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https://electrek.co/2021/03/10/toyot...-electric-car/

Toyota released the first teaser picture of an upcoming new electric car called “X Prologue,” ahead of its unveiling next week.

The Japanese automaker has yet to launch an all-electric vehicle outside of China.

Despite the fact that the company announced an acceleration of its electric vehicle plans last year, the Japanese automaker has been focused on hybrids and fuel cell vehicles, and it has often dismissed battery-electric vehicles.

Last year, Toyota CEO Akio Toyoda went on a rant about battery-electric vehicles at an annual meeting, and he spread misinformation about electric vehicles and claimed that it wasn’t a good idea to push for massive electrification.

Despite all that, Toyota needs to add some EVs in its lineup to be competitive, and it has announced new electric cars coming this year.

Today, Toyota is teasing the “X Prologue” in a press release:

Toyota is today giving a small glimpse of its upcoming X prologue.

Please join us online at www.x-prologue.com on Wednesday 17th March at 10:00 CET to see the full reveal.

The automaker also released the following teaser picture of the vehicle: