Toyota's electric Urban SUV to be twinned with Suzuki eVX

Toyota has confirmed that 1 of its upcoming electric cars is twinned with a Suzuki SUV, successful a strengthening of the 2 Japanese companies’ partnership.

Toyota previously allowed Suzuki to merchantability its ain versions of the Corolla Touring Sports (the Swace) and RAV4 (the Across) successful Europe, portion a fig of Suzuki models person been rebadged arsenic Toyotas successful different parts of the world.

Toyota volition present for the archetypal time offer a Suzuki-developed exemplary globally, described arsenic a “nimble” electrical SUV that’s owed to beryllium built in India from adjacent Spring.

It's each but confirmed to be a reworking of the Suzuki eVX that was revealed astatine the Auto Expo show in Delhi last year. 

Notably, the Toyota Urban SUV concept is very akin successful its billing to the eVX and shares respective plan cues with it, specified arsenic its proportions and the signifier and space of its C-pillars.

Toyota said the level for the caller EV was developed arsenic portion of a collaboration with Suzuki and microcar shaper Daihatsu.

It volition connection four-wheel thrust and prioritise driveability connected unsmooth roads.

“By leveraging the BEV portion and level that we jointly developed, we volition instrumentality a caller measurement successful our collaboration successful the tract of electrified vehicles,” said Toyota president Koji Sato.

Suzuki president Toshihiro Suzuki said: “Suzuki volition proviso our archetypal BEV to Toyota globally. I americium grateful that the collaboration betwixt the 2 companies has further deepened successful this way.”