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Japanese automaker Toyota has quietly killed its most technologically ambitious electric vehicle: the LF-ZC. It joins Honda, Mazda, and Subaru in retreating from their own electrification promises.<\/p>\n

When Toyota unveiled the Lexus LF-ZC at the Japan Mobility Show in October 2023, it looked, briefly, like the world’s largest carmaker had decided to stop hedging. The low-slung electric sedan promised gigacasting production technology, advanced prismatic batteries with twice the range of conventional EVs, an AI-powered software platform, and a self-driving assembly line in Aichi. But now, the zero-emission halo model has been axed.<\/p>\n

EV sales slump<\/h4>\n

The LF-ZC was Toyota\u2019s most ambitious EV and was slated for commercialization later this year. It was meant as a spear tip to lead Toyota’s push toward 1 million annual EV sales, but in its place comes a renewed focus on larger SUVs and the hybrid powertrains that have kept the company enormously profitable for three decades.<\/p>\n

The reasons are predictable: a global slump in EV sales and the elimination of U.S. federal subsidies. However, global EV sales are not slumping; ACEA data shows EU BEV registrations rose 38% year-on-year in April alone<\/a>. But then again, Europe is a small corner of the global automotive sales market.<\/p>\n

Fact is: Toyota sold only 188,785 electric vehicles last fiscal year, representing 1.8% of its total global volume. For the world’s largest carmaker, that figure is either a remarkable underperformance or the logical outcome of a strategy that has always prioritized hybrids over battery electrics.<\/p>\n

A Japanese pattern<\/h4>\n

Toyota has been careful, framing the decision as a pause. A spokesperson said that the gigacasting processes and battery research (including solid-state) will be carried over to future vehicles. But without a specific battery-electric product to force a deadline, that commitment might be difficult to hold on to.<\/p>\n

But the cancellation also adds to the Japanese pattern. Mazda has pushed its first dedicated BEV to 2029 and halved its electrification budget. Subaru has stalled its own BEV timeline. Honda has restructured its joint EV plans with Sony. Japan’s traditional automotive establishment is in retreat, jointly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The decision could bear consequences. The brands might fall further behind Chinese manufacturers, even as they already struggle to maintain their position in the highly competitive Chinese market.<\/p>\n

Vertical integration across batteries, chips, software, and manufacturing, a Chinese model, was the very thing the LF-ZC program was supposed to kickstart for Toyota. The car embodied the next generation of electric vehicles for the Toyota Group. Which car will take over that role?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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