Toyota has terminated its tie-up with Tesla and stepped up efforts to develop electric vehicles by itself, a newspaper said Saturday. Two years later they jointly developed sport utility vehicles with electric-power engines and sold some 2,500 units in California and other markets. The Corolla and
Tokyo (AFP) — Toyota has terminated its tie-up with Tesla and stepped up efforts to develop electric vehicles by itself, a newspaper said Saturday.
In 2010, the two companies agreed on a comprehensive cooperation with the Japanese auto giant paying $50 million to buy 3.15 percent of shares in the US electric automaker.
Two years later they jointly developed sport utility vehicles with electric-power engines and sold some 2,500 units in California and other markets.
But their joint development has since decreased and Toyota sold all the Tesla shares it held by December last year as part of its effort to «review destinations for investment, » the Asahi Shimbun reported.
