Toyota and BMW made the news in July last year, we began to reconstruct the details on Co-operation.
The world's most valuable two-car brand Toyota, BMW Group since December 2011 to further expand co-operation in the current strategic direction of sürdürdükleri signed a binding agreement. According to this agreement, the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle systems and infrastructures, joint development work, the development of a new sports car design and components, vehicle bodies, joint R & D activities for the development of light-weight technologies and developing lithium-air batteries lithium battery solutions for the post-intensive energy supply intensive long-term strategic co-operation issues. With this agreement, the next-generation lithium-ion batteries was started in the second phase of the studies related to.
According to long-term strategic cooperation agreement, Toyota and BMW, 0 emission hydrogen fuel cell systems to implement the intended target. Toyota and BMW sharing technology in this direction is hydrogen tank, motor and battery fuel cell vehicle system, including a basic wants to make available up to 2020.
Toyota and BMW as well as middle-class platform for the production of a sports car concept for the feasibility study to be completed by the end of 2013 also reached an agreement made. The mutual advantage of each other's technology and know-how that is designed to maximize customer satisfaction, Toyota and BMW, sports car wants to move forward vision of development.
Toyota and BMW, sports car bodies and bodies to be used in other vehicles, giving priority to the development of light-weight technologies in the future and still have the energy density of lithium batteries, lithium-air batteries is much higher than for the production of kararındalar to continue the research and development work.
Toyota President Akio Toyoda, the current automotive technologies in order to drive further strategic cooperation with BMW over the last year have achieved a significant improvement br said "Now we have entered an era of our work will fruit. Co-operation for about a year has passed since we signed our agreement. BMW continues to strengthening our relationship with each passing day. We are committed to this process, drew a walk on the road. BMW and Toyota aim to continuously produce better tools, "he said.
BMW Group Norbert Reithofer Chairman of the Board of Directors, the same strategic vision, shared with Toyota for sustainable transport said that "in light of the technological changes in the automotive industry was confronted with major challenges we see this situation as an opportunity. This collaboration, both companies took an important step to be successful in the future. "He said.
