Toyota Motor Q4 2025 Earnings Report

Toyota Motor EPS Results

• Actual EPS: $3.39
• Consensus EPS: $2.92
• Beat/Miss: Beat by +$0.47
• One Year Ago EPS: N/A

Toyota Motor Revenue Results

• Actual Revenue: $81.09 billion
• Expected Revenue: $78.47 billion
• Beat/Miss: Beat by +$2.62 billion
• YoY Revenue Growth: N/A

Toyota Motor Announcement Details

• Quarter: Q4 2025
• Date: 5/8/2025
• Time: Before Market Opens
• Conference Call Date: Thursday, May 8, 2025
• Conference Call Time: 1:00AM ET

Toyota Motor (NYSE:TM) is a global automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. Founded in 1937 by Kiichiro Toyoda as an offshoot of Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, the company builds and sells a broad range of vehicles and related products under the Toyota and Lexus brands. Toyota’s operations encompass vehicle design, manufacturing, parts supply, and distribution through a worldwide dealer network, as well as complementary businesses such as vehicle financing and mobility services.

The company’s product lineup includes passenger cars, SUVs, pickup trucks, light commercial vehicles and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, along with engines and vehicle components. Toyota has been a pioneer in hybrid technology, introducing the Prius in the late 1990s, and now offers hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery electric and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles. In addition to vehicle manufacturing, Toyota provides aftermarket parts and ancillary services through affiliated companies and subsidiaries.

Toyota invests heavily in research and development focused on vehicle electrification, hydrogen fuel-cell technology, advanced safety systems and automated driving. The company is active in motorsport and performance development through Toyota Gazoo Racing and pursues mobility initiatives that include connected services, ridesharing partnerships and strategic investments in battery and software technologies to support the transition to low-emission transportation.

Operating on a truly global scale, Toyota serves markets across North America, Europe, Asia and other regions, with manufacturing and assembly facilities located in multiple countries. Corporate leadership includes Koji Sato, who was appointed president and CEO in April 2023, and Akio Toyoda, who serves as chairman. Toyota’s integrated structure of brands, subsidiaries and regional operations supports its role as one of the world’s largest and most diversified automakers.

Toyota Motor Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

Key Takeaways

• For the year ending March 2025, operating income reached JPY 4.8 trillion on the back of price revisions, controlled incentives and value chain profit expansion.
• For the year ending March 2026, operating income is forecast to decline to JPY 3.8 trillion, weighed down by U.S. tariffs, foreign exchange headwinds and higher material prices.
• Electrified vehicle sales rose to 46.2% of total volume in FY2025, with HEV units up 850 000, and are projected to reach 49.8% in FY2026 as Toyota steps up its multi-pathway electrification strategy.
• Toyota has provisionally accounted for JPY 180 billion of U.S. tariff impact for April–May 2025 and expects ongoing uncertainty, alongside a JPY 745 billion earnings reduction from a stronger yen.
• The company raised its full-year dividend by JPY 15 to JPY 90 for FY2025 and forecasts a further increase to JPY 95 for FY2026, underscoring its commitment to stable shareholder returns.

Presentation

[Operator]

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for coming despite your busy schedules. Let us now start the financial results meeting for the year ending March 2025. I will be the moderator for today. My name is Irie from the Public Relations Department. Now, from EVP and Chief Financial Officer, Yoichi Miyazaki, we'll give you the outline of the financial results.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

I'm Miyazaki, CFO. I would like to express our heartfelt appreciation to our customers around the world who chose us, as well as shareholders, dealers, and suppliers who support us. First, I would like to tell you the summary. Our operating income for the fiscal year ended March 2025 was JPY 4.8 trillion. This high-level operating income was secured through the effects of price revisions and expansion of value chain profits while advancing comprehensive investments that led to the future and reinforcing our operating foundation. The operating income forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2026 is JPY 3.8 trillion. We plan to reap the benefits of our efforts to reinforce our operational foundation while continuing comprehensive investments from a mid- to long-term perspective, as well as strengthening our management foundation and developing new pillars of future profits.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

With regard to the impact of the U.S. tariff, only the estimated impact of April and May 2025 have tentatively been factored in. As for shareholder returns, the full-year dividend for the fiscal year ended March 2025 is JPY 90, an increase of JPY 15 compared to the previous fiscal year. The forecast full-year dividend for fiscal year ending March 2026 will be increased by JPY 5 compared to the previous year, reaching JPY 95. Even in the face of declining profits, we will continue our efforts to maintain a policy of stable dividend increase that rewards our long-term shareholders. From here, let me explain the details of the results for the fiscal year ended March 2025. Consolidated vehicle sales for this fiscal year was 9,362,000 units, which was 99.1% of consolidated vehicle sales for the previous fiscal year.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Toyota and Lexus vehicle sales was 10,274,000 units, which was 99.7% of such sales for the previous fiscal year due to the supply constraints caused by the certification issue and other factors. The proportion of electrified vehicles was 46.2%, a significant increase from the previous fiscal year, mainly led by HEVs, which were increased by 850,000 units from the previous year. Consolidated financial results were sales revenues of JPY 48,360.7 billion, operating income JPY 4,795.5 billion, income before income tax of JPY 6,414.5 billion, and net income of JPY 4,765 billion. I would like to explain the factors which impacted operating income year on year.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

From FY 2024 results of JPY 5,352.9 billion, we excluded JPY 352.9 billion of a one-time favorable effect, which was attributable to market conditions and other factors, and JPY 700 billion for the comprehensive investments, resulting in a forecast of JPY 4,300 billion at the beginning of FY 2025. Although there was an impact from volume decline and model mix deterioration due to the suspension of production at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana in the U.S., the profit amounted to JPY 4,795.5 billion due to the improvement of earning power through price revisions, controlling incentives, and the expansion of value chain profits.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

