Toyota Completes New Facilities in China,

Reaffirms Commitment to Localized R&D and Production

Changshu, China, November 14, 2013Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) held a ceremony today to celebrate the completion
of a number of new R&D facilities at Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (China) Co., Ltd. (TMEC) in the Changshu
New and Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone
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. The new facilities will play a key role in Toyota's ongoing efforts to localize
production in China.
The completion ceremony was attended by special guests from the provincial and municipal governments as well as
Japanese ambassador to China Masato Kitera and representatives from local joint venture partners China FAW Group
Corporation and Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. From TMC, executive vice presidents Mitsuhisa Kato and Yasumori
Ihara, among others, attended.
During the ceremony, Kato stated: "Our goal is to continue to exceed the expectations of Chinese consumers. This means
listening to what they say and making no compromises in creating the best cars possible. I believe TMEC will play a vital
role in this regard. " TMC Senior Managing Officer and TMEC President Tadashi Yamashina followed: "This is just the
beginning. We must now work to execute our goals of localizing production of environmental technologies and making cars
that meet the needs of Chinese consumers."
This ceremony marks the completion of TMEC's core facilities, including a vehicle test course, technology testing facilities
and the Energy Saving and New Energy Vehicle Technical Center
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. As a development center for cutting-edge component
technologies, TMEC will leverage its new infrastructure to popularize environmental technologies in China.
Through TMEC, Toyota has made steady progress in developing Chinese-made hybrid systems. At today's ceremony, Toyota
also announced the establishment of a new battery production company and local production of key components, such as
inverters and transaxles. Plans call for the introduction of locally-built hybrid systems in vehicles produced and sold through
joint ventures around 2015.
Overview of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (China) Co., Ltd. (TMEC)
Location Changshu New and Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone, Changshu, China
Representatives
Chairman: Mitsuhisa Kato (TMC executive vice president)
President: Tadashi Yamashina (TMC senior managing officer)
Capital 234 million U.S. dollars
Overhead investment (planned) 689 million U.S. dollars (land, buildings, test course, test facilities, others.)
Equity participation Toyota Motor Corporation: 100%
Site area
Approx. 2,340,000 square meters (including 69,000 square meters for buildings and
740,000 square meters for a test track)
Major facilities (planned)
Test facilities, including chassis dynamometers, as well as test tracks (including
tracks for high-speed, durability, and marketability testing).
Employees Approx. 320 (As of November 1, 2013)
Establishment November 17, 2010
Start of operations April 2011
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Formerly known as the Changshu Southeast Economic Development Zone
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Facility for carrying out broad communication on environmental technologies with joint-venture partners, suppliers, other manufacturers, and other
external stakeholders
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