Toyota to develop hybrid cars with Chinese makers

Toyota to develop hybrid cars with Chinese makers

GUANGZHOU, China - Hiroji Onishi, senior managing officer of Toyota Motor Corp., announces Nov. 21, 2013, that the company will jointly develop hybrid cars with two Chinese auto giants -- First Automobile Works Corp. and Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. -- at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, China.

Toyota to develop hybrid cars with Chinese makers

Toyota to develop hybrid cars with Chinese makers

GUANGZHOU, China - Hiroji Onishi, senior managing officer of Toyota Motor Corp., announces Nov. 21, 2013, that the company will jointly develop hybrid cars with two Chinese auto giants -- First Automobile Works Corp. and Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. -- at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition in Guangzhou, China.

China vice president visits Kyushu factory

China vice president visits Kyushu factory

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a factory operated by Yaskawa Electric Corp. in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan on Dec. 16, 2009. Xi, on a three-day trip to Japan, viewed an area where a welding robot is assembled for China First Automobile Works Group Corp. and said he found Yaskawa's technological level ''high.''

China vice president visits Kyushu factory

China vice president visits Kyushu factory

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a factory operated by Yaskawa Electric Corp. in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan on Dec. 16, 2009. Xi, on a three-day trip to Japan, viewed an area where a welding robot is assembled for China First Automobile Works Group Corp. and said he found Yaskawa's technological level ''high.''

China vice president visits Kyushu factory

China vice president visits Kyushu factory

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a factory operated by Yaskawa Electric Corp. in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan on Dec. 16, 2009. Xi, on a three-day trip to Japan, viewed an area where a welding robot is assembled for China First Automobile Works Group Corp. and said he found Yaskawa's technological level ''high.'' (Kyodo)

China vice president visits Kyushu factory

China vice president visits Kyushu factory

KITAKYUSHU, Japan - Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits a factory operated by Yaskawa Electric Corp. in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, in southwestern Japan on Dec. 16, 2009. Xi, on a three-day trip to Japan, viewed an area where a welding robot is assembled for China First Automobile Works Group Corp. and said he found Yaskawa's technological level ''high.'' (Kyodo)