We believe that the major achievement was JPY 510 billion output of cost reduction efforts and marketing efforts, while steadily reaping the benefits of comprehensive investments and the reinforcement of our operational foundation for the future, such as restoring the production pace to the current cruising speed of 10 million units. This slide shows operating income by geographical region. Japan continued to maintain a high-level profit despite an increase in expenses due to the strengthening of the supplier base. In North America, operating income decreased due to factors such as the impact of lower production volume caused by the four-month shutdown of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana, United States, due to quality issues. Asia and other regions recorded higher profits due to price revisions and other factors.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Operating income of consolidated subsidiaries and share of profit of investment accounted for using the equity method in China decreased, mainly due to an increase in sales expenses. Operating income in the financial services business increased largely due to the increase in loan balances. Next, I will explain the forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31. Consolidated vehicle sales is expected to be 9.8 million units, which is 104.7% of the previous fiscal year. Toyota and Lexus vehicle sales are expected to reach 10.4 million units, or 101.2% of the previous fiscal year, due to the recovery in production volume. Electrified vehicle sales is expected to be a total of 5.184 million units, or 49.8% of total sales. Now, let me explain the full-year consolidated financial forecast. We have adopted the full-year foreign exchange rate assumptions of JPY 145 per $1 and JPY 160 per EUR 1.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Based on this, our forecasts for the full year are sales revenue of JPY 48.5 trillion, operating income of JPY 3.8 trillion, income before income taxes of JPY 4.41 trillion, and net income of JPY 3.1 trillion. Next, are the factors which impacted operating income forecast year on year: a JPY 400 billion increase due to the elimination of one-time expenses related to Hino Motors, a JPY 745 billion decrease due to the impact of foreign exchange rates. The impact of material prices is JPY 350 billion. With regard to the impact of U.S. tariffs, only the estimated impact in April and May 2025, JPY 180 billion, has been tentatively factored in. Regarding comprehensive investment, we have added JPY 470 billion.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

We will steadily strengthen our management foundation as necessary and develop new pillars of future profit to realize sustainable growth from a mid- to long-term perspective and transformation into a mobility company. Additionally, as in the previous year, we expect to reap some of the benefits of comprehensive investment and achieve an improvement of JPY 349.5 billion through factors such as increased sales volume, cost reduction efforts, and expansion of value chain profits. As a result, the current forecast is JPY 3 trillion 800 billion, but we will use this as a starting point for future improvements. I will explain Toyota's profit structure.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

In the past, as a result of pursuing a management style focused on quantitative targets, we faced an extremely severe situation during the 2009 Lehman shock, where we fell into a deficit of JPY 461 billion and were left with only JPY 1.5 trillion in cash on hand. Subsequently, we rebuilt our financial base mainly by improving our break-even volume so that we can continue to survive under any circumstances. As a result, we have been able to consistently achieve an ROE of over 10% after further learning and making improvements during the COVID-19 pandemic. Additionally, we have significantly improved profitability, increasing the marginal profit per unit by approximately 1.6 times. The first driving force behind this improvement was product and region-centered management. We have been developing ever-better cars tailored to each region, expanded the Toyota and Lexus lineup, and nurtured GR as a new brand.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

This has allowed us to increase the average unit price, reduce incentives, and carefully sell each ever-better car. The second driving force was the implementation of a Toyota Strength TPS, a Toyota Production System, and cost reduction efforts. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, we have returned a cumulative JPY 3.7 trillion on a non-consolidated basis to suppliers while working together with our stakeholders to further enhance our cost competitiveness. We believe that these efforts are reflected in the results of the fiscal year ended March 2025, as explained at the beginning of this meeting. Another newly emerging presence that is becoming a pillar of our financial foundation is the value chain. The bar chart shows operating income by business.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Compared to the fluctuating profits from new vehicles, value chain profits, such as those from parts and finance, have been steadily expanding at a pace of JPY 150 billion annually over the past several years. The full-year forecast shows that it will expand to more than JPY 2 trillion. We plan to further enhance the value of our 150 million units in operation, which is our strength, through expanding maintenance services, strengthening our connection with finance and insurance by connected technologies, as well as expanding the used car business and accessories business. In addition to this, we will also leverage software-defined vehicles and expand profit from new products and services created by working together with outside partners in Woven City. This long-term stable financial foundation is the base of our group vision, inventing our path forward together.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

As a result of these efforts, we intend to expand and stabilize earnings, especially in the asset business, which is less susceptible to market and economic conditions, and achieve a business structure that allows us to reduce the amount of capital required to prepare for profit fluctuations. On top of that, we intend to increase the flexibility of our capital policy, focusing on returns to shareholders, including such things as further acceleration of stable dividend increases. An ROE of 20% was set as an indicator to measure the progress of this transformation of our business structure and capital structure towards a mobility company. The next section explains shareholder returns. Our dividend policy is to increase dividends in a stable and continuous manner in order to reward our long-term shareholders.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Despite a decrease in profit for the fiscal year ended March 2025, we have decided to pay a full-year dividend of JPY 90, an increase of JPY 15 from the previous fiscal year, as announced. For the fiscal year ended March 2026, despite the difficulties in anticipating the business outlook due to the impact of U.S. tariff impacts and other factors, the full-year dividend forecast is JPY 95 per share, an increase of JPY 5 from the previous fiscal year. We have not set year-end share repurchase budget. However, depending on the stock price level and other factors, and the need to respond to requests to sell our shares, we will continue to flexibly implement share repurchases in the future. Lastly, Toyota alone cannot achieve structural reform of our business going forward. We will work together with our stakeholders with their support. This concludes my explanation of the financial results.

[Operator]

Thank you very much. Now, I'd like to introduce the CEO and the President, Sato, to present.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Hello, everyone. This is Sato speaking. In the last fiscal year, we were able to deliver many vehicles to customers by demonstrating our on-site capabilities, even as certification issues, recalls, and disasters continue to impact production. I would like to express the company's sincere gratitude to our Toyota, Lexus, and GR customers, as well as to our suppliers and dealers who worked hard to adapt to fluctuations. Facing various challenges over the past year, the entire company has reaffirmed the importance of Toyota's starting point of carefully making and delivering quality cars. We will continue to build each car with careful attention to safety and quality to demonstrate gratitude to our customers and all our stakeholders through our actions. Currently, the environment surrounding the automobile industry, including trade relations, is extremely flux.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

