Toyota Reveals Electric SUV by 2021

Toyota firm has teased on Tuesday outline of the new vehicle, an all-electric EV for the European market, based on its forthcoming e-TNGA platform that it plans to fully reveal in 2021.

Meanwhile, Toyota deputy chief officer Koji Toyoshima explained that the firm plans to mass-produce EVs with solid-state battery packs in the first half of the 2020s. The firm report that its hybrid and PHEV technology has given it the electric savoir-faire needed to quickly develop all-electric vehicles.

According to Andrea Carlucci the Toyota’s European product development boss, the new car will be very European in the DNA and design.

Carlucci added; '' that a RAV4-sized SUV was chosen for Toyota’s first BEV because “the car will be a global model, and it offers the best balance to out together the needs of all regions.”

Noteworthy, the firm is planning to launch more than 60 new or updated electrified models by 2025. By that date, it expects more than 70% of its sales to be of hybrid models, with PHEVs, BEVs and FCEVs accounting for slightly more than 10% .

Also, the new electric SUV will also join a fast-expanding SUV line-up. Along with as the similarly sized RAV4, offered with hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains, Toyota's crossover range now includes the Yaris Cross, C-HR, Highlander and Land Cruiser, as the firm reported.