Cementing its multi-pathways approach to carbon neutrality, Toyota held the world premiere of yet another electrified vehicle in the Southeast Asian region. Just weeks after the Hilux was globally launched in Thailand, the carmaker pulled the covers off the Veloz Hybrid for the first time in the world in Indonesia.
Serving as the new flagship variant of the Veloz 7-seater MPV, the Veloz Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) gets a very familiar powertrain: the 1.5-liter 2NR-VEX. If it sounds familiar, it should be: it’s the same one that powers the Yaris Cross and Vios Ativ.
Like its application in those two vehicles, it means the combustion motor makes 91 horsepower and 121 Nm, while an electric motor boosts the outputs by a further 80 horsepower and 141 Nm. The combine output is rated at 111 horsepower. Likewise, the Veloz HEV runs solely on an E-CVT and tucked underneath the front passenger seat is a 0.7 kWh lithium-ion battery.
Toyota hasn’t released the full specs of the Veloz Hybrid, but for the Indonesian market, it comes in an entry-level V grade as well as the Q and Q TSS. The TSS, naturally, stands for “Toyota Safety Sense,” the brand’s advanced driver assist technology.
The Veloz HEV is the third Toyota electrified model to be produced in Indonesia after the Innova Zenix and the Yaris Cross. With sales in Indonesia already starting, it’s just going to be a matter of time before it reaches the Philippine market as well (perhaps sometime in 2026?).
I was right. Mauunahan ng Toyota PH ang Mitsubishi PH sa pagrelease ng HEV na subcompact MPV 🤣 even though mas nauna magrelease ng full hybrid MPV ang Mitsubishi overseas. MMPC is really slow in bringing in the hybrids even though they already have the right products in hand.
ReplyDeletelol xpander HEV already launched before toyota veloz
Deletehuli ka toyota fan boy
what 9:17 means is Philippine launch, Mitsubishi PH hasn't announced anything yet regarding the Xpander HEV
DeleteNeither did toyota
DeleteSayang hindi dinala sa PH ang xpander hev. Inuna pa ung destinator.
DeleteStill the same 💩 hybrid system installed in the Yaris Cross. Noisy & underpowered. The Expander has a better build quality than these sans the hybrid system.
ReplyDeleteStill uses the unrefined,noisy and outdated 1.5 liter hybrid engine of the DNGA Yaris Cross and Vios Ativ.
ReplyDelete1.6 liter hybrid engine of the Mitsubishi Xpander,Xpander Cross and XForce are miles better than the ones used by Toyota DNGA vehicles
Bring it
ReplyDeleteSmall battery. The gasoline engine will frequently turn on.
ReplyDeleteMPV goes hybrid. Hybrid is now the trend; not BEV.
ReplyDeleteMitsubishi cant push electrification as they have no financial capacity to fund it. They are in serious debt along with Nissan so their downfall continues to landslide.
ReplyDeleteMitsubishi already started the production and sales of Xpander and Xpander Cross Hybrid in Thailand last year.
DeleteThey've also released a Hybrid version of XForce already there
Of course, Toyota is the king of hybrid. Mitsubishi is nowhere close.
ReplyDeleteMitsubishi Outlander PHEV is one of the best selling PHEV vehicle in North American market for many years.
DeleteHybrid technology of Honda is miles better than the outdated and unrefined hybrid technology of Toyota.
Ha ha ha toyota hybrid unrefined outdated??? You dont know what your talking about boy🙉🙉🙉 toyota sold 4.4M hybrids in 2024.
DeleteI'll just say that if up-to-date ang tech ni Toyota then they wouldn't be partnering or using tech from other companies in their cars. 🫣
DeleteOther than that, I'm not really invested in this exchange so you guys can keep it up. lol
It started withbthe Prius.
ReplyDeleteNope..no lithium ion phosphate...its a ticking time bomb..
ReplyDeleteLFP is better battery..lithium iron phosphate..Li Fe Po
Ehem. Mag ipon na muna ako para makabili ng bagong sasakyan. Every car makers have their own tricks under their sleeves, but no matter how good their engineering is, dapat may pera tayo para makabili ng produkto nila.
ReplyDelete0.7 kwh batt? Wtf, parang langaw ng mga hybrid.
ReplyDeleteDont be misled by byd phev. 11kms lang yum if they charge the big battery solely by the engine.
ReplyDeleteAnd what are the conversion ratios solely of the engines of other brands phevs? Harvesting/regen efficiency has always been the area that contributes most to the range from what I understand.
DeleteAs long as the advertised range is reached (or close enough to) then where's the problem?
And who are you talking to anyway? No one else in this comment section is talking about BYD.
Are you trying to make a public service announcement or something? lol
Im a SLS6 owner since Aug 2024 Prior to that Im consuming 4 liters plus a day for my ICE Vehicle daily or 130 liters per month. About 9,000 in todays premium gasoline price per month. For my SL6 its about 300 per month. Im with solar set up. That will translate to 8,700 savings monthly or 105,000 annually.
ReplyDeleteNot everybody like the hassle of charging everyday. Yong ma save mo pera sa solar installation, priced difference between HEV and PHEV, battery replacement cost ng PHEV malaki na ma save mo pag mag HEV ka vs PHEV. No charging hassle just drive baby drive
Delete@anon nov 24 9:04am
DeleteAt 100k annual savings, in 3 years you can pay for (or pay off) your own solar setup and your solar setup continues to pay for itself so yung computation ni sir sa kanyang SL6 is only fuel savings, potentially aabot ng 150k yearly ang savings yan if you count the output ni solar.
By the 8th year (the year that the battery warranty runs out) you've gotten 800k-1.2m in savings (and again, this number will keep going up). That's way more savings than you can get vs going traditional HEV vs PHEV and even more so from going HEV vs ICE.
Next, battery replacement is not part of the scheduled maintenance, meaning na ang intention is that the battery you get will last the lifetime of the car (around 20 years is the expected) so you shouldn't expect to replace it. If you won't believe this then I understand some people's reservations, but the (very big) second hand market in the US and Europe shows how well battery health is with old, high mileage, secondhand units. If anyway the battery needs replacement then prices after 8 years will be much lower than today's prices. I've had to explain this to others before but the prices WILL go down because they have been going down for almost 20 years na (look up how expensive batteries were before Tesla came out) and companies are fighting hard right now to lower prices even further (plus a brand new battery gets another 8 year warranty too).
Kung hassle sayo to charge and end up having an actually wealth generating asset (because of all the savings) then that's your personal choice but if you want to bring numbers into it then it's a different story.
Very unrefined chassis (kakahilo sumakay via grab) with unrefined hybrid system for possibly for 1.4M to 1.5M. No thanks
ReplyDeleteIs the ativ hev already available here? I havent seen one on the road.
BYD Sealion 5 and Seal 5 PHEVs are miles better.
DeleteI used to be happy with a P1 reduction in gasoline prices and sad when it increase by P1. Now, no worries. Just a P700k savings over its warranty period.
ReplyDeleteWith which vehicle yan po?
DeleteOr shall I say P850k.
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