Japanese Auto

The project will be able to produce 120,000 new energy vehicles per year after completion.

The first phase of GAC Toyota's new energy vehicle capacity expansion project went into operation Sunday, with an expected annual capacity of 200,000 units, the company said.

They involve 116,551 Corolla vehicles produced by Tianjin FAW Toyota from August 2019 to July 2021 and 109,034 Levin vehicles produced by GAC Toyota from May 2019 to July 2021.

Nissan's production base in the capital city of Zhengzhou is in a state of temporary suspension due to heavy rains, yicai.com said Wednesday, citing a source from Nissan China.

Japanese automaker Mazda is said to put into production an all-electric model for the Chinese market in June this year and launch it in the third quarter, according to a Chinese auto industry website.

Toyota has decided to supply the core system of its hybrid vehicle to major Chinese automaker Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC), the first time in Toyota's history that it will offer hybrid vehicle technology to a foreign company, according to Nikkei Asia on Thursday.

Toyota recently announced that in order to popularize hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCEVs) in China, it has joined forces with five Chinese companies to establish a commercial vehicle a fuel cell system development company.

Lexus' first luxury pure electric model, the UX 300e, was launched in China on Sunday and it will be available in Europe later this year.

Toyota will launch pure electric models in China to catch up with competitors in the market.

Japanese automaker Toyota and its partner FAW Group plan to build a new electric vehicle plant in Tianjin with a planned investment of about 8.5 billion yuan (about $1.22 billion), according to Reuters.