Revision to Toyota
| + | == Background and Identification == |
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| + | Kiichiro Toyoda founded the Toyota Motor Corporation in 1937 as a division from his father’s Toyota Industries company. However, the first Type A engine was invented in 1934, three years earlier, under Toyota Industries. The Toyota AA, Toyota’s first passenger car, was manufactured in 1936. The Toyota Motor Corporation includes vehicles produced under the Toyota brand, Hino, Lexus, Ranz, and Daihatsu. The original name, Toyoda, was changed to Toyota in August of 1937, and was trademarked and registered as the Toyota Motor Company and headquartered in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. |
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| + | Toyota is the largest multinational automobile manufacturer in Japan and, as of 2018, was the second-largest automobile manufacturer in the world. In 2010, Toyota was the tenth-largest company by revenue in the world. Toyota leads the global market for sales of hybrid electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel-cell, with over four million Prius family vehicles sold by January 2017. As of 2020, cumulative global sales of Toyota and Lexus hybrid passenger cars surpassed 15 million. The Toyota Motor Corporation sells 44 Toyota Lexus hybrid passenger car models, as well as one plug-in hybrid model in over 90 countries and regions. |
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| + | The Toyota product line includes hybrid electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, all-electric vehicles, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles, SUVs and crossover vehicles, luxury-type vehicles, and buses. Toyota vehicles can be identified by the Toyota emblem, shown in the image at the top of this page. |
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