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The next Toyota HiAce could debut in 2025 with an electric powertrain, according to industry rumours – but it's unclear if it would replace, or be sold alongside today's diesel-powered van.

Japan’s Best Car is reporting the next-generation HiAce will become a battery-electric vehicle when it launches in 2025, based on Toyota’s electric e-TNGA platform used beneath the BZ4X SUV.

The publication suggests the new van would be positioned as a successor to the previous-generation 'H200' series HiAce, a van which recently celebrated its 18th birthday – yet remains available in Japan.

The H200-generation van was axed in Australia in 2019, and replaced by a new 'H300' model also sold across a number of developing countries in Southeast Asia – but not in Japan.

While the electric Mercedes-Benz eVito is due in 2022 and the Ford E-Transit van is expected to land in local showrooms in early 2023, it’s not yet clear whether Australia will get its hands on the battery-powered HiAce.
Source: https://www.drive.com.au/news/2025-toyota-hiace-electric-rumour/

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