Toyota has opened orders for the Hilux BEV, its first fully electric pickup and first body-on-frame EV. The move brings the best-selling pickup, with more than 27 million units sold over seven decades, into an electrified era.
Toyota said during the global debut last November that the Hilux BEV takes the legendary pickup into a new era of electrified power.
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