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Toyota overcomes its EV skepticism to announce a three-row electric SUV for the US


The company says it will make a three-row SUV for the US.

Toyota is pumping $1.3 billion into its factory in Kentucky for “future electrification efforts,” including the production of a currently unnamed three-row electric SUV for the US market. Toyota was an early pioneer in electrification with the wildly popular Prius, which helped pave the way for companies like Tesla and others by proving that vehicles with alternative powertrains could be big sellers. “People are finally seeing reality,” Toyota chairman and former CEO Akio Toyoda told reporters at the Japan Mobility Show recently, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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