After years in stand-by, Toyota is ready to expand and the recent investment in research and development, and the newly formed alliances are clear evidences of its intentions.
Toyota has increased the pace in its efforts to gain more visibility in the automotive world, wanting to grow in all segments, after a long period during which the company had to regroup and find its own path. Standing as proofs of this commitment are the recently announced 1-billion-dollar investment in a research institute near Stanford and MIT for artificial intelligence and robotics, the intention to boost its production capacity by adding assembly pants, and the launching of the new Prius as a base platform for upcoming models. Toyota also wants to cut gradually off the internal combustion engines by 2050.
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