Increasingly more proof is piling up that Toyota is critical about launching an electrical sports activities automotive.

After teasing what seemed like a contemporary MR2 powered by batteries with a idea in 2021, the automaker now plans to make use of the 2023 Tokyo auto present on later this month to roll out an idea that appears prefer it could be a tease of an electrical next-generation Supra, or one thing alongside these traces.

Teaser pictures launched on Monday present two Tokyo-bound ideas. One is the FT-Se sports activities automotive and the opposite is a crossover dubbed the FT-3e. FT stands for “Future Toyota,” the designation Toyota makes use of for ideas that usually preview upcoming manufacturing fashions.

Toyota mentioned each ideas characteristic “extremely responsive controls” which might be distinctive to electrical autos, pointing to the kind of extremely exact torque vectoring programs that impartial management of electrical motors can ship. The 2 ideas additionally share main parts, Toyota mentioned, although the FT-Se includes a vast and low design that ought to additional support its dealing with. Its exterior design has additionally been designed to cut back drag.

Toyota FT-3e idea

Past the earlier idea from 2021, Toyota has mentioned little or no about its electrical sports activities automotive plans. Nevertheless, Toyota Chairman—and former CEO—Akio Toyoda revealed earlier this 12 months that he is personally concerned within the growth of an electrical sports activities automotive for Toyota, and confirmed it will have a handbook transmission (full with a clutch pedal) and generate engine sounds, although he additionally mentioned manufacturing hadn’t been accepted.

Whereas an electrical sports activities automotive for Toyota could not have been accepted but, Lexus has confirmed plans for an electrical supercar that will include a solid-state battery and sufficient efficiency to ship 0-60 mph acceleration within the low 2.0 seconds.

The Tokyo auto present opens to the media on Oct. 25. Lexus will use the present to current a modern sedan that previews next-generation EV expertise due round 2026.