZEV acronyms for non-hybrids deserves praise."  I try to include the spelled out words, since antagonists can contribute to confusion when the spot the opportunity.  There are also times when I capitalize on the chance to use a reply as a teaching moment, like I did with this:  PZEV was created by CARB, not Toyota.  It was the next category higher than SULEV, which was also from CARB.  They are certification ratings.  The other acronyms... HEV, PHEV, FCEV, BEV... are industry labels.  The fact that BEV owners have claimed EV for their use exclusively is the real problem.

Of course, with 7 models of BEV intended for the US, making "enough" may only be a subjective assessment.  What volume are you hoping for?

Shame.  Sometimes, you need to fire back with an expression of shame.  This was such a moment: "I'm an American and I don't need it, right now or later."  That's such an extreme change, I'm actually rather disheartened.  Once upon a time, we were proud to be innovative.  Change was a challenge we readily accepted.  Now, it's the complete opposite.  We have become lazy and found countless excuses to justify it.  Think of how the next generation will look at such blatant efforts to evade taking any responsibility.  This is how I stated that:  When did being American stop meaning a show of leadership?  It's quite saddening to watch new employment opportunity lost from being proud holding on to the past.  Oil is a limited resource and your children will wonder why such an obvious solution to was shunned.

Fossil Rant.  I haven't actually seen many anti-EV posts anymore.  Their numbers are fading.  Today, we got: "For all of you pretending that BEVs are the "answer" to GLOBAL climate change you are sadly mistaken.  As long as the electricity you are getting for you EV is wholly or partly from fossil fuels (still around 60% in the USA) your BEV isn't as "Carbon Positive" as you believe."  That was simple to rebut:  Time will change the equation.  Sodium-Ion batteries are heavy & low-density, but they are much more resistant to both cold & heat and much less expensive than lithium-ion.  That will make them an excellent counterpart to home solar.  We're already seeing a boom in commercially provided solar & wind too.  And as coal plants get retired, that BEV (which is already more energy efficient than burning gas) will become even cleaner.