Toyota Can't Boot The Bucket On Pledge, Volition Stop Production At Several Japanese Plants

It was a pledge fifty-fifty Akio Toyoda couldn’t keep. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few days afterwards announcing to the basis that Japanese automakers volition “do all they tin laissez passer the axe to rest producing cars in addition to trucks,” Toyota announced that they’ll travel idling 5 Japanese plants kickoff Apr 3.

To travel fair, the shutdowns are non related per se to COVID-19 (earlier, 2 Toyota business workers tested positive for the virus, but the lines were only sanitized in addition to production promptly resumed). It is, however, connected to an expected decrease inward auto in addition to truck postulate worldwide inward the wake of the pandemic.

The 5 affected Toyota plants are Toyota’s Takaoka, Tsutsumi, Tahara, in addition to Kyushu sites. Affected models available inward the Philippines include the RAV4, Prius, Camry, Lexus ES, Land Cruiser Prado, Lexus GS, Land Cruiser LC200, Lexus LS, NX, IS, in addition to RC.

Production volition suspend starting Apr iii in addition to volition resume betwixt Apr vii to 15. It volition cutting close 36,000 units inward price of book for Toyota.