Initially, the Tokyo Olympics were scheduled for July-August 2020. What can you do, the Covid-19 pandemic that has hit the world has messed everything up.
As a result, the world’s most prestigious multi-sport event had to be postponed from July to August 2021.
Even though the match will be held in 2021, this quadrennial world sporting event still carries the name Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
One positive side of this postponement is that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics could give more room to adopt new advanced technologies.
This postponement greatly affected the Olympic planning process, so that the 2020 Tokyo Olympics became more technologically developed and more innovative.
These include self-driving vehicle technology, facial recognition systems, robot assistance or guidance, live viewing, instant language translation, and others.
However, on this occasion we will only discuss the vehicle technology that supports the implementation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Apparently Japan has a special mission related to this vehicle. That is achieving the lowest emission levels of any official fleet used in Olympic history.
To achieve this goal, Toyota provides 3,700 vehicles for the Tokyo Olympics. Most or 90 percent of them electric powered.
So, basically, Japan is using this global sporting event as a platform to showcase all their new technology that is projected to revolutionize the world.
Without further ado, let’s take a look at the various support vehicles that will appear at the upcoming Summer Olympics.
As we discussed earlier, manufacturers Toyota Motor Corporation is the official sponsor of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
And according to the mission above, Toyota provides four lines of their electric vehicles to support this grand event.
What are Toyota’s four official Tokyo 2020 Olympic electric vehicles (including hybrids)? For more details, please slide the slide above.
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