MY26 · FWD
Side by side · MY26 and MY25.5–MY26
Toyota bZ4XvsVolkswagen ID.5
591 km WLTP · 30 min 10–80%560 km WLTP · 26 min 10–80%
vs
The Toyota bZ4X is rated 591 km on the WLTP cycle, the Volkswagen ID.5 560. A 10–80% stop takes 30 minutes in the Toyota bZ4X and 26 in the Volkswagen ID.5. Every figure below names the badge it belongs to, and the three tools further down turn the same numbers into a charging race, a road trip and a yearly bill.
At a glance
Toyota bZ4X · FWD
591km WLTP
30min 10–80%
A$55,990from
Volkswagen ID.5 · Pro
560km WLTP
26min 10–80%
A$62,990from
The short answer
The Toyota bZ4X turns the same electricity into more kilometres.
1
The Toyota bZ4X is rated 591 km against 560 — 31 km, 6% further. It uses 13.8 kWh to cover 100 km where the Volkswagen ID.5 needs 15.8.
2
A 10–80% stop takes 26 minutes in the Volkswagen ID.5 and 30 in the Toyota bZ4X. On a 50 kW post it is 63 and 69 minutes, so most of the advantage disappears at a slow site.
3
The Volkswagen ID.5 is rated to tow 1,200 kg against 750 kg.
Which one, in one line
Pick the Volkswagen ID.5 ifit wins on charging (26 minutes against 30), space (549 L of boot against 421 L).
The priceThe Toyota bZ4X is the cheaper to buy, listed from A$55,990; both are list prices before on-road costs and incentives.
MY25.5–MY26 · Pro
Charging, raced
Two cars, one post, same clock
Charging speed is a station number and a car number, and the smaller one wins. Set the post and both cars fill against the same clock — the interesting part is not who wins, it is how much of the gap a slow post takes away.
Each car is modelled on its own published 10–80% time, which gives an average power over that window: 105 kW for the Toyota bZ4X, 132 kW for the Volkswagen ID.5. A post above that average changes nothing; a post below it sets the pace.
Volkswagen ID.5CCS226min
Toyota bZ4XCCS230min
At 150 kW, going from 10% to 80% takes 30 min in the Toyota bZ4X and 26 min in the Volkswagen ID.5 — a gap of 4 minutes. Both cars are limited by their own packs at this post, so a bigger station would change nothing.
Every figure
The numbers, with the badge attached
A tick marks a figure that is simply more useful — more range, less energy per 100 km, a faster stop. Rows without a tick are different, not better: a bigger battery, a taller body and a heavier car are all trades, and this page does not pretend otherwise.
| Measure | Toyota bZ4X | Volkswagen ID.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Range and efficiency | ||
| WLTP range | 591 km✓MY26 FWD | 560 kmMY25.5–MY26 Pro |
| Efficiency | 7.25 km/kWh✓ | 6.33 km/kWh |
| Energy per 100 km | 13.8 kWh✓ | 15.8 kWh |
| Battery | 74.7 kWh | 82 kWh |
| Charging | ||
| DC peak | 150 kW | 175 kW✓ |
| 10–80% at peak | 30 min | 26 min✓ |
| Average power, 10–80%(derived) | 105 kW | 132 kW✓ |
| AC maximum | 22 kW✓ | 11 kW |
| Fast-charge plug | CCS2 | CCS2 |
| AC plug | Type 2 | Type 2 |
| Size and weight | ||
| Length | 4,690 mm | 4,582 mm |
| Width | 1,860 mm | 1,852 mm |
| Height | 1,650 mm | 1,615 mm |
| Kerb weight | 1,960 kg | 2,124 kg |
| Space and practicality | ||
| Seats | 5 | 5 |
| Boot | 421 L | 549 L✓ |
| Towing, braked | 750 kg | 1,200 kg✓ |
| Performance and warranty | ||
| Power | 165 kW | 210 kW✓ |
| 0–100 km/h | 7.4 s | 6.7 s✓ |
| Drive | FWD | RWD |
| Battery warranty | 5yr unlimited km / 8yr 160,000km | 5yr unlimited km / 8yr 160,000km |
| Price | ||
| Starts at | A$55,990✓list, before on-road | A$62,990list, before on-road |
| Dearest version | A$69,990✓ | A$72,990 |
| Per km of WLTP range | A$94.74/km✓cheapest version | A$112.48/kmcheapest version |
| Drive-away | A$59,500–A$62,500where the feed lists it | A$65,500–A$69,000where the feed lists it |
How to read the mixed rows. Range, efficiency, battery and charging come from one badge — the longest-range version of each car's current model year, not the longest range it has ever been rated at. The catalogue stores one record per badge, so where two figures come from different badges the row names the one it used.
