According to a Nikkei report Toyota will start producing hybrid cars in Australia and Thailand.

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Toyota plans to rev-up hybrid plans on the back of high oil prices and will make the Toyota Camry Hybrid later this year in Thailand and in 2010 in Australia by using existing production lines for its standard Camry model there, the Nikkei business daily said.


The company aims to lift its production of hybrid vehicles to 10,000 units within three to four years at each plant, the newspaper said.


Meanwhile, Mitsubishi Motors Corp. plans to launch an eco-friendly electric vehicle based on its subcompact small car in Japan next year, Nikkei added.


Annual output is estimated at 2,000 cars at the start and will be raised to 10,000 in 2011, it said.

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Exports are to start in 2010 to Britain, France and other parts of Europe as well as to Australia, Singapore and the United States, it added.