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New Electric Sport Car from Lexus, Toyota’s Luxury Brand, Resembles the Classic MR2 and Has an Impressive Range, While Going from 0 to 100 km/h in Less Than Two Seconds
Presented alongside other electric models from Toyota and Lexus, the luxury brand of the automaker, a hypercar caught attention as the fastest and most sporty of the group. The two-seater electric car appeared sporting a size similar to the classic MR2, a model produced by Toyota between 1984 and 2007. Toyota’s information regarding the electric car states that it has a range of 700km and accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in less than two seconds. The last information claims a performance line similar to vehicles like the Tesla Model S Plaid and Rimac Nevera.
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The performance model is expected to evolve beyond the concept stage to reach the streets sometime soon, offering boomerang-shaped headlights and a long hood.
Additionally, it offers a prominent aerodynamic kit that stands out on the electric car, as well as wheel arches that accommodate wide tires. At the rear of the model are taillights that slightly recall those of the Audi e-tron GT. The interior of Toyota’s electric car with excellent range has yet to be detailed.
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New Toyota Electric Car May Have Stacked Battery Arrangement
The silhouette of the cabin of the sports model estimates a revival of the mid-engine format, which is one of MR2’s characteristics. Thus, it may indicate that Toyota is planning a stacked battery arrangement, similar to upcoming electric cars from Porsche and Lotus.
This would help the electric car with good range maintain a bit of the dynamic balance trademark of its spiritual predecessor, despite the additional weight of an EV powertrain. This also means that the driver could sit closer to the ground just like in the MR2, which wouldn’t be possible with a battery underneath the floor.
The electric car with impressive range and two seats is expected to be designed to support solid-state batteries, meaning that its commercialization might take a little longer, as Toyota’s priority lies with hybrids over EVs in terms of solid-state battery adoption.
Automaker Decides to Invest in Electric Vehicle Battery Sector
According to an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Toyota will invest about US$ 1.25 billion to build a new electric vehicle battery factory in the southeastern United States, in North Carolina.
The new factory from the Japanese automaker is expected to generate about 1,750 jobs for the state’s population. Although it is the largest seller and manufacturer of vehicles in the world, Toyota took time to present a new strategy regarding electric cars to the market.
The company had been prioritizing the manufacturing and development of hybrid models over 100% electric vehicles for some time.
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