Toyota Hybrid Parts Purchase in China

According to British Reuters news on April 22, Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan stated that in order to reduce the manufacturing cost of hybrid vehicles, it began to purchase spare parts in China and plans to produce zero for Corolla and Levin, which will be produced in 2015. Parts, 50% directly from the Chinese market.

Shinichi Matsumoto, deputy general manager of Toyota Motor R&D Center (China) Co., Ltd., said that in order to reduce the price of hybrid vehicles and promote consumption, Toyota needs to increase the proportion of local procurement.

It is reported that Toyota has been required to spend a large amount of taxation and transportation expenses, transport the accessories of hybrid vehicles from Japan to China, and then carry out the equipment. To that end, Toyota plans to significantly reduce the manufacturing cost of automobiles by implementing localized procurement. .

“My feeling is that if the localized procurement rate does not reach 50%, then we can't call it localization.” Matsumoto stated at the Toyota Motor R&D Center in Changshu that the 50% he was referring to was mainly for hybrid vehicles. Parts. "Our ultimate goal is to make the localization purchase rate 100%."

Matsumoto also stated that purchasing parts and components for hybrid vehicles in China does not mean reducing quality in pursuit of sales. Toyota plans to maintain parts purchased in China that are equivalent to Japan.