Toyota FT-3e: This could be Toyota's first electric compact

Toyota FT-3e Concept

La electrification of the automotive sector has reached the largest segments. SUVs and sedans give brands many facilities to install high-capacity batteries on their platforms. Still, so that everyone can benefit from its “goodness?” They must reach the most popular segments. The urban ones are already on the right path and compacts like the MG4 are a real bestseller. The route is already marked…

And this is the one who has to walk Toyota and its new range of electric vehicles. Taking advantage of the fact that the Japan Mobility Show 2023 is being held, they have presented a multitude of new features. One of the ones we liked the most is the Toyota FT-3e that you have on these lines although it has not been able to eclipse the FT-Se. The difference between one and the other is that the first has many signs of reaching production and the second is a maybe. Take note.

The design of the Toyota FT-3e Concept combines compact and crossover features…

Toyota FT-3e Concept

As you can see in these photos, The Toyota FT-3e Concept has an aesthetic that is very popular with today's times. That is to say, it looks like a compact but has a crossover or SUV look to appeal to a greater number of customers. In fact, some of the aesthetic solutions that Toyota has used to shape the FT-3e sound familiar to us since they are already in the bZ4X XNUMX% electric. For example, the angular LED optics or the cat-ear spoiler.

Thus, the front stands out for its verticality and Full LED optics that are limited to a pair of reflectors that go on both sides of the bumper. In the upper area there is a "thin mask" of black plastic that extends from the hood and integrates the daytime light in the form of small "pieces or keys." The bumper is clean and simple, integrating a small air intake into the central area and under the headlights a kind of "Fangs?" all in black plastic.

However, the most attractive side is in the use of exterior screens on the side of doors. With them, the FT-3e gives the driver information on the interior temperature, air quality or battery charge. If you look at the "B" pillars you can see some squares that could be the fingerprint recognition sensors. Lastly, the rear replicates the design of the front with a flat roof, extended moon and a very vertical tailgate cut.

Its interior is minimalist and very technological but it forgets about analog controls... completely...

Toyota FT-3e Concept

Behind closed doors the new Toyota FT-3e Concept shows off a minimalist and modern design. Its style and general lines are very similar to those we already saw in the FT-Se. That is, it has a yoke-type steering wheel that behind it places a digital display for the instrument panel. On either side of the east are a couple more screens that focus on providing secondary information. In addition, in the center of the dashboard is the touch center.

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Another detail to take into account is that the information from the exterior mirrors is replicated in the monitors that go under the "A" pillars. Besides, The interior rearview mirror is also a digital screen. However, Toyota and its designers seem to have "forgotten something." Indeed, the interior completely dispenses with any analogue controls. What's more, the controls for the window regulators that go on the doors seem to be touch-type. Very badly…

For now, the technique of the Toyota FT-3e Concept is a mystery…

Toyota FT-3e Concept 10

Finally, we must review your technique. Until now We know about the FT-3e that it is electric and little else. The brand has not indicated which platform supports it or which mechanical configuration they have chosen. They leave us with the unknown although In its name there are a couple of clues that could tell us what kind of vehicle we are looking at.. At the time when the brand anticipated this prototype we already told you which ones, but we will return.

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The name FT-3e can be separated into several concepts. FT stands for Future Toyota Therefore, it is part of the list of electric models that the brand will launch on the market in the future. Then this the 3 which would be like the place that this model would occupy in the range. Finally there is the e that indicates that it is an electric one. With all this in hand, we could indicate that it would be the younger brother of the bZ4X and if not, at the same time... Or not?

Source - Toyota


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