Recently, the first mass-produced pure electric vehicle of Japanese car company Toyota was unveiled at Tokyo Haneda Airport. The first test in the field of pure electric vehicles, reflecting what changes in Toyota's business layout? What are the latest developments of other Japanese car companies?
Toyota Motor's latest release of the first mass production pure electric vehicle has attracted the attention of many traveling people, this pure electric vehicle uses an SUV model, with a mileage of more than 500 kilometers, and will be released on the 12th of next month, with a minimum price of about 300,000 yuan.
Toyota's entry into the field of pure electric vehicles is slow to move
One of the reasons for the car's attention is that Toyota has been previously considered to have a negative attitude towards the development of pure electric vehicles. As the "big brother" of Japanese car companies, Toyota has always focused on the development of new energy vehicles on hybrid vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. In terms of pure electric vehicles, the speed of product development is significantly lagging behind Japanese brands such as Nissan and Honda. It wasn't until the end of last year that Toyota set a goal of increasing global sales of pure electric vehicles to 3.5 million by 2030. The launch of this pure electric vehicle shows that Toyota has taken the first step in layout adjustment.
Japanese car companies have recently made frequent moves in the field of pure electric vehicles
Not only Toyota, but also a number of Japanese car companies have recently made frequent moves in the field of electric vehicles. Nissan will release a new pure electric vehicle, the Ariya, next month, and to boost consumer purchases, Nissan recently announced that it will cut the price of its existing Model Leaf by up to 200,000 yen (about 10,000 yuan). Honda also announced that it will invest 5 trillion yen (about 250 billion yuan) to launch 30 pure electric vehicles by 2030, with a target annual production of 2 million vehicles.
Chip famine continues Many Japanese car companies will cut production in May
On the other hand, due to the chip shortage and supply chain lag, Toyota will temporarily stop production at nine plants in May, with a total of 10 production lines temporarily shutting down, and global production is expected to decrease by 10%, and Honda's main plant will even cut production by half next month. Compared with traditional fuel vehicles, pure electric vehicles require more chips, coupled with the continuous increase in the production cost of lithium batteries for pure electric vehicles, which is bound to affect production. In fact, the release schedule of Nissan's new pure electric vehicles was postponed to next month due to the impact of the supply chain. (CCTV Finance)
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