Toyota Melabur AS$5.6B Dalam Pengeluaran Bateri

Toyota semakin serius mengenai pengeluaran bateri automotif dengan pengumuman pelaburan di AS dan Jepun ini.

Selepas bertahun-tahun menyeret kaki mereka berkenaan kenderaan elektrik bateri (BEV), Toyota Motor Corporation akhirnya memutuskan untuk memulakan beberapa perancangan elektrik yang serius.

Tahun lepas, mereka melancarkan flit kenderaan elektrik konsep untuk memenuhi setiap segmen pasaran. Kini, mereka mengumumkan rancangan pelaburan mereka untuk bekalan bateri automotif.

Konglomerat automotif Jepun itu akan melabur sehingga 730 bilion yen, atau kira-kira AS$5.6 bilion, di Jepun dan di Amerika Syarikat untuk membekalkan bateri automotif untuk BEV. Matlamatnya adalah untuk memulakan pengeluaran bateri antara 2024 dan 2026.

Dengan pelaburan ini, Toyota akan mempunyai kapasiti pengeluaran bateri sebanyak 40 GWj antara kemudahan mereka di Jepun dan Amerika Syarikat. Toyota juga mengatakan bahawa pengeluaran bateri mereka akan memanfaatkan Sistem Pengeluaran Toyota yang terkenal untuk kecekapan maksimum.

Kilang yang terutamanya akan menerima peningkatan termasuk Kilang Himeji dari Prime Planet Energy & Solutions Co. Ltd., Toyota Battery Manufacturing, North Carolina serta di kilang dan hartanah Toyota di Jepun.

Toyota buat masa ini mempunyai satu BEV yang dijual, bZ4X. Ini dibangunkan bersama dengan Subaru.

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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.

This investment is aimed at enabling Toyota to flexibly meet the needs of its various customers in all countries and regions by offering multiple powertrains and providing as many options as possible.

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.

Toyota intends to continue its efforts to build a supply system that can steadily meet the growing demand for BEVs in various regions, including the supply of automotive batteries from its partners.

Toyota believes that there is more than one option for achieving carbon neutrality. It also believes that the means of reducing CO2 emissions as much as possible and as quickly as possible while protecting the livelihoods of its customers vary greatly depending on the country and region.

With such in mind, Toyota will continue to make every effort to flexibly meet the needs of its various customers in all countries and regions by offering multiple powertrains and providing as many options as possible.