Suzuki teams up with Toyota on its first EV: the E Vitara

Suzuki and Toyota person been working together connected a caller 4WD-capable electrical SUV, and successful Italy yesterday, Suzuki revealed the fruits of the collaboration: a caller compact called the E Vitara. It’s the automaker’s first EV, and it’s scheduled for accumulation astatine Suzuki Motor Gujarat successful India starting adjacent spring.

The E Vitara will motorboat successful Europe, India, and Japan “around” the summertime of adjacent year, and location will beryllium a Toyota-badged version, which will astir apt look a batch for illustration the Urban SUV Concept Toyota revealed successful 2023. Toyota likewise shares its mediocre bZ4X EV pinch Subaru, which is rebadged arsenic the Solterra EV.

Toyota and Suzuki person been slow to adopt EVs into their lineups, pinch Toyota refocusing connected building much hybrids and a three-row electrical SUV for the US market. As reported by Autocar, Suzuki’s antecedently announced target of launching aggregate EVs by 2030 is connected hold, pinch President Toshihiro Suzuki saying the institution will “monitor the situation” owed to cooling EV demand.

As for the E Vitara, the conveyance will beryllium powered by a lithium robust phosphate artillery successful either 49 kWh aliases 60 kWh capacities. Both batteries tin beryllium offered successful 2WD drivetrains, but 4WD versions only travel pinch the larger one. According to The Japan Times, Suzuki said the E Vitara tin get up to 400km (about 248 miles) connected a azygous charge.

At its peak, the E Vitara centrifugal is tin of 135 kW output. It’s reasonably underpowered compared to the 150 kW output of the similarly-sized Chevy Bolt, which is conscionable 130mm shorter successful magnitude than the 4,275mm E Vitara.

There’s presently nary pricing for the E Vitara, and for illustration Hyundai’s Inster, the US marketplace is not successful the motorboat plans for this mini EV.