Toyota may already be one of the world's biggest manufacturers of Earth-bound vehicles, but the Japanese automaker is looking to expand its horizons.

The auto company is working with Japan's space agency to develop a manned lunar rover that will run on fuel cell technology and provide transport for people and cargo on the moon, Toyota Motor and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced in 2019.

Now, a new partnership between JAXA and NASA, signed July 9, could see the two government space agencies developing Toyota's pressurized lunar rover for manned moon missions by the end of this decade as part of NASA's Artemis program, Mark Kirasich, acting director of the Advanced Exploration Systems division at NASA, said in a recent interview.

"It's like a space station habitat, holding two people for 14 days, but it's on wheels," Kirasich said. "It's like an RV for the moon."

This is what the moon vehicle could eventually look like:

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The planned rover would be nearly 20 feet long, 17 feet wide and about 12 feet tall, and its 459 cubic feet of living space would provide enough room for two passengers (four people would fit "in an emergency," Toyota says).

It would also have a deployable solar panel to provide an additional energy source.