The bZ4X is no one's favorite Toyota. Even Toyota doesn't seem to have much love for it, and neither the Subaru nor Lexus variants have fared much better. For 2025, it seems Toyota is finally updating the car to make it more competitive — at least in Europe.

Toyota announced updates to its European EV offerings, including an electric version of the Toyota C-HR called the C-HR Plus, and a refreshed bZ4X that addresses many of the electric crossover’s shortcomings.

HR+, an all-electric subcompact crossover designed as a smaller alternative to the bZ4X, the new model offers both front- and all-wheel-drive powertrains along with a choice of two battery packs. While the C-HR+ is set to launch in Europe later this year,

At Toyota ’s annual product strategy event last week in Brussels, the Japanese automaker announced it will introduce six new battery electric vehicles in Europe by the end of next year, plus another three from its luxury brand Lexus .

The Toyota bZ4X electric crossover receives its first significant update with battery preconditioning, more powerful motors, and a larger touchscreen. Toyota announced the changes for the European market on Tuesday, but many of those changes are expected to follow in the North American market as well.

The "exciting and surprising" battery-electric car Toyota has been teasing is here, and it's using a familiar name.