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2010 Paris Motor Show: Toyota is committed to maintaining its leadership in Full Hybrid technology with the next generation of Hybrid Synergy Drive® applications
- 10 years of Full Hybrid technology: acceleration of Prius sales in Europe and the deployment of hybrid technology to a wider market with Auris HSD
- FT-CH Concept demonstrates Toyota’s intention to expand HSD® technology to other segments
- Prius Plug-in Hybrid, a new step in the development of HSD® technology
- Verso-S world premiere – Toyota re-enters the B-MPV segment
- New iQ interior and AYGO Connect multimedia system
As Prius European sales top the 200,000 mark, HSD® technology will also be a key focus of the 2010 Toyota stand. The launch of the Auris HSD® – the first, and only, full hybrid powertrain in the C-segment- anticipates the introduction of the HSD® technology to other mainstream Toyota models.
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TMC to Sell Approaching Vehicle Audible System for ‘Prius’
Toyota City, Japan, August 24, 2010—Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that, in line with its efforts to ensure an ever-safer traffic environment, it will begin sales on August 30 of an onboard device designed to alert pedestrians and others audibly to the presence of a quiet vehicle, such as a gasoline-electric hybrid. The device will be available nationwide through authorized Toyota dealers and Toyota genuine parts & accessories distributors for retrofitting on the third-generation “Prius” gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle.
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Sales in Japan of TMC Hybrids Top 1 Million Units
—Global Sales Pass 2.68 Million Units—
Toyota City, Japan, August 5, 2010—Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that cumulative sales in Japan of its hybrid vehicles have topped the 1-million mark, while more than 2.68 million units have been sold globally as of July 31, 20101.
In August 1997 in Japan, TMC launched its first hybrid vehicle, the Toyota “Coaster Hybrid EV” minibus. In December of the same year, TMC launched the Toyota “Prius”—the world’s first mass-produced hybrid vehicle.
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Toyota Celebrates 10 Years of Prius
TORRANCE, Calif., July 27, 2010 – - Ten years ago Toyota launched a new kind of car in North America. It was the Prius, an affordable car with a hybrid gas/electric powertrain. In the decade that followed, the Prius made an indelible mark on the automotive industry. The car with the signature wedge shape proved to be an agent of change, and a catalyst for innovative ideas. Over 1.8 million units have been sold in the world to date, with nearly 900,000 in the U.S. alone.
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Tesla Motors and Toyota Motor Corporation Formalize Agreement to Develop Electric Version of RAV4
Palo Alto, California, U.S.A., and Tokyo, Japan — TESLA MOTORS, INC. (Tesla) and TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) today announced that the two companies have signed an agreement to initiate the development of an electric version of the RAV4 as announced in May of this year by Elon Musk and Akio Toyoda. With an aim to market the EV in the United States in 2012, prototypes will be made combining the Toyota RAV4 model with a Tesla electric powertrain. Tesla plans to produce and deliver a fleet of prototypes to Toyota for evaluation within this year. The first prototype has already been built and is now undergoing testing.
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TMC to Build New Brazilian Plant
Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 16, 2010—Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces today it is to build a plant in Sorocaba, Sa?o Paulo, Brazil for Toyota do Brasil Ltda. (TDB), TMC’s Brazilian sales and manufacturing company.
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Cumulative Prius European sales accelerate to 200,000 to celebrate first decade on European market
— With cumulative European sales of Prius topping the 100,000 mark in May 2008, the figure has doubled to 200,000 in just two years
— Over three generations, Prius achieves 26% CO2 emissions reduction, 23% fall in fuel consumption and 30% increase in power
— Hybrid Synergy Drive® generates record-low CO2 emissions, almost no particulates (PM) and significantly lower NOX emissions than any conventional diesel powertrain
— Full hybrid technology features electric driving mode with zero CO2, NOX and PM emissions
— Proven reliability and outstanding value for money with low running, maintenance and insurance costs
Finding increasing acceptance as a mainstream model, the full hybrid Prius celebrates the major milestone of its first decade on the European market with a dramatic acceleration in sales performance.
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Toyota to Produce ‘Etios’ Engines, Transmissions in India
Bangalore, India, July 6, 2010—Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that Toyota Kirloskar Auto Parts Pvt, Ltd. (TKAP), TMC’s joint-venture auto-parts manufacturing company in India, will produce engines and transmissions for a compact passenger car newly developed for the Indian market. Production of the vehicle, the “Etios”, is scheduled to begin in late 2010.
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New Mobility Solutions through electro mobility – Deutsche Bahn and Toyota work together
Deutsche Bahn and Toyota start a demonstration project, where electric mobility will be offered in the car sharing of Deutsche Bahn trough 18 Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles provided by Toyota. “Deutsche Bahn hereby completes its offer within the chain of transportation by another forward-looking and ecologically meaningful mobility solution”, Rolf L?bke, Managing Officer DB FuhrparkService GmbH, said at the start of the project.
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Toyota Announces New President for European Operations
Toyota has appointed Didier Leroy President of Toyota Motor Europe (TME), effective June 24, 2010*. Didier Leroy will be responsible for overseeing all of Toyota’s European operations, including manufacturing, engineering, sales and marketing; he will also retain his current titles of Managing Officer, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) and Chief Quality Officer. He replaces Tadashi Arashima, who will retire from his current positions.
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