Featured Toyota Highlander to go BEV

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by drash, Apr 16, 2024.

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  1. Tideland Prius

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    I’m guessing it’s because of the overlap between Highlander and Grand Highlander.

    This might give them a way to price the Highlander the same as a Grand Highlander Hybrid Max. BEV and slightly smaller or larger and Hybrid only.

    What do you mean? It currently offers a hybrid variant. It has had a hybrid version since 2006.
     
    #21 Tideland Prius, Apr 18, 2024
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    Personally I thought for sure they would have made it hybrid only like the 2025 Camry and Crown to help with the slot above the RAV4 Hybrid. A 3 row hybrid only SUV at a slightly lower price point than the Crown Signia or gas-only Grand Highlander.

    As an EV, the Highlander BEV will sit slightly above the Lexus RZ and Toyota bZ4X siblings in size and with 3 rows but with the same wheelbase. I kind of imagine they'll redo the PPES 71.4 kWh for the US factory and make it smaller and lighter with more efficient electronics.
     
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    Are they going to bork it into the TNgA platform or make a true EV architecture.
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    We don't know. In theory, it should be its own architecture because remember that article that said Toyota is delaying new launches of EV to revise their plan from the e-TNGA to a dedicated platform?

    Report: Toyota dedicated EV platform may be five years off
    BUT, 5 months later in May 2023: Toyota is creating a dedicated BEV platform for its next-gen EVs

     
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