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Toyota introduces new 2020 Highlander and hybrid at New York International Auto Show; TNGA-K platform

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Toyota introduced the next-generation three-row 2020 Highlander SUV at the New York International Auto Show. Arriving in Toyota dealerships in winter, the Highlander gasoline model will arrive in December 2019 and the Highlander Hybrid will make its way to customers in February 2020.

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Toyota preps new large electric SUV, is this the Highlander EV we’ve been waiting for?

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Is this the electric Toyota Highlander EV we’ve been waiting for? The Indiana plant employs over 7,500 workers who assemble the Toyota Sienna, Highlander, Grand Highlander, and Lexus TX. Toyota three-row electric SUV concept (Source: Toyota) Is it the Toyota Highlander EV? FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Toyota plots an all-electric Highlander SUV, will the Tundra and Tacoma be next?

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Toyota’s second best-selling SUV in the US, the Toyota Highlander, is going fully electric. Despite falling behind, Toyota has stuck to its hybrid strategy, including hybrids, plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), battery electric vehicles (EVs), and fuel cell vehicles (FCEVs). This will include a fully electric Toyota Highlander SUV.

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Report: US-made 3-row electric SUV is Toyota Highlander EV

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The Toyota Highlander midsize SUV could go all-electric, while the Grand Highlander would continue with internal-combustion engines, according to a new report from CarBuzz. Just as the current Highlander shares underpinnings with the Lexus RX, the Highlander EV could have a Lexus sibling, potentially called TZ, according to the report.

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Comment on Some employees at Li Auto Beijing plant reportedly taking extra break as Li Mega sales remain weak by nov22

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In fact, Li Auto has no genuine technology or gadget of its own. Not packing of battery cell, not extended range engine, not suspension, not sensor, not chips, not software, not motor, and not electric control system, Li Auto does not make any of the critical parts in house. Li Auto can announce the BEV version of L6 tomorrow.

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Toyota to Offer Two Three-Row EVs in the States

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Toyota hinted at a new electric Highlander variant earlier this month, but its most recent announcement confirms another three-row electric SUV. Yesterday, the Japanese auto giant said it would build a new EV at its Princeton, Indiana facility and noted that it would inject $1.4 billion to modernize the plant. has largely fallen flat.

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Toyota confirms second 3-row electric SUV for US production

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Toyota announced on Thursday that it plans to build a new three-row battery-electric SUV in Princeton, Indiana, with a corresponding $1.4 billion investment in the automaker’s Kentucky plant, to build a separate three-row battery-electric SUV. billion investment in the plant. That would help Toyota reach what it called a 1.5-million-EV

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