On the Dash: Toyota will start producing its first EREV in China in spring 2027, targeting 200,000 units that year. The EREV gives Toyota a way to compete in China without joining the battery EV price war. Roughly 90% of Toyota’s China-built bZ3X parts come from domestic suppliers, including BYD batteries. Toyota will begin producing its first extended-range electric vehicle (EREV) in China in spring 2027, joining Ford, Hyundai, Stellantis, Nissan and other automakers racing to build EREVs, the Nikkei Asia reported. The extended-range EV becomes Toyota’s fifth electrified vehicle type, alongside battery electric vehicles (BEVs), plug-in hybrids, hybrids and fuel-cell electric vehicles. An EREV uses a gas engine to…
