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Toyota Motor Corporation in Beijing early this morning announced the Toyota bZ3, the second model in its bZ series. The battery electric sedan was developed between Toyota, BYD, and FAW Toyota under a company called BYD Toyota EV Technology Company (BTET). The bZ3 will be sold by the FAW Toyota dealer network in the world’s largest vehicle market that is leading the way toward the electrification of vehicles. (autoinformed.com: Toyota – Annual Global Sales of 3.5Mn Battery EVs by 2030)
The strategy has been successful, but doing business with totalitarian states can have dire outcomes as Putin’s war on Ukraine demonstrated for auto companies doing business in the region.
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The electrification system combines BYD’s lithium-ion LFP battery using lithium iron phosphate and Toyota’s extensive electrification technologies derived from hybrid development. The result is a maximum cruising range of over 600 km*1. The battery structure, cooling, control, and safety monitoring systems were all newly designed for this car. Toyota claims its electrification expertise to reduce battery degradation, with the development goal of ensuring 90% capacity even after ten years*2, for customer satisfaction.
Toyota, as you likely know, was the world’s first mass producer of hybrid electric vehicles (HEV). Toyota has sold more than 20 million electrified vehicles globally to date. Toyota has a diverse selection of advanced electrification technologies, notably hybrid electric vehicles, fuel cell electric vehicles and lately a growing number of pure EVs.
BYD has concentrated on batteries and other core technologies for electrified vehicles, including its e-Platform 3.0, since its establishment in 1995. The growth company offers what it claims are “comprehensive solutions in the new energy field and has earned the trust of customers worldwide with its highly efficient development system and advanced electrification technologies. For the Toyota bZ3, BYD and its partners provide advanced, safe, and reliable battery technology.”
FAW Toyota was founded in 2000. The company is well-known for its extensive product lineup and as well as production, sales, and service. To date, FAW’s cumulative sales volume has reached ten million units. FAW Toyota now produces new energy products, including the Toyota bZ series.
The Toyota bZ3’s development concept is “the Family Lounge, based on the idea that cars provide a space to enjoy time with family and friends, rather than merely being a means of transportation. With a people-centered focus, Toyota emphasizes a coherent and comfortable interior space with enhanced digital features perfectly integrated inside the cabin to suit customer preferences.” The interior has a so-called Digital Island system that integrates a large vertical center display with a tray-type console. In addition to wireless charging, it integrates functions for linking smartphones and multimedia. Air conditioning, music, trunk release, and other controls are also integrated into the display, and voice control adds to convenience.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn.
He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe.
Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap.
AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks.
Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.
BYD Toyota EV Technology Company Debuts bZ3 EV in China
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Toyota Motor Corporation in Beijing early this morning announced the Toyota bZ3, the second model in its bZ series. The battery electric sedan was developed between Toyota, BYD, and FAW Toyota under a company called BYD Toyota EV Technology Company (BTET). The bZ3 will be sold by the FAW Toyota dealer network in the world’s largest vehicle market that is leading the way toward the electrification of vehicles. (autoinformed.com: Toyota – Annual Global Sales of 3.5Mn Battery EVs by 2030)
The strategy has been successful, but doing business with totalitarian states can have dire outcomes as Putin’s war on Ukraine demonstrated for auto companies doing business in the region.
Click for more information.
The electrification system combines BYD’s lithium-ion LFP battery using lithium iron phosphate and Toyota’s extensive electrification technologies derived from hybrid development. The result is a maximum cruising range of over 600 km*1. The battery structure, cooling, control, and safety monitoring systems were all newly designed for this car. Toyota claims its electrification expertise to reduce battery degradation, with the development goal of ensuring 90% capacity even after ten years*2, for customer satisfaction.
Toyota, as you likely know, was the world’s first mass producer of hybrid electric vehicles (HEV). Toyota has sold more than 20 million electrified vehicles globally to date. Toyota has a diverse selection of advanced electrification technologies, notably hybrid electric vehicles, fuel cell electric vehicles and lately a growing number of pure EVs.
BYD has concentrated on batteries and other core technologies for electrified vehicles, including its e-Platform 3.0, since its establishment in 1995. The growth company offers what it claims are “comprehensive solutions in the new energy field and has earned the trust of customers worldwide with its highly efficient development system and advanced electrification technologies. For the Toyota bZ3, BYD and its partners provide advanced, safe, and reliable battery technology.”
FAW Toyota was founded in 2000. The company is well-known for its extensive product lineup and as well as production, sales, and service. To date, FAW’s cumulative sales volume has reached ten million units. FAW Toyota now produces new energy products, including the Toyota bZ series.
The Toyota bZ3’s development concept is “the Family Lounge, based on the idea that cars provide a space to enjoy time with family and friends, rather than merely being a means of transportation. With a people-centered focus, Toyota emphasizes a coherent and comfortable interior space with enhanced digital features perfectly integrated inside the cabin to suit customer preferences.” The interior has a so-called Digital Island system that integrates a large vertical center display with a tray-type console. In addition to wireless charging, it integrates functions for linking smartphones and multimedia. Air conditioning, music, trunk release, and other controls are also integrated into the display, and voice control adds to convenience.
About Ken Zino
Ken Zino, editor and publisher of AutoInformed, is a versatile auto industry participant with global experience spanning decades in print and broadcast journalism, as well as social media. He has automobile testing, marketing, public relations and communications experience. He is past president of The International Motor Press Assn, the Detroit Press Club, founding member and first President of the Automotive Press Assn. He is a member of APA, IMPA and the Midwest Automotive Press Assn. He also brings an historical perspective while citing their contemporary relevance of the work of legendary auto writers such as Ken Purdy, Jim Dunne or Jerry Flint, or writers such as Red Smith, Mark Twain, Thomas Jefferson – all to bring perspective to a chaotic automotive universe. Above all, decades after he first drove a car, Zino still revels in the sound of the exhaust as the throttle is blipped during a downshift and the driver’s rush that occurs when the entry, apex and exit points of a turn are smoothly and swiftly crossed. It’s the beginning of a perfect lap. AutoInformed has an editorial philosophy that loves transportation machines of all kinds while promoting critical thinking about the future use of cars and trucks. Zino builds AutoInformed from his background in automotive journalism starting at Hearst Publishing in New York City on Motor and MotorTech Magazines and car testing where he reviewed hundreds of vehicles in his decade-long stint as the Detroit Bureau Chief of Road & Track magazine. Zino has also worked in Europe, and Asia – now the largest automotive market in the world with China at its center.