Costs not attractive
We do not have to count on an electric equivalent of the Toyota Aygo X for the time being. This appears according to the British Coach at least from the words of a Toyota leader.
While the Dacia Spring is already doing well, the Citroën ë-C3 is ready to answer this question and Volkswagen is working on an entry-level EV, Toyota, among others, remains quiet in that area. An electric equivalent of the Toyota Aygo Andrea Carlucci, who is primarily responsible for product development within Toyota Motor Europe, is late Coach know that there are no EV plans in that corner of car land for the time being.
The reason he gives: the costs of batteries are still too high to make a ‘cheap’ EV financially interesting enough for mass production. According to him, an electric Toyota with a price tag of around €25,000 is not ruled out for good, but is not yet realistic in the current market.
Toyota bZ Small Crossover
A production version for the ‘bZ Small Crossover’ shown two years ago, which looked quite similar to the Aygo Carlucci says the entry-level EV role will be filled by the production version of the Urban SUV Concept. This will essentially be a kind of electric counterpart to the Toyota Yaris Cross. You can read more about this in AutoWeek 3, which will be in stores from Wednesday.
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