Toyota takes on Volvo’s EX30 with the City Cruiser compact electrical SUV

Toyota simply introduced a brand new compact electrical SUV and dug into the previous for inspiration. The brand new City Cruiser EV borrows its title for a automotive that first got here alongside within the early 2000s and is predicated on the corporate’s City SUV Idea unveiled final yr. It seems prefer it’s designed to compete with Volvo’s EX30 and very like that automobile, will include plenty of battery and drive choices.

To provide you an concept of dimension, the City Cruiser can be barely bigger than Toyota’s hybrid compact SUV, the Yaris Cross. It’s going to be constructed on a brand new battery electrical automobile (BEV) platform that frees up additional area for the battery and occupants.

It’s going to include two battery pack choices, 49kWh and 61kWh, a bit smaller than the EX30’s choices (51kWh and 69kWh). The smaller pack helps as much as 144 HP and 140 pound toes, whereas the bigger pack choice ups that to 174 HP and the identical torque. In case you improve to the dual-motor system, you may see 184 HP and 221 pound toes of torque. These energy ranges are far lower than the EX30, which provides 268 HP as customary and a wild 422 HP on the twin-motor efficiency model.

The City Cruiser will supply lively security options like adaptive cruise, lively collision avoidance and lane-departure warning, together with a 360 diploma digicam. Inside, you may get a ten.1-inch infotainment show together with a ten.25-inch driver’s show, multi functional unit. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto can be customary.

Worth and vary have but to be revealed, however Toyota can be in powerful in opposition to the far more highly effective Volvo EX30 if the sticker is not considerably decrease. The City Cruiser can be arguably much less enticing as effectively. It is set to reach within the UK and elsewhere in Europe within the third quarter subsequent yr.