BANGKOK -- Toyota Motor will launch its lowest-priced hybrid vehicle and resume sales of an electric car in Thailand, the Japanese automaker said Thursday, going on the offensive against the rise of Chinese EV makers.
Sales of electrics are expanding in an otherwise shrinking auto market

Noriaki Yamashita, president of Toyota Motor Thailand, speaks during a launch event outside of Bangkok on Aug. 21. (Photo by Kenya Akama)
BANGKOK -- Toyota Motor will launch its lowest-priced hybrid vehicle and resume sales of an electric car in Thailand, the Japanese automaker said Thursday, going on the offensive against the rise of Chinese EV makers.