An increasing number of proof is mounting that Toyota is critical about launching an electrical sports activities automobile.

After revealing what regarded like a contemporary MR2 powered by batteries with a idea in 2021, the automaker on Wednesday used the 2023 Tokyo auto present to roll out an developed model of the idea boasting a accomplished inside.

Known as the FT-Se, the newest idea retains the mid-engine proportions of the sooner idea however adopts a brand new front-end design. It is also badged as a product from Gazoo Racing, suggesting Toyota’s official motorsport division helped with the event.

As revealed within the video beneath, the idea additionally boasts energetic aerodynamics, a yoke-style steering wheel (which suggests steer-by-wire expertise), and a trio of screens.

All Toyota has mentioned in regards to the idea is that it options “extremely responsive controls” distinctive to electrical automobiles, pointing to the kind of extremely exact torque vectoring methods that impartial management of electrical motors can ship. Toyota additionally mentioned the idea incorporates a huge and low design that ought to additional help its dealing with.

Past the ideas, Toyota has mentioned little or no about its electrical sports activities automobile plans. Nonetheless, Toyota Chairman—and former CEO—Akio Toyoda revealed earlier this yr that he is personally concerned within the growth of an electrical sports activities automobile for Toyota. He confirmed it could have a guide transmission (full with a clutch pedal) and generate engine sounds, although he additionally mentioned manufacturing hadn’t been accredited.

Whereas an electrical sports activities automobile for Toyota could not have been accredited but, Lexus has confirmed plans for an electrical supercar which will include a solid-state battery and sufficient efficiency to ship 0-60 mph acceleration within the low 2.0-second vary. The supercar is anticipated in showrooms later this decade.

Becoming a member of the FT-Se on Toyota’s stand on the Tokyo auto present are numerous different EV ideas. These embody a crossover known as the FT-3e, a mid-size pickup truck known as the EPU, and an SUV badged as a Land Cruiser.