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Messaging
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BEYOND ZERO

The best way to get people to join us in our Beyond Zero vision is with clear, consistent messaging that educates, clarifies and inspires. Help us ensure our communications accurately and successfully represent our efforts with the guidelines below.

 
 
 
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Always consult your legal counsel when working on any Beyond Zero executions.

 
 
 
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The Beyond Zero Vision
The Beyond Zero Vision
 
 
 
Beyond Zero vision statement over a blue gradient background.
 
 
 
Opportunities for Education

The guidelines below provide instructions on crafting marketing communications. We also encourage other forms of education at the dealership or local level on the ways you’re making a positive impact on the environment and your community. While additional approved messaging is not provided in these guidelines, you can find out more about our key efforts at toyota.com/beyondzero

 
 
 
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Messaging Objectives
Messaging Objectives
 
 
 
Objectives Checklist

When referring to Beyond Zero in vehicle advertising, your messaging must meet the following objectives through the headline, supporting copy and disclaimer.

 
 
 
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Explain what the Beyond Zero vision is.

This is often communicated through the lens of the electrified lineup.

 
 
 
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State what vehicles and powertrains are shown.

This is imperative to avoid misrepresenting reduced-emission vehicles as zero emission vehicles.

 
 
 
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Place the disclaimer close to the logo.
 
 
 
Messaging Dos & Don’ts

When talking about Beyond Zero, we need to make sure customers understand our vision. As part of this effort, it’s important to clearly communicate what parts of the vision are aspirations for the future versus what aspects relate to efforts we are working on currently. Refer to the do’s and don’ts below for more details on the language we should be using.

 
 
 

Do say that Beyond Zero is Toyota’s vision for a carbon-neutral future.

 
 
 

Do say that Toyota’s electrified lineup reduces carbon emissions and helps move us closer to our vision of a carbon-neutral future.

 
 
 

Do highlight that Toyota offers the power of personal choice for reducing carbon emissions with our diverse range of electrified powertrains.

 
 
 

Do explain that Toyota is finding new ways to make a positive impact on our planet and society.

 
 
 

Do provide accurate and truthful statements of your own local initiatives to make a positive impact on the planet and society.

 
 
 

Do not suggest that either Toyota or the electrified lineup is currently carbon neutral or that our products, services and operations will ever go beyond being carbon neutral.

 
 
 

Do not refer to vehicles as Beyond Zero vehicles or the Beyond Zero lineup.

 
 
 

Do not suggest that the lineup is all-electric or zero emission.

 
 
 

Do not claim that Toyota’s products, services and/or operations are now or will ever make a positive impact on our planet and society.

 
 
 

Do not exaggerate or suggest anything that is not true about your own local intiatives to make a positive impact on our planet and society.

 
 
 
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Approved Messaging
Approved Messaging

Utilize the preapproved messaging below and always consult your own legal counsel when working on any Beyond Zero executions. You can mix and match from the provided Headlines, Supporting Copy and Disclaimers to meet your communication needs.

 
 
 
Approved Headlines
 
 
 
  • DRIVE CHANGE
  • DRIVING CHANGE TOWARD OUR BEYOND ZERO VISION
  • DESIGNED TO DRIVE CHANGE
  • DESIGNED FOR THE FUTURE
  • ELECTRIFIED FOR THE FUTURE
  • GO ABOVE AND BEYOND
  • CHOOSE FROM TOYOTA’S DIVERSE ELECTRIFIED LINEUP
  • CHOOSE YOUR WAY TO ELECTRIFY
  • CHOOSE YOUR WAY TO DRIVE CHANGE
  • ELECTRIFIED OPTIONS FOR POWERFUL CHANGE
  • ELECTRIFY YOUR __________

    For example:
    Electrify Your Ride, Electrify Your Adventure, Electrify Your Morning, Electrify Your Way
  • __________ ELECTRIFIED

    For example:
    Ride Electrified, Life Electrified, Change Electrified, Choice Electrified
 
 
 
Approved Supporting Copy
 
 
 
