Hybrids, including plug-in versions, are still expected to make up 80 percent of Toyota's sales in 2025. SHANGHAI: Toyota, which pioneered hybrid cars, unveiled on Monday plans for its first global line-up of battery electric vehicles as other carmakers have pulled ahead in electrification.
Toyota showed off at the Shanghai motor show a number of electric vehicles for the Chinese market, currently the only country where it offers electric versions of its popular models. That is hangover from the poor welcome an electric version of its Rav4 SUV received in the United States in 1997 owing to its limited range and a lack of recharging stations.
The carmaker is now aiming for a target of 10 per cent of its sales from either BEVs or hydrogen vehicles by 2025. "To make real progress on CO2 emissions, nobody should be left behind on the journey to carbon neutrality," he said.
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