Toyota and Subaru recall new EVs due to risk wheel could fall off

Toyota may have nailed the hybrid car market, but it is off to a rocky start with its all-new, all-electric bZ4X after a recall was issued on Thursday. The recall also applies to the Subaru Solterra, which is built on the same electric platform developed in a partnership betwwen the two carmakers. Toyota on Thursday said it would recall all 2,700 EVs delivered to date after it discovered a fault that meant there was a risk the wheels could become loose. Toyota’s first mass-volume electric vehicle was first debuted in late 2021 and is a crossover featuring a yoke steering wheel, up to 500km driving range in a single-motor format, and 460km in a more powerful dual-motor format. In a document filed with Japan’s road transport bureau, the carmaker said …
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