Toyota has announced plans to popularise electrified vehicles in the coming decade of 2020 to 2030 and is aiming for sales of more than 5.5 million electrified vehicles by 2030. This includes the sale of up to 1 million zero-emission vehicles per year. Toyota aims to accelerate its development of hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs).
The Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 was first launched in October 2015 with the aim of reducing the negative impacts of manufacturing and driving vehicles to promote and contribute to building a sustainable society. Included in the Toyota Environmental Challenge is the goal of reducing the global average CO2 emissions for new vehicles by 90 percent from 2010 levels – the announcement of the 2030 goals acts as a “pillar of a mid-to-long-term initiative to achieve this challenge,” says Toyota.
“Electrified vehicles, which are effective for economical consumption of fuel and promoting usage of alternative fuels, are indispensable in helping to solve current environmental issues,” says Toyota. Therefore, Toyota aims for the sale of 5.5 million electric cars. This also includes plans to have electrified version of every model in the Toyota and Lexus line-up by 2025.
Likewise, Toyota is striving to popularise BEV’s and aims to have more than 10 BEV models available worldwide from 2020. There will also be emphasis on Toyota’s HEV line up with plans for further development of the Toyota Hybrid System II. This includes the introduction of a more powerful version alongside the development of simpler hybrid systems to cater to varying customer needs.