What WLTP is not. It is a laboratory cycle at a fixed temperature, with the air conditioning off and a gentle acceleration profile. It exists so two cars can be compared on the same test, not so a driver can predict a highway run. Expect less on a 110 km/h trip, and less again in winter.
What this page does not claim. No ANCAP crash rating: the catalogue carries none, and a column of dashes would read like a failure rather than a gap. Prices are manufacturer list before on-road costs; the drive-away band appears only where the feed publishes one.
Your numbers
What this pair costs you, on your drive
Two questions decide most purchases: how often you stop, and what the year costs. Both are arithmetic on the figures above, so change the inputs and the answer changes with you.
The drive
Starts full, arrives at 10%, charges back to 80% at each stop, and assumes a highway range of 85% of the WLTP figure.
- Toyota bZ4X
- 2
- Volkswagen ID.5
- 2
stops · 60 min charging
stops · 52 min charging
The year
Energy at the wheels from the WLTP label, priced at the tariff you pay. Home charging is usually cheaper than the directory's median.
- Toyota bZ4X
- A$1,035
- Volkswagen ID.5
- A$1,185
A$7 per 100 km
A$8 per 100 km
The trip model ignores charger detours, queueing and the last 10% of the pack, which is slow on both cars. The yearly cost is energy only: no session fees, no idle fees, no home-charger installation, and no petrol car to compare against.
Your priorities
A verdict you can argue with
There is no single winner, only a winner for a set of priorities. Move the sliders and the weighting changes — nothing here is a magazine score, and the page never hides the numbers it is built from.
Weighted result
Toyota bZ4X
wins 3 of 7 measures on these weights
Toyota bZ4X56%
Volkswagen ID.544%
Each measure is scaled between the two cars, so a weight of 5 means “this is the thing I care about” and 0 means “I do not care at all”. The scores are relative, not a rating out of ten.
Questions
Short answers, then the reasoning
Every figure here comes from the same data as the rest of the page. Where the data cannot answer, the page says so instead of guessing.
Still unsure about a term? The connector guide covers the plugs, and the vehicle guide the rest.
Which has more range, the Toyota bZ4X or the Volkswagen ID.5?
The Toyota bZ4X. The Toyota bZ4X is rated 591 km and the Volkswagen ID.5 560, each on the longest-range badge of its current model year — MY26 FWD and MY25.5–MY26 Pro respectively. WLTP is a laboratory cycle run at a fixed temperature with the air conditioning off, so treat the figure as a way to compare one car with another rather than a prediction for a highway run in summer.
Which charges faster?
The Volkswagen ID.5. Going from 10% to 80% takes 30 minutes in the Toyota bZ4X (150 kW peak) and 26 in the Volkswagen ID.5 (175 kW peak). At a slow post the station becomes the limit and the gap narrows, because the slower car is short of power rather than short of time.
Do they use the same plug?
Yes. Both list CCS2 for DC fast charging, so either car can use the same sites without an adapter. An adapter still cannot raise the power a car will accept.
Which is cheaper to run?
The Toyota bZ4X, by about A$150.00 a year at 15,000 km and A$0.50 per kWh. It uses 13.8 kWh per 100 km against 15.8. That is energy only, at the wheels: session fees, idle fees and home-charger installation are not in it.
Which has more space?
The Volkswagen ID.5: 421 L of luggage space against 549 L. Makers measure boot volume by different conventions — some to the window line, some under the parcel shelf — so read the direction as reliable and the size of the gap as indicative.
Which is cheaper to buy?
The Toyota bZ4X is the cheaper of the two, listed from A$55,990 against A$62,990 for the Volkswagen ID.5 — A$7,000 between the two starting prices. Both are manufacturer list prices before on-road costs, options and any incentive, so a dealer's drive-away number will differ.
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