The e-TNGA platform is already used within the bZ4X all-electric crossover SUV and is (for now) deliberate to assist the subsequent 2023 Lexus RZ450e.
Nonetheless, in line with the sources, Toyota is going through too sluggish and costly electrical car manufacturing course of in comparison with different producers, like Tesla, which have been making electrical vehicles for years. Reuters notes that Toyota co-developed an all-electric model of its common RAV4 SUV with Tesla in 2012, however cites sources saying its engineers didn’t contemplate the know-how a menace. It offered its growth stake to Tesla in 2017 earlier than starting growth of its personal platform.
However whereas Toyota has been content material to relaxation on its laurels with the Prius, the remainder of the trade has caught up with it on a number of events. Corporations like Nissan, Normal Motors and Volkswagen have been promoting totally battery-electric automobiles for years, whereas revealing plans to part out gas-powered vehicles altogether. Toyota’s failure to embrace electrical automobiles shouldn’t be a brand new idea; The New York Times noted as much in this 2009 article.
