The 2028 Scion KEI-01 Is a 25-MPH Pickup Truck Coming to America

At last year’s SEMA program, Toyota revealed a Scion-branded off-road side-by-side principle called the Scion 1 SXS. Curious? Well, the Scion story has actually simply gotten a little weirder pals, as Toyota reveals both the sort-of renewal of the brand name– now called”Scion by Toyota”– and its most current item, which is … a mini right-hand-drive pickup that peaks at 25 miles per hour.

Now, we understand there are a devoted few of you who would enjoy absolutely nothing more than to own a right-hand-drive pickup that peaks at 25 miles per hour.

Problem, good friends: You most likely can’t purchase one.(But you may be able to purchase an entire lot. )What’s a Freedom Lab?

Toyota is calling Scion “a ‘flexibility laboratory’constructed around vibrant concepts, interest, and possibility,” however it strikes us more as a collection of things Honda makes however Toyota does not. Together with the side-by-side, which is now styled SxS Concept, Toyota likewise revealed a little battery-powered scooter called BKE, which looks a bit like a Honda Motocompacto scooter on steroids. It fits nicely into(onto?)the back of the KEI-01

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Which brings us to the newly exposed KEI-01.For those unknown, kei automobiles are ultra-compact cars and trucks and trucks created to a Japanese requirement that restricts automobile and engine size in exchange for less expensive registration and insurance coverage expenses. They aren’t offered in the U.S., a minimum of not as roadway lorries, as (to name a few problems) they do not have much of a possibility of conference North American security requirements. We do see them from time to time, either as off-highway parks-and-rec energy cars or driven by a brave(and brave)couple of who import utilized examples for personal usage.A Kei Truck Like Every OtherToyota’s brand-new lorry, imaginatively called KEI-01, is– well, it’s a quite ordinary kei truck, very little various from the millions Japan has actually produced over the last numerous years. The KEI-01 looks similar to the Toyota Pixis, which itself is a rebadged Daihatsu Hijet Hi-Max, the present variation of which very first introduced in Asia about 10 years back (and the very first variation of which introduced in 1960). Under its front seats is a 660cc 3-cylinder gas engine driving a constantly variable automated transmission. Toyota didn’t define a horse power figure for the KEI-01, however the Pixis has about 50 hp in non-turbocharged kind. The KEI-01 has a part-time four-wheel-drive system and cooling. Behind the extended taxi is a flatbed platform with folding sides that lock into location to make the KEI-01 into a correct pickup.

In order to offer it in the States, Toyota has actually categorized the Scion KEI-01 as a Low Speed Vehicle (LSV), which suggests it’ll be restricted to a leading speed of 25 miles per hour. And yes, not just will the business offer it in the U.S., it’s likewise going to be constructed here. Toyota will produce the KEI-01 at the very same Indiana plant that develops the Highlander, Grand Highlander, Sienna, and Lexus TX.