At a time when changes are rapid and the future is unclear, we believe that we must continue to pursue making good cars without wavering from our principles of product-centered management and striving to be the best in town. We will continue to establish development and production systems tailored to each region so that we can respond to the needs of our customers from up close and deliver cars on time. Also, in order to flexibly respond to environmental changes, we want to firmly maintain and enhance our earning power. In particular, reducing costs in mass vehicle production is an exercise not only in increasing current earning power, but also in learning fundamental manufacturing principles and in continuing the evolution of technologies. Toyota's competitiveness spawns from workplaces that pursue productivity and in which members think and act independently.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

To further strengthen this foundation, this year, we will continue to focus on advancing our initiatives for strengthening our operational base. We will do this by creating environments in which we can demonstrate our on-site capabilities for supporting the production of 10 million cars and our ability to continue taking on diverse challenges for the future. When we first began strengthening our foundations, we were very thorough about safety and quality and followed proper work practices. Our initiatives focused on regaining fundamental car-making strength and extra capacity for taking on challenges, which I think were efforts to stop the bleeding, so to speak. However, these efforts are now shifting to initiatives aimed at sowing seeds for the future. Preventing recurrence of the certification issues has become an opportunity to accelerate workplace-rooted improvements, leading to initiatives to strengthen our company's foundation, including its workplace culture.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

In the voluntary TPS Jishuken for Certification Work initiative established by Chairman Toyoda, improvement activities for addressing essential issues are making progress by identifying waste and bottlenecks throughout all processes, from planning and development to production. Centered on the Toyota Production System, or TPS, we are rethinking in a future-oriented way how we work, aiming to shorten lead times. We intend to expand this action company-wide toward improving productivity. Our plant members have tackled the medium-term to long-term challenges of a shrinking working population and young people turning away from manufacturing. While stepping up recruitment activities, we have improved workplace environments with efforts including measures to combat heat, creating production lines on which our diverse team members can work comfortably, and also by implementing our Future Production Plans project, which looks 50 years into the future.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

When it comes to development, we are working to improve our car-making productivity to continue to meet diverse needs. Our Area 35 activities, which are meant to accurately grasp customer needs and optimize specifications and component types, have improved development efficiency by the equivalent of three vehicle model redesigns on a trial basis in Japan. Going forward, we intend to further improve our development and production efficiencies by expanding these activities globally. We are working on establishing a system that will use digital transformation advances for seamlessly linking vehicle specification information from development to sales, which is currently correlated by people. Working together with our suppliers and dealers, we intend to strengthen our operational base for the future and improve our earning power. We will leverage this foundation to steadily advance our efforts to change the future of cars. We will aim to transform into a mobility company.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

At the root of this is a desire to contribute to people's happiness through cars and to provide freedom of mobility to all. There is no clear definition of a mobility company. What is important is that we continue to act toward materializing our vision. We have been sowing seeds for the future, including building Toyota Woven City, which is a test course for mobility that will begin phase one occupancy and demonstration trials this fall. Also, based on our Toyota mobility concept, we have been working to materialize our path toward becoming a mobility company. Our path includes contribution to achieving carbon neutrality and expanding the value of mobility. With these as our pillars, we have deepened industry-transcending cooperation and made efforts to expand the value of cars by integrating with social systems to create a safe and secure mobility society.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

This fiscal year, we will focus on our key themes of enhancing the resolution of a multi-pathway approach and establishing a foundation for Toyota's unique software-defined vehicles. In Toyota's multi-pathway approach, our value desire is to contribute to the achievement of carbon neutrality while leaving no one behind. In contributing to CO2 reduction through various vehicle types, we will also leverage technologies we hone for next-generation battery electric vehicles to further evolve powertrains overall. In addition to make each kind of powertrain a genuine option, we will work with many partners to drive advances in fuel and infrastructure. For internal combustion engine vehicles, we are continuing to refine our elemental technologies and strive to achieve the evolution of engines, hybrid systems, and fuels.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

In terms of achieving carbon neutrality when considering the current units of vehicles in operation, it is important to promote the shift to more environmentally friendly mobility centered on hybrid vehicles, which can immediately reduce CO2 emissions and accelerate the spread of carbon-neutral fuels. To meet the expectations of our customers around the world, we will continue to provide practical options that contribute to carbon neutrality, including more affordable hybrid vehicles. In order to popularize battery EVs, in addition to technological innovation in vehicles and batteries, I believe it is necessary to create a battery ecosystem from battery material procurement to collection and reuse. We will create a framework for industry-transcending cooperation and work hard to create an environment for popularization. When it comes to hydrogen mobility, the key to popularization is reducing the price of hydrogen.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

By accelerating the social implementation of hydrogen mobility in commercial vehicles, including through external sales of our hydrogen fuel power units, we intend to increase hydrogen usage, which will lead to cost reductions and infrastructure expansion. We will continue our efforts throughout the entire value chain without wavering from our aspirations for the future of hydrogen. Meanwhile, software-defined vehicles will play a leading role in transformation from cars to mobility. Through software-defined vehicles, we intend to achieve safer, more secure, and more enjoyable mobility. The key to this is to increase the expandability of cars by renewing our electronic platform and employing Toyota's software platform, A-Ring. In addition, in doing so, cheap performance will become more important than ever. Furthermore, for cars to connect with society, it is important to develop infrastructure such as in the form of seamless communications environments and data centers.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Last year, together with the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, we started building that foundation. Based on these foundations, software-defined vehicles will help expand various possibilities of added value. For example, we intend to materialize the diverse values that data and AI will create, such as database vehicle development and service evolution, AI agents that grow together with customers and services that utilize onboard sensors. Through co-creation with our partners, we will continue to accelerate the development of a foundation for Toyota's unique software-defined vehicles. I have now shared with you our key initiatives for this fiscal year. To transform into a mobility company, we need to envision creating a mobility society and pursue non-sequential evolution, or in other words, innovation. Together with many partners, we will work toward creating values for cars that are integrated with society and accelerate our efforts to change the future of cars.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

We would greatly appreciate your support and understanding.

