Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has began manufacturing of the all-new Toyota C-HR, together with its first European battery meeting, at its plant in Sakarya, Turkey.
With a brand new funding of €308 million injected into its manufacturing amenities, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey (TMMT) is Toyota’s first European plant to provide plug-in hybrid autos.
When first launched, the Toyota C-HR set a brand new styling benchmark within the European C-SUV section with its dramatic, sharp-edged design nearer to the look of sports activities coupes. The brand new mannequin which additional stretches its design boldness has been developed and engineered in Europe. Since its launch, the Toyota C-HR has maintained a powerful gross sales efficiency throughout its lifecycle with cumulative gross sales of over 800,000 autos. Throughout this era, Toyota C-HR attracted many new clients serving to to maneuver the Toyota model’s European market share from 4% to 7%.
The all-new Toyota C-HR comes with 4 electrified powertrains: 1.8 and a couple of.0-litre Hybrid Electrical (HEV) fashions, 2.0-litre HEV mannequin with clever all-wheel drive (AWD-i) and a couple of.0-litre Plug-in Hybrid Electrical (PHEV) mannequin. In Europe’s largest, best SUV market, Toyota C-HR’s completely electrified line-up provides various choices of inexpensive and sensible low carbon emission autos that meet buyer wants and accelerates the tempo of CO2 emissions discount.
Toyota has invested €308 million to modernise TMMT’s manufacturing traces in view of additional electrification with complete funding within the Sakarya plant now reaching €2.5 billion.
The brand new funding additional diversifies TMMT’s manufacturing. Along with the Corolla Sedan and the all-new Toyota C-HR PHEV, plug-in batteries shall be assembled for the primary time in Europe. The brand new battery line has the capability to assemble 75,000 battery models yearly.
We’re excited by the launch of the brand new Toyota C-HR and TMMT’s expanded manufacturing amenities. The aptitude to provide a plug-in hybrid variant with domestically assembled batteries will additional develop Toyota’s multi-technology supply in direction of its goal of 100% CO2 discount in its car line-up in Europe by 2035.
Yoshihiro Nakata, Toyota Motor Europe President
This milestone will additional add to the competitiveness of our plant which is already recognised amongst Toyota crops globally for its sturdy manufacturing basis and its means to persistently ship top quality. Most of all, we’re proud to make key contribution to Toyota’s electrification technique and carbon neutrality objectives.
Erdoğan Şahin, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey President & CEO
Nov 15, 2023