Toyota LQ concept EV | Is it Toyota's First Solid-State Battery Car |

If you’ve been watching the Olympics in Tokyo this week, you may have noticed several commercials from Toyota, a major sponsor of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Several of the spots feature futuristic prototypes from Toyota, including the LQ concept EV. Yes, Toyota actually made an EV, albeit just a concept. Long before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics — held in 2021 — and before the devastating COVID-19 pandemic began, all the way back in October of 2019, Toyota introduced its LQ concept EV to the public. The original concept actually dates back even further to 2017, when Toyota introduced a version of the LQ as “Concept-i” at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). While some iteration of the Toyota LQ concept has existed for over four years, many people are just beginning to take notice, especially as the LQ EV has been featured in several Toyota commercials during breaks at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The Toyota LQ is an electric vehicle designed with advanced technology to build an emotional bond between the EV and its driver. This personalized driving experience comes from “Yui,” an Artificial Intelligence Agent onboard, programmed to learn from the driver. The concept was also built with SAE Level 4-equivalent autonomous driving capabilities. Even by concept standards, this sounds like a truly futuristic EV that could really garner good publicity for Toyota. However, it is, in fact, only a concept. While Toyota has pivoted toward (some) BEVs to come by 2025, the global automaker has done a lot more to inhibit the growth of electric vehicles than to promote them. Toyota’s LQ concept EV appears in Tokyo 2020 Olympic spots around the world, as spectators to the Games get to test drive it. Although it’s merely a concept, the LQ shares much of the same DNA as the 30 or so BEVs Toyota already has in production or in development for release in the next two years. If you’ve seen the Toyota LQ on TV and searched for more information about it, you may have seen some of the details outlined above. In your search, you may have also been surprised to learn that Toyota, a household name in transportation, does not sell battery electric vehicles in any major markets outside of China. It’s important to note that the Chinese government has made EV manufacturing a requirement to stay in the market. Backed by funding from the Japanese government, Toyota chose a different approach and went all in on Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles like the Mirai, which can also be seen cruising around the Olympic village in Tokyo this month. Fun fact: Toyota has sold just 11,000 Mirais since the vehicle debuted fix years ago. The creator of the ever-popular Toyota Prius also continues to push for a future full of gasoline-reliant hybrids as an integral part of the fleet through 2050. Unfortunately, this vision is too good to be true. The stands of the Tokyo Olympics sit vacant amongst a resurgence of COVID-19, and so does Toyota’s fleet of BEVs. It’s staggering to see such an innovative and forward-thinking automaker potentially bury itself from market relevance through mere stubbornness and misinformation. Sure, it has come around (somewhat) by introducing its bZ series, but it feels like an afterthought flooded with reluctance. The company and its subsidiaries have made huge investments in autonomous technology, however, so perhaps Toyota will someday just be an AI developer… for EV manufacturers. #toyotalq #toyotalqev #toyotalqevconcept What do you think of Toyota LQ, readers? The comments section is open. Copyright Notice: We make these videos to Entertain people and Educatethem. We do not own the clips and music we use in most cases. Our understanding is that it is in correlation to Fair Right Use, however, given that it is open to interpretation, if any owners of the content clips would like us to remove the video, we have no problem with that and will do so as fast as possible. Please email us if you have any concerns at arvinithu@gmail.com Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976,allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism,comment, news reporting, teaching scholarship, and research. Fair usise a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise beinfringing. Non profiteducational or personal use tips the balance infavor of fair us cc0cc by SA 10. ce by SA 2.0, ce by SA 3.0 and ce by SA 4.0 license https://cxxreativecommons.org/licensed 1) This video has no negative impact on the original works (It would actually be positive for them) 2)I only used bits and pieces of videos to get the point across where necessary.