Recently, Toyota showed the outside world its future lineup of electric vehicle families. According to Akio Toyoda, with 2030 as the node, Toyota will plan to launch 30 pure electric vehicles, of which the first model of the bZ pure electric vehicle series, bZ4X, will be listed in the next few years. In Toyota's future electric vehicle planning, there is also a pickup truck figure, for the brand that has always been quite successful in pickup products, can Toyota's future pure electric pickup trucks bring surprises to users?
At present, we do not know the details of this pure electric pickup truck. From the appearance point of view, the size ratio of the new car is roughly similar to that of toyota Tacoma, the new car adopts a black roof, and the central network also adopts a semi-closed shape, which is a typical electric vehicle design style. The headlights of the new car are obviously borrowed from toyota's design ideas, and the shape is more chic.
In terms of body architecture, we can speculate that the new electric pickup will use the e-TNGA platform, while pickup trucks such as Toyota Tacoma and Tantu will use the TNGA-F platform. Since the new car is structurally different from other sedans or SUVs on the e-TNGA platform, it will require more powerful front and rear power units, as well as higher requirements for battery capacity.
In the development of electric pickup trucks, Toyota's pace is not fast, compared with the Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian R1T that have been sold on the market, Toyota's pure electric pickup trucks obviously need time to accumulate. However, toyota positioned the new electric pickup truck in the Tacoma model class, staggering the competitive market with the larger Ford F-150 Lightning, which is also a wise move.