Toyota wants to sell hybrid technology to a third party – Autohoje Online (Blog)

The brand believes that liberalizing the technology of engines and transmissions of its hybrid systems competitors will contribute to the reduction of costs.

Toyota wants to accelerate the implementation of hybrid technology, and shows available to sell to third parties the combustion engines and electrical, as well as the gearboxes, together or separately. According to Reuters, the japanese brand believes that the market as a whole will gain from this measure. Being that, for their own benefit, you’ll be able to reduce the costs of production. Toyota says that the sharing of hybrid technology and electric between manufacturers will help to focus individually on other aspects, in particular in the improvement of the design and the comfort of their cars, but also in the development of systems of autonomous driving and connectivity, in a return on the immediate investment in research and development.

The chinese brands will be those that will benefit the most from this acquisition of japanese technology, a time which already benefit from lower production costs.