Electric Toyota LandCruiser on the cards for Australia by 2030

An electric Toyota LandCruiser is due in showrooms by the end of the decade, the company revealed during the opening day of the 2023 Tokyo Motor Show.

The world's biggest automaker by volume today provided another glimpse into its future electric vehicles, which are expected to account for one in three sales globally for Toyota by 2030.

An electric Toyota LandCruiser concept car was unveiled today at the biggest Tokyo Motor Show since the global pandemic.

When asked about the chances of the vehicle coming to Australia, the sales and marketing boss of Toyota Australia, Sean Hanley, told media:

"Extremely good for us," before he cautioned it was a concept car for now.

"What this is giving you a pointer to is that we're ready. We're prepared. And if these cars come into production, I can assure you Australia, particularly LandCruiser, would be the first one (on our wish list).

"LandCruiser is Toyota’s iconic off-road nameplate with more than 10 million sales globally.

"Therefore, it’s important that this vehicle gets an electric option and today we're seeing a glimpse of what the first electric LandCruiser could in fact look like.

"Toyota hasn't said anything about whether this will go into production. It's a concept vehicle as we sit here today, but it is a pointer to the future. 

"But this is clearly a concept that broadens the appeal of LandCruiser. 

"With its high-torque driving performance in a three-row SUV that meets diverse global needs ... that's great on paved roads, yet also provides the confidence to tackle that tougher terrain that we know exists in Australia.

"And of course, I'd assume that there would be at least two (electric) motors to enable four-wheel-drive. It is a LandCruiser after all.

"When you look at this, you start to realise that the future is closer than what (many critics) believe."