Toyota is building some new TOY TRUCKS for Thailand. Good luck.....

If you live in Thailand - this is how you can celebrate Toyota's 60th
with the new IMV 0 and Hilux Revo BEV Concept

from JP

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Toyota is celebrating its 60th Anniversary in Thailand with reveal of
the IMV 0 and Hilux Revo BEV Concept.

Toyota has revealed its first fully-electric pickup truck alongside a
mysterious and adorable new truck due for release in Thailand one year
from now, if not more. The Hilux Revo BEV Concept is a new EV based on
the popular Hilux pickup, while the enigmatic IMV 0 is unlike any
truck currently produced by the Japanese carmaker. But given it’s
“0" designation and similarity to the Toyota Compact Cruiser EV,
it’s possible the IMV 0 could be powered by a number of eco-friendly
powertrains, maybe even an FCEV or hydrogen-combustion setup.

Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda unveiled the trucks at an event celebrating the
60th anniversary of Toyota production in Thailand, where he led the
development of the original International Multi-Purpose Vehicle (IMV)
in 2002.

The Hilux Revo BEV and IMV 0 are just concepts for now, but Toyoda
estimates that the official launch of the IMV 0 is just over a year
away. The launch of the fully-electric Hilux is presumably not far
behind the new IMV, according to the relationship Toyoda described
between the two models, which will complement each other on the Thai
truck market:

Ladies and gentlemen, introducing the all new, IMV 0 concept and our
all new Hilux Revo BEV concept. Between them, they represent two
different ends of the automotive spectrum, for different needs and
different customers. One designed to support economic growth and
mobility for all, and one designed to support carbon neutrality and a
better environment for all.

Details are scarce about either model, but the Hilux Revo BEV is
clearly based on current light-duty trucks in Thailand. The truck’s EV
range is unknown, along with what cab configurations will be available
when the EV makes it to market. The EV Hilux looks like a legacy
ICE-powered Hilux that just traded its gas tank for a battery, but the
design is almost endearing.

The truly radical model is the smaller IMV 0, which builds on the
legacy of Akio Toyoda’s original IMV. This updated model will be a
modular truck that’s reportedly capable of using many modules based on
customer needs. And although chassis cabs are nothing new, especially
among commercial vehicles, the “lego-like” IMV 0 will come with more
options and ease-of-use, according to Auto Life Thailand, including
modules for over landing and hauling cargo.

That modularity could extend to the truck’s drivetrain, given Toyota’s
insistence on developing fuel cell electric vehicles, and, now,
hydrogen-combustion models. Toyoda brought the Corolla Cross H2
Concept to highlight the many ways the carmaker can lower carbon
emissions; he then went on to say that despite the criticism he’s
received for not committing to EVs, he still believes hydrogen is just
as promising as BEV technology for future models.

The CEO remains so committed to hydrogen, that Toyota recently
partnered with the Charoen Pokphand Group to develop a way to make
hydrogen using farm waste in Thailand. And that hydrogen could one day
power an adorable hydrogen-combustion, manual transmission-equipped
Toyota IMV 0.
 
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