21 December 2017

Toyota extending pure EV cars aims

Toyota is planning to have more than 10 full battery powered cars in its model offerings by the early 2020s, writes Brian Byrne.

Underpinning this aim is the company's active development of solid state batteries that are good enough for automotive applications.

Toyota is also, like electric car maker Tesla, developing plans for setting up dedicated car charging networks in countries where it sees a big enough marketing opportunity.

Hedging its bets, because it already has fuel cell vehicles on sale, it is implementing infrastructural requirements for that in the form of hydrogen filling stations in relevant markets.

Toyota recently announced a tie-up with Panasonic to develop 'prismatic' batteries for hybrid car applications, where Toyota is world leader.