A part of Toyota’s electrical automotive onslaught for the Japan Mobility Present is an electrical model of the Land Cruiser, since only one Land Cruiser reveal for the 12 months wasn’t sufficient. However this has a really totally different vibe than Toyota’s different Land Cruisers.
Whereas gas-powered Land Cruisers are very tall, chunky, and outfitted with massive tires, the Land Cruiser Se idea is relatively low, lean and glossy, one thing emphasised by the forward-leaning rear hatch. And people wheels are monumental with skinny tires. It appears way more fitted to cruising streets downtown slightly than land out of city.
That is to not say it is with none design inspiration from the long-running SUV line. It does have squared-off wheel wells and fenders, a virtually horizontal hood and a roof out there in distinction colours. Plus, Toyota says it has three rows of seats.
There’s not a lot to say concerning the mechanical features of the Land Cruiser Se (and sure, the e is lowercase), regardless of its electrical powertrain being the largest departure to date. Along with being all-electric, it additionally adopts a unibody building, as a substitute of body-on-frame (or some mixture of the 2) like as we speak’s Land Cruisers. Toyota did not say particularly, however we will a minimum of safely wager this may have a minimum of two motors for some stage of four-wheel drive.
This in fact is an idea, and Toyota hasn’t stated something about whether or not it might go into manufacturing. We’re undecided if that is one thing that might be fast-tracked, but it surely appears virtually assured that sometime, the Land Cruiser will likely be electrified. However we’re hoping that the styling stays nearer to as we speak’s SUVs.
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