The pure electric Toyota Hilux has just been launched in Australia as a pre-finished product – Photo: Drive
The Toyota Hilux Revo BEV concept – an electric pickup line previously launched in Southeast Asia – will remain available in Australia. Toyota Australia branch, while introducing this concept car to regional users, confirmed that they are “confident” about releasing the finished product of the car soon.
However, they also acknowledge that this version may not have a high enough operating range to suit the needs of many users. Instead, it is a short-distance delivery vehicle or can only be used daily in urban areas.
His “dream” car is an electric car equivalent to the current Hilux diesel engine, capable of up to 800km of heavy driving. However, current electric battery (or even hydrogen fuel cell) technology is not enough for the company to achieve this feat, especially with a pickup model that requires frequent heavy handling.
At the present time, Toyota believes the Toyota Hilux BEV or Rangga electric pickup models may only be “mildly” powered rather than being able to directly replace engine-powered pickup trucks – Photo: Drive
Toyota says the electric vehicle’s operating range will be roughly halved when loaded in the back. Hence the above figure of 800 km is very far. The time when they think they can improve the battery technology and infrastructure to service such an electric vehicle appears to be around 2030 to 2035.
Toyota confirmed in April this year that they will launch a pure electric pickup model in Southeast Asia by the end of 2023. This model is called Rangga. The car is smaller in size than the Hilux, has a lower price (as promised) and focuses on urban operation rather than heavy duty. This is the technology that Toyota can accomplish, at least at the present time, as demonstrated by the bZ4X SUV.
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