[Operator]

Thank you very much. We will now move to the Q&A session. Please wait a while as we prepare for the Q&A session. [Foreign language] Let us now start the Q&A session. For the responders to the Q&A session, please come up onto the stage. [Foreign language] Now, let me introduce the attendees. [Foreign language] First, Koji Sato, Chief Executive Officer. [Foreign language] Yoichi Miyazaki, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. [Foreign language] Masahiro Yamamoto, Chief Officer, Accounting Group. Please take your seats. Let us now start the Q&A session. We have people in the venue and online, but we will first take questions from people in this room. If you have any questions, please raise your hand. We will bring a microphone to you. Because of time limitations, we would like to limit the number of questions each to two per person.

[Operator]

The person in the middle, in the front, in the corner. I am Sugito from Chunichi Shimbun. Thank you very much for today. I have two questions. The year ending March 2025, about the results. Our production stopped because of certification, and you are solidifying your foundation, but revenues increased and profits were reduced. What is your interpretation of the results? I would like to pose this question to Mr. Sato.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Should I answer? Can you ask your second question first?

[Operator]

The second question about the additional tariff imposed on cars by the United States. You mentioned that the impact for April and May would be JPY 180 billion for the tariff impact. What is the basis of this number? If the tariff policy continues, how will this impact your results for March 2026?

[Operator]

I believe there will be further impacts, but what is your understanding of the impact, Mr. Sato?

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Thank you very much for your questions. Let me start with the first question. About our interpretation of the results for the previous fiscal year, I have three points to raise here. First, appreciation to others. As you mentioned, a lot of things happened last year. Globally, many customers utilized our cars, and even when the delivery time is very long, they waited for our cars. We are very grateful to those customers. That is the number one reason behind the results of the year ending March 2025. I would also like to thank the dealers and also the suppliers which allowed us to deliver those cars. Appreciation to others is the first point that I would like to mention. There are two other points.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Looking at the results, how important it is to follow the basic principles. Not being able to produce cars was very difficult for us. The people on the gemba, the front lines, did their utmost. Despite the fact that they were very busy, they worked very hard to recover and restart our production. Those efforts led to the financial results of last year. That is the second point. Third, as Mr. Miyazaki mentioned in his presentation, the profit structure change has had an impact on the financial results. Of course, new vehicles have a very large impact on profits, but new vehicle impacts fluctuate. When volatility is high, or how can we avoid high volatility is a question. The supply chain has become stronger. We've been working on this for several years, and the results are starting to be seen.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Once those effects start to be seen, the extra investment capacity and the strategy would be impacted by this. Those are the three points that I would like to raise regarding the financial results for the year ending March 2025. Your second question was about the U.S. tariffs. Government-to-government negotiations are ongoing at the moment, and the government officials are working hard now. Details of tariffs are still moving. At this moment, it is very difficult to forecast the future. At the moment, there are already tariffs that are being imposed, and that part has been reflected in our forecast for this fiscal year. We do not want to waver from our basic principles, and we will stay the course. Depending on whether you are looking at short-term or medium-term, what we can do will change. For exports to the United States, 1.5 million units.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Of course, we have many customers in the U.S. So desirably, we want to allocate to the U.S., but in the short term, we have to look at how we allocate the cars. Over the medium to long term, appropriate products for the local area should be produced locally and delivered locally. Best in town is something that we've always talked about. In the community, in the country, as a local citizen, we are taking actions. That pillar will not waver. Over the medium to long term, we will continue to take that approach.

[Operator]

Thank you very much. Thank you. Now, we'd like to entertain the next question. Person in the back there, maybe second row from the front, please. I'm Ikeda Sankei, newspaper. I have two questions as well. The first question is about this U.S. tariff policy.

[Operator]

The impact is so difficult to forecast accurately. However, Toyota has been treasuring the domestic production level of 3 million units. Is it unchanged and maintained at that level? Is that the right understanding? As Mr. Sato mentioned about mid to long-term perspective, localization will be further promoted naturally. In mid to long term, that area might be revised or readjusted. Would that become necessary to readjust the 3 million unit production system in Japan? You have a relationship with your suppliers. As to the U.S. tariffs, the parts suppliers might need to transfer the increased costs to their transaction price to you. What would be the position of Toyota to deal with the suppliers' requests like that? The suppliers' burden might be covered and accepted by TMC itself. Is that the direction? There could be maybe a combination of the adjustment.

[Operator]

You work together with the suppliers to further reduce the costs to cope with that situation. Including the additional burden upon the suppliers. What do you think of the U.S. tariff policy?

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

At the beginning, as the domestic production policy and aspirations, that's my first point I'd like to mention. Mr. Miyazaki will add as to the substance to respond to your question. Actually, domestic production has a significance here in Japan. We should never forget that. It should be unchanged. We'd like to maintain that level. However, because domestic production and supply chain should be ensured and protected, and by continuing export, we will earn the foreign currency. By earning the foreign currency, Japan can purchase the energy necessary for the Japanese domestic activities and transactions. From that standpoint, I think domestic production should be protected.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

As a manufacturing industry initiative, it's an important point that we should keep in mind. From that standpoint, the domestic production and our aspiration for that will continue in our future initiatives. Based upon that assumption, the details can be added by Mr. Miyazaki.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Thank you, Mr. Ikeda, for your question. Earlier, I said that the profit structure of the TMC, so I'd like to maybe recap that. If we can show that, I'd like to show that again to you. Anyway, right now, as from your standpoint to the left-hand side, the 2023, in March, the 700-some, 5, 6 million units, that is the consolidated figure of the sales. At the time of COVID-19, there was the situation that the 1.3 million units, the consolidated sales reduction occurred.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

That is why it has come down to 7.56, JPY 2.2 trillion of the operating income was still achieved. Right-hand side on top, you can see that the activities were launched at that time, and then that the margin of the profit went up to the 1.6-fold as to this destiny to the U.S. The improvement was also achieved through these efforts. As to the potential impact by the tariffs, as to the profit structure and business structure is the basis, we are not forced to take the too hasty action. We can continue our stable policy. The 3 million units we are talking about, as Mr. Sato mentioned, the export to the U.S. is 500,000 units. For the customers, it might cause some problems. We have a long list of back orders. That is the current situation.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

It does not force us to revise and look at this domestic production structure, including the government negotiation. We will see and monitor how the negotiation will take place between the two governments. In addition, vehicles cannot be produced only by us. We need the cooperation of the suppliers, the customers, the related sales dealers' networks. All those parties need to collaborate together to take mid to long-term initiatives. We are looking and monitoring the situation. We have built this good profit structure already. Without taking any hasty action, we will play it by the year and then take stable actions. As I mentioned earlier, the automotive industry has quite an important significance and role to play in the 3 million units of production in Japan. We export the vehicles and earn the foreign currency of JPY 20 trillion.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Twenty-four trillion is the import expense we pay for energy and resources. We are playing an important role for the Japanese economy, and we'd like to continue to play that important role in the future as well. For the suppliers, what is the care? For each supplier, we listen to their voices and requests to decide upon how to address the issues, and we will have a very detailed care and listen to their views. Manufacturing should be promoted together with the suppliers and dealers and sales networks. We have to pay due care to them. The final wish is happiness for the customers. We would like to continue the operation of automobile manufacturing as well.

