TECH INSIDER | LEXUS LF-30
Lexus has been at the forefront of
electrification since 2005 when it
introduced a hybrid powertrain to its
400h SUV. It has, however, taken until
2019, for the company to finally announce
plans for a fully-electric model, the UX300e,
as part of its Lexus Electrified global strategy.
Yet, before this announcement, it revealed its
vision of the fully electric future when it took
the wraps off a concept vehicle, the LF-30,
featuring what possibilities of technology,
performance and design can bring to its nextgeneration
of vehicles.
At 5,090mm long, 1,995mm wide and
1,600mm high the sci-fi-looking LF-30’s
proportions are akin to the current Lexus LS
limousine but the concept’s project leader
and Toyota Lexus ED2 Europe studio director,
Ian Cartabiano, explains how with its longer
3,200mm wheelbase, the LF-30 provides
similar levels of cabin space to the bigger
LM, the luxury-appointed Lexus based on the
Toyota Alphard minivan sold in China.
With its dramatically LED-lit, but closed-off
interpretation of the brand’s existing ‘spindleshaped’
grille, wedge-shaped proportions and
dramatic surfacing – concave and curvy upfront
and angular and sharp towards the rear – the
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