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Toyota's new engine promises to bring combustion vehicles to the same level as electric ones. Discover Toyota's new combustion engine and its differences for the automotive market.
Experts agree that the main advantage of electric cars over traditional vehicles is lower pollutant emissions. However, this does not mean that combustion engines are the great villains of history. The complexity of the environmental debate is profound and multifaceted. With this in mind, Toyota is developing an innovative solution that could transform the automotive market: the arrival of its new combustion engine with twice the efficiency of electric cars.
Understand Toyota's initiative
The real villain is pollution. Although engines pollute more than batteries, this happens due to their fuel. But what if these engines stopped polluting? It's an important issue, even more so if we consider the moment we live in, in which electric vehicles are not yet strengthened in the automotive market. Big brands around the world are already asking or have asked the same questions. Some are betting all their money on electric vehicles.
However, Toyota, for example, which is one of the leaders in terms of global sales, appears not to have left traditional models aside and is now launching a new combustion engine. The Japanese automaker is working on a new line of combustion engines that promise to be much more efficient than current ones. In the words of the company's technology director, Hiroki Nakajima, Toyota's new engine project could change the rules of the game and put traditional engines back at the forefront of the automotive market.
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Differentiator of this new Toyota combustion engine
The first advantage of Toyota's new engine, according to the automaker itself, is that they are 10 to 20% smaller than current engines. The size also helps reduce weight and allows vehicles in the automotive market to have a lower hood line, which improves aerodynamics. Adding these two elements together, it is possible to achieve incredible fuel savings.
Another change in Toyota's new engine is the number of cylinders, which will go from 3 to 4. The big difference, however, is linked to thermal efficiency. This way, more energy will be transformed into movement and less will be lost as heat. The Japanese brand has not yet released figures on this aspect of the new combustion engine.
What is known, so far, is that Toyota is working in partnership with competitors Subaru and Mazda and already has three new engine models: 1.5 aspirated, 1.5 turbo and 2.0 turbo. The idea is that Toyota's new engine will begin to equip vehicles on the automotive market from 2027, but testing has already begun.
Brand comments on the arrival of its new combustion engine
Toyota's initiative does not indicate that the brand has abandoned electric vehicles for good. In a response sent to the press, the brand has already stated that it works towards the electrification of vehicles. However, the automaker does not make it clear that its priority is electrification, and that it will pursue this objective according to each global market. In Brazil, for example, the company sees ethanol as a safe, sustainable and possible path.
Its intention is to have at least one electric version of each of its models produced in the country by 2025. However, it understands that the sale of hybrid or electric vehicles changes according to the infrastructure and demand of each market.
Your commitment is to decarbonisationAfter all, the enemy is carbon and not the combustion engine. The company also stated that it believes in Brazil's potential to excel in decarbonization, especially with ethanol, leveraging not only sustainability, but also social and economic progress.
Well, combustion engines produce carbon dioxide. China has developed one that does not pollute, but it has toxic residues. In the event of traffic accidents or other types of incorrect maintenance, it becomes dangerous for the environment and human life.