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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.

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Toyota 3-row EVs, Tesla price cuts, electric G-wagen, airless tires: The Week in Reverse

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made electric SUV —in Princeton, Indiana, starting in 2026. That complements the other Toyota 3-row electric SUV set to be made in Kentucky in 2025. Set to ramp up in 2028, the Ontario hub could potentially build up to 240,000 EVs per year, and see that as the demand for Honda EVs builds, they’d be American-made.

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Toyota US boss says company is ‘catching up’ on electric vehicles

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Although Toyota’s US boss, Ted Ogawa, admits it’s behind Tesla, he believes the company is “catching up” on electric vehicles and new tech. Toyota has been among the biggest laggards in shifting to fully electric vehicles. million Toyota vehicles sold in the US last year , only 9,329 were all-electric, or less than 0.5%.

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Volkswagen teases electric Scout II pickup truck for the US market

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Volkswagen Group recently announced that Scout will launch a fully electric pickup truck for the US market by 2026. The new brand will launch a fully electric pick-up truck in the USA in 2026. The Scout II is the second-generation of the Scout two-door truck, assembled in Fort Wayne, Indiana, from April 1971 to 1980.

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