- Business
- Toyota Motor Corporation, founded in 1937 and headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, manufactures and sells a broad range of motor vehicles worldwide, including sedans such as Corolla, Camry, and Avalon; compact cars like Yaris; minivans including Sienna, Innova, and Alphard/Vellfire; SUVs and crossovers; pickup trucks; luxury vehicles under the Lexus brand; and commercial vehicles through affiliates Hino and Daihatsu; the company leads in hybrid electric vehicles via its Hybrid Synergy Drive technology, exemplified by the Prius, the world's first mass-produced hybrid introduced in 1997, alongside battery electric, hydrogen fuel cell, and connected, autonomous, shared, and electrified (CASE) mobility solutions. Toyota operates production and sales in major markets across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and emerging regions like Southeast Asia and India, serving individual consumers, fleets, and commercial customers with innovative, safe, and sustainable mobility products. In recent developments, Toyota concludes definitive agreements in June 2025 with Daimler Truck, Mitsubishi Fuso, and Hino Motors to integrate Mitsubishi Fuso and Hino on equal footing into a new listed holding company starting April 2026, with Toyota and Daimler Truck each owning 25% to enhance commercial vehicle development, procurement, production, and CASE technologies for carbon neutrality and logistics efficiency in Asia-Pacific and beyond; announces up to $10 billion additional U.S. investment over five years in November 2025, including $912 million across five plants for hybrid production capacity expansion to meet demand for models like the hybrid-electric Corolla, bringing total U.S. investment near $60 billion; and invests an additional $500 million in Joby Aviation in 2024-2025 to support electric air taxi certification and manufacturing, totaling $894 million.