Toyota plans to produce battery electric vehicles in the Czech Republic from 2028
- Toyota, the world's leading carmaker since 2020, does not have a very strong position in the market of battery electric powertrains, as its sales of models equipped with this type of powertrain currently represent only 1.3% of its total production. Its current battery electric models range is limited, with only the BZ4X SUV and its more luxurious version Lexus RZ, plus a compact SUV from the Lexus brand (the UX) as well as pickup trucks from Stellantis, the ProAce and the ProAce City available with a combustion engine but also in battery electric.
- In the fall of 2025, two models will be added to Toyota's battery electric range: the CHR+ SUV produced in Turkey and the Urban Cruiser SUV produced in India (in cooperation with Suzuki).
- But Toyota, aware of the increasingly restrictive regulatory context which condemns thermal cars by 2035, wants to accelerate its electrification program with an assembly program for a new battery electric SUV which will be produced from 2028 in the Czech Republic, in the Kolin factory, where the Aygo X hybrid and the Yaris hybrid are currently produced.
- The carmaker aims to produce 100,000 units per year, in a factory that has a production capacity of 300,000 vehicles per year, which means that Toyota plans to produce 100,000 units of this model there in addition to the 100,000 Aygo X hybrid and 100,000 Yaris hybrid each year. Ultimately, this factory is expected to produce only battery electric vehicles.