Speaking at a media luncheon in Detroit today, Bob Carter, group vice president and general manager of Toyota confirmed that the automaker would launch a production electric vehicle in 2012. Toyota has shown two different BEV concepts in the past year, both of which were small urban commuter cars.
The FT-EV that was shown at the last North American international auto show in Detroit was based on the overseas market iQ mini-car while the FT-EV II from the recent Tokyo show is even smaller. Carter told the attendees that the first new BEV will not look like either of these concepts. He declined to comment on what type of vehicle would be introduced, but it will likely be a similar type of vehicle.
