Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today that Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. (SFTM)—a joint vehicle-production company established with China FAW Group Corporation (FAW) in China’s Sichuan Province—plans to relocate its Chengdu City plant by the first half of 2010 and increase the plant’s annual production capacity to 30,000 vehicles from the current 13,000.

Approximately 3.6 billion yuan is being invested in relocating the plant from Chengdu’s Chenghua District to the city’s Longquan Economic Development Zone and in the subsequent production capacity increase.  Once completed, SFTM’s total annual production capacity—when combined with the annual production capacity of its plant in Changchun City, Jilin Province—will be 40,000 vehicles.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held today at the proposed site for the new plant, which was attended by approximately 2,000 people, including Secretary of the Chengdu City Committee Li Chuncheng, local government officials, FAW President Xu Jianyi, TMC Senior Managing Director Akira Sasaki and SFTM President Haruaki Hoshino.

Source: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION

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Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today that Siam Toyota Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (STM), TMC’s engine production base in Thailand, will build a new plant to boost its annual diesel engine production capacity by 150,000 units in 2010.

The new plant, to be built on STM’s current premises, will give STM an annual diesel engine production capacity of 350,000 units, up from 200,000 units. Including gasoline engines, STM will have an overall production capacity of 650,000 engines a year.

STM President Shigeru Murai announced the expansion at a joint press conference with Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd. (Toyota’s vehicle production base in Thailand) in Bangkok, attended by Thai government officials.

As a global production and supply base for the Innovative International Multi-purpose Vehicle (IMV) Project, begun in 2004, STM provides diesel engines to IMV-producing countries. In 2007, STM produced 229,000 diesel engines, of which 72,000 were exported to six countries, including India and ASEAN member countries.

The STM expansion is to meet increasing demand for the IMV series, which is popular in various regions around the world, and will be backed by an additional investment of approximately 17.3 billion yen (approx. 5.4 billion baht). The new plant is expected to create approximately 700 jobs.

The Toyota IMV Project is aimed at creating a worldwide optimal production and supply network. Currently, the IMV series consists of three types of pickup truck, a minivan and an SUV.

Source: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION

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Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today at an Australian government-sponsored press conference in Nagoya, Japan, that it will begin producing the “Camry Hybrid” at the Altona Plant of Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd. (TMCA), as part of an effort to further popularize hybrid vehicles worldwide.

“We decided to build the Camry Hybrid in Australia because Australians are keenly aware of environmental issues including global warming, and we are confident that the Camry Hybrid will be well received.  Toyota intends to make further efforts toward popularizing hybrid vehicles”, said TMC President Katsuaki Watanabe at the press conference attended by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research Kim Carr, and Australian Ambassador to Japan Murray McLean.  Also representing TMC were Executive Vice President Tokuichi Uranishi and Senior Managing Director Akira Okabe.

Production of the Camry Hybrid at the Altona Plant (in the State of Victoria in southeastern Australia) will commence in early 2010, with an annual production target of 10,000 vehicles.

After receiving TMC’s decision officially today, Victorian Premier John Brumby will hold a press conference at the Altona Plant to be attended by TMCA President Masahide Yasuda.

Ever since the introduction in 1997 of the Toyota Prius—the world’s first mass-produced gasoline-electric hybrid vehicle—TMC has been making a concerted effort to promote and popularize hybrid technology, as part of its high-priority environmental-management policy.

Toyota aims to sell 1 million or more hybrid vehicles annually as early as possible in the 2010s and, taking market needs into consideration, is working to put in place an optimal hybrid vehicle production system worldwide.

Source: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION

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Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced that it will provide 78 conventional hybrid and other environmentally friendly vehicles for official use and demonstration at the July 7-9 G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit.

The vehicles will be used to transport participating country officials, shuttle media and government representatives and serve as next-generation test ride vehicles as part of the summit’s Environmental Showcase of environmentally related displays and demonstrations at the venue’s International Media Center.

TMC provided the environmentally friendly vehicles in response to a Japanese government request to help ensure that the summit and the preparations for it are as environmentally considerate as possible.  This is especially because one of the major themes of the summit is the environment, particularly measures aimed at combating global warming.

TMC will provide (including backup vehicles) 11 Lexus LS600h/LS600hL sedans, 15 Crown Hybrid sedans and 43 Estima Hybrid minivans for transporting participant country officials.  In addition, five units of the hydrogen-powered Toyota FCHV-BUS*¹ will be used for shuttling government and media representatives.

The test ride vehicles for the Environmental Showcase will include one Toyota Plug-in HV*², two battery-powered i-REAL personal mobility vehicles and a TOYOTA FCHV-adv*³.  Also at the Environmental Showcase, TMC will put on technological displays that include a stationary fuel cell and a high-pressure hydrogen tank developed by TMC for fuel cell vehicles.

Some of the aforementioned vehicles will also serve the June 7-8 Energy Ministers Meeting in Aomori Prefecture and the June 15 G8 Science and Technology Ministers Meeting in Okinawa Prefecture.

Source: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION

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Tokyo — TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today that it has developed a fuel cell hybrid vehicle equipped with the newly designed high-performance Toyota FC Stack. The “TOYOTA FCHV-adv”*¹ acquired vehicle-type certification from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) on June 3.

During development, TMC analyzed results and data from various utilization studies by the Japan Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Demonstration Project organized by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, tests conducted by the California Fuel Cell Partnership in the United States and cold-weather tests in Timmins, Canada. TMC also repeatedly carried out basic research to get to the core of technical problems as they arose. Based on the results gained from these studies, the TOYOTA FCHV-adv’s fuel cell system was enhanced to further improve cruising distance and low-temperature starts, which had presented obstacles to widespread fuel cell vehicle use.

The building block of the Toyota FC Stack is the Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA), where engineers focused on the basic problem of internally produced water interfering with electrical generation within the MEA at low temperatures. Fundamental research, such as internal visualization tests, was carried out to understand the behavior and amount of water generated in the fuel cell, allowing engineers to optimize the MEA design to improve low-temperature startup. As a result, the TOYOTA FCHV-adv can start and operate in cold regions at temperatures as low as –30 degrees Celsius, meaning the vehicle can be used in a wider variety of conditions and climates.

In addition, fuel efficiency was improved by 25% through improving fuel cell unit performance, enhancing the regenerative brake system and reducing energy consumed by the auxiliary system. Further changes include incorporating degradation control for the electrode catalyst and improving fuel cell durability. Furthermore, equipping the vehicle with TMC-developed 70Mpa high-pressure hydrogen tanks makes it possible to travel approximately 830km*² on a single fueling—performance that more than doubles that of the TOYOTA FCHV-adv’s predecessor, the TOYOTA FCHV.

While steadily conducting research and development to resolve issues such as how to improve the durability and reduce costs of the Toyota FC Stack, TMC is working with government, energy companies and other concerned parties to actively bring about widespread fuel cell vehicle use.

A Toyota FCHV-adv is to be provided as a test-ride vehicle at the Environmental Showcase within the International Media Center during the July 7-9 Hokkaido Toyako Summit.

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