‘We’ve never mentioned hybrid in that car’: Why Toyota Australia isn’t calling the new HiLux 48V a mild-hybrid – Car News

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Calling a 48-volt-assisted drivetrain a ‘mild-hybrid’ has become a bit of a standard for manufacturers hoping to lean into the electrification era as they work on other forms of hybridisation and electric cars.

But Toyota Australia isn’t going to play along with that, stating the only cars it counts as electrified are traditional hybrids and plug-ins, battery electric cars, and fuel cell EVs.

This was made abundantly clear when Toyota Australia Vice President of Sales and…

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