Toyota bZ Sport Crossover Concept: Das ExterieurToyota Bz FlexSpace Concept: The ExteriorToyota Bz FlexSpace Concept: The ExteriorToyota might extend the new technologies to its partners in a bid to catch up with competitors like“Those technologies should not be applied only to battery electric vehicles,” BEV Factory President Takero Kato said.
BEV Factory is the Aichi-based brand’s new all-in-one division for EVs. “It’s about increasing our quality and flexibility. We will be able to streamline all our manufacturing and production activities through this activity,” Kato added, implying that Toyota's ICE vehicles might also benefit from the overhaul.
Higher automation and improved manufacturing will not only help Toyota cut costs but also help the brand cope with the labor shortage in Japan, as per Sadahito Kondo, director of Toyota’s production engineering development center. Workers whose roles are replaced by automated machinery will be reassigned to higher-value jobs, he said.