Toyota puts plug and clean the building in the future, especially plug-in hybrids. On Prius and Avensis models will follow another. But the iQ EV and fuel cell play a role in the plans of the Japanese.
Toyota, with almost five million cars sold in the first half of 2012 the largest manufacturer in the world, in the electrification of the model range in the medium term, especially on the plug-in hybrids. That told me the vice president of Toyota Europe, Alain Uyttenhoven. Besides the new Prius plug-in will also soon be featured on the new Auris hybrid be a plug-in version, probably from 2014. Additional plug-in models in the coming years are likely.
"A pure electric range of 25 to 30 kilometers is what a normal daily driver needs," said the manager in charge of Toyota's product planning. The plug-in shown in January-NS-4 study could therefore come from 2015. "A pure electric car with 150 km range is not the right solution," said Uyttenhoven. Nevertheless, the Japanese take their small car iQ end of the year, battery-electric on the market. A small series will go in Germany. The iQ EV but will probably be relatively expensive, so the Toyota man. This would amount ed out into the price of a Smart: about 20,000 Euro.