Toyota FT-CH

The American division of Toyota has just introduced at the Detroit Motor Show, the concept FT-CH, a hybrid indicates the strategic direction that the Japanese brand has started to broaden the range of conventional hybrid options to its customers, consisting of hybrid VHP and electrical plug BEV battery.

These models, will be available in the market from 2012, supplemented by new hydrogen-fueled vehicles in 2015.

Toyota FT-CH, the reinvention of the automobile
The development of the Toyota FT-CH as a vehicle of mass production means, as from now, the beginning of the reinvention of the automobile and, more particularly, of the propulsion systems that significantly reduce or eliminate the use of petroleum fuels. One of many possible alternatives is the electrification of the car, even the most successful example has been the hybrid gas - electric.

A compact family designed in Europe
The compact hybrid acronyms mean CH. Its length is fifty-six centimeters lower than a Toyota Prius, remaining below four meters (about 3.90 meters) long and only an inch less in width than the same hybrid model, so the ensures brand that offers easy handling, very agile.

Designed in the Design Center in Nice, France, has a spacious interior, with a maximum level of comfort and a futuristic style. The headlights have climbed to the top of the hood, just below the windscreen pillars, the side is completely clean, with rear door handles integrated into the car window, the style of the Alfa Romeo Giulietta or SEAT Leon, among other benchmarks.

In addition to these small dimensions, Toyota FT-CH is lighter than the Toyota Prius. Although we do not know more specific details about it, the final production model promises high levels of consumption and much lower emissions than the Japanese hybrid par excellence.