(December 14, 2021) Toyota  on Tuesday showed 15 concepts for upcoming Toyota and Lexus full-electric cars including sedans, SUVs, a small crossover designed for Europe and Japan, a pickup and a Lexus LFA-inspired supercar, Automotive News reported today.

Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda said Lexus aims to have a full lineup of battery EVs in all vehicle segments by 2030 and for battery EVs to make up 100 percent of its global vehicles sales in 2035 in Europe, North America, and China — totaling 1 million units globally.

Speaking at a news briefing in Tokyo on Tuesday Toyoda said his company was still pursuing a multi-pronged, carbon-reduction strategy that also includes hybrid cars and hydrogen-powered vehicles.

"We want to leave all people with a choice, and rather than where or what we will focus on, we will wait a little longer until we understand where the market is going," Toyoda said.

His company's plan to introduce a full lineup of 30 all-electric cars by 2030 goes beyond the 15 models Toyota earlier said it would have available by 2025.

In November, Toyota declined to join a pledge signed by six major automakers, including GM and Ford to phase out fossil-fuel cars by 2040. It argued that not all parts of the world would be ready to transition to green cars by then.

In addition to electrified cars, Toyota is also developing internal combustion engines that run on hydrogen fuel. Toyoda said the technology could help to save some of Japan's 5.5 million auto jobs by allowing the car company to keep supply chains that would disappear with a full shift to electric cars.

Source: Automotive News