Tag: Toyota

Japan – TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Presents new-look cars for WRC and WEC in 2024

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing (TGR) has unveiled the new livery for the cars that will compete in the FIA World Rally Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship in the 2024 season. There are two concepts for the all-new matt black livery for the GR YARIS Rally1 HYBRID and the GR010 HYBRID, which compete in the respective FIA World Championships. One of the concepts is “Speed” representing our spirit, “Hate to lose”. The other one is the “Prototype” which represents making ever-better motorsports-bred cars and to keep evolving. The new livery will be used not only in the WRC and the WEC, ... Read more

Japan – Toyota: Sales, Production, and Export Results for October 2023

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces its sales, production, and export results for October 2023 as well as the cumulative total from January to October 2023, including those for subsidiaries Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. and Hino Motors, Ltd. Highlights:– Global sales were up year-on-year supported by solid demand in regions including North America and Europe. Global and overseas sales also reached a record high for October.– Global production was up year-on-year as a result of solid demand. Production outside of Japan reached a record high for single month, and Global production also reached a record high for October.– We will continue ... Read more

Japan – Toyota Launches IMV 0 in Thailand Providing Mobility to Make People’s Lives Better through Customizability

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd. (TMT), Toyota’s vehicle sales and production company in Thailand, held a launch event in Bangkok on November 27 for the new IMV series(1) model IMV 0(2)―which was introduced at the JAPAN MOBILITY SHOW 2023. Orders for the model are now being accepted. The IMV series was developed under the leadership of Akio Toyoda, then Chief Executive Officer of the Asia Region and current Chairman of the Board. The IMV series was developed with local engineers in the spirit of genchi-genbutsu, in hopes of contributing to the Asian economy together with ... Read more

Japan – Toyota Reaches Global Production of 300 Million Cars

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has reached a cumulative global production total of 300 million cars, Including production numbers for September 2023. This number was achieved 88 years and two months after Toyota’s very first cars, the Model G1 truck, was produced by the Automotive Production Division of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. (later Toyota Industries Corporation) in August 1935. It includes domestic and international production, with 180.52 million cars produced domestically, and 119.6 million produced abroad (as of end September 2023). The model with the highest total production is the Corolla, with the Corolla series achieving cumulative global production of ... Read more

Japan – Toyota Adopts the North American Charging Standard to Expand Customer Charging Options

Toyota Adopts the North American Charging Standard to Expand Customer Charging Options – Toyota and Lexus customers will have access to more than 12,000 Tesla Superchargers in North America– Toyota and Lexus to incorporate North American Charging Standard (NACS) ports in certain Toyota and Lexus battery electric vehicles (BEVs) starting in 2025 PLANO, Texas, Oct 20, 2023 – (JCN Newswire) – Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMNA) today announced it has reached an agreement with Tesla, Inc. to adopt the North American Charging Standard (NACS) on its battery electric vehicles (BEVs) beginning in 2025. In line with Toyota’s vehicle electrification ... Read more