On January 13, at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2023, Toyota Motor Corporation unveiled a concept car that remodeled the 4th generation "Corolla Levin/Sprinter Trueno" (AE86) into an electric vehicle (EV) and a hydrogen engine vehicle. President Akio Toyoda said, "We cannot achieve carbon neutrality (effectively zero greenhouse gas emissions) by 2050 simply by converting new vehicles to EVs. It is important to leave options for owned vehicles, in other words, someone's 'loved vehicle'. ”, and indicated the possibility of decarbonization by converting old cars. The two AE86s were kept as original as possible and only the powertrains were replaced. By leaving the manual transmission on purpose, the EV was finished so that clutch and shift operations can be enjoyed. The hydrogen engine vehicle uses the 4A-GEU engine installed in the base vehicle. In addition, at the Toyota booth, the "GR Yaris" supervised by a racing driver who participated in the World Rally Championship (WRC) was unveiled for the first time, and the "GR Heritage Parts" that reprinted the discontinued repair parts of the "Land Cruiser". introduced.On January 13, at the
Tokyo Auto Salon 2023 , Toyota Motor Corporation unveiled a concept car that remodeled the 4th generation "Corolla Levin/Sprinter Trueno" (AE86) into an electric vehicle (EV) and a
hydrogen engine vehicle. President Akio Toyoda said, "We cannot achieve carbon neutrality (effectively zero greenhouse gas emissions) by 2050 simply by converting new vehicles to EVs . It is important to leave options for owned vehicles, in other words, someone's 'loved vehicle'. ”, and indicated the possibility of decarbonization by converting old cars. The two AE86s were kept as original as possible and only the powertrains were replaced. By leaving the manual transmission on purpose, the EV was finished so that clutch and shift operations can be enjoyed. The hydrogen engine vehicle uses the 4A-GEU engine installed in the base vehicle. In addition, at the Toyota booth, the "GR Yaris" supervised by a racing driver who participated in the World Rally Championship (WRC) was unveiled for the first time, and the "GR Heritage Parts" that reprinted the discontinued repair parts of the "Land Cruiser". introduced.
