The collection of sport cars of Akio Toyoda as CEO of Toyota Motor Corporation increases. When some time ago he got a Lotus Elise. He just received the Tesla Roadster, an electric-powered sports car now.
Maroon colored car was a gift given directly by the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, the Tesla Toyoda in the first showroom in Asia, located in Tokyo, Japan.
According to Elon, if Toyoda receive and drive a Tesla Roadster, the automotive market in Japan will also be more responsive and open to receive the product. "We are optimistic the Japanese market is very fantastic," said Elon.
Maroon colored car was a gift given directly by the CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, the Tesla Toyoda in the first showroom in Asia, located in Tokyo, Japan.
According to Elon, if Toyoda receive and drive a Tesla Roadster, the automotive market in Japan will also be more responsive and open to receive the product. "We are optimistic the Japanese market is very fantastic," said Elon.
Getting the prize race car, it is instantly directly driven by Toyoda. The uniqueness of Cabriolet of two-door car is not only for laying in the electric power and environmentally friendly technologies, but it is also the initials of vehicle number plates.
"I really like it," said Toyoda, who liked this racing hobby.
This vehicle number plates is 520, which means May 20th. Why the 20th May? That date is the day of signing the cooperation agreement between Toyota's development of electric cars and Tesla.
In this partnership, Toyota has poured funds purchase shares of Tesla's U.S. $ 50 million.
Development in the assembly plant located in Palo Alto, California, it produces an electric-powered RAV4. According to plan, this mini-SUV will go on sale in 2012 in North America.