[Operator]

The second point is the operating profit forecast that you just showed us. About the U.S. business is my question.

[Operator]

The tariff burden, will it be transferred to the vehicle prices, or will you not be thinking about it for the time being? I understand it will be difficult to make a forecast, but in the profits that you have forecast, what is the U.S. sales volume that you assumed? People are talking about reduction due to last-minute purchases in the previous year, but what is your outlook at the time being? Tell us about the relationship with the forecast.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

I think it's a question of how to look at the sales volume, but when we plan or do a sales plan, for financial results, we look at the fiscal year, but for a business, we look at the calendar year. In April, in the United States, there was a last-minute market demand going up, and there might be repercussions from that. There will be pluses and minuses.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

As you mentioned, it is difficult to forecast the future. Depending on how things develop, we would like to take the appropriate action. Maybe I should not say fortunately, but in the United States, Toyota cars are still popular, and the inventory level is less than 10 days' worth. For our mainline hybrid, the turnover is in five days. We will look at real demand, and I think we can make appropriate adjustments. With regards to sales price, we think it is up to the customer. The competitive situation and real demand situation will be looked at as we did before. So far, customer demand was very strong, and in the past, we have raised prices when demand was high. We will look at the situation and take the appropriate action at the appropriate timing.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Just because of tariff rising, prices in hastily is not the type of reaction Toyota is thinking of.

[Operator]

Thank you very much to Mr. Ikeda. We would like to entertain the next question. The person in the front row, please. Yes, of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun. I have two questions as well. Yes, similar question about the U.S. tax policy, tariff policy. In the future, would that have impact upon your future business? As now, how do you analyze and look at that potential impact, short-term versus long and mid-term, the countermeasures? This tariff, new policy, is that, do you think, a transient one-time change? For your U.S. business, is that going to be more long-lasting impact for your business? Could you please comment on the future outlook? The second question is about 3 million units of the volume to be maintained in Japan.

[Operator]

To maintain that level, how do you intend to take actions and measures? Because to the U.S., the U.S. import means there are increased costs incurred. That maybe you increase the export to other regions or sell more in the domestic market. What are those measures that you're thinking about in order to maintain the 3 million units of production volume in Japan?

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Thank you for your question, Mr. Yao. Let me repeat some of the points. Toyota wants to be the best in town. That's a motto to be a locally based company. The main axis is that even though the U.S. tariff policy might change, our axis and policy will not change. As I said, in the long term, the local production, local development will be emphasized.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

In the short term, to the actual demand, the optimal response and operation should be devised. These are the combination of efforts we will make to deal with the change. On the other hand, the tariffs, would that be a general one, permanent ones? We are not in a position to decide on the tax tariff policy. Whatever the situation will change, we'd like to be flexible to deal with. We will maintain our basic pillar and policy on the course and then deal with the situation. 3 million units of volume maintained in Japan. To do that, as I said, we should strengthen our foundation. That is a strong activity. To maintain the domestic production level, that strong foundation is crucial.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

In other words, so-called supplementary efforts, like we support and invest for the suppliers, but it's not that to return the money back to them, but rather in order for them to further improve their productivity and have the spare room, we just work so closely with the suppliers. It's a work together. We now have the high level of the production operation in place. Just maybe the people in the field, the workplace might not have enough energy or the spare capacity to improve further. We should give them the spare room and energy and capacity so that they can work better. We will create a good climate and environment for them to do that.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

It is not just a funding support for them and return the money back to them, but in the mid to long term, it will eventually boost our productivity together and further reduce the costs incurred, and then effectiveness will be improved, and then eventually the total competitive edge will be further enhanced. Domestic production level should be maintained by the protection. We will strengthen our productivity and competitiveness. That, I think, is a very important cycle we'd like to achieve. Thank you very much.

[Operator]

Thank you very much to Mr. Yao. In the middle, third from the front row, Kawaguchi from Nikkan Kogyo, except for tariff impact. Fiscal 2025, what kind of year will it be? How do you position this year? A major transformation in a century.

[Operator]

It's been several years since this has been discussed, and diversification and localization, you are working on these, but how is business going to be this year towards 2030? My second question is about earning power. On the hybrid side, profitability is almost equal to gasoline cars. I think it was last year that Mr. Miyazaki talked about 5 million hybrid vehicles. Does this milestone, is this milestone unchanged? What about your plans for improvement for PHVs?

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Thank you very much for your question. The positioning of fiscal 2025, as I mentioned in the presentation, this year, in a sense, is a year where globally we are now seeing the speed towards electrification in each region. Depending on the region, the speed or how electrification will develop will be clearer. In case of battery EVs, in the past, we discussed this on a global basis.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Obviously, now China is moving fast, and not only electric vehicles, but intelligence plus EV is pushing forward the mobility. Battery EV leading-edge technology will be incorporated so that we can push forward mobility. In the case of battery EVs, we will be delving deeper into this area. For hybrids, realistically speaking, we are seeing a shift to BEVs. Having said that, there are many ways to realize carbon neutrality. An approach that combines vehicles with carbon neutrality will be very important. From the fuel side, carbon neutrality will have to be realized. It will be a very important turning point towards that. Hybrid PHV will be the pillar, but in addition to that, carbon neutral fuel will be combined. That kind of practical solution will be accelerated. That will be very important.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

