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Last Updated: March 04, 2024, 10:00 ISTToyota's First Electric SUV To Hit Indian Roads By Late 2025. (Photo: Autocar)Toyota's Urban SUV will be perched on the 27PL skateboard platform, manufactured at Suzuki's Gujarat facility in India for both local and global markets.Toyota is gearing up to introduce its much-anticipated midsize electric SUV to the Indian market, following the footsteps of its Maruti counterpart.After teasing us with the Urban SUV concept last year, the Japanese automaker confirms that its electric…

The CEO of Toyota isn’t mincing words, saying that he believes EVs will only make up 30% of the US new-vehicle market in 2030, half of the target the EPA sought last year. As the car industry’s largest hybrid pusher, Toyota says it is better positioned to just buy credits to close the EPA gap rather than “waste” money on BEVs, its CEO said. In an interview with Automotive News, Toyota CEO Ted Ogawa said that the Japanese automaker plans to go with customer demand – and in his view, that’s varying degrees…

After an 18-month delay, Toyota finally launched its first electric car, the bZ4X, in Australia. Toyota looks to defend its title as the best-selling car brand in the country as EV leaders like Tesla are gaining market share. Toyota launched the bZ4X electric SUV, its first EV in Australia, starting at $66,000 (plus on-road costs). The electric SUV can be ordered as a FWD or AWD model. Toyota’s base FWD model starts at $66,000 with 332 mi (535 km) NEDC range, or 271 mi (436 km), according to WLTP…

Toyota hybrid vehicles for sale at a dealership in Chicago, Feb. 6, 2024.Scott Olson | Getty ImagesHybrid vehicles led the 2024 top vehicle rankings released Tuesday by influential product testing organization Consumer Reports.Such "electrified" vehicles, including plug-in hybrid models, represented six of the top 10 picks by the nonprofit consumer organization. The non-hybrid models rounding out the list were the all-electric Tesla Model Y crossover and three gas-powered vehicles with no hybrid variants.It marks the…

No matter how capable a driver or his car is, there are certain situations where they will get stuck and need help. Now, generally, when people and their vehicles get stuck, they request a bigger vehicle to help them recover. However, in this particular scenario, something out of the ordinary happened. Recently, a video has been shared online in which a humble Maruti Suzuki Jimny was seen towing a Toyota Fortuner and a flatbed truck on a snowy mountain road. View this post on Instagram…

India is a very unique place, and the people living in it are equally unique. Every now and then, something on the internet shared from the roads of our country goes viral, and this time it’s a unique Maruti Suzuki WagonR. Now you may be wondering what could be so unique about a Maruti Suzuki WagonR. Well, this particular WagonR has been converted into a pickup truck, and it was seen carrying milk containers. This viral WagonR has amassed huge popularity, and people are reacting with hilarious replies. …

Owning and leasing a vehicle used to be the two primary ways to get behind the wheel. However, that’s starting to change with the advent of car subscription services. These plans essentially take leasing to the extreme, covering every aspect of car ownership aside from the cost of fuel. That means you won’t have to worry about unexpected expenses related to insurance or maintenance, as your single monthly payment takes care of all those headaches. If you plan on driving a single vehicle for a long time, owning a car…

Over the last few years, a lot of people have started going on long road trips more frequently in the country. The off-roading and camping enthusiasts of the country have now started splurging on their vehicles in which they take on these adventures. Recently, an extremely unique and purpose-built caravan with a Toyota Hilux as its base has been shared online. The video shows the details of this Toyota Hilux camper van, which has been equipped with a bed, kitchen, bathroom, proper air conditioner, generator, and a lot of…

The build quality of cars is a major factor that customers are considering lately. Cars from brands like Tata and Mahindra often make headlines after passengers walk away from serious accidents with only minor injuries. Here we have a video where a Toyota Hyryder SUV rear-ended a Tata Nexon. The result of the crash is actually surprising and that is one of the reasons why we have featured it here. The video has been shared by Prateek Singh on his YouTube channel. In most accidents involving Tata cars, we’ve seen…

Imagine you are standing on the platform of a metro station, patiently waiting for your metro to arrive. Now, suddenly when you look up, you see a Toyota Fortuner and a Maruti Suzuki Brezza moving on the same metro track. You’ll be surprised, right? Most definitely you will be, and a video of one such unique incident has been shared online. Now, before you also start wondering how this is possible, we have to make it clear that this is just a CGI (computer-generated imagery) video and no actual Fortuner and Brezza…