Toyota Hilux MHEV prototype tested at WRC Safari Rally 2023 - 48V mild hybrid system arriving in 2024 - paultan.org

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Toyota successfully tested a Hilux with 48-volt mild hybrid tech at the recent WRC Safari Rally in Kenya ahead of a planned introduction in selected markets beginning next year.

, and at the seventh round of the World Rally Championship in Kenya this year, the Japanese demonstrated just such a vehicle with the Hilux MHEV concept.

The Hilux MHEV concept was driven by four-time WRC champion and former Toyota world title winner Juha Kankkunen from Finland, with Jimmi Gathu, a renowned local Kenyan media personality and actor, being his co-driver. This ties in well with Toyota’s multi-pathway strategy to achieving carbon neutrality, whereby it will develop different powertrain types to suit prevailing market conditions.

 

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