There’s an all-new Toyota Hilux… and it’s electric

This is the brand-new, ninth-generation Toyota Hilux pickup truck, and in absolutely gargantuan news it is now all-electric.

Yep, you’ll now be able to have your indestructible truck as an EV. The Hilux BEV will still be a classic body-on-frame pickup, but it’ll feature two electric motors for 193bhp and 349lb ft of torque. It’ll also get a payload of 715kg, a wading depth of 700mm, a 1,600kg towing capacity and a relatively small 59.2kWh battery. Toyota is projecting a WLTP range of around 150 miles. Ah.

But wait! Toyota is continuing with its ‘multipath philosophy’ which it says will provide customers with “multiple powertrain options to best meet their needs and local driving conditions”.

As a result, you’ll still be able to get the 2.8-litre diesel engine connected to a 48-volt mild hybrid system. That setup only made it into the eighth-gen Hilux in 2025 and allowed for a beefier 201bhp and 369lb ft. It also means a one-tonne payload and 3,500kg towing capacity.

But wait once again! Because if neither of those powertrains really floats your boat, Toyota is also promising a proper production-spec hydrogen fuel cell Hilux. We’ve known that this has been in the works for a while now, and it’s currently scheduled to arrive in 2028. Multiple pathways indeed.

Anyway, however your Hilux is powered, it’ll look much angrier than before. The new ninth-gen truck was apparently designed using a “Tough and Agile” philosophy, and it gets narrow new headlights and an aggressively bluff front end. The EV does away with most of the open sections of grille and also gets aero-spec wheels. Anything to up that range, right?

All models apparently get a new rear deck step, and selected trims get a redesigned side step too. Mmm, practical. Oh, and it very much sounds like you’ll now only be able to have the Hilux as a double cab.

Inside it’s posher than before, with top spec versions getting two 12.3in screens, a wireless phone charger and plenty of USB ports around the cabin. There’s also now a whole heap more active safety kit and ‘driving assistance’ tech, plus there’s electric power steering for Toyota’s Western European market, while the East apparently retains the hydraulic system of old.