Like a Smart, but Toyota: it's the new "mini" car that will be launched in 2020

Toyota will enjoy the Tokyo Lounge present the Ultra-compact BEV, a prototype that advances what will look like the future urban car of the Japanese brand.

At the previous event, which will take place from October 24, Toyota foresaw that, although it is still a concept car, it was already in its final stage of development and that it would begin to produce it in series. to sell it. in some markets, mainly Japanese.

Upon his arrival in Argentina, there is still no news. A priori, its arrival seems remote, because this segment does not have many followers at the local level, although the few who remain without exhibitors: Smart, the only brand that sells models of this size, has withdrawn its resellers country for the modest sum. sales volumes

The "mini" car of Toyota It is 2.49 meters long, 1.29 wide and 1.55 high. It can accommodate two people, but there is an "extended" version for professional use for passenger transport.

The motor is 100% electric and the battery can be recharged in five hours in a domestic outlet. Toyota says its range in the city will be about 100 kilometers and that it will reach a top speed of 60 km / h.