  • Learn more about our vision at toyota.com/beyondzero.
  • Learn more about our vision for a carbon-neutral future at toyota.com/beyondzero.
  • Our Beyond Zero vision is to reach carbon neutrality with our products, services and operations, and go beyond, as we find new ways to make a positive impact on our planet and society.
  • Explore Toyota’s electrified lineup at toyota.com/beyondzero.
  • Explore how Toyota’s electrified lineup reduces carbon emissions and helps move us closer to our vision for a carbon-neutral future at toyota.com/beyondzero.
  • We offer more low and zero emission vehicles combined than any other automaker, to give customers the most choices to reduce their carbon footprint.
  • Drive change today in a [Insert Vehicle Name] [Insert Powertrain Nomenclature], part of Toyota's diverse electrified lineup.
  • Drive change today in a [Insert Vehicle Name] [Insert Powertrain Nomenclature], part of Toyota's electrified lineup, designed to reduce carbon emissions and help move us closer to our vision for a carbon-neutral future.
 
 
 
Approved Disclaimer
 
 
 
  • For more information on how Toyota’s electrified lineup is providing customers with more choices to reduce their carbon emissions as we all work toward a carbon-neutral future, see toyota.com/beyondzero.
  • Please add the vehicle names, powertrain types, and any other necessary vehicle details before the general disclaimer. See example below.
  • Prius Prime Plug-in Hybrid EV XSE shown. For more information on how Toyota’s electrified lineup is providing customers with more choices to reduce their carbon emissions as we all work toward a carbon-neutral future, see toyota.com/beyondzero.
 
 
 
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Creating a Layout
Creating a Layout
  1. Choose an approved headline.

  2. Choose approved supporting copy.*

  3. Apply the general disclaimer and add vehicle/powertrain information if a vehicle is shown.

  4. Apply powertrain iconography if desired/relevant.

  5. Apply logos, typography, color and photography as outlined in the following pages.
 
 
 

*Smaller executions may not be able to accommodate supporting copy, in which case it may only be possible to use a headline and disclaimer.

 
 
 
Examples

Below are some examples of how approved messaging may be combined to create a compliant communication. When space allows, please utilize supporting copy to give prominence to the messaging objectives. This guidance applies to all marketing channels including digital, social, print, OOH, etc. Sizes, layouts and configurations will vary from execution to execution.

 
 
 
An example Toyota ad with an overhead image of a Plug-in hybrid EV vehicle parked in a driveway. Along the right side is a column of powertrain icons with nomenclature. The Plug-in hybrid icon nomenclature is underlined. Below is a headline and body copy. At the bottom left is the Beyond Zero logo with disclaimer beneath.
 
 
 

(A) The execution uses an approved headline, supporting copy and disclaimer.

 
 
 

(B) The Beyond Zero disclaimer is placed in close proximity to the logo.

 
 
 

(C) The execution states what vehicle and powertrain are shown in the disclaimer.

 
 
 

(D) The execution highlights what powertrain is shown using iconography.

 
 
 

(E) The execution explains what the Beyond Zero vision is in the supporting copy and disclaimer.

 
 
 
An example Toyota ad with a white background. It shows from top to bottom: a headline, subhead, four white electrified vehicles, the Beyond Zero logo, and the disclaimer.
 
 
 

(A) The execution uses an approved headline, supporting copy and disclaimer.

 
 
 

(B) The Beyond Zero disclaimer is placed in close proximity to the logo.

 
 
 

(C) The execution explains what the Beyond Zero vision is in the supporting copy and disclaimer.

 
 
 

(D) The execution states what vehicle and powertrain are shown in the disclaimer.

 
 
 
An example Toyota ad in a horizontal layout. The top portion shows the Beyond Zero logo next to a headline, body copy and disclaimer. Beneath is a collage of 4 images of electrified vehicles. Each image has an icon and nomenclature for the vehicle in the bottom left corner.
 
 
 

(A) The Beyond Zero disclaimer is placed in close proximity to the logo.

 
 
 

(B) The execution highlights what powertrain is shown using iconography.

 
 
 

(C) The execution uses an approved headline, supporting copy and disclaimer.

 
 
 

(D) The execution explains what the Beyond Zero vision is in the disclaimer.

 
 
 

(E) The execution states what vehicles and powertrains are shown in the disclaimer.

 
 
 
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Resources
Resources
 
 
 
Beyond Zero Typography

Typeset your messaging using our Beyond Zero typography style and guidelines.

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Core Layout Guidelines

Get inspired and discover the fundamentals of grids, margins and alignment that apply to all layouts.

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