Toyota boosts China R&D in electrified vehicles

Automaker aims to keep pace with changing market

A Toyota concept EV at the Auto Shanghai show in April. The Japanese automaker is bolstering its R&D efforts in China. © Reuters

KYOHEI SUGA, Nikkei staff writer

August 1, 2023 06:23 JST

NAGOYA, Japan -- Toyota Motor will consolidate a portion of its electrified-vehicle research and development in China, aiming to accelerate product releases in a fast-changing market.

Toyota is renaming its largest Chinese R&D facility -- the wholly owned Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (China) -- to Intelligent ElectroMobility R&D Center by Toyota (China), effective Tuesday.