Interestingly, this isn't actually Toyota/Lexus' first EV:
https://electrek.co/2020/04/27/all-e...evs-to-follow/
But it is the first one that has been designed expressly with markets outside of a China in mind. They've been talking about their EV partnership with BYD for over a year:
https://electrek.co/2019/06/07/toyot...celerate-plan/
https://electrek.co/2019/07/19/toyota-byd-china-evs/