Chevrolet Bolt vs Toyota bZ
The bZ costs less to run, by the official figures: about $10 a year less in New Zealand.

Side by side
Specs are for each car's newest version. The better figure is in green.
A typical year's fuel
- New Zealand
- $752
- $746 (better)
- Australia
- $642
- $637 (better)
- United Kingdom
- £488
- £484 (better)
- United States
- $685
- $680 (better)
Official figures
- Uses
- 17.5 kWh/100km
- 17.4 kWh/100km (better)
- UK
- 3.5 mi/kWh
- 3.6 mi/kWh (better)
- US
- 120 MPGe
- 120 MPGe (better)
- Range
- 421 km
- 463 km (better)
Space
- Seats
- 5
- –
- Boot
- 478 L
- –
- Length
- 4,166 mm
- –
- Weight
- 1,616 kg
- –
Engine
- Engine
- Single motor
- –
- Power
- 150 kW
- –
- Torque
- 360 Nm
- –
- Gearbox
- Single-speed
- –
- Drive
- FWD
- –
A typical year: New Zealand 11,000 km (Ministry of Transport's average for a light vehicle); Australia 11,100 km (ABS Survey of Motor Vehicle Use average); United Kingdom 11,265 km (DfT National Travel Survey average of about 7,000 miles); United States 21,726 km (FHWA average of about 13,500 miles). Real costs depend on how and where you drive. Work out a particular trip.
Bolt or bZ?
Which is cheaper to run, the Chevrolet Bolt or the Toyota bZ?
The Toyota bZ: about $10 a year less in New Zealand than the Chevrolet Bolt at today's average prices and a typical year's driving.
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