Articles tagged "Toyota"

Toyota is catching a second wind and is accelerating its electrification efforts. It has announced it will launch five new battery electric models in Europe within the bZ family of cars. The five new models will join the current bZ4X by 2026. The...

At the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show, Toyota introduced its new bZ Compact SUV Concept, which gives us another sneak peek into the future of the Beyond Zero BEV lineup. The overall design language is retained, but Toyota made the concept a bit more...

Toyota Prius is not an electric car and neither is it an EREV - an extended range EV. But it is the car that converted the world to hybrid drive. Along with the Honda Insight, Prius was the trailblazer for hybrid cars, a pioneer of eco-friendly...

Today Euro NCAP released its latest report highlighting the results from its newest batch of tests, and it's all good news for EVs all-round. Heavy hitters like the Tesla Model S, but also rather unknown models like the Wey Coffee 02 got the maximum...

Toyota only just announced its electric 4-door sedan for the Chinese market yesterday but there was something else during the unveiling. The company teased an image of another electric vehicle that is currently under development. The darkened image...

Toyota bZ3 is an electric sedan and it is the second electric car in the “bZ” family after the bZ4X SUV. The car is based on the e-TNGA platform and it was jointly developed with Toyota, FAW Toyota and BYD with the latter providing the battery pack...

Toyota’s all-electric sedan bZ3 is clearly ready for its debut. A series of photos showing the production-ready car leaked from China, spoiling the company's surprise. Looking at the photos and comparing them to the bZ SDN concept shown last year,...

Automotive world is full of global tie-ups and joint-ventures with many brands producing similar models under different names - we only need to look at VW, Audi, Skoda and Seat to get the idea. Similar to VW group, Toyota has its stake in Subaru and...

Good news for Toyota but not so good for its customers. The automaker has just crossed the threshold of 200,000 EVs sold which means its customers no longer qualify for the $7,500 federal tax credit. Toyota has joined Tesla and General Motors in...

Toyota and Subaru have recently released their respective all-electric compact SUVs but unlike the Lexus RZ450e, the two companies didn’t put much effort into differentiating their vehicles. Visually the cars are identical, technically they are...

Buying a new EV is not as straightforward as we all would have liked. With all kinds of incentives, government subsidies, credits and various special short and long term deals it is becoming a real exercise in financial awareness. Toyota seems to...

The new 2023 Toyota bZ4X has gone live on the US website with full specifications and pricing information. Quick look confirms that the base XLE front wheel drive model will start at $42,000 and the Limited edition, front wheel drive as well, starts...

Lexus will officially announce its first fully-electric car on April 20. It will be called RZ 450e and Lexus showed off the car in a series of press photos, revealing a very traditional Lexus styling with sharp headlights and sporty lines. The...

Toyota announced that it's ready to ship its fully electric bZ4X in Europe as early as this summer. The vehicle is based on the e-TNGA platform and will be offered in two versions - a dual-motor iteration and a single-motor one. The option with...

Toyota's bZ4X, officially introduced last October as the company's first purpose-built EV, now finally has a price in Germany. Not just that, but you can reserve one if you so wish. The pricing starts at €48,580 before subsidies, which in Germany...

The 56th Super Bowl took place yesterday in LA, and you know what that means, right? If you're from outside the US, here's a very very quick refresher. The Super Bowl is the annual playoff championship game of the National Football League (NFL), and...

Toyota has filed for a patent involving manual transmission (with a clutch pedal no less) for EVs. That's an interesting development for sure, let's just say right out of the gate that attempting to patent something doesn't necessarily and...

Today Toyota has officially presented the bZ4X, its first purpose-designed battery electric vehicle, built from the ground up to take us into the "beyond zero" future. "bZ" actually stands for "beyond zero", in case you were wondering, and this car...