New Toyota prototype related to autonomous driving technologies. The Toyota e-Palette, presented at the CES in Las Vegas, is a fully electric vehicle, designed to adapt to the needs of each client.
The new e-Palette Concept is designed to be completely customizable, both on the outside, with three types of lengths ranging from four meters to seven, like inside, with endless possibilities. The e-Palette Concept can be converted into a mobile workspace, or into a cargo vehicle for companies dedicated to it.
In fact, Toyota has also formed the e-Palette Alliance, with which it will collaborate with Amazon, Uber, Pizza Hut and Mazda., companies that will take great advantage of the new fully electric and autonomous vehicle of the Japanese firm. According to the Japanese, the e-Palette will have the ability to transform its interior in less than 24 hours, which expands its capabilities to become an Uber vehicle, for example, or a package delivery man for Amazon.
Toyota would also have thought about the next Olympic Games, which will take place in Tokyo in 2020. The Japanese want their new e-Palette to be very present in the sporting event, and today, they are carrying out tests to check its viability, and later, produce a fleet of these vehicles to improve mobility in the Japanese capital.
“The automotive industry is clearly in the midst of major changes, as technologies such as electrification and autonomous driving are making great progress. Toyota remains committed to producing ever better vehicles. We are doing our part to create a better society for the next 100 years.” said Akio Toyoda, CEO of Toyota.
The Toyota e-Palette Concept is further proof of the different types of new mobilities that will occur in cities. Vehicles that will be able to transform into taxis, deliver mail or parcels, or even serve to serve pizzas at home.