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On December 14, Akio Toyoda unveiled a strategy presentation for battery electric vehicles with 15 new electric vehicles and announced a 10-year electric vehicle plan, according to several media reports. Toyota President Akio Toyoda said: plans to invest $35 billion in the development of electric vehicles, Toyota is expected to launch 30 pure electric vehicles worldwide by 2030, with the ultimate goal of selling 3.5 million vehicles worldwide by 2030, but if Toyota achieves this goal as scheduled, it means Toyota will lead the world in pure electric vehicle sales by 2030. In addition, for the Lexus brand, Akio Toyoda also said that he would become a pure electric brand in Europe, North America and China by 2030, and by 2035, Lexus brand global new cars will only sell electric vehicles.

Judging from the car show released at the scene, Toyota released 15 new electric concept cars in one breath, covering the product needs of the United States, Europe, Asia and Japan. The new car lineup includes sports cars, SUV, pick-up trucks, MPV, cars, K-Car and other models of various sizes, but Toyota / Lexus has not released details about electric technology and electric platform.

Toyota launched so many cars at once caused many netizens to complain: "saw a hint of 'Evergrande flavor', because at that time Hengchi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 …"... "it is also so unveiled," some netizens even commented: 15 cars at a time are fiercer than Hengchi.

At present, affected by the supply shortage and the COVID-19 epidemic, according to Nikkei Chinese website, Toyota will stop production at some of the production lines at four plants, including the Tahara plant in Japan and the Miyada plant in Kyushu, due to delays in the use of spare parts from Southeast Asia, affecting the production capacity of about 5500 vehicles. However, Toyota will maintain its global production plan of 9 million vehicles in fiscal year 2021, which ends in March 2022.

Prior to this, Toyota also announced many times to cut or stop production due to insufficient supply of chips. in August this year, Toyota announced that due to the insufficient supply of spare parts caused by the COVID-19 epidemic in Southeast Asia, global production will be reduced from 900000 to 540000 in September. In September, Toyota announced that a total of 27 production lines at 14 factories in Japan had ceased operation in October.

Just a few days ago, Toyota announced that it was "willing to use worn or defective parts from suppliers without affecting vehicle performance and safety." Toyota took this move because, first, the Japanese auto industry is suffering from a serious supply chain crisis as a result of the epidemic, and secondly, Toyota wants to use it to optimize costs and improve suppliers' earnings.

In terms of production and sales performance, Toyota released the latest monthly production and sales results on its website on November 29. Toyota sold 677564 vehicles worldwide in October 2021, down 20.1% from a year earlier, according to the data. Toyota said global sales fell for two consecutive months compared with the same period last year, and global production fell for three consecutive months, mainly due to outbreaks in Southeast Asia and shortages of components and semiconductors. Toyota is confident about November production, which is expected to reach an all-time high of 850000 to 900000 vehicles in November and may maintain high production levels in December.

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