With its current electric lineup not being the biggest one out there, Toyota is adamant about changing this with its new strategy moving forward. Yes, the company has laid out its multi-pathway strategy, but a new presentation reveals that more focus has now been given to electric vehicles (EV). Part of it being EVs with 1,000 km of cruising range and a new modular platform for car bodies.
Toyota recently held a technical briefing session (or a Toyota Technical Workshop) under the theme of “Let’s Change the Future of Cars”. During this session, the company announced a variety of new technologies that will support its transformation into a mobility company.
To accelerate its BEV development, Toyota has set up a “BEV Factory” which is an organization dedicated to battery EVs. Toyota’s “BEV Factory” was launched in May 2022 and aims to change the future with BEVs through the transformation of cars, manufacturing, and the way we work.
On the matter of the EV itself, Toyota is setting some rather ambitious targets. The company aims to achieve an EV cruising range of 1,000 km through technologies such as the integration of next-generation batteries and sonic technology.
Also, on the subject of the EV itself, Toyota’s design for its new EV will be supported by artificial intelligence (AI) while the company’s designers will focus on expressing natural sensibility. The brand’s EVs will also be running the Arene OS and will support over-the-air (OTA) updates. Toyota says that it will deliver exciting surprises and fun to its customers, as evidently showcased through the ‘manual EV’ Lexus from December 2022.
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In terms of manufacturing, Toyota also showcased its new modular structure for car bodies which consists of three main components – front, centre, and rear. By adopting giga casting, the company says that this will allow significant component integration which will help to reduce development cost. In addition, self-propelling production technology will reduce the processes and plant investment by half.
Toyota’s “BEV Factory” is essentially an “All in One Team” that unifies functions and regions beyond the framework of the carmaker. This includes Woven by Toyota and Toyota’s external partners.
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As for its EV production targets, it seems that Toyota has set a new baseline production target of 1.7 million units per year which is 0.2 million more than what was announced during the company’s financial briefing earlier this year. By 2030, the Bev Factory is projected to have produced 3.5 million BEVs. Toyota is determined to become a world leader in battery EV energy consumption and its next-generation battery EVs will adopt new batteries. Toyota also presented its hydrogen strategy during the presentation.
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