{"id":30893,"date":"2016-12-07T03:50:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T03:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/toyota-to-expand-hybrid-system-development-to-cut\/"},"modified":"2016-12-07T03:49:37","modified_gmt":"2016-12-07T03:49:37","slug":"toyota-to-expand-hybrid-system-development-to-cut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/toyota-to-expand-hybrid-system-development-to-cut\/","title":{"rendered":"Toyota to expand hybrid system development to cut emissions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{Toyota Motor Corp on Tuesday said it would expand the development of its gasoline hybrid technology over the next five years to speed up the introduction of lower-emission engines in the face of stricter global emissions standards.}<\/p>\n<p>The announcement was the latest by the Japanese firm aimed at making \u201cgreener\u201d cars as global automakers face tighter regulations in regions that will require more environment-friendly cars in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to improving the efficiency of its hybrid systems and gasoline engines, Toyota is stepping up the development of longer-range battery-electric cars in a shift from its strategy of promoting hydrogen fuel-cell technology as the future of zero-emission vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota said it would expand personnel on its hybrid technology development team by 30 percent through 2021, by which time it aims to introduce 19 new lower-emission power train components made on its recently introduced common manufacturing platform.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota is speeding up the development of lower-emission cars, last month appointing President Akio Toyoda to lead a new electric car division to accelerate the development of battery-powered cars.<\/p>\n<p>Toyota has pledged to reduce global average CO2 emissions of its new vehicles by around 90 percent by 2050.<\/p>\n<p>To this end, Toshiyuki Mizushima, president of Toyota\u2019s power train division, told reporters at a strategy briefing that he expected the take-up of hybrid vehicles to increase, accounting for around 20 percent of Toyota\u2019s global annual vehicle sales by 2025, from around 10 percent now.<\/p>\n<p>While Toyota invests heavily in alternatives to conventional engines, it believes gasoline engines and hybrid systems will play a large role in the medium term as it will take \u201cquite some time\u201d for electric cars to become a common sight on roads and highways around the world, given their limited driving range and charging infrastructure.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-16902 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/2015-highlander-hybrid-suv_01.jpg\" alt=\"Toyota is stepping up the development of longer-range battery-electric cars in a shift from its strategy of promoting hydrogen fuel-cell technology as the future of zero-emission vehicles.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Toyota Motor Corp on 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