This is stated in the new global strategy of the automaker, called Toyota Environmental Global Challenge 2050.
"You could say that 35 years is a long time. However, in the automaker's view, abandoning traditional internal combustion engines seems like something out of the ordinary," Toyota's managing director Kiyotaka Ise told Fox News. At the same time, the top manager admitted that the company may retain a small number of gasoline cars, which will be offered "in less developed markets."
One of the reasons for abandoning gasoline cars is Toyota's desire to reduce the total amount of harmful emissions from its cars by 90% (compared to 2010). Unlike its compatriot (Nissan), Toyota will focus its efforts not on electric cars, but on hybrids and vehicles with hydrogen powertrains.
In the near-term plans of the Japanese brand is a thorough study of production technologies using hydrogen and wind energy, which are planned to be applied at the company's plant in Tahara by 2020.
