On July 15, 2025, Toyota Motor Vietnam officially announced strong business results and key milestones achieved in the first half of 2025. Sales totaled 30,078 vehicles, including Lexus models, marking a 31% increase YoY. Of this total, hybrid models accounted for 3,444 units, bringing cumulative hybrid sales in Viet

On July 14, it was reported that Toyota implemented an extended winter shutdown at its Zárate plant in Argentina, lasting until July 29.
While officially described as a technical halt to update robotization and automation processes, the move has sparked concern among workers, especially given the wage cuts linked to

On July 16, Durham, North Carolina-based IONNA, the nationwide joint-venture EV charging network, announced a new collaboration with Wawa, the privately-held, 24/7 travel stop for freshly prepared foods, beverages, coffee, fuel services and surcharge-free ATMs across the U.S.
Marking IONNA's single largest EV chargin

On July 15, Joby Aviation announced the expansion of its site in Marina, California, which will double its aircraft production capacity at that location. The total site now spans approximately 435,500 square feet and will support the scale-up of commercial operations. 
Once fully operational, the expanded Marina site

Announced on July 13, 2025, Indonesia’s Minister of Industry met with 3 major Japanese automotive manufacturers, Toyota, Suzuki, and Daihatsu, in Japan, urging them not to increase vehicle prices in the Indonesian market.
During his visit to the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, the minister emphasized the strong potential o

Three Japanese OEMs recently announced their June 2025 new car sales results in China.
Toyota sold 157,700 units in June, up 3.7% year-over-year (y/y) and achieving growth y/y for 5 consecutive months. Year-to-date (YTD) sales volume totaled 837,700 units, up 6.8% y/y. Specifically, FAW Toyota took up 377,821 units,

On July 4, FAW Group announced the June 28 relocation of the office location of FAW Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. (FTMS) from Beijing to Tianjin. This marks that FTMS has entered a new stage in terms of development-manufacturing-sales integration.
As the new FTMS office is located adjacent to the FAW Toyota headquarte

Reported on July 5, 2025, Toyota Motor Thailand plans to launch 3 new models in the second half of 2025 to support market recovery, starting with the Yaris Ativ Hybrid on August 21. This new Yaris Ativ Hybrid will be sold alongside the existing internal combustion engine (ICE) version, offering consumers more choice.

On July 4, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) inaugurated its new city office in Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (CSN), Maharashtra. This marks a step forward following the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between TKM and the Government of Maharashtra in July 2024 to support the establishment of a greenfield manufacturi

On July 2, Toyota Motor North America announced that it has allocated and broken ground on more than USD 50 million in construction of new amenities for vehicle and automotive technology testing and development, affirming commitment to the Arizona Proving Grounds.  
The new construction includes a 5.5-mile oval track

Announced on July 1, 2025, Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) reported total sales of 6,536 vehicles in June 2025, including Lexus models.
Toyota-branded vehicles accounted for 6,213 units, comprising 2,163 domestically assembled units and 4,050 imported ones. Cumulatively, TMV delivered over 29,000 vehicles in H1 2025, repr

On June 30, the Toyota Innova Hycross secured a 5-star safety rating in both adult occupant protection (AOP) and child occupant protection (COP) categories in the latest Bharat NCAP crash test results. The tested models included the 8-seater VX8S SHEV and 7-seater ZX7S SHEV variants of the Innova Hycross, which falls