In a sense, the basic pillars remain unchanged, but the resolution of each element will be higher than before. There is another point that we focus on, which is creating an environment or ecosystem. Just pushing forward evolution of the vehicle does not lead to realization of mobility. Battery EVs, hydrogen requires energy, infrastructure, and a legal framework. Mobility of cars alone will not allow us to push forward a mobility society. A comprehensive approach is necessary, which means that we have to work with energy or IT industry people. We also have to work with government to create the environment. That will be the foundation. This year, we have to focus more on creating this foundation. Now, earning power will be discussed by Mr. Miyazaki.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

In the past and this year, as everybody is pointing out, the future is unclear, uncertain.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

In this environment, what we have to do is to make sure we continue to produce and make happiness for all. Maintaining 3 million in Japan and full operation of overseas plants is necessary. We have to make sure we continue to produce ever better cars. Going back to the basics and doing what we have to do is what we will do in 2025. For this year's forecast, JPY 3.8 trillion will be the starting point. From here, we want to build up so that we can realize more. I mentioned JPY 3.8 trillion, but except for tariff and exchange rate, it will be JPY 1 trillion. That will be JPY 1 trillion. JPY 4.8 trillion in earning power is something that we can realize. How to step up from there is something that we want to think about.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

We need to create products that meet the real demand of our customers. For hybrid vehicles, I mentioned before that real demand is very strong. Initially, in 2026, 5 million production is something that I mentioned, and I talked about bringing this plan forward. After that, we decided to focus on strengthening the foundation. We stopped for a while to reorganize development and production. For hybrids, last year, as was mentioned before, plus 850,000 compared to the previous year is what we realized. This year, we expect a growth of 5%. 4.7 million is what we expect. The original 2026 numbers is the plan that we had. How to front forward that plan is something that we will continue to work on. We want to accumulate our earning power as we do so.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

About PHVs, once we have continued to decrease on cost, other variation units, I believe, will be able to produce profits. I will be repeating myself, but we will do what we have to do now, and we want to further strengthen our earning power.

[Operator]

The person with the gray jacket, please. I'm Mia of TV Tokyo. I have a question to Mr. Sato. Two questions. One is that the target, the production volume this year, that the external environment is getting difficult, but the 10 million units have been already mentioned. Six months ago, Mr. Miyazaki said the production plan has been prepared, and the OEM has a duty to steadily produce according to the target. In the more difficult environment, the 10 million units were still launched. What's the purpose of these 10 million units announced?

[Operator]

The group collaboration, the way it should be, that's my second question. Toyota Industries has now talked about that to go private. The Toyota Group, you have a policy-based share cross-shareholding. The way the Toyota Group, the structure should be, the way it should be, what do you think of including the potential rumor about Toyota Industries going private?

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Thank you for your question. About the production and the volume, 10 million units announced, and what's the aspiration for that? Compared to the previous term that the actual performance showed, you produce steadily and properly. That is a basis, an important factor to maintain the profitability. We focused in the last one year to further strengthen the foundation. What does it mean, earning of the 10 million units? We worked so hard to strengthen the foundation.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

As the outcome results and the fruit has been cropped, in other words, the production has become stabilized and produced a high-quality vehicle and delivered that to our users. That's one of the important targets for us. For example, the total comprehensive investment for human capital in the last several years, for example, includes in the production line, the operation might stop. Sometimes you need maintenance work, or sometimes frequent repair might be necessary in some of the facilities. Maybe upgrading and the investment for that is quite important, and it's a big investment as well. They frequently that the production line had to be stopped, but now it doesn't have to be stopped. It's a Kaizen improvement which has been achieved in the last several years. You don't have to stop this production line. That is a better efficiency of the production.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

That kind of this in-advance investment has borne good fruit. You could have a very good quality and efficient production, which has shown this strengthened foundation. That is a basis, and that is why we are still quite aware of this unit's target. That unit is so important to support and protect our supply chain. From that standpoint, we put it at the threshold and the target, and we would like to continue our efforts so that we can continue to steadily produce high-quality vehicles. A second point is a collaboration among the Toyota Group of companies. Of course, we like to transform to a mobility company. That is a grand aim, and an entire group is trying to become a mobility company. That is a challenge, a common challenge for all of us.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

How should we be prepared in what kind of formation we need to achieve this goal? I personally feel that the productivity and the efficiency should be improved. There is a vertical integration that might be better. It is more efficient to have that vertical, the integrated organization. We aim at the long-term annular-based growth so that the automotive industry should continue to track this growth path. In that sense, each company within the Toyota Group should have its own strength. Within the group, what is the strength of that company within the entire Toyota Group? The significance and meaning is quite important. We are the vehicle supplier. That is a TMC. The TMC, the vehicle producer, is supported by different domains, and each member company has its own aspiration to achieve a certain goal.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

The CEO of each group of the group companies, I think, are trying to set those goals. Of course, I'm a CEO. Mr. Toyoda is the leader, the Chairman of the entire group, and his message and aspiration is the basis of efforts, and we will continue discussion within the group. Toyota Industries and how it's positioned. Of course, it's the original company of TMC. It is a very important company historically, and within the TMC group, that is very important to do the forklift as well as the engine and other businesses as well. It is one of the important companies within the group. Their position stays the same.

[Operator]

May I clarify one point? 10 million units are the target you said. Now, external environment is deteriorating.

[Operator]

You produce 10 million units, and do you have an outlook of a global economy that you can still sell these many vehicles you intend to produce? Maybe Mr. Miyazaki can add.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

The outlook of a global economy, we cannot define the global economic outlook. However, we have a regional headquarters system, and in each region, we have a CEO, and we discuss the global economy and the regional economic outlook to come to our overall outlook. Our own outlook-wise, 10 million units are aimed, a goal we'd like to work toward. It is not just a target, but it is like the basic standard sort of. Of course, it is not really the goal or target we'd like to achieve. Please understand the nature of these 10 million units.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

In the past, I already told you, but in many regions, we like to strike a good balance and the good business in each region. That is a strong weapon for our company to achieve the stable business and profitability. Therefore, in particular region, if it catches a cold, then maybe the remaining healthy regions can complement and supplement for each other. In case that the very active region versus the sick region, the vehicle demand might not match, then I think each regional market and markets will collaborate among themselves. We try to strike the balance between the supply and demand so that this system and structure can be stably operated so that we like to work harder with the suppliers. Naturally, 10 million units is not the end of it. We are not aiming at achieving this as a target.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

We like to build a good car one by one, and eventually, it might achieve 10 million units. We like to give the due care to build a good quality car for each customer and user.

