Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota, presented in Tokyo yesterday the company’s assessments regarding the company’s carbon neutrality strategy, and unveiled the company’s plans to offer 30 battery-powered electric models by 2030. This announcement underpins Toyota Europe’s plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 100 % In all new car sales by 2035 in Western Europe.
Toyota bZ series, includes battery-powered vehicles only. The name Toyota bZ means “beyond Zero”. The company’s goal is not only to reduce CO2 emissions and other adverse effects to zero, but beyond that. For the bZ series, Toyota has developed a dedicated battery-powered electric vehicle platform to meet the diverse needs of the global market.
Toyota intends not only to add battery-powered electric options to existing car models, but also to offer a complete line of reasonably priced serial production models, such as the bZ series, to meet the needs of different types of customers. “By doing so, we hope to provide customers around the world with the unique and beautiful design, the pleasure of driving a battery-powered electric vehicle, and the experience of living with a battery-powered electric vehicle,” said Toyoda.
Toyota plans to launch 30 battery-powered electric models by 2030, to reach a full global supply of battery-powered electric vehicles in the passenger car and commercial vehicle market segments. “The age of electric vehicles is an opportunity and a chance for more diversity and more pleasure! An electric vehicle for you, an electric vehicle for me, an electric vehicle for everyone.” An electric vehicle for everyone, “said the company president.
Lexus aims to reach a complete line-up of battery-powered electric vehicles in all market segments by 2030, and to reach a state where battery-powered electric vehicles will account for 100% of its car sales in Europe, North America and China, with a total global volume of one million units, and vehicles Battery-powered electricity will account for 100% of all global car sales in 2035.
Over the past 26 years, the company has invested nearly a trillion yen and produced more than 19 million batteries that give it cumulative experience and a significant competitive advantage. Toyota intends to increase its new investment in batteries from 1.5 trillion yen, which it announced in September to 2 trillion yen, in order to develop more advanced, high-quality and even more affordable batteries.
“We want to become a society that produces happiness for everyone, both individuals and as a society. We want to instill a better future than ever for the children of today and those who will come after them. We always want the future to be more rosy,” Toyoda concluded.