Toyota to Expand Battery Electric Vehicle Line-up in Europe to six Models

Toyota has announced plans to expand its line-up of battery electric vehicles in Europe tro six models. They will be the Lexus LF-ZC, Toyota FT-Se Toyota FT-3e, Toyota Sport Crossover concept and the Toyota Urban SUV concept.

Toyota Motor Europe says its battery electric vehicle sales will exceed 250,000 per year by 2026.

The announcments were made at the 2023 Kenshiki event, where a team of Global and European executives presented the company’s latest electrified products and technologies.

The company's hydrogen strategy reaches across several mobility sectors; in the passenger car segment, iincluding the Mirai and newly launched Crown.

In the commercial sector, TME’s Hydrogen Factory Europe, is integrating its current fuel cell technology into trucks, buses, coaches, boatsi.

Hydrogen technology will be further advanced when Toyota launches its third generation fuel cell systems in 2026.

Yoshihiro Nakata, President & CEO, Toyota Motor Europe says: “Whilst we will continue to offer multiple carbon reduction technologies, we will also steadily increase the number of zero-emissions vehicles we offer to customers”.

Simon Humphries, Chief Branding Officer, Head of Design, Toyota Motor Corporation, adds: “For us, what mobility really comes down to, is freedom. With freedom comes opportunity, and at Toyota, we believe that everyone should have access to the opportunity that mobility provides, wherever in the world they live, whatever the situation and leaving no one behind.”

Toyota is commited to achieving full carbon neutrality in Europe by 2040 and globally by 2050.