The electric version of Toyota iQ will debut at Tokyo Auto Show 2011, two years after the FT-EV II concept was launched.
According to Nihon Cars, Toyota will launch a full-electric version of their iQ by the end of next year. The model will be equipped with an electric motor and a set of lithium-ion batteries. Tokyo Auto Show 2011 will be the place where the electric version of Toyota iQ will have its world premiere. The model might occur in the production version only two years after the FT-EV Concept II was presented, announcing the zero CO2 emissions of iQ.
The electric version of iQ will hit the European market after in the second half of 2012. The model will be tested alongside with the PHeV version of Toyota Prius, that can be recharged from a regular outlet. The debut will be made it Strasbourg, but everyone expects Toyota to offer the electric iQ on other markets. At the time, Nissan, Renault, Opel, Chevrolet, Citroen, Peugeot, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen and other automakers will already have had their electric models on the European roads.
But Toyota were not so enthusiastic about launching a EV, saying that the batteries are not developed enough to offer the cars big-enough autonomy for day-by-day drive. Then the partnership with Tesla Motors came into scene and with it the electric version of RAV4, the car entering in Toyota’s history books. The Toyota iQ electric drive train is not developed with the help of Tesla Motors.
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