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TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Heading Home to Fuji

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月曜日, 9月 5, 2022
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TOYOTA GAZOO Racing's GR010 HYBRID Hypercar will make its home debut when the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) returns to Japan for the 6 Hours of Fuji after a three-year absence.

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  • TOYOTA GAZOO Racing's GR010 HYBRID Hypercar will make its home debut when the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) returns to Japan for the 6 Hours of Fuji after a three-year absence.
  • TOKYO, Sept 5, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - TOYOTA GAZOO Racing's GR010 HYBRID Hypercar will make its home debut when the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) returns to Japan for the 6 Hours of Fuji after a three-year absence.
  • The penultimate round of the 2022 WEC season sees the series return to Fuji Speedway, located 100km west of Tokyo, for the first time since October 2019 and TOYOTA GAZOO Racing targets a fifth consecutive victory on its home track.
  • Close competition over the first four races of the season sees TOYOTA GAZOO Racing lead the manufacturers' standings by 15 points from Alpine following a dramatic 6 Hours of Monza in July.

TOYOTA GAZOO Racing going for gold in Greece

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金曜日, 9月 2, 2022
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Kalle took a great victory last year in difficult conditions and rain which is of course not typical in Greece.

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  • Kalle took a great victory last year in difficult conditions and rain which is of course not typical in Greece.
  • Elfyn and Esapekka have also been very strong recently and hopefully they can continue in a similar way in Greece."
  • If it's going to be dry then I think it's going to be really tricky for us to open the road on Friday.
  • We had good speed and a good feeling on similarly rough gravel roads in Sardinia, and hopefully we can find that again in Greece."

Toyota to Invest Up to 730 Billion Yen in Japan/U.S. Battery Production

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金曜日, 9月 2, 2022
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Toyota City, Japan, Sept 2, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) has decided to invest up to 730 billion yen (approximately $5.6 billion) in Japan and the United States toward supplying automotive batteries for battery electric vehicles (BEVs), for which demand is growing, and aims to begin battery production between 2024 and 2026.

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  • Toyota City, Japan, Sept 2, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) has decided to invest up to 730 billion yen (approximately $5.6 billion) in Japan and the United States toward supplying automotive batteries for battery electric vehicles (BEVs), for which demand is growing, and aims to begin battery production between 2024 and 2026.
  • With this investment, Toyota intends to increase its combined battery production capacity in Japan and the United States by up to 40 GWh.
  • By utilizing the Toyota Production System and building production lines that are more efficient than ever, Toyota also intends to further strengthen its competitiveness and invest in the training of personnel engaged in battery production and the passing down of monozukuri manufacturing skills.
  • In Japan, a total of approximately 400 billion yen will be newly invested in the Himeji Plant of Prime Planet Energy & Solutions Co., Ltd. (PPES) and in Toyota plants and property, while in the United States, approximately 325 billion yen (approximately 2.5 billion dollars) will be newly invested in Toyota Battery Manufacturing, North Carolina (TBMNC; owned 90% by Toyota Motor North America, Inc. and 10% by Toyota Tsusho Corporation) toward increasing automotive battery production.