[Operator]

Thank you very much. I apologize to the people raising their hand in this venue, but we would like to take questions from people online at this juncture. We will come back to this venue again later on. If you have any questions from online, please use the raise hand button. Please turn on your microphone and camera if you are called upon to speak. Please turn on your microphone and camera before you speak. This is Terasaki from Best Car. I have two questions. Slide 11. You talk about sales volume forecast by region. Tariff and exchange rate impact was large. You mentioned JPY 1 trillion, I think.

[Operator]

If you look at sales volume to North America, 2.94 million for next year is your forecast. Compared to this year, it is an increase of over 200,000 units. Mr. Miyazaki talked about back orders, but are there any other factors that lead to this increase? Please tell us about the basis of this number. That is the first question.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Maybe we should take the second question first. Can you give us the two questions together?

[Operator]

Now to my second question. Also on page 11, you talked about breakdown of sales volume by types of vehicle. 213% for BEVs. 110,000 is the number that you have. This is a big forecast. If you, as of 2023, your announced plan was BEV 1.5 million by 2026 was the number that you gave us. In one year, five times as many would be very difficult.

[Operator]

Will you be reviewing your plan? According to media reports, some people say that you have already reviewed the plan, but are you in the process of review? The question is about BEV sales strategy. That is my second question.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Thank you very much for your question, Mr. Terasaki. First question. Last year in North America, as I mentioned in my presentation, the Indiana plant because of quality issues had to stop production for a long time. This year, this factor will be gone. Indiana factory production will be back to full operation. Vehicles for which we have back orders will be able to see an increase in production. As I mentioned before, there may be many other changes, so we may not have been able to forecast everything. At this moment, these are the numbers that we have in mind.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

As the situation changes, we intend to make adjustments as necessary. Each vehicle should be sold and delivered to our customer with attention to detail. The sum of those efforts, we are hoping, will lead us to achieve those numbers.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Terasaki-san, to your second question, this is Sato speaking, and I will respond to that second question. About the BEV sales plan, an increase of more than 150,000 new vehicle impact can be incorporated. There will be vehicles launched and announced, and the outlook for those is the basis. 3.5 million in 2030 or 1.5 million in 2026. Those are the numbers that we have announced before, but the basis of our calculation is real demand. Real demand. Real demand will change.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

If the pace of real demand changes, based on those changes, we will be changing those reference numbers, especially preparation of the supply chain and investment timing are things that we have in mind when we came up with these numbers. Battery EV real demand is starting to be clearer. 1.5 million is a number that will be reviewed. Thank you very much.

[Operator]

Thank you very much. I would like to entertain another person online. From Newspeak, Kiyadashi-san, please turn on your microphone and camera. Kiyadashi-san, please. Thank you. Can you hear me well? Yes. Thank you. I have a question. About the U.S. and China, I have one question to each country about each country. The first point is the U.S. It's a direct question. Earlier, you already mentioned that the mid to long term versus the short term, how you prepare yourself to potential tariffs.

[Operator]

In the mid to long term outlook, that you will provide these sweeter products to the local customers, it's the best in town through the local production. If the tariff will stay permanently, that production capacity locally should be enhanced, or you might have to build new plants there. Is it a possible scenario? That's my first question. The second question is a question about China. In the material, you talked about China. In your comparison, 94.1%, there was a number. In terms of share in the last several years, the local, the companies getting strong and then you having difficulty. You will be launching, emphasizing your effort in China to recover your activity. What's the strategy? Taking into account the change of environment of the competitiveness in Chinese market. What's your outlook in China?

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Thank you for your question.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Thank you, Kiyadashi-san, for your question. The first is a mid to long term outlook. Naturally, it's been doing this for some time. In the U.S.A., we have U.S.MCA, which is the local production, the target to increase the local procurement level according to the rule. Local production, local supply, and the local, the supply, the percentage ratio should be increased steadily from BCP standpoint. If even though some incident occurs, the local production is still possible, not just vehicles, but units as well, that the local production, local procurement should be further promoted. We've been doing this for some time. Because of that, even though the tariff is there, it's not our effort. We've been doing something we should do, and then we steadily perform our duty. That's something we intend to do.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

As a result, if things go smoothly, then we might accelerate that action. As I said, everything is not 100% predictable. Within that uncertainty, we should not sway from one way to the other, but we will take a steady run and stay on the course and make a final decision according to this monitoring. As to China, let me respond on China. Our outlook on China, China is not one market, but rather the 1.4 billion population in China. We are not in a position to take care of all those people by our business. We are not in that position. From that standpoint, the local coastal areas, the big cities, the population we like to target, that is where the real focus is in terms of the segment of the Chinese market. In that sense, naturally, there are local manufacturers and suppliers in China.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

OEMs are very strong in certain provinces or regions. Chinese markets should be scrutinized in detail by region and region. We should avoid the direct competition, but there are certain and lots of areas where we can coexist with the Chinese manufacturers. In that Chinese situation, of course, that's the market share as well, that the units and volume targets were achieved thanks to these suppliers and also the dealers there. The profitability in China, which we've been telling you, that in Chinese business, our profitability level is highly evaluated compared to the local competitors. Our level is on par with the Chinese competitors. That's how we evaluate our Chinese business performance. Our strengths should be leveraged further in the future.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

We announced last month that the development structure will be enhanced in China so that BEV suitable for Chinese customers will be launched and Lexus brand, Toyota brands will be enhanced and protected further.

[Operator]

Kiyadashi-san, thank you very much. Now, going back to this room, we will take questions from people in this room again. In the middle, the person from the second row. Mizumachi from Nikan Automobile. I have a question about the Japanese market. Last year, there was a certification issue and quality issues leading to long lead time and low production. If you look at this year, we have some negative numbers. Can you tell us about the background? Three million production in Japan. In order to maintain that, at least half of that number should be sold in Japan. Over the medium to long term, what is your outlook about the domestic market?

