Toyota Electric Vehicle Concept Car

Toyota says it plans to launch an urban commuter battery electric vehicle by 2012 after taking the wraps off its Future Toyota Electric Vehicle (FT-EV) concept car at the North American International Auto Show. The decision to show the Toyota FT-EV in Detroit signals Toyota's intention to broaden the scope of its advanced alternative-fuel vehicle development.

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[MsSissyLou]

Ah yes a video done right ^.^ Thanks guys =] Do you guys know if it will be at the auto show in Chicago this February?? and I wonder how it does in the snow??

[AutomotiveTv]

Good chance, EV is the buzz word at the moment so expect more Electric Vehicles in Chicago.....being a concept car I wouldn't venture off the tarmac!!!!

[carvab]

WHY THE PRICES ARE NOT SHOWING N THESE COMERCIALS? WE NEED TO KNOW THE BASIC AND HIEST PRICE IN THESE TOYS.

[parsizaban]

Nissan Leaf is better.

[videonaj]

its a shame Toyota is behind the ball on electric cars. Nissan, Mitsu etc have much better electric cars and are closer to sale. Toyota's best chance is to turn their prii into 100km+ plug-in hybrids or 200km+ full ev's.

[waynebw]

@HomoGnosticus Whatever works out cheapest, cleanest and sustainable, I'm on board.

[HomoGnosticus]

@waynebw

You do know that you can produce petrol from coal as well?

You can also use methane or propane/butane as fuel which can be produced from biological garbage. There are still arguments against a pure electrical car.

The most sufficient argument is the inferior energy density of batteries compared with petrol.

[edstar83]

@awwkool because you cant plug them in. :P

[awwkool]

y dont we use compressed air cars?

[waynebw]

F0ORDY, firstly, even if it is coming from a bad source (like coal), it's using less than half the emissions (compared to fuel) since electric engines are way more efficient in how much power actually gets to the wheels, compared to how much is used. Secondly, there are clean ways to source power to charge, and the future will probably see more clean power stations coming up.

[waynebw]

Yes, storage has always been the issue - Too expensive and too small. But, A123 Systems are finally making it cheap - batteries are already under $5k which allow a car to travel 300kms in a single charge. It just takes time for them to get into production vehicles.