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
據當地媒體報道，這些車型將在中國銷售，還將銷往日本等海外市場。
當地媒體36Kr昨天報道，日本汽車巨頭豐田的高端品牌雷克薩斯正計劃在中國建造一座全資工廠，並希望首先在該工廠生產雷克薩斯UX混合動力車和新的電池電動汽車（BEV）車型。
報告援引多位消息人士的話說，這些車型將在中國銷售，還將銷往日本等海外市場。
報告援引一位知情人士的話說，由於中國當局目前加強了對汽車工廠產能的控制，雷克薩斯建造全資工廠的計劃可能不會很快完成。
彭博社在6月28日的報道中援引知情人士的話說，豐田正在與上海當局討論建造一座全資工廠來生產雷克薩斯電動汽車（EV）的可能性。
彭博社報道稱，豐田希望獲得類似特斯拉（納斯達克股票代碼：TSLA）的待遇，包括稅收減免、政策支持、土地補助，以及無需當地合資夥伴即可直接擁有和控制中國工廠的不尋常能力。
特斯拉上海工廠於2019年1月7日開工建設，並於2019年底投入運營，是中國第一個外商獨資汽車製造項目。在此之前，外國汽車製造商需要與當地汽車製造商建立合資企業，在中國製造。
Giga Shanghai 於 2020 年 1 月開始向當地消費者交付 Model 3 轎車，並於 2021 年 1 月開始向當地消費者交付 Model Y 跨界車。
該工廠現在是特斯拉世界上最大的工廠，不僅向中國客戶運送汽車，而且還是其出口中心。
豐田是全球銷量第一的汽車製造商，但與其他日本汽車製造商一樣，它在中國的份額正在下降。中國是豐田僅次於美國和日本的第三大市場。
36kr指出，電氣化的緩慢步伐使豐田很難在中國的新能源汽車（NEV）市場上找到一席之地。
豐田在中國的乘用車合資企業主要是廣汽豐田和一汽豐田，這兩個公司的銷量在上半年都出現了下降。
根據中國乘用車協會（CPCA）的數據，上半年，廣汽豐田售出362,171輛，同比下降15.70％，一汽豐田售出323,803輛，同比下降12.1％。
報告稱，雷克薩斯將爲其電動汽車配備RoboSense的激光雷達
