People are starting to appear in the world of electric cars for less than 25,000 euros. Among the Citroën ë-C3 and Renault 5 E-Tech coming this year, the Volkswagen ID.2 coming in about a year and a half, or even the electric Fiat Panda and the hypothetical Tesla Model 2, the market is expected to be saturated by the end of the decadeand that’s not counting Hyundai, Kia or even Dacia.

But you obviously won’t have to count on Toyota. Indeed, the manufacturer has just announced to our UK colleagues at Autocar that its electric city car project is, at best, on hold.

Batteries are still too expensive

But why, knowing that Toyota recently presented its ambitions in the electric car, in particular, with a series of interesting concept cars? The reason is simple. According to Andrea Carlucci, the brand’s product development manager: “ We cannot reach them [les 25 000 euros] Now”.

According to him, batteries are still too expensive to manufacture and Toyota will be waiting” significant change » in battery prices to view available electric vehicles.

What will be the cheapest electric Toyota?

Therefore, the small inexpensive electric Toyota no longer appears in the list of future models that the brand will release until 2026.

If you want an affordable electric Toyota, then you’ll have to look at the small SUV announced for 2025, at a price of about 39,000 euros. For this price, the manufacturer promises to 800 km of autonomy according to the WLTP cycle.

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