Toyota aims to put 1,000 km-range Lexus EV on the road by 2026

FILE PHOTO: President of the BEV factory at Toyota Takero Kato and Toyota's Chief Branding Officer Simon Humphries unveil the Lexus LF-ZC during a press day of the Japan Mobility Show 2023 at Tokyo Big Sight in Tokyo, Japan October 25, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota unveiled a Lexus concept car with a roughly 1,000 kilometre range on Wednesday that it aims to roll out by 2026, part of the Japanese automaker's strategic pivot to EVs reliant on advanced battery technology.

The LF-ZC concept car, which debuted at the Japan Mobility Show, uses "prismatic, high-performance" batteries that achieve around twice the range of conventional EVs - or around 1,000 kilometres (620 miles).