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The Toyota JPN Taxi (Japanese: トヨタ・ジャパンタクシー, Hepburn: Toyota Japantakushī), sometimes known as the Toyota Japan Taxi, [1] is a hybrid electric taxicab built to universal design specifications mandated by the Japanese government.
(This May 22 story corrects taxi production rate to 1,000 from 2,000 in paragraph 12) By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor's Japan Taxi, born in a government committee and designed to be an ...
A Nihon Kotsu JPN Taxi in Tokyo. The Toyota JPN Taxi is a hybrid electric taxicab marketed by Toyota since 2017 mainly for the Japanese and Hong Kong market. As of May 2018, the JPN Taxi accounted for around 10% of Tokyo taxis, while the traditional Toyota Comfort model accounted for around 70%. By mid-2020, Toyota expects the JPN Taxi to ...
In July 2018, a rebadged version of the Toyota JPN Taxi debuted in Hong Kong under the Comfort Hybrid (Chinese: 豐田金豐混能的士) nameplate, with sales commencing in January 2019. [24] [25] The powertrain is an "LPG hybrid system" based on the existing THS II, made compatible with LPG fuel through the use of the 1.5L 1NZ-FXP LPG engine.
In August 2020, Toyota Motor East Japan started assembling the Yaris Cross at Miyagi and announced it would also be produced from October at Iwate. [21] On 10 December 2020, the Higashi-Fuji plant ended car assembly. The Porte and Spade were finally discontinued, the JPN Taxi was moved to the Miyagi plant, and the Century to Toyota's Motomachi ...
NK operates the most popular taxi hailing mobile application in Japan, Japan Taxi. [3] Toyota invested 500 million yen in the app in 2017, followed by a second 7.5 billion investment in 2018. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Tokyo Musen, a major rival of Nihon Kotsu in the Tokyo area, joined the app later that year in an effort to counterbalance foreign rivals such ...
Toyota is investing another $500 million in Joby Aviation as part of a partnership aimed at helping get the American air taxi company's commercial business off the ground. Toyota's investment will ...
The JPN Taxi was introduced in Hong Kong as the Comfort Hybrid with a 1NZ-FPX I4 LPG engine in a hybrid system. The first batch of Comfort Hybrids was shipped to Hong Kong in July 2018. In December 2023, a deal between the Hong Kong Tele-call Taxi Association and Chinese car manufacturer BYD was signed to introduce 200 new BYD-manufactured EV ...