On December 14, Toyota's new electric vehicle strategy conference was held, and Toyota announced plans to invest $35 billion in electric vehicle development and sell 3.5 million electric vehicles per year by 2030. At the same time, Toyota and Lexus brands released 15 pure electric concept cars at the press conference, covering SUVs, cars, sports cars, pickup trucks, MPVs, pickup trucks, pickup trucks and other models.
Toyota electric pickup truck, as one of the new concept cars released this time, was arranged to be displayed in an unobtrusive position, the concept car body size is similar to the current Toyota Tacoma, and most of the shape also adopts the design style of Tacoma, and incorporates the elements of a new smooth road. Toyota has not announced any information about electric pickup truck products at present, and the current main market direction is also based on traditional fuel power and hybrid power.
However, there are rumors that the new Tacoma will be built on the same platform as the Tantu TGNA-F, which also produces models such as the new Land Cruiser and Lexus LX. The advantage of upgrading the TGNA-F platform is that it can simultaneously upgrade the latest iForce MAX oil-electric hybrid system to facilitate the promotion of electrification layout, and in the future, Hilux and Tacoma will be integrated into the same car to reduce production and development costs.
At present, the field of electric pickup trucks can be described as a hundred flowers, Rivian R1T has been officially put into production and began to deliver; Ford F-150 Lightning is also in the process of intense scheduling, it is reported that it has received more than 200,000 orders; Tesla Cyberruck Although repeatedly jumped tickets, but consumers have never lost their attention; general GMC Hummer EV has also officially entered the mass production stage, Chevrolet Solod EV is scheduled to be listed in 2023 The Ram electric pickup will also be available in 2024, and Toyota is actually already lagging behind.