Toyota on Wednesday confirmed that it will assemble a three-row electric SUV at its Georgetown, Kentucky plant, starting in 2025.
The new SUV will use batteries supplied from Toyota’s North Carolina plant, and the facility will be “Toyota’s lithium-ion battery development and manufacturing hub needed for its expanding electric vehicle portfolio.” company wide”.
Although little is said about the three-row model, Toyota recently revealed that it will be part of a new generation of electric vehicles built on three different platforms: software, electronics and bodywork and chassis. At the same time, Toyota was rethinking the manufacturing process.
Toyota notes that the plants in Kentucky and North Carolina are the company’s newest and largest, respectively. The North Carolina plant, which will begin operations in 2025, will feature six battery lines in all, four of which are for hybrids and two for all-electric vehicles.
Toyota’s Future Electric Vehicle
That follows Toyota’s announcement earlier this month that it plans to launch ten EVfrom luxury to compact and commercial vehicles, “primarily in the United States and China,” as part of an additional rollout in 2026.
Toyota’s only current battery-powered electric vehicle models for the U.S. include bZ4X electric crossover and Lexus RZ.
As of the 2021 update, Toyota has predicted that 85% of cars in the US will be sold by 2030 will have an exhaust — meaning all-electric and fuel-cell electric vehicles will account for 15% of sales by then.
Toyota Prius Limited 2023
Toyota has argued that it can create a Bigger difference in overall emissions by emphasizing hybrids instead of betting all his energy on electric cars.
Toyota said: “The decision to assemble the BEV in the US demonstrates the company’s belief in electric vehicles and its commitment to designing, building and manufacturing vehicles for the market.
It will also likely allow new vehicles to qualify for an improved EV tax credit, known as the Clean Car Credit – an element that could make future EVs more competitive in the market.
Toyota Greensboro-Randolph Megasite (North Carolina) – under construction
Toyota said its total investment in North Carolina has now grown to $5.9 billion, with an additional investment in the facility of $2.1 billion, for “new infrastructure to support future expansion.”
Globally, Toyota says, it has brought to market more than 23 million “electrified” vehicles—hybrid, plug-in hybrid, fuel cell EV, and hybrid battery electric vehicle models. By 2025, it will have the option of electrification for every Toyota and Lexus model offered globally.
