The Toyota Group will say goodbye to diesel engines from 2019 onwards

The commitment of the Toyota Group is to reduce CO2 polluting emissions by 90% compared with the vehicles sold in 2010.

The challenge of sustainable mobility and electrification is the next big goal for the automotive sector. The Toyota Spain has announced that it will stop fitting diesel engines to its passenger cars from 2019 onwards. Likewise, to introduce environmentally responsible vehicles, all its models will have a hybrid version. On the other hand, the goal of the Japanese manufacturer is to reduce polluting emissions by 90% of CO2 by 2050.

The Toyota Group will carry out its activity in non-polluting vehicles

Toyota confirms that it trusts the electrification process and that it clearly backs sustainable mobility. The results obtained since the year 2000 in Spain with the arrival of the Toyota Prius hybrid support this decision. In this way, the manufacturer has sold more than 200,000 units in our country between Lexus and Toyota. According to the brand, this represents a “71% of total Toyota sales and 100% of Lexus”.

Nevertheless, the decision to stop producing passenger cars with diesel engines is also due to commercial reasons. “Sales of diesel vehicles Toyota have fallen by more than 40% over the last five years”, explain the brand’s representatives. Moreover, during that same period, “sales of hybrid electric vehicles have increased by 418%”, admits Toyota. For this reason, it offers hybrid electric versions across its entire range of passenger cars.

On the other hand, the main goal of the Japanese manufacturer is to increase the technological progress of environmentally friendly vehicles. Currently, Toyota plans to promote the field of sustainable mobility with electric cars for the future. In this way, it will produce fully electric vehicles (EV), plug-in hybrids (PHEV), fuel cell vehicles powered by hydrogen together with an electric motor (FCEV), as is the case of the Toyota Mirai, and to expand the current range of hybrid electric vehicles (HEV).

According to data provided by Toyota, vehicles sold in Spain have reduced CO2 emissions by 16% since 2013. For the Japanese, the key has been research and development of electrification in their vehicles. Likewise, being able to reduce the cost of hybrid electric technology for users has generated these figures.

Thus, the greatest purpose of Toyota is to reduce CO2 polluting emissions by 90%. The approach is that its future vehicles will pollute less than those sold in 2010. This objective is included in the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050 programme, which incorporates measures of this kind to “contribute to the sustainability of the planet”.