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Toyota

Toyota announced that it will resume production on the Prius, Lexus HS250h, and CT200h in Japan beginning Monday, March 28. The production was halted after the Japan Earthquake.

Here is the press release from Toyota:

TMC announced early today that it will resume Japan production Monday of Prius along with the Lexus CT 250h and HS 250h at its Tsutsumi and Toyota Motor Kyushu plants.

The vehicle assembly announcement comes one week after Toyota restarted production of replacement parts and three days after reopening plants to produce parts for overseas plants in the aftermath of a massive earthquake/tsunami that struck the country on March 11.

TMC said it is continuing to keep an “eye on progress in production while carefully assessing parts supply.”

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What a surprise, we happened to see Akio Toyoda while attending the media / press preview days of the Detroit (NAIAS) North American International Auto Show!

Akio Toyoda was checking out the Tesla booth. For those not aware, Akio Toyoda is President and CEO of the Toyota Motor Corporation, and Toyota invested $50 million into Tesla for the development of the new electric RAV4.

Akio Toyoda

Toyota Tesla Detroit

Detroit Auto Show Akio Toyoda

New Toyota RAV4 Electric Vehicle

electric rav4

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