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Toyota to launch two hybrid cars in China
A model poses next to a Toyota Motor's concept car FCV as a worker wipes the car at the Seoul Motor Show 2015 in Goyang. Toyota plans to launch two hybrid cars in China this year as part of efforts to launch vehicles that will help to reduce pollution in the country. – Reuters pic, April 19, 2015.Toyota Motor Corp, the world's largest automaker by sales volume, plans to launch two hybrid cars in China this year as part of efforts to launch vehicles that will help to reduce pollution in the country.
The gasoline-electric hybrid cars, called Levin Hev and Corolla, will be launched in China in the second half of the year, the Japanese company said today on the eve of the Shanghai autoshow.
Toyota's joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group will make the Levin Hev, while its joint venture with FAW Group will manufacture the Corolla.
China has been the world's largest car market since 2009, with sales rising 6.9 percent to 23.5 million vehicles in 2014, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said in January. – Reuters, April 19, 2015.
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