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First Toyota BEVs Coming This Year
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Toyota has announced its first two battery-electric vehicles are coming to the United States sometime this year, alongside a new plug-in hybrid.
The automaker is developing a dedicated BEV platform dubbed e-TNGA that will enable it to ramp up its electric vehicle production along with the rest of the industry.
Toyota has been late to the BEV party, having preferred to focus on its hybrid lineup and hydrogen fuel cell technology. It says that based on new internal research, the environmental impact of BEVs and PHEVs are roughly the same, with PHEVs being much less expensive to own.
Subaru EV SUV Confirmed For European Markets
Subaru’s European division has announced that it is preparing for the launch of a full electric vehicle.
Scheduled for introduction in the first half of 2020’s, Subaru’s all-electric vehicle will be a mid-size SUV, similar in size to the Subaru Forester model. It will be built on a platform shared with Toyota.
Additional information will be shared sometime next year.
The news underlines Subaru’s efforts to reduce its environmental footprint in Europe and satisfy a growing demand for alternative powertrains.
It also signals the brand’s second electrification step in Europe after it recently launched mild-hybrid variants of two core models in the region, where the Subaru XV e-BOXER and Forester e-BOXER models today represents 60% of the sales volume.