Toyota's electrification road map

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How is the translation going on? :sweat::D

I am sorry to say it is indefinitely on hold. Somebody on Zhihu actually started translating the series into chinese so that could make my job much easier. However he has to put the work on hold due to fear of legal problems.

If anyone on this site reads japanese I would recommend the site NewsPicks and search for 'Battery Wars'. The first chapter is entirely free. You will gain access to the full series with a paid subscription. That is why I said doing the full series could put me in trouble.
 

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Just a reminder, this joint venture that Toyota started last year is well known: http://corporatenews.pressroom.toyo...gy+development+contract+electric+vehicles.htm

However, on top of Mazda and Denso with Toyota, what's not as well known is that also Subaru, Suzuki, and Hino are part of this joint venture as well. Hino's involvement means it will bring its heavy duty and commercial vehicle expertise to the venture.

http://www.autonews.com/article/201...-to-shore-up-profits-sales-and-trust-with-new
 

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Toyota to add EV to European lineup in 2021
NICK GIBBS - Automotive News Europe

GENEVA -- Toyota aims to sell an electric vehicle in Europe by 2021 and has identified SUVs and vans as the sectors that it believes will be most responsive to the technology, Toyota Europe CEO Johan van Zyl said.

The company has so far resisted selling an EV in the region citing the lack of profitability compared with its strong-selling lineup of hybrids. Toyota predicts hybrid will account for half of its sales in Europe in 2019, a year ahead of schedule, rising to 60 percent by 2021.

“The price point [for an EV] will be high, therefore, you will see them in SUVs. They will also be much appreciated in a van-type vehicle in cities if they expand their zero-emissions zones,” van Zyl told journalists on the sidelines of the auto show here. “We would like to have something in place by 2021,” he added to Automotive News Europe.

Toyota will sell its first EV next year when it launches a battery-powered version of the C-HR compact SUV in China. The vehicle could possibly be sold in Europe as well. “It’s something that can be looked at,” van Zyl said. The company has said it plans to sell 10 EVs globally by the early 2020s.

An electric van is likely to come from Toyota’s partnership with PSA Group. PSA already supplies the Japanese firm with midsize vans and Toyota announced last November that it would also take a compact van from the French group. PSA is rolling out electric versions of its midsize vans, starting next year with the Opel/Vauxhall Vivaro.

Toyota remains unconvinced that EVs can directly replace vehicles with a combustion engine without forcing customers to pay more. “It will be many years before the price is anywhere near as competitive as conventional products net of incentives,” Matt Harrison, Toyota Europe’s head of sales and marketing, said at the same event.

Until then, manufacturers will have to cut prices to ensure EVs appeal to customers in the quantity needed for manufacturers hit their CO2 targets.

“In the next two to three years, if look at the CO2 compliance targets, it’s quite clear the level of electric vehicles from our competitors will be ahead of the demand level,” Harrison said. “What our customers want and what they are prepared to pay for determines the speed at which we need to roll out that type of solution. That’s why we think hybrids are a better solution in the short term for the majority of customers.”

https://europe.autonews.com/automak...up-2021?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
 

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Just a reminder, this joint venture that Toyota started last year is well known: http://corporatenews.pressroom.toyo...gy+development+contract+electric+vehicles.htm

However, on top of Mazda and Denso with Toyota, what's not as well known is that also Subaru, Suzuki, and Hino are part of this joint venture as well. Hino's involvement means it will bring its heavy duty and commercial vehicle expertise to the venture.

http://www.autonews.com/article/201...-to-shore-up-profits-sales-and-trust-with-new

it is all basically Toyota, with Mazda/Subaru sharing costs and getting some rebadged car in the process. They dont have money to invest into something like that, and both Subaru's hybrids and Mazda's new mild-hybrids are very disappointing powertrain wise.