Toyota City, Japan, September 15, 2025 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced today that it has begun sales of the e-Palette BEV, which can be used for various mobility services, as of September 15.
e-Palette features a spacious interior and large windows that create a sense of openness. It is designed not only as a means of transportation, but also to support a variety of mobility services with a single vehicle, such as a mobile store or service space. It offers new mobility experiences through multi-use applications inspired by the creative ideas of customers while also transforming the cityscape with its highly refined exterior design.
Going forward, Toyota will introduce the e-Palette in TOYOTA ARENA TOKYO and surrounding areas as well as Toyota Woven City, where it will be used for transportation services and as a mobile store for various goods, among other initiatives. In addition, Toyota will carry out automated driving demonstrations in collaboration with dealerships, municipalities, and automated driving partners in certain regions, aiming to launch vehicles equipped with Level 4 automated driving systems to the market during fiscal year 2027.
Toyota will expand the possibilities of mobility aiming to achieve a mobility society where everyone enjoys the freedom to move and where mobility has the power to move people emotionally as well as physically.
1. Providing Multi-Use Vehicle Applications
- Equipping a variety of devices will allow it to serve different purposes throughout the day by equipping various devices. For example, it can be used as a shuttle bus in the morning and evening while operating as a store during the day while it charges.
- The spacious interior space allows for customization to support even more diverse applications. For example, by installing remote communication or audio equipment, it can be used as an entertainment vehicle where passengers on the move can enjoy realistic sports viewing or immersive sightseeing experiences.
Examples of multi-use applications
2. Uses and Accessibility-Conscious Design
Low floor and wide sliding doors allow for quick boarding and exit. Height-adjustment functions enable a low floor, while the electric ramp enables wheelchair users to board and exit independently without assistance at a sidewalk height of 15 cm. Optional equipment such as a one-touch fastening device for wheelchairs is also available.
 
Interior space Low floor height and electric ramp
3. Support for Automated Driving Prioritizing Safety and Security
- e-Palette is capable of supporting an automated driving system that conforms to Level 2 automated driving specifications. Toyota will continue to implement improved functions with the aim of launching vehicles equipped with Level 4 automated driving systems to the market during fiscal year 2027.
- e-Palette is capable of supporting automated driving by equipping e-Palette with an automated driving system developped by various companies (ADK: Automated Driving Kit; automated driving control hardware and software, sensors such as cameras and LiDAR, etc.) that are compatible with Toyota's vehicle control interface (VCI: Vehicle Control Interface).
- It features standardized connections between the automated driving system and vehicle control systems. Redundant systems are installed to ensure robustness and reliability. This automated driving system integration contributes to safe and secure driving, achieving Toyota's vision of automated driving.
Seamless collaboration with operations management systems also ensures smooth automated driving operations.
4. Advanced Equipment
- The vehicle has implemented a Steer-by-Wire System, providing a next-generation steering feel while reducing steering input for the driver and alleviating driving burden. A uniquely-shaped steering wheel has been adopted to create an advanced cockpit.
- The vehicle is equipped with digital signage both inside and outside that can display information to match usage. The signage software is editable by customers to allow them to share desired information.
- In addition to safe-exit assistance, a cabin monitoring system supports door operation safety by monitoring the door surroundings.
 
Digital Signage
Advanced Cockpit
5. Charging and Power Supply Functions
- e-Palette features both standard and rapid charging. It can also supply power when stationary, enabling use as an emergency power source during disasters.
 
Charging Function Power Supply Function
Main Specifications
| Dimensions, etc. |
Length / Width / Height |
4,950 / 2,080 / 2,650 mm |
| Cabin length / Cabin width / Cabin height*1 |
2,865 / 1,780 / 2,135 mm |
| Vehicle weight |
2,950 kg |
| Occupancy (seated + standing + driver) |
17 (4 + 12 + 1) |
| Floor height*1 |
370 mm(270 mm when vehicle height adjustment option is used) |
| Door opening width / opening height*1 |
1,280 mm / 1,900 mm |
| Performance |
Maximum vehicle speed |
80 km/h |
| Minimum turning radius |
6.5 m |
| Cruising range*1 |
Approx. 250 km*2 |
| Main power battery |
Type |
Lithium-ion battery |
| Battery capacity (Total electric power)*3 |
72.82 kWh |
| Motor |
Type |
AC synchronous motor |
| Maximum output |
150 kW |
| Maximum torque |
266 Nï½¥m |
| Charging time*4 |
Rapid charging (DC 90 kW / 200 A) |
Approx. 40 minutes (Approx. 80% of full charge) |
| Standard charging (AC 6 kW / 30 A) |
Approx. 12 hours |
| *1 |
In-house measurement value |
| *2 |
Equivalent to WLTC mode (urban mode and suburban mode) |
| *3 |
Measured in accordance with IEC standard 62660-1 |
| *4 |
Reference value |
Reference: Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Prices
From 29,000,000 yen (including tax)*
| * |
Optional equipment prices not included. |
| * |
This vehicle is eligible for the Ministry of the Environment's Commercial Vehicle Electrification Promotion Project (subsidy amount: 15,835,000 yen). (As of September 15, 2025) |
Sales Information
Toyota will accept orders directly for the time being*.
Contact Information
This product is built to order.For inquiries or applications regarding the e-Palette, please contact the following: e-Palette Contact Desk, Aero Mobility Business Division, Toyota Motor Corporationepalette@mail.toyota.co.jp
| * |
Sales are expected to be handled by Toyota vehicle dealerships in the future. |
"Achieving zero, and adding new value beyond it"
As part of efforts to pass our beautiful "Home Planet" to the next generation, Toyota has identified and is helping to solve issues faced by individuals and overall society, which Toyota calls "Achieving Zero," hoping to help reduce the negative impacts caused by these issues to people and the environment to zero. Additionally, Toyota is also looking "Beyond Zero" to create and provide greater value by continuing to diligently seek ways to improve lives and society for the future.
About Beyond Zero: https://global.toyota/en/mobility/beyond-zero/
Toyota Motor Corporation works to develop and manufacture innovative, safe and high-quality products and services that create happiness by providing mobility for all. We believe that true achievement comes from supporting our customers, partners, employees, and the communities in which we operate. Since our founding over 80 years ago in 1937, we have applied our Guiding Principles in pursuit of a safer, greener and more inclusive society. Today, as we transform into a mobility company developing connected, automated, shared and electrified technologies, we also remain true to our Guiding Principles and many of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals to help realize an ever-better world, where everyone is free to move.
SDGs Initiatives: https://global.toyota/en/sustainability/sdgs/
Topic: Press release summary
Source: Toyota Motor Corporation
Sectors: Automotive
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