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Toyota Highlander To Go Full Electric: Reports

With Earth Day just around the corner, it’s an electric week at Auto123 as we turn the lights towards noteworthy developments in the EV segment.

•    The next generation of the Toyota Highlander may well switch to an all-electric configuration.

Toyota hasn't been the most active company when it comes to developing all-electric vehicles. That's no secret. The company has always believed that it was more relevant to offer a variety of solutions to consumers.

However, it does have specific plans for electrification, as per reported on yesterday by Carbuzz. And those plans include the possible switch of the Highlander three-row SUV to an all-electric configuration.

Journalist Paul Eisenstein reports that Toyota is planning to convert that model, plus that Lexus intends to produce a version of its own, under the names TZ450e and TZ550e. Which, as it happens, have already been reserved for trademark in Europe.

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