Despite having unveiled an electric truck prototype last year, Toyota says it will not build such a vehicle until the charging infrastructure is improved. According to the company’s chief engineer responsible for the Tundra, Tacoma, Sequoia, and 4Runner, Mike Sweers, electric vehicles are not yet ready to meet all of the expectations of truck buyers. This is surprising since the company’s CEO, Akio Toyoda, unveiled 15 prototypes of future electric vehicles last year, saying that over the next five years, every vehicle in the brand’s lineup will be electrified. This doesn’t mean that every vehicle will be fully electric, but it means that the next generation of the Tacoma will offer some form of hybridization, as does the Tundra. Read original article here.
