Hello and welcome to The Downshift, a daily sweep of the morning’s top headlines from the auto industry and car culture, curated by The Drive’s editorial team. Each story gets a short summary and a link to the original source if you want to dive deeper. Here’s what’s happening on Tuesday, September 22, 2026: Toyota will reportedly get into the extended-range EV game, first in China. Of course, when Toyota gets involved in something, as one of the world’s biggest automakers by production volume, it never gets in halfway, which is why it will reportedly crank out 200,000 EREVs next year, and double that in 2028. So far there’s no word on when…
Toyota’s Getting Into Gas-Extended EVs, and Not Just Dipping Its Toes: TDS
