{"id":74884,"date":"2024-07-27T00:03:47","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T04:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74884"},"modified":"2024-07-27T00:03:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T04:03:47","slug":"1143941_toyota-reportedly-building-battery-plant-for-lexus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=74884","title":{"rendered":"Toyota reportedly building battery plant for Lexus"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>A new Toyota battery plant is reportedly in the works<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The Japanese plant would make batteries for Lexus EVs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Toyota is building a battery plant in North Carolina as well<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Toyota plans to build a <strong>Japanese EV battery plant<\/strong> for its Lexus luxury brand, the Nikkei business daily reported Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Circulated by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/autos-transportation\/toyota-motor-build-ev-battery-plant-fukuoka-nikkei-says-2024-07-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>, the report said the new battery plant would be located in <strong>Japan&#8217;s southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka<\/strong>, but did not provide any other details. Toyota views Kyushu, the island where Fukuoka is located, as a central hub for its EV supply chain, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper first_wrapper\" readability=\"7\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100786845_m\" title=\"Lexus LF-Z Electrified concept\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"Lexus LF-Z Electrified concept\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"first_image lazy\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"682\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/lexus-lf-z-electrified-concept_100786845_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/lexus-lf-z-electrified-concept_100786845_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/lexus-lf-z-electrified-concept_100786845_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/lexus-lf-z-electrified-concept_100786845_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/lexus-lf-z-electrified-concept_100786845_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/lexus-lf-z-electrified-concept_100786845_s.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lexus LF-Z Electrified concept<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This report comes as other automakers <strong>pull back EV production targets<\/strong>. EV output is 45% below expectations, French supplier OPmobility SE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ttnews.com\/articles\/ev-output-below-expectations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said this week<\/a>. General Motors recently announced that it would delay a goal to have production capacity for one million EVs, originally targeted for 2025, while Ford is re-tasking a Canadian assembly plant from EVs to internal-combustion Super Duty pickup trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota in 2023 said it would <strong>transform Lexus &#8220;into a battery EV brand&#8221;<\/strong> by 2035, but there may be some flexibility in the steepness of the ramp to that goal. Other luxury brands, including Audi, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche, have recently discussed keeping combustion models in production into the next decade on the way to an all-electric future. And Toyota in 2021 indicated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1132255_toyota-thinks-85-of-its-new-us-vehicles-will-have-tailpipes-in-2030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">85% of its U.S. vehicles<\/a> would still have tail pipes in 2030.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"tccimg_100910236_m\" title=\"2024 Lexus RZ\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAD\/ACwAAAAAAQABAAACADs=\" alt=\"2024 Lexus RZ\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"678\" data-url=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/lexus-rz_100910236_l.jpg\" data-src-h=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/hug\/lexus-rz_100910236_h.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/lexus-rz_100910236_l.jpg\" data-src-l=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/lrg\/lexus-rz_100910236_l.jpg\" data-src-m=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/med\/lexus-rz_100910236_m.jpg\" data-src-s=\"https:\/\/images.hgmsites.net\/sml\/lexus-rz_100910236_s.jpg\" class=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>2024 Lexus RZ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While it has shown some striking concepts, the only Lexus EV currently sold in the U.S. is the RZ crossover, which tests the electric waters but isn&#8217;t a mass-market effort. Lexus added a less-expensive, longer-range version of the RZ for the 2024 model year called the RZ 300e with up to 266 miles of range, compared to a maximum 220 miles for the initial RZ 450e variant.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1134372_toyota-battery-plant-hybrids-us-built-evs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Toyota battery plant<\/strong> in North Carolina<\/a> is slated to start building cells for hybrids and EVs in 2025. The automaker has already announced a $2.5 billion expansion of that plant, which is still under construction, that will be used specifically to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greencarreports.com\/news\/1137011_toyota-accelerated-battery-plan-more-us-built-evs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">add capacity for EV battery production<\/a>. Toyota also confirmed two three-row electric SUVs for U.S. production in 2025 and 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Toyota battery plant is reportedly in the works The Japanese plant would make batteries for Lexus EVs Toyota is building a battery plant in North Carolina as well Toyota plans to build a Japanese EV battery plant for its Lexus luxury brand, the Nikkei business daily reported Friday. 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