Lexus UX 300e: Japanese premium brand's first electric car - preview

Lexus also joins the segment electric and does so with an unexpected new entry called UX300e and presented at Guangzhou Exhibition... Like most manufacturers, the Japanese premium brand for its first zero-emission vehicle has focused on an SUV body, not only because of the market trend, but also because of the height from the ground, which makes vehicle placement easier.

La new Lexus UX 300e equipped with a lithium-ion battery 54,3 kWh which guarantees youautonomy 400 kmbut according to the optimistic cycle National Council for Economic Development... Charging can be done from outlets up to 50 kW. It lags slightly behind other brands, which reach up to 150 kW.

An electric motor located on the front axle provides 200 h.p. power and 300 Nm of torque... With the gear lever, you can select different drive modes that regulate energy recovery, and in terms of sound, Lexus ensures that Active Sound Control (ASC) delivers natural ambient sounds that will allow the driver to better perceive the drivetrain.

Lexus also confirmed that new UX 300e will go on sale in China and Europe in 2020, and in Japan until 2021.

This innovation represents just the first step for Lexus to produce electric models, designed from the ground up and based on Toyota's future solid-state battery electric platform, which will debut at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.