Toyota Won't Commit To EVs, Debuts Hydrogen-Burning Engine

Toyota, once a world leader in automotive electrification, has long since lost its crown, after hybrids began taking back seat to plug-in hybrids and fully-electric vehicles. Now that many governments are requiring automakers to drop their range-wide CO2 emissions, EVs are becoming a necessity, which is why Toyota has given in and announced its first mass-market BEV, the bZ4X.

And if you were wondering why no other electric Toyotas are expected to be launched in the near future (even though many manufacturers already have more than one EV on sale and several more planned to be launched soon), it’s because the Japanese giant doesn’t seem to be committed to the idea yet.

How do we know this? Well we don’t directly, but we can infer it by observing what the manufacturer is spending its resources on. For instance, instead of launching a BEV, Toyota opted to offer the Mirai FCV instead and now the automaker debuted a hydrogen-burning engine (albeit in a racing application, for now) after developing it for over six years.

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