Toyota will use the 2023 Tokyo auto present on this week to current an electrical Land Cruiser idea.

Revealed on-line over the weekend, the brand new Land Cruiser Se idea signifies Toyota is contemplating an electrical future for its iconic SUV nameplate, although a future extra probably suited to city environments than treks throughout the Sahara.

The polished design of the idea makes it look extra like a luxurious SUV than a rugged off-roader, and Toyota has confirmed a extra car-like monocoque physique fairly than the body-on-frame designs typical of off-road automobiles.

Toyota is brief on particulars however confirmed the idea measures 202.8 inches lengthy and sports activities a wheelbase stretching 120.1 inches. That compares to the redesigned 2024 Land Cruiser‘s size of 193.7 inches and wheelbase of 112.2 inches. The designers made use of the additional measurement to suit three rows with beneficiant house for seven, Toyota stated.

2024 Toyota Land Cruiser

An electrical all-wheel-drive system and high-capacity battery probably kinds the powertrain. Toyota in the summertime indicated it is growing batteries for launch this decade able to delivering vary estimates of greater than 700 miles and DC quick charging occasions of round 10 minutes, which might be greater than satisfactory for an electrical Land Cruiser.

Toyota has already toyed with the thought of an electrical Land Cruiser. In 2021 the automaker constructed a prototype electrical Land Cruiser based mostly on the traditional 70-series design type the Nineteen Eighties, which the automaker nonetheless builds for industrial consumers like mining and forestry firms.

The Tokyo auto present opens its doorways to the media on Oct. 25. Toyota will even use the present to current ideas for an electrical pickup truck, an electrical sports activities automobile, and an electrical crossover. Its Lexus premium division will even preview its next-generation EV know-how with a glossy sedan idea.

Whereas Toyota has been gradual to leap on the EV bandwagon, it is now planning one of many largest EV onslaughts within the business. Toyota has beforehand promised to launch 30 EVs worldwide by 2030 and make Lexus an EV model by the identical date within the U.S., Europe, and China, and the remainder of the world by 2035.