Featured Toyota Reveals EV Prototypes Ahead of 2020 Launch

Go Toyota! Better late than never. I hope this doesn't just lead to production for Asian markets.
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Well, I did a stop action when they flash by the charger. I should say the handle. When you gauge it by the size of the fingers of the person, it looks like it's CHAdeMO. That means the traction pack has to at least be big enough to handle DC QC. Call me over optimistic, but that would also indicate it could very well not just be a puny golf cart range vehicle.

 

Even if it is lackluster, Toyota can learn from it.
I am very happy to see this even though it had been announced before.
I also rather liked the commercial

 

Air or liquid cooled?

If air cooled, no interest on my part.

Bob Wilson

 

That is how the battery is configured in the Bolt and Kona EV. The Soul and Leaf have the rear seat hump, plus one under the front seat.

China has its own standard; GB/T. It covers both AC and DC charging, and appears to be separate plugs for each. That is likelyw hat is under the flaps of the C-HR.

China and CHAdeMO are working to bring their standards together.
China and Japan give details of new charging standard - electrive.com

This a link to a download of a presentation on GB/T. Has diagrahms of the different plugs.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=6&ved=2ahUKEwiEj7_CytXhAhXsm-AKHUcyCuYQFjAFegQIBRAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.unece.org%2Fdownload%2Fattachments%2F12058681%2FEVE-07-14e.pdf%3Fapi%3Dv2&usg=AOvVaw0BsT6ETtBFzbzCYJ3Jmpel

 

There were cars in that ad?

 

there was teeny boilerplate below the quick flash screen of the charge nozzle.
DREAD
paraphrased, it said not all sales areas will get all features. Showing that notice - right when the Quick Charge nozzle screen flashed by, may very well mean it's only going to have L2 in other areas, whereas Japan, troubled by a crummy grid - necessarily needs DC QC. If that's the case? Hope not - as that'd be the kiss of death - even before its out of the cradle.
One other dread - I hope Toyota doesn't end up with its own Volt/Bolt scenario ... where their plug in hybrid ends up eating all the high Fed tax break incentives because of the initial 200,000 units sold being the prime .... a Toyota EV will REALLY need to be priced low w/out that $7,500.
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I wouldn't mind the C-HR EV. I'm just hoping they sell one with AWD and half way decent performance.

 

Most importantly, no "prius" badging or branding to be seen.

Though I did notice that they used a modified form of the "HSD" badge appearing to trim off the "H" though I haven't worked out what it means in its modified form.

@hill all EVs need competitive pricing without tax schemes. More people will take them seriously when they can compete without subsidy.

 

Electric Synergy Drive.

 

While subjective...Toyota better make BEVs that are not ugly. Even Tesla figured that out.

 

They must have a checklist, for the quirky front end design elements.

 

I saw that last night - I re-played it several times - I couldn't see the difference between the 2 cars apart from the colour - unless one was slightly bigger?

But they're based on the C-HR which has bombed in the marketplace - it's basically a 2 seater, with no view out the back seats.

Toyota here said something like "Toyota C-HR expected to create queues to buy it" - and it's ended up selling at about 1/3 of RAV4 sales. Rarely see one on the road (just as well as it's hideous, particularly from the left side, the right side, the rear, the rear left-quarter, and the rear right-quarter). Far worse than any PRIUS to look at.

 

Yes, but I couldn't understand why all the blue lipstick, eyes, fingers - seemed totally crazy, irrelevant - and lots of it. A better look at the car, open the bonnet, a dashboard display would be more relevant.

 

Lucky EVs don't actually need a grille. One less thing for them to screw up. And I think they did okay with these.