Toyota has confirmed that it will bring two new battery-electric models to the United States in 2021, setting the Japanese automaker up to rival General Motors in the electric vehicle space in the near future.
In a statement released this week, Toyota said it would bring “three new electrified models,” to the U.S. later this year, consisting of two full battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and a plug-in hybrid (PHEV). While Toyota offers a BEV model in China already in the way of the CH-R EV, these will be the first BEV models the automaker has ever sold in North America.
Toyota did not say what segment the new BEV models would fall under. It sounds as though they will be available with a variety of different powertrain setups, however, with Toyota North America’s vice president of sales, Bob Carter, saying the vehicles “will give customers multiple choices of powertrain that best suits their needs.”
Toyota is also working on a dedicated electric vehicle platform called e-TNGA, which will offer “flexibility for all drive configurations,” the automaker said. This would suggest the platform will be flexible and will support front-wheel-drive, rear-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive setups. This would also make the e-TNGA platform comparable to GM’s latest flexible dedicated EV platform, which is referred to as BEV3.
The automaker has set a personal goal of having 40 percent of its new vehicle sales be electrified models by 2025. Its research indicated that figure could swell to as much as 70 percent by 2030, as well, suggesting Toyota is on a similar path to GM with regard to EV production and adoption.
GM BEV3 platform
GM, for its part, plans to introduce 30 new EVs globally by 2025. Additionally, 40 percent of its entire product portfolio will be EVs within the same timeframe. This transformation will be made possible by the automaker’s new Ultium battery technology and Ultium Drive family of electric motors, which will power the vast majority of its future EV offerings.
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It will be interesting to see who sets the EV standard by 2025. It appears Toyota is a little behind GM.
you mean all of those 2025 promses/goals gm has announced but yet to deliver?
Not rival, more like surpass gm. The king is a bit late to the party, but will still dominate.
Cadillac Matt: Please leave this site and go to a Toyota site. You seem to be their little broadcast bit–.
Sell out.
Dont like real automotive people spoiling your party Dan.
Not at all. I just don’t like sell outs. BTW, “real automotive people” and “Toyota” are polar opposites.
Toyota decided to follow the hybrid market and is behind. It will take some time to catch up but they will.
I sometimes think they stepped back to let the market develop better batteries so they did not have to spend the money.
These two are not all that impressive and really are not going to move the market needle much.
Toyota making fully electric cars, It’s going to be like Christmas. And by that I mean Batteries not Included.
How can GM even compete when the bolt is just a small overpriced hatchback and their actual legit EVs the dates are unclear and even then it’s not coming for a while and they’re really nice cars but they’re just too expensive for the average person unfortunately. If they want to compete they actually need to release something affordable and versatile with decent like a mid size 2 row suv that’s starting under 35k not including federal tax credit but I expect they should release at least one in the next few years.
People like affordability and right now GM can’t offer that and most people want a Tesla or the Mach-E since they’re decent cars and they’re obtainable financially unlike the Lyriq or Hummer unfortunately and I’d rather spend a few more thousand to get the Mach-E or Model 3 than to get a lot less cargo space and range with the bolt. I want to get a GM EV but they’re overpriced and they’re not even really here yet. The Toyota EVs could be questionable since they make high quality cars but they have no innovation in technology whatsoever which you need for EVs. (besides the hybrid but that was a long time ago in terms of technology.)
I hope GM pounds Toyota so hard they go running back to Japan crying like the little dung piles they are.
I’d rather buy a car made in Japan or Korea than one made in China, If I’m not allowed to buy one made in the USA. Honda at least makes many cars in OHIO.
Bill Howland: Total double standard. You sir are a sell out. Too bad.
Dan – You sir should try to go do something productive instead of “crying at the moon”. If you had to work a job every day you’d have less time for silly comments here.
I Currently own 3 completely paid for GM plug-in vehicles. By purchasing so many of this company’s vehicles, I am directly helping their stock price.
What is your excuse?
Bill: I don’t need an excuse as there will never be a Japanese brand car sitting in my drive and you will never hear (or read) the words coming from me telling others to buy anything Japanese. If you are ok with the promotion of Toyota or Honda or any Japanese products, go with it. Not me.
Sounds like I may have touched a nerve with you?? Your total double standard of bashing anything assembled in China, yet you’re ok with pushing something from Japan. Very sad.
Japan is our friend and ally unlike communist China who released the virus and are a serious threat to the entire world
@Simon: Really? Japan is our “friend”? Ally may be somewhat accurate as it totally benefits them. But our friend? I think not.
If you have not been to Japan, then go there and then report back with that friend thing. The only thing they really like is our money.
Your real thoughts on non Amuricans is showing Dan.
Yup. I don’t hide it Cadillac Matt. Have you ever fully researched Pearl Harbor? Have you been to Japan? Have you worked for a Japanese company? I can check each of those boxes. If you think for a second that they truly like Americans, you are sadly mistaken. They like our money. Period.
But don’t let my disdain for Japan and their products fool you. This has become about the double standard of so many on here. I see it as a total double standard when some bash anything because it’s made in China, yet lavish praise on Japanese products. My point could not be more visible than in the post above by Bill Howland. And yes, I completely consider anyone pushing Japanese car or who buys them to be a sell out.
One thing I like about TOYOTA is when they announce a new product, they bring it out within a year or 18 months. GM comes out three years away from launch date and talk, talk, talk about it next launch. GM started spending $$million advertizing the HUMMER about 3 years before the first one is built. The Cadillac EV, they being advertising for a year now, the first one goes on sale in 2022. I know some of you got your thumb on the hand-down button but you know I am telling the truth.
Dwight Morgan
Except when it comes to Sports cars. Toyota announces them years in advance to create a buzz, and when they finally do arrive their overpriced and under powered (eg. Supra, 86, Lexus LC, GS-F, RC, LFA)
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How about their Pickup Trucks. They’ve been promising a new generation since GM reintroduced the Colorado.
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How about the last time they said they were unveiling a fully electric car in the U.S. They ended up showing off the 3 wheeled iRoad clown bike.
Funny how Toyoda said Tesla makes fake cars and that EV’s are not the Future…..wonder what happened HAHA
I think we have a new wave of commercials coming.
Tesla & Bit Coin fake cars you can now buy using a fake currency.
GM & Goldman Sacks Real cars bought with currency created out of thin air
Toyota 3 year low cost lease bring it back in mint condition and we’ll screw the second owner. Not in mint condition we’ll screw you.
Mitsubishi now taking Monopoly Money
Tesla isn’t known to be the traditional automaker so it makes sense that they would go with something futuristic and new such as Bitcoin.
Mawrk
I ❤️ Bitcoin. You got bits of nothing. That are backed with nothing. but people pay a lot of money for this nothing. Including Elon Musk & Yogi Bear. And we should trust Yogi. Because Yogi is smarter than the average bear.
The comedy just writes itself.
Toyota keeps on pushing this hydrogen car thing which looks good on paper but hydrogen is hard to obtain, it’s expensive, and there’s really no place you can buy it in the US except San Francisco. A lot of the governments around the world has chosen EVs over hydrogen cars so it makes sense that Toyota is attempting to make EVs.
I love it when people bash the king. It shows the scope of how much they understand the auto industry.
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