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Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer based in Toyota, Aichi, Japan. In March 2014, Toyota's corporate structure consisted of 338,875 employees worldwide [4] and, as of October 2016, was the world's ninth largest revenue company. Starting in 2016, Toyota is the largest automaker in the world. Toyota was the first automaker in the world to produce more than 10 million vehicles a year, which it has done since 2012, when it also reported production of its 200 million dollar vehicle. As of July 2014, Toyota was the largest listed company in Japan by market capitalization (worth more than twice the number 2 of SoftBank) and revenue.
Toyota is the global market leader in hybrid electric vehicle sales and one of the largest companies to foster the adoption of the mass market for hybrid vehicles around the world. Cumulative global sales of hybrid Toyota and Lexus passenger cars reached the milestone of 10 million in January 2017. Its Prius family is the world's best-selling hybrid plate with more than 6 million units sold worldwide starting in January 2017.
The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937, as a derivative of the company of his father Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years earlier, in 1934, while still a department of Toyota Industries, he created his first product, Type A, and his first passenger car in 1936, the Toyota AA. Toyota Motor Corporation produces vehicles under five brands, including Toyota, Hino, Lexus, Ranz and Daihatsu. It also has a 16.66% stake in Subaru Corporation, a 5.9% stake in Isuzu, as well as joint ventures with two in China (Toyota GAC and Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor), one in India (Toyota Kirloskar) , one in the Czech Republic Republic (TPCA) along with several "non-automotive" companies. TMC is part of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.
Toyota is the global market leader in hybrid electric vehicle sales and one of the largest companies to foster the adoption of the mass market for hybrid vehicles around the world. Cumulative global sales of hybrid Toyota and Lexus passenger cars reached the milestone of 10 million in January 2017. Its Prius family is the world's best-selling hybrid plate with more than 6 million units sold worldwide starting in January 2017.
The company was founded by Kiichiro Toyoda in 1937, as a derivative of the company of his father Toyota Industries to create automobiles. Three years earlier, in 1934, while still a department of Toyota Industries, he created his first product, Type A, and his first passenger car in 1936, the Toyota AA. Toyota Motor Corporation produces vehicles under five brands, including Toyota, Hino, Lexus, Ranz and Daihatsu. It also has a 16.66% stake in Subaru Corporation, a 5.9% stake in Isuzu, as well as joint ventures with two in China (Toyota GAC and Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor), one in India (Toyota Kirloskar) , one in the Czech Republic Republic (TPCA) along with several "non-automotive" companies. TMC is part of the Toyota Group, one of the largest conglomerates in the world.