Toyota Accelerates Electrification Initiatives in China

Nov 17, 2017 11:09 JST

Source: Toyota Motor Corporation

Rolling Out Electric Vehicle in 2020 and Expanding Scope of Fuel Cell Vehicle Feasibility Study to Include Commercial Vehicles

Guangzhou, China, Nov 17, 2017 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced today that it will be rolling out an electric vehicle under the Toyota brand in the Chinese market in 2020, and that the scope of a fuel-cell vehicle feasibility study will be expanded to cover commercial vehicles such as buses.

Completed TMEC Hydrogen Station

For years, Toyota has developed China-made hybrid units and expects to sell a total of approximately 100,000 units of the Corolla Hybrid and Levin Hybrid models in 2017, both of which feature domestically-produced hybrid units.

In addition, development of plug-in hybrid variants of the Corolla and Levin is underway in preparation for their rollout. "We will use the technology we have nurtured in hybrid electrification to carry out extensive development of new energy vehicles(1) as required by China," said Senior Managing Officer and CEO of the China Region, Hiroji Onishi.

Recently, the TMEC(2) Hydrogen Station has been completed for fuel cell vehicles, and verification is being carried out under a three-year plan from October using two Mirai vehicles. Toyota will also study and evaluate the feasibility of using commercial vehicles, such as buses, in China to explore the potential usage of fuel cell technology. Fuel cell buses have already been introduced in Japan and a feasibility study on potential usage of fuel cell technology in heavy-duty trucks in the U.S. are ongoing. Toyota is also proceeding with demonstration tests of fuel-cell vehicles with Mirai in countries such as Australia, the U.A.E., and Canada. Ultimately, Toyota aims to achieve a hydrogen-based society through verification under a range of environments.

Also at Auto Guangzhou 2017, Toyota announced the rollout of a second TNGA(3) vehicle in the middle of next year--a compact SUV (known as the IZOA, or C-HR) fitted with a newly developed 2.0-liter TNGA engine--following the launch of the Camry in China, the first vehicle developed using TNGA.

Overview of the TMEC Hydrogen Station
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Completed TMEC Hydrogen Station
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(1) Includes electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles.
(2) Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (China) Co., Ltd.
(3) Toyota New Global Architecture

Contact:

Public Affairs Division
Global Communications Department
Toyota Motor Corporation
Tel: +81-3-3817-9926

Source: Toyota Motor Corporation
Sectors: Automotive

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