Toyota decided to free hybrid patents

According to foreign media reports, Japan's Toyota motor corp. announced 3, will be free of hybrid electric vehicle related technologies such as about 23740 patents.

Toyota vice President temple in Nagoya ShiMao tree 3 held a press conference announced the news. Japanese media said, as the world increasingly strict environmental regulations, Toyota closed strategic plans to change technology, to promote other enterprise introduction of Toyota's technology to expand the market. In addition also strives to share main components of the electric car cost cuts.

'Japanese economic news' reported that Toyota identified years free of charge to open its own hybrid technology related to the policy of patent rights. Strengthening of dongfeng Toyota hopes that the global fuel efficiency regulation, through to the other technologies are provided free competitive enterprise, expand the hybrid market. If the relevant parts of foreign sales increase in demand, the cost of the hybrid is expected to decline, also helps to strengthen the competitiveness of the main parts of the same pure electric cars. Reported that Toyota's hybrid related effective number of patents for more than 20000, is now confirmed that provide free of charge, is expected to include related to electric motors and power converting device and basic performance of hybrid battery related, so most of the latest technology.

according to kyodo news, Toyota's hybrid development and at the forefront in sales. Hybrid fuel efficiency performance high, but the vehicle needs to fine control, development of hybrids have superb technical strength. Toyota will through to the other enterprises to promote technology, improve the sense of existence. But analysis point out that even if the open hybrid technology, such as degree of actual use of the technology is difficult to forecast. Toyota announced in January 2015 to provide free fuel cell patent related industries, but in the end, with only a dozen.

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statistics show that Toyota sold in 1997 the first generation of prius hybrids, in recent years introduced to cars, suvs, etc. The fourth generation prius appeared in 2015, at the end of last year adopted the new design.

the hybrid global accumulative total sales of more than 13 million vehicles. Look from the size of the market, Toyota has advantages in the field of hybrid electric vehicles. Toyota launched the world's first mass-produced hybrid prius sales good, relative to gasoline vehicles in the price competition also gradually have the advantage.

the autonomous development of pure electric vehicles in 1983, although the early involvement of pure electric cars, but not after the on sale since 2012, when the small car eQ to launch production car. Under the background of global strengthen environmental regulation, Toyota is still focused on hybrid, appear behind in terms of pure electric vehicles. It is understood that in 2020 the new Toyota will sell pure electric vehicles in China, speed up the expansion of product lines.

the industry believe that pure electric vehicles in the short term can't replace a hybrid car in clean energy vehicle market position. Survey company British IHSMarkit, according to 2030 years in the global car sales, only 11% of pure electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles will account for 43%, compared with 2018 increased by 40%, close to gasoline vehicles.