The New 2024 Toyota Tacoma Is Getting the I-Force Max Hybrid System
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Toyota very clearly loves their hybrid motors, so it seems very fitting that the Japanese automaker just announced that the fourth-generation Tacoma will be joining its hybrid fleet. In a press release, Toyota said, “The best-selling midsize pick-up in America is all-new for 2024 with electrifying i-FORCE MAX performance.”
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Other than that sentence, we have very little information as to what power plant will be under the hood of the next Tacoma. The current I-Force Max system found in the Tundra and Sequoia employs the use of a 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged V6 and an electric motor generator located in the bellhousing between the engine and the truck’s 10-speed automatic transmission. That unit pumps out 437 horsepower and 583 lb-ft of torque, which. that’s probably overkill for the smaller Tacoma.
Right now. the Tacoma is offered with two naturally aspirated engines: a 2.7-liter I4 and a 3.5-liter V6 which makes a little less than 280 horsepower. So, it’s very likely that the fourth-generation truck is going to have some stronger power numbers than that.
It’s really not a surprise that the Tacoma is going hybrid. After all, with the addition of the 2023 Corolla Cross Hybrid, Toyota already has 13 hybrids in its portfolio.
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As for the next Tacoma, we don’t know a ton just yet. Toyota is taking the slow-burn approach to this thing, apparently. From the picture provided by Toyota, we can see that it’ll keep its top-dog off-road TRD Pro trim level, but that isn’t too much of a surprise, is it? Other than that we haven’t seen or heard too much. Back in 2021, we saw some spy shots of the truck, and surprise, surprise, it looks like a Toyota truck.
So, we may not know a ton about the fourth-generation Tacoma, but one thing is for sure: Toyota is going to sell a hell of a lot of them.
