Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that global cumulative sales of its hybrid vehicles have topped the 4 million mark as of April 301. Positioning response to environmental issues as a management priority and based on its belief that environment-friendly vehicles can only truly have a positive impact if they are used widely, TMC has endeavored [...]
R&D to Production in 22 Months Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. today revealed the highly anticipated all-new Toyota RAV4 EV at the 26th annual Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles. This all-electric SUV has an expected driving range rating of approximately 100 miles and charging time of approximately six hours on a 240V/40A charger. The [...]
Toyota Motor Manufacturing France (TMMF) today began production of the all-new Yaris Hybrid. The first car to come off the production line is destined for a customer in northern France. Production at Toyota’s French manufacturing facility was first announced in September 2010. TMMF is now the first French and first European automotive manufacturing facility to [...]
TORRANCE, Calif., March 27, 2012 – Toyota Motor Sales, Inc. will debut an all-new U.S.-designed sedan at the 2012 New York International Auto Show. This global premiere will take place in the Galleria room within the Jacob Javits Center at 10:30 a.m. EDT on April 5, 2012.
BMW Group and Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announce that they have signed an agreement on collaborative research in the field of next-generation lithium-ion battery cells and have begun said research. The agreement follows the memorandum of understanding concerning a mid-to-long-term collaboration on next-generation environment-friendly vehicles and technologies announced by the two companies on December 1, [...]
- Line-off ceremony took place at the Subaru Main Plant in Japan – Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, announced that it held a line-off ceremony at Subaru’s Gunma Main Plant (Ota-city, Gunma Prefecture, Japan) with Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) President Akio Toyoda and honored guests in attendance, in commemoration of [...]
World premiere of the Yaris Hybrid, the first full hybrid in the European B-Segment World premiere of the FT-Bh concept, demonstrating a total vehicle approach to reducing emissions for an affordable compact city car European premiere of the GT 86, a sports car recapturing the pure, intrinsic joy of driving European premiere of the TOYOTA [...]
* The 400,000th hybrid is an Auris Hybrid produced in the UK * Delivered to fleet customer CTG in Belgium Toyota delivered its 400,000th hybrid in Europe today. The first hybrid car that Toyota put on the European market was the first generation Prius back in 2000. Since then two new Prius generations have appeared [...]
Full hybrid technology in the European B-segment for the first time Combines Yaris design with hybrid cues to offer distinct and refined look Segment leading CO2 emissions from downsized full hybrid powertrain Frequent zero emissions operation underscores silent, smooth and relaxing driving No compromise on performance (100 DIN hp) and comfort (air-conditioning & automatic transmission) [...]
Toyota Motor Europe (TME) today announced a 1.7% sales increase in 2011 with sales totalling 822,386 vehicles, up 14,075 from 2010, including 778,749 Toyota and 43,637 Lexus vehicles, representing an estimated 4.2% market share. “Despite severe supply disruptions during the year and increasingly uncertain economic conditions, we have worked hard to restart our growth in [...]
