Sep 03 2019

Toyota plugs into Hybrid Vehicle Battery Recycling in Thailand

Toyota Motor Corporation has started recycling hybrid vehicle batteries in Thailand, in a bid to establish a sustainable scheme for the key power source of environment-friendly cars and to cut costs.

It is part of an effort by Toyota – which began battery production in Thailand in May, its first such move in Southeast Asia - to electrify all vehicles by 2025.  

The automaker has sold 78,000 hybrid vehicles in Thailand auto market since it released a Camry hybrid sedan in 2009.