Having stated its intent to introduce 10 new fully-electric models by 2026, Toyota has now announced that it is restructuring aspects of its battery-electric business in a bid to speed things up further.
The company said that it will abolish its current ZEV (zero emissions vehicles) outfit and establish BEV Factory, a new, dedicated organisation that will accelerate its EV development and business.The new outfit will be helmed by a single leader, so that the processes of development, production and business are all conducted in one location, enabling speedy decision-making and execution.
With BEV Factory, the automaker is aiming to accelerate agile development through a cross-functional organisational structure, working in tandem with various overseas headquarters (such as those in the US, China and Europe) to understand customer needs and market trends in major BEV markets.
The new division will also work closely with its Woven by Toyota mobility technology subsidiary to develop and incorporate the latest intelligent technologies into its products and, together with its major suppliers, seek new ways of manufacturing using the latest technologies and methods.
The automaker added that it would accelerate collaboration with new partners and take on the challenge of producing BEVs that “create a completely new world view.”
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Eh? I thought CEO Toyoda mention just a little while back they gonna dump ev and focusing on hydrogen fuel cells. Now u turn?
Are u sure they mentioned want to ‘Dump’ EV? I don’t think so.
Perodua also same. Say wanna do hybrid, then U-turn announce wanna do full EV.
intend, by 2026.
and proceed to show concept car photo as if they already have it produced. LOL
Finally Toyota is serious in EV instead of highly concentrate of hydrogen, better late than never. Japanese brands are falling behind and they need to come out innovative products and technology to regain the confident of public. In the past many people said Toyota is super reliable however nowadays EV car is much reliable even for small EV company brand because EV car has much lesser components than ICE and basically no maintenance needed (except wipers, tyres and aircond service).
what happened to your hydrogen combustion engine??
who willing to build cryogenic hydrogen storage silos for niches market only?
High risk hydrogen silos may encounters event alike Blast of Beirut Port 2020 with magnitude 3.3 on Richter scale.
remember when NOKIA was the best, undisputed king of handphones? yeah. Then came Android and iOS (smartphones) and NOKIA were too slow to join the new OS? look at where NOKIA is today? dying, unrelevant. Will Toyota be the next Nokia? we’ll wait and see.