In the past two decades, Toyota has been far ahead in the field of hybrid electric vehicles and made a lot of money. However, in the face of increasingly stringent carbon emission regulations, the brand is striving to accelerate electrification, and the cost of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles is still high, so it is not urgent. Only the whole body is put into a battery-driven pure electric vehicle. For Toyota Group, 202 1 should be regarded as the first year of pure electric vehicles. Lexus announced this week that it will launch a brand-new electric concept car. Toyota brand recently announced that it will launch the brand's first pure electric car and released its first preview. The real car will be launched on 202 1.

At the beginning of the year, Toyota announced that it would launch a brand-new electric car, but now it has released its first line drawing and described the product details more. This car is built with the latest e-TNGA electric vehicle platform of the Group, and its model size is similar to that of the current RAV4. Although its wheelbase may be longer than Toyota's traditional power model, its front and rear suspensions will be shorter, so this model is generally similar to RAV4.

This electric car is the first work made by Toyota and Subaru on the flexible electric car platform. The released sketch shows that it has prominent panels and three-dimensional clear folding lines, similar to the concept car released by Subaru 5438+ 10 in June.

At present, Toyota has not named this electric car, and there is no name about customized EV. However, Toyota registered the trademark patents of BZ series several months ago, including from BZ 1 to BZ5. Z seems to represent their zero carbon emission characteristics. Toyota said that it will announce the final details of the model in the next few months. The model has been developed and is ready to enter the production process. It will be produced in a local factory in Japan.

Toyota calls its new EV platform e-TNGA, which shows that the platform is designed to support a wide range of vehicles, and the platform allows different vehicle widths and lengths. According to the height and wheelbase of the vehicle, Toyota said that e-TNGA can support rear-wheel drive or four-wheel drive. At present, Toyota plans to build six electric vehicles based on the e-TNGA electric platform, including a small SUV, a medium-sized SUV and a large SUV jointly developed with Suzuki, as well as a car and a minivan. These six models will adopt brand-new names and be different from the traditional Toyota models. ?

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