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The C-HR is Toyota's first electric vehicle.
Photo courtesy of Toyota
Some auto industry badysts have recently suggested that Toyota is missing the mark on electric vehicles. It could not be further from the truth.
Although not the first to market a production vehicle – this honor goes to the Nissan Leaf in 2010 – Toyota has methodically electrified its range since the launch of the world's first hybrid, the Prius, in 1997. fact, out of 60 models (in Japan) in its range, well over half have some form of electrification. We must of course note that by electrification we refer to vehicles powered by either a pure electric propellant, or a hybrid, plug-in hybrid or hydrogen fuel cell system.
And electrification is the key word here. Because although Toyota may not yet have a pure electric vehicle on the market, its hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles like the Mirai all have electric motors, battery packs, and units. control of the power they use. The technology is there. Hybrid powertrains simply contain a gasoline engine component that, depending on the vehicle, powers the drive wheels or simply serves as a generator to charge the batteries. Indeed, the Mirai is an electric car powered by hydrogen.
I recently spoke to a Toyota executive, who said, "We may not have a VE in our lineup right now, but we have the technology to launch one almost immediately." when the time comes. "badess the market's response to electric vehicles, while gradually electrifying its entire range, a task that will be completed by 2025. That's true. By 2025, all Toyota and Lexus vehicles will be powered by an electric powertrain.
As for Toyota's comment at the right moment, it looks like the time has come to launch an all-electric car. At the Shanghai Motor Show in April, the first Japanese manufacturer unveiled its first electric vehicle concept in China, the C-HR and Izoa battery-electric crossover concepts. Technically, the same car is manufactured by different joint ventures. The reason why the same car has two names is that Toyota operates several joint ventures in China, GAC calling it C-HR and FAW designating it by the term Izoa.
While the company did not offer any range or specification details on its powertrain, we learned that the concept was based on the same new Toyota global architecture that underpinned the popular Camry and Corolla. The C-HR also concludes that if Toyota can install an electric powertrain in this small crossover, it is highly likely that other models such as the RAV4 or Corolla, which also use the TNGA platform, are also processed VE.
What we see here is just the beginning of a wave of electric vehicles that, according to Toyota, will have at least ten by 2025.
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The C-HR is Toyota's first electric vehicle.
Photo courtesy of Toyota
Some auto industry badysts have recently suggested that Toyota is missing the mark on electric vehicles. It could not be further from the truth.
Although not the first to market a production vehicle – this honor goes to the Nissan Leaf in 2010 – Toyota has methodically electrified its range since the launch of the world's first hybrid, the Prius, in 1997. fact, out of 60 models (in Japan) in its range, well over half have some form of electrification. We must of course note that by electrification we refer to vehicles powered by either a pure electric propellant, or a hybrid, plug-in hybrid or hydrogen fuel cell system.
And electrification is the key word here. Because although Toyota may not yet have a pure electric vehicle on the market, its hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fuel cell vehicles like the Mirai all have electric motors, battery packs, and units. control of the power they use. The technology is there. Hybrid powertrains simply contain a gasoline engine component that, depending on the vehicle, powers the drive wheels or simply serves as a generator to charge the batteries. Indeed, the Mirai is an electric car powered by hydrogen.
I recently spoke to a Toyota executive, who said, "We may not have a VE in our lineup right now, but we have the technology to launch one almost immediately." when the time comes. "badess the market's response to electric vehicles, while gradually electrifying its entire range, a task that will be completed by 2025. That's true. By 2025, all Toyota and Lexus vehicles will be powered by an electric powertrain.
As for Toyota's comment at the right moment, it looks like the time has come to launch an all-electric car. At the Shanghai Motor Show in April, the first Japanese manufacturer unveiled its first electric vehicle concept in China, the C-HR and Izoa battery-electric crossover concepts. Technically, the same car is manufactured by different joint ventures. The reason why the same car has two names is that Toyota operates several joint ventures in China, GAC calling it C-HR and FAW designating it by the term Izoa.
While the company did not offer any range or specification details on its powertrain, we learned that the concept was based on the same new Toyota global architecture that underpinned the popular Camry and Corolla. The C-HR also concludes that if Toyota can install an electric powertrain in this small crossover, it is likely that other models such as the RAV4 or Corolla, which also use the TNGA platform, are also transformed. . VE.
What we see here is just the beginning of a wave of electric vehicles that, according to Toyota, will have at least ten by 2025.
