With a Gun to Its Head, Toyota Will Build Electric Vehicles
December 10th, 2019The blah specs and Toyota’s 100% half ass effort on this compliance car remind me of this hilarious/true meme I saw somewhere last week:
Via: Electrek:
The Toyota Motor Corporation will launch its first all-electric Lexus in 2020. Nikkei’s Asian Review confirmed that the Lexus UX300e battery-powered SUV will go on sale as soon as next spring in China. The UX300e will then debut in Europe in summer 2020 and Japan in early 2021.
The plan was first unveiled at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition last month.
The move to launch the UX300e aligns with Beijing’s announcement last week to create EV quotas. China aims to have so-called new-energy cars represent 25% of auto sales by 2025.
The 2020 Lexus UX300e SUV has a driving range of about 200 miles. It will use a 54.3-kilowatt-hour battery pack powering a 201-horsepower motor driving the front wheels. The on-board charger is rated at 6.6 kilowatts. DC fast charging is set for 50 kilowatts.
