The ACCIONA 100 % EcoPowered has become the only zero-emissions vehicle ever to complete the Dakar Rally, overcoming the hardest-ever version of the race yet to take place in South America. It has also become the first electric vehicle to twice complete another FIA world championship race, the Morocco Rally in 2015 and 2016.
The story of ACCIONA 100% EcoPowered is one of reaching milestone after milestone, encapsulating what ACCIONA is all about. The Company was a pioneer in manufacturing the first zero-emissions vehicle to compete in the 2015 Dakar Rally, powered 100% by clean energy: that is electric batteries. Second time around, the car made a further leap forward in completing 10 out of the 13 stages that make up the rally and becoming the fifth most media-followed vehicle in the race.
In its third Dakar, the toughest version of the rally yet to be held in South America, the ACCIONA car came full circle, becoming the first electric vehicle ever to complete from start to finish the most demanding test of a motor car on the planet.
The tale began in 2012 when a more than 20-strong ACCIONA R&D&I team realized its dream of building a zero-emission racing car: a machine with the capacity to compete in adverse conditions without emitting the least whiff of CO2.
With drivers Albert Bosch and Agustín Payá at the helm, we used the 2015 Dakar to prepare the ground for the kind of challenge ACCIONA is made to take on: reaching our goal powered by renewable energy and with an eye firmly on the future.
Over the years, the car has morphed into a vehicle with the aim of making bigger inroads into the rally, which winds through a wide range of arduous Argentine and Bolivian terrain. The battery system was redesigned to give the vehicle an electric-driven autonomy of 200 to 300 km, depending on conditions, and the synchronous electric motor was overhauled to yield 300hp (340hp in the latest version), while weighing just 80 kg, making the car 40% lighter overall.
On 9 October 2015, a page was written in the history of the car: it became the first to complete an international FIA rally race without emitting CO2: the OiLybia International Morocco Rally (in the following edition, it returned to complete the race with Tito Rolón as co-pilot). The performance in Morocco confirmed the good feeling the team had about the vehicle, and they were ready to go back for another stab at the hard-fought, mud-caked Dakar.
The ACCIONA 100% EcoPowered team, led by Jatón and Scasuzzo, set off for Buenos Aires at the end of last year for their second attempt at the Dakar. On Saturday 2 January 2016, the ''penultimate'' dream came true: the EcoPowered became the only vehicle to set off in the Dakar driven solely by renewable energy. It completed 80% of the race, closing in on its ultimate mission: to continue to show the way forward, challenge history, and reach the starting line for the third year running.
The 100% EcoPowered is the only one of over 18,000 vehicles ever to have taken part in the Dakar Rally not to have emitted a single particle of CO2. After 12 stages of an extremely complicated race due to bad weather conditions, the electric vehicle driven by Ariel Jatón ad Tito Rolón crossed the finishing line to complete a rally that will go down in history.
The EcoPowered has proved to be a racing car that not only demonstrates the reliability of the electric vehicle in such a demanding environment, but also represents the evolution and leading role renewable energy can play in ensuring the sustainability of the Earth.
Lexus aims to be 100% battery electric by 2030 in western Europe, North America and China, and globally by 2035. UX 300e marks Lexus'' entry into this segment. Building on a world-class reputation for battery technology and durability, this first all-electric Lexus benefits from the luxury carmaker''s leadership in battery management systems, power control units and electric motors. As its BEV line-up expands, Lexus will develop a next-generation battery electric sports car that will inherit the driving qualities of the Lexus LFA, which we will then extend to other Lexus EV models.
From the outset, we strive to ensure anxiety-free BEV ownership that meets all customer needs for connected and charging services. We have developed a user-friendly e-mobility ecosystem to deliver the best customer experience with simplicity and convenience. We provide a one-stop shop solution with the potential to be fully inclusive of maintenance, insurance, connected services, wall box for home or office, and roadside assistance.
Brussels, 04 December 2023 - At Toyota Motor Europe''s (TME) 2023 Kenshiki event last week, a team of Global and European executives presented the company''s latest electrified products and technologies.
Kenshiki means insight in Japanese and this year''s edition to an audience of over 300 media, focused on the battery electric and hydrogen powered vehicles which will play a significant role in the company''s multi pathway strategy in the years ahead.
Toyota''s principle of ''Mobility for All'' and its commitment to achieving full carbon neutrality in Europe by 2040 and globally by 2050 guides the company''s approach to new product development.
Speaking at Kenshiki, Simon Humphries, Chief Branding Officer, Head of Design, Toyota Motor Corporation provided further insight into the company''s mindset: "for us, what mobility really comes down to, is freedom. With freedom comes opportunity, and at Toyota, we believe that everyone should have access to the opportunity that mobility provides, wherever in the world they live, whatever the situation and leaving no one behind."
Toyota''s ''multi pathway'' strategy confirms this thinking, where low and zero emission mobility solutions are designed to meet specific regional needs; products which satisfy customer demand or are relevant to their local infrastructure whilst remaining accessible so that no one is left behind on the journey to carbon neutrality.
Mr Humphries presented several concept models which will spearhead Lexus and Toyota''s next generation battery electric vehicles; he explained that the new modular design architecture combining gigacast chassis, components minimisation and the new Arene operating system, enables design freedom to elevate the entire user experience.
The exciting line-up of future Toyota and Lexus battery electric vehicles presented at Kenshiki are intended to appear on European roads in the coming years - including the Lexus LF-ZC, Toyota FT-Se Toyota FT-3e, Toyota Sport Crossover concept and the Toyota Urban SUV concept.
For Scope 3, Toyota will achieve 100% CO2 reduction in new vehicles sales in 2035 and, by 2040, full carbon neutrality in value chain and logistics - where TME is already making progress by starting to use hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks on its four key logistics routes from Belgium to Germany, France and Netherlands.
Yoshihiro Nakata, President & CEO, Toyota Motor Europe commenting on TME''s mid-term product launch plan stated that "whilst we will continue to offer multiple carbon reduction technologies, we will also steadily increase the number of zero-emissions vehicles we offer to customers".
In Europe, Toyota''s electrified mix is already at 71% and is expected to grow to 75% in 2024, and this will further expand with new battery electric vehicles playing an increasingly significant role in its sales volumes.
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