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Lexus is the luxury vehicle division of the Japanese automaker Toyota. Lexus is headquartered in Nagoya, Japan. Operational centres are located in Brussels, Belgium, and Plano, Texas.
2023 Lexus RZ 450e
Andrea and Zack – the Motormouth couple – provide us their video review on the Lexus RZ450e, the big brother, and more expensive version of the Toyota’s bZ4x/Subaru Solterra.
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Pre-production photo of a Lexus RZ450e
The Lexus RZ 450e is the luxury alternative to the Toyota bZ4x.
Lexus promises the first production model will be revealed on April 20.
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Following widespread criticism for their opposition to electric vehicles, Toyota Motor Corporation announced in January a major reshuffling of senior executives.
Now, Toyota’s incoming CEO said the automaker would release “next-generation” electric cars under the Lexus brand by 2026.
Toyota will also be expanding its current EV lineup, which currently consists of the bZ4X crossover SUV (which required a recall to make sure its wheels don’t fall off) and the Subaru Solterra EV built on top of Toyota’s e-TNGA flexible EV platform. Lexus has yet to release its RZ 450e SUV that’s based on the same platform.
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It’s award season and the finalists for the 2023 World Electric Vehicle of the Year award have been announced. They are »
What’s more, the Hyundai Ioniq 6 and the Nissan Ariya, both EVs, are also finalists for the overall 2023 World Car of the Year award. Interestingly the Nissan Ariya didn’t make the final cut for the EV of the Year 🤔. The Kia Niro is a contender for the overall award. The Kia Niro is available as a hybrid, a plug-in hybrid, and a full-time EV.
Other EVs that made the final cut in other categories »
Toyota’s luxury vehicle division Lexus finally has an electric coming. But all we are given are photos. No word on specs, except that the Lexus RZ 450e will be based on the same platform as awkwardly named Toyota bZ4X and Subaru Solterra.
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After coming under intense pressure, Toyota has reversed its earlier position and now says it will shift towards EVs. They are now saying they will invest approximately $35 billion on batteries and EVs over the next 10 years.
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Toyota has become an electrification laggard, ceding the early lead the Prius hybrid model gave it 25 years ago. Now, after a series of announcements in September and December, it intends to spend $35 billion on batteries and electric vehicles. That’s double Nissan’s recent underwhelming target, but still shy of the 73 billion euros Volkswagen has committed.
Nonetheless, Toyoda now reckons his company can sell 4 million pure electric vehicles a year by 2030 – double the amount forecast just three months earlier. That would be impressive.
He has not, however, let go of Toyota’s love of hybrid engines. These are slated to account for another 4 million vehicles sold in nine years’ time. Toyota is also dabbling in hydrogen technology for passenger cars, even though that’s better suited to large trucks and buses. The carmaker argues such technologies can effectively reduce pollution, and was one of several that refused to support a COP26 pledge to stop selling gasoline-powered vehicles by 2040 read more . It has also lobbied hard against purely electric propulsion requirements and more stringent tailgate emissions standards, the Sierra Club points out.
Lexus ROV Concept
Toyota continues to promote hydrogen-powered vehicles over BEV, pointing out the internal combustion engine produce instant throttle response and a ‘pleasing engine note’.
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Lexus has revealed the ROV Concept, the company’s first hydrogen-powered vehicle.
Choosing to build an ROV (recreational off-highway vehicle) may seem a strange move for a luxury car brand. However, Lexus says it wants to bring a premium experience to the off-road domain.
More significantly, the ROV Concept demonstrates an all-new hydrogen-burning combustion engine.
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