LEXINGTON, Ky. (Kyodo) Toyota Motor Corp. Vice Chairman Fujio Cho has expressed willingness to produce the Prius electric-gasoline hybrid car in the United States, where demand for the vehicle has been growing.
"I have been proposing that the hot-selling car be produced in the United States," Cho told a news conference Saturday. He is visiting the U.S. to attend a ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the incorporation of Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc.
Industry watchers say Toyota is likely to pick the U.S. production site by the end of 2008 when it introduces a fully remodeled Prius.