A total of U.S. $ 689 million invested by the Toyota

Beijing: A total of U.S. $ 689 million invested by the Toyota to drive research and development center for the "environmental technology" in the eastern city of Changshu, near Shanghai. Meanwhile, automobile production center will be open in April. But the development to testing sites, the main administrative and laboratory facilities are expected to be completed in 2013.


China, which surpassed the United States became the world's top car market in 2009, it has become increasingly important for global players.

Japan's leading automotive company, Toyota, plans to start producing vehicles made in China with a hybrid system in 2015. So proclaimed the page Japan Today, Sunday (23/10).

Energy-efficient vehicles will be manufactured and sold in China, through joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group Toyota and FAW Group Corporation. Although made ​​in China, the main components for hybrid vehicles from Japan's still exported from Japan.