[Operator]

Mizumachi-san, is it just one question? About sales in the Japanese market.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Of course, we have a model life cycle. When you go to the peak, there will be a stable period, and then there are some differences in numbers. Basically, we are aiming at 1.5 million being sold. There is no strong will or background here. In thinking about the model life cycle, we came up with these numbers. Now, about the medium to long term outlook, it has always been said that in Japan, the population is declining and the birth rate is declining. How to reduce the vehicle replacement cycle is something that we want to work on to revitalize the Japanese market. Attractive cars will have to be launched. In order to make the replacement cycle shorter, we have to work more to sell them in a better way.

[Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Including Kinto and other initiatives, we will continue to try new efforts. Let me add something.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Thank you very much for your question. Your question was about the future of the Japanese market. As Mr. Miyazaki mentioned, how can we produce and deliver cars that people would want to buy? If vehicles are produced based on traditional thinking, we just launched a new Crown series. Ten years ago, a Crown was an FR sedan, an authentic product. That was the stereotype image of the model Crown. What is the significance of Crown being a long seller? That is something that we reviewed anew to come up with a new product. Rather than looking at the old framework, what is necessary now in this market is something that we have to face.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

We are a car maker, so we need to produce cars that people would want to purchase in Japan. We have to come up with ideas to launch those products. We need to solidify the foundation, come up with extra capacity so that we can produce cars that are suitable for the local market.

[Operator]

Thank you very much to Mr. Mizumachi. Time is running short, so we'd like to entertain just one last question, if we may. There was a person in the front section, Yamamoto, a freelance journalist. Earlier in the presentation, you talked about the multi-pathway strategy, which will be unchanged. Hybrid is a strong area. It's doing quite well. On the other hand, in front of the protocol BEV, we have the BHB, is not really not growing as you expect in hydrogen vehicles.

[Operator]

So far, you are trying to boost the spirit, but maybe that there's a toning down about the hydrogen vehicles, I feel. So hydrogen engine might be applied to motorsports, and it's been five years since you applied that. Then toward the end of the year, the Fuji 24-hour race that this hydrogen vehicle is to participate. At that time, Mr. Sato was the President to launch that hydrogen engine for the motorsports. What's the progress state of the hydrogen engine? Another question. Earlier, you told about this group strategy. You will supply this suitable car to each region. On the other hand, the enjoyable experience at the WOW experience, like that kind of car that Mr. Sato likes, WOW experience to be given by a car.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

It's sort of like, but there's a lately, we don't really see many new models that are developed by you, which is suitable for that WOW experience. About the multi-pathway strategy, yes, we will maintain that strategy. ICE will be further advanced, and then the hybrid system will become more efficient. We will continue this technology development. Smaller, compact car with a higher efficiency, and also the output, the characteristics should be further enhanced. That technology development is being promoted. That's a powertrain evolution, which should be driven, and we'd like to continue that effort in that area. On the other hand, in a way, fuel and energy might make a difference in terms of where we emphasize the pathway toward the popularization. The energy availability might make a difference, I feel, especially hydrogen.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

The major challenge for hydrogen is that hydrogen itself, we are so picky about its origin. And hydrogen becomes such an expensive energy source. Energy cost is so expensive. It's too expensive to popularize. It's a barrier for popularization. In order for us to promote that, the hydrogen use should be increased first. That is the initiative we first have to take. For the passenger car, we will do our part. Sixty times more the sensitivity for the commercial vehicle. One, the heavy duty truck versus the small passenger car, the size or the scale is 60-fold difference. We are trying to make efforts in commercial vehicle as well so that the cost reduction efforts should be made. Finally, the technology of the hydrogen engine could become quite useful because hydrogen engine is combustion. The control is already in-house technology.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Efficiency is one challenge and another one that the combustion of the hydrogen is an issue because for the ICE, the combustion efficiency could be maybe enhanced by better hydrogen combustion, biofuel, e-fuel if they are supplied. In the engine technology way, because we developed the hydrogen technology, we have a benefit to be enjoyed by that accumulated technology. Hydrogen gives us a clear starting point, but eventually, it will give us the synergy to really lead us to the multi-pathway development. Standard on hydrogen should not be just scrutinized, but that is a starting point to lead us to this synergy of multi-pathway strategy. I think we now are seeing the visible sign. Hydrogen is just a kickoff. Of course, liquid hydrogen is one area where we work toward and work harder. I hope you continue to support us.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

Our Chairman, Toyoda, is driving the car itself, the hydrogen vehicle, and he is a leading figure to promote the hydrogen society. We would like to realize the hydrogen society and multiple simultaneous efforts are needed. We will never give up to do that. We would like to reassert our strong determination on that. The second point, the car, which induces a WOW spirit. I appreciate your question. Yes, I agree to you. Exciting vehicle is necessary. The car should be enjoyable. Otherwise, the car is not the car. It will just turn into a commodity. We have a determination that the car should never be looked at as a commodity. The function-wise and logical thinking-wise and based upon the left side of the brain, you cannot sell the products based upon the catalog of the vehicles.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

You just merely change the model, the model switch, and have a new design or the engine. It won't sell anymore. How passionate you are to produce a car which will trigger the sense of a WOW in you. Of course, you have to be a sharp feeling to have an appealing car. It's not just a sports car. For the ordinary cars as well, you have to instill your passion to appeal to the customer, to their heart. I think each project team should share that sense. I'm encouraging all the project team members to build such a car. We are really encouraging. That's the way TMC should be. That's my passion. In this fiscal year, we'd like to work hard to achieve this goal.

[Koji Sato, CEO and President at Toyota Motor Corporation]

To your question, and you are thinking about the model, as time is ripe, we will disclose that the new model to you. I cannot disclose the name right now today at the press conference. At another occasion, we hope we could be ready to tell you and announce you this new exciting car.

[Operator]

Thank you very much to Mr. Yamamoto. Now, it is time. Let us conclude the Q&A session. I would like to ask the three gentlemen to stand up. Thank you very much. With this, we conclude the financial results meeting for fiscal 2025. Thank you very much for watching and coming.

Participants

Executives

• Yoichi Miyazaki, EVP and CFO
• Koji Sato, CEO and President