The models will be sold in China and also to overseas markets such as Japan, according to local media.
Lexus, the premium brand of Japanese auto giant Toyota, is looking to build a wholly-owned factory in China and wants to first produce the Lexus UX hybrid and a new battery electric vehicle (BEV) model at the plant, a report by local media outlet 36Kr said yesterday.
The models will be sold in China and also to overseas markets such as Japan, the report said, citing several sources.
With Chinese authorities currently tightening controls on auto factory capacity, Lexus' plan to build a wholly-owned plant may not be finalized soon, the report said, citing a person familiar with the matter.
In a June 28 report, Bloomberg cited people familiar with the matter as saying that Toyota was discussing with Shanghai authorities the possibility of building a wholly-owned plant to produce Lexus' electric vehicles (EVs).
Toyota wanted Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA)-like treatment, including tax breaks, policy support, land grants, and the unusual ability to directly own and control factories in China without the need for a local joint venture partner, according to the Bloomberg report.
Tesla's Shanghai factory, which began construction on January 7, 2019, and became operational by the end of 2019, is China's first wholly foreign-owned auto manufacturing project. Before that, foreign carmakers needed to set up joint ventures with local carmakers to manufacture in China.
Giga Shanghai began delivering Model 3 sedans in January 2020 and Model Y crossovers in January 2021 to local consumers.
The factory is now Tesla's largest in the world, not only delivering vehicles to Chinese customers but also serving as an export hub for it.
Toyota is the world's No. 1 automaker by sales, but it is seeing a decline in share in China, as are other Japanese automakers. China is Toyota's third-largest market after the US and Japan.
The slow pace of electrification has made it difficult for Toyota to find an uptake in China's new energy vehicle (NEV) market, 36kr noted.
Toyota's passenger car joint ventures in China are mainly GAC Toyota and FAW Toyota, and both of them saw sales decrease in the first half of the year.
In the first half of the year, GAC Toyota sold 362,171 units, down 15.70 percent year-on-year, and FAW Toyota sold 323,803 units, down 12.1 percent year-on-year, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).
Lexus to equip its EVs with LiDARs from RoboSense, report says
据当地媒体报道,这款车型将在中国国内和日本等境外市场销售。
日本汽车之巨丰田旗下的豪华品牌雷克萨斯计划在中国建立一家完全自己拥有的工厂,并希望该工厂首先生产雷克萨斯UX混合动力和一款新的电池电动汽车(BEV)型号,当地媒体36Kr昨天报道。
报道引述多个消息来源称,这些车型将在中国销售,并出口至日本等境外市场。
由于中国当局目前正在加强对汽车工厂产能的控制,雷克萨斯计划建立全资工厂的计划可能无法即刻敲定,报道援引一位知情人士的话称。
6月28日的一份彭博社报道援引知情人士的话称,丰田正在与上海当局商讨建立一家全资工厂,用于生产雷克萨斯电动汽车(EVs)。
根据彭博社报道,丰田希望得到特斯拉(纳斯达克:TSLA)的待遇,包括税收优惠,政策支持,土地补贴,并且独立拥有和控制位于中国的工厂的非凡能力,而不需要与本地合资伙伴建立合资企业。
特斯拉的上海工厂于2019年1月7日开始建设,并于2019年底开始运营,是中国第一个完全由外国公司独资建设的汽车制造项目。在此之前,外国汽车制造商需要与本地汽车制造商建立合资企业才能在中国制造汽车。
Giga上海于2020年1月开始向本地消费者交付Model 3轿车,2021年1月开始交付Model Y跨界车。
该工厂现在是特斯拉全球最大的工厂,不仅向中国客户交付汽车,还充当出口中心。
丰田是全球销量最大的汽车制造商,但是在中国的份额正在下降,其他日本汽车制造商也同样如此。中国是丰田继美国和日本之后的第三大市场。
36kr指出,电气化的缓慢步伐使丰田难以在中国的新能源汽车(NEV)市场上找到增长点。
丰田在中国的乘用车合资企业主要包括广汽丰田和一汽丰田,上半年两者的销售额均出现了下滑。
根据中国乘用车协会(CPCA)的数据,上半年广汽丰田销售362,171辆,同比下降15.70%,一汽丰田销售323,803辆,同比下降12.1%。
报道称,雷克萨斯将为其电动汽车(EV)搭载RoboSense的激光雷达技术。