{"id":11317,"date":"2023-10-05T19:37:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T18:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/?p=2824737"},"modified":"2023-10-05T19:37:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T18:37:00","slug":"new-toyota-baby-lunar-cruiser-ev-concept-takes-the-fj40-to-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/05\/new-toyota-baby-lunar-cruiser-ev-concept-takes-the-fj40-to-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"New Toyota Baby Lunar Cruiser EV Concept Takes The FJ40 To The Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Toyota’s American design studio in El Segundo, California, known as CALTY Design Research, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. To provide a glimpse of what its U.S. employees envision for the next 50 years, they were tasked with creating a vision for the future.<\/p>\n

What better way to look forward than to look up, and at the moon? Inspired by the work Toyota<\/a> is doing with the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, CALTY decided to have a little fun with the idea of space exploration, and created the Baby Lunar Cruiser (BLC).<\/p>\n

Blending elements of the real Lunar Cruiser concept with the brand’s history, CALTY created a moon rover that has design cues inspired by the FJ40 Land Cruiser<\/a>. The grille at the front of the Baby Lunar Cruiser, and its “TOYOTA” script in particular, is meant to elicit the brand’s history of off-roading.<\/p>\n

Read: Toyota’s Six-Wheel Lunar Rover Will Allow Humans To Drive On The Moon Again<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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But it’s not all retro. A protruding glass canopy offers exceptional visibility outward and, in addition to the BLC’s compact proportions, helps it handle all kinds of terrain with confidence. A panoramic, augmented reality dashboard display and airless tires with in-wheel electric motors will help astronauts navigate any landscape.<\/p>\n

Inside, the BLC comes with spaceframe seats and M.O.L.L.E. panels that make it highly adjustable. That allows a crew to adjust the vehicle to be prepared for any adventure it could meet. Although the BLC is a bit of fun from CALTY, that spirit of exploration and bravery are exactly what attracted Toyota to California when it founded the design studio in 1973.<\/p>\n

More: The Cheapest Toyota Land Cruiser Ever May Debut In October As The Compact Land Hopper<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

“California was a youthful, vibrant epicenter of fresh ideas, a cool car culture<\/a>, and the glamorous movie industry that inspired CALTY to create innovative designs and establish new trends,” said Kevin Hunter, the studio’s<\/a> president.<\/p>\n

Hunter adds that CALTY’s role for the next 50 years will be to explore, innovate, and inspire. “We are excited to continue pushing boundaries in automotive design.”<\/p>\n

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