Toyota information a brand new trademark at the USA Patent and Trademark Workplace (USPTO). The trademark’s for TX550h+, beneath the classification of “vehicles and structural components thereof.” The trademark was submitted on March 16, 2022.
This would be the third trademark software by the Japanese automaker in relation to the TX, following the submissions for TX350 and TX500h logos in 2020; each are nonetheless marked as “reside” as of this writing.
As everyone knows, this alphanumeric naming conference is used on Lexus automobiles, the luxurious arm of Toyota. The ‘X’ represents that the automobile is an SUV/crossover whereas the ‘h’ tells us that it is a hybrid.
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The ‘+’ designation is quite new, representing Lexus’s plug-in hybrid powertrain. This was first seen on the second-generation Lexus NX, which was the primary from the automaker to have been outfitted with the stated powertrain.
That stated, it appears just like the rumored upcoming Lexus TX shall be getting a plug-in hybrid powertrain, side-by-side within the vary with the non-plug-in hybrid and the one powered by a pure inner combustion engine.
The key phrase right here is rumor, because it was nearly a decade in the past when the primary report of an upcoming Lexus TX surfaced. It was stated that the three-row, unibody TX shall be changing the getting old GX – the body-on-frame SUV primarily based on the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado.
After all, trademark purposes will not be confirmations that the Lexus TX is certainly occurring. The mannequin’s scarce spy pictures aren’t supporting the experiences. However on the very least, we all know that there was a latest growth – one which factors towards electrification.
Let’s all take these speculations with a wholesome grain of salt. On the finish of the day, the trademark submissions would possibly solely imply that Toyota’s defending the wordmark in case the necessity for it arrives sooner or later.
