Toyota's official announcement: will not produce pure electric vehicles! Will you insist on using the internal combustion engine, will it be a big seller?

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2024-05-29 15:14Posted in Beijing Automotive Creators

Although many automakers plan to switch to all-electric mode, Toyota's high-performance brand Gazoo Racing ("GR") will continue to retain the internal combustion engine in the future, according to the online car market. It is reported that Tomoya Takahashi, president of Toyota GR, said in a recent interview: "We want to use as many internal combustion engines as possible. "There may be a day in the future when engines will be disabled, but the internal combustion engine is not bad, the enemy is carbon." We are investing in the engines of the future. This means that the Toyota GR will not launch a pure electric vehicle for a long time in the future.

Although there will be no all-electric model, the Toyota GR is open to a hybrid powertrain. "Globally, there are people who think that cars won't all be electric," says Tomoya Takahashi. No one can foresee what the future will be ten years from now. He also said that there is a difference between a fast car and a good car, and that GR is not interested in making some fast pure electric vehicles like some of the fast ones on the market, but wants to make "fun cars".

It is understood that Toyota GR is considering launching its first high-performance SUV, which may be the GR C-HR. The new model will be based on the brand's TNGA-C architecture platform, with significant improvements to the exterior of the current model, suspension and braking system. At the same time, the new car is also expected to be powered by a 1.6-liter three-cylinder turbocharged engine with a maximum power of 224kW.

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