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Toyota introduces 2022 Toyota Tundra pickup with new i-FORCE MAX hybrid option

Green Car Congress

Toyota has introduced the new third-generation Tundra full-size pickup with two different powertrain configurations. The key themes atop the whiteboard for Tundra chassis engineers included improve capability and ride comfort compared to the competition. The maximum towing capacity for Tundra increases 17.6%

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Toyota Could Bring PHEV Tech to the Tacoma and Tundra

The Truth About Cars

Toyota has already moved to a hybrid setup in the Tacoma, Sequoia, and Tundra, but it’s not done electrifying its truck and SUV catalog. He went on to confirm that Toyota is considering the Tacoma and Tundra for such a move. We do have plans to add the plug-in hybrid model across the lineup.”

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Toyota Alabama sole producer of hybrid-electric twin-turbo V6 and twin-turbo V6 for new Tundra

Green Car Congress

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Alabama (TMMAL) held an event to mark the first of Toyota’s latest engine products for the all-new 2022 Tundra ( earlier post ) to come off the production line. The all-new 2022 Tundra goes on sale later this year. The standard i-FORCE 3.5L twin-turbo produces up to 389 horsepower and 479 lb-ft of torque.

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Toyota plots an all-electric Highlander SUV, will the Tundra and Tacoma be next?

Electrek

It could be followed by other familiar names like the Tacoma and Tundra. After a slow start, Toyota is looking to shake things up with its next round of electric cars. Toyota’s second best-selling SUV in the US, the Toyota Highlander, is going fully electric.

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Toyota Adds Trims to Tundra, Sequoia

The Truth About Cars

For those of us who like pickup trucks, Toyota has gifted the full-size Tundra a new TRD Rally package, combining white paint with the tri-color striping familiar to anyone who played Ivan ‘Ironman’ Stewart’s Super Off-Road games back in the day. This brings the Tundra on par in terms of this feature with snazzy trims of some competitors.

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Toyota Adds Nightshade, Factory Lift to Tundra for 2024

The Truth About Cars

The Big T is adding new trims and options to its Tundra half-ton pickup truck for the 2024 model year, including an expansion of the TRD Off-Road package to its snazzy Platinum-grade 4x4 and extending the availability of the murdered-out Nightshade trim. Of greater interest to this author? Pro tip: They really aren’t.

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Tesla now trolls Toyota with Cybertruck wrapped to look like Tundra

Electrek

This time, the wrap for the Cybertruck looks to imitate a Toyota Tundra. more… The post Tesla now trolls Toyota with Cybertruck wrapped to look like Tundra appeared first on Electrek. Tesla appears to be continuing its trolling of pickup truck competitors with another Cybertruck wrapped to look like another pickup.

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