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Toyota to Produce Camry Hybrid in Australia
10 June 2008
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will begin producing the Camry Hybrid at the Altona Plant of Toyota Motor Corporation Australia Ltd. (TMCA), as part of an effort to further popularize hybrid vehicles worldwide.
We decided to build the Camry Hybrid in Australia because Australians are keenly aware of environmental issues including global warming, and we are confident that the Camry Hybrid will be well received. Toyota intends to make further efforts toward popularizing hybrid vehicles.
—TMC President Katsuaki Watanabe
Production of the Camry Hybrid at the Altona Plant (in the State of Victoria in southeastern Australia) will commence in early 2010, with an annual production target of 10,000 vehicles. Capacity of the Altona Plant is 150,000 units per year.
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