Toyota Sees Vehicle Output Recovery in 2023, With Some Risks

  • Toyota adds warning that actual output could be 10% lower
  • Global auto industry still weighed down by lack of chips

The production line at the Daihatsu Motor Co. Kyoto plant in Oyamazaki, Japan. 

Photographer: Akio Kon/Bloomberg
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Toyota Motor Corp. expects vehicle production to exceed pre-pandemic levels, forecasting output of as many as 10.6 million vehicles during 2023 while warning that final shipments could be 10% lower if it is unable to procure enough parts, especially semiconductors.

The newly issued targetBloomberg Terminal would be a significant jump from the planned 9.2 million vehicles that the Japanese carmaker forecasts for the fiscal year through March. Toyota made 9.05 million vehicles in 2019.