Toyota HiLux EV specs revealed: 240km range, 1600kg towing, 715kg payload #toyota #hilux #cars #4wd
Just 240 km of range and 1,600 kilo towing capacity. These are likely to be the realities of the new electric Toyota Hilux. In Europe, Toyota has revealed early specifications of the Hilux BEV, which is coming to Australia in 2026. Why? Because some of Toyota’s customers are demanding an electric Hilux. Think groups like local councils and businesses that have a particular promise that they’ve made to the market to reduce their emissions. This doesn’t mean that the diesel Hilux is going anywhere. And Toyota has also announced that it’s bringing a hydrogen Hilux with longer range and heavier towing to Australia in 2028. But for now, the 2026 electric Hilux will be focused on urban tradies and urban fleets that don’t need long range. However, while the battery, which is 59 kwatt hours in capacity, promises just 240 kilometers of driving range, Toyota says the Hilux will have best-in-class charging capacity in order to minimize vehicle downtime. As for what best-in-class means, we don’t really know because so far only one electric ute has ever been sold new in Australia, and that was the LDV ET60, which is not a difficult benchmark to beat. We also know that the electric Hilux will have standard dual motor four-wheel drive. It will not be rear wheel drive like that LDV was. It’ll make just under 500 new meters of torque with most of that coming from the rear axle, but we don’t know how much power the vehicle will output at this point. The electric Hilux will initially sit in the range alongside the familiar 2.8 8 L diesel engine in the Toyota Hilux and it will be joined two years later by a fuel cell electric version of the Hilux which will fix some of its issues. Toyota wanted to focus on payload for the electric Hilux and it’s got we think 715 kg of payload based on Europe’s prehomigation estimate. They’re the same estimates that have given us the 240 km of range number which is consumption of just under 25 kW hours per 100 km. pretty standard for a ute, which is not a very aerodynamic vehicle. Toyota also says maintaining five passenger capacity was their other big goal for the Hilux, which it’s understood to have done. More information will be forthcoming on the Hilux BEV as it approaches its Australian launch. It still has to go through Aussie homologation which could mean that some of these numbers will change by a small amount but we understand that the European specs for the Hilux electric really show us the core of what this vehicle will be like including here in the Australian market. It’s not focused on long range. It’s not focused on towing. It is for fleets that simply want a Hilux and they want it to have zero tailpipe emissions no matter what. Let us know your thoughts.
