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Vehicle Emissions

Japanese Standards

The Air Pollution Law of Japan and the Road Transportation Vehicle Law and the Act Concerning Special Measures for Total Emission Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides and Particulate Matter from Automobiles in Specified Areas regulate vehicle emissions in Japan. In addition, both the Noise Regulation Law and the Road Transportation Vehicle Law provide for noise reduction standards on automobiles in Japan. Toyota’s vehicles manufactured for sale in Japan comply with all Japanese exhaust emission and noise level standards. In addition, pursuant to the Act Concerning the Rational Use of Energy, Toyota is progressing with efforts to attain certification as “ultra low emission vehicles” for the majority of its automobile models under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s Low Emission Vehicle Approval Standard.

U.S. Federal Standards

The federal Clean Air Act directs the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to establish and enforce air quality standards, including emission control standards on passenger cars, light trucks and heavy vehicles. The EPA decided in February 2000 to adopt more stringent vehicle emission and fuel economy standards applicable to passenger cars and light trucks produced in model years 2004 and beyond. In the standards adopted for model years 2004 and beyond, manufacturers must guarantee that their vehicles meet the requirements for ten years or 120,000 miles, whichever occurs first. Manufacturers are not permitted to sell vehicles in the United States that do not meet the standards. In April 2007, EPA regulations that further restrict emissions from passenger cars and light trucks operating at cold temperatures became effective. The new emissions standards set by these regulations will be phased in from 2010 to 2013. Similar standards that further restrict emissions from heavy vehicles operating at cold temperatures will be phased in from 2012 to 2015.

Furthermore, in April 2007 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that EPA has the authority to regulate automobile emissions of greenhouse gases. In response to this ruling, the U.S. President ordered EPA to initiate a greenhouse gases rulemaking process. In March 2008, EPA announced plans to begin this rulemaking process.

California Standards

Under the federal Clean Air Act, states are permitted to establish their own vehicle emission control standards if they receive a waiver from EPA. As a result, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) established the “Low Emission Vehicle Program” and set emission standards for certain regulated pollutants that were phased in beginning in the 2004 model year. Under these standards most light trucks and passenger cars are required to meet the same emissions standards, which were stricter than the federal standards. As part of the original Low Emission Vehicle Program, the CARB also required that a specified percentage of a manufacturer’s passenger cars and light trucks sold in California for all model years 1998 and after be “zero-emission vehicles” (vehicles producing no emissions of regulated pollutants). The CARB subsequently eliminated the zero-emission vehicles mandate for model years before 2005, and decided to adopt a zero-emission vehicles requirement for model years 2005 and beyond. This zero-emission vehicles requirement also permitted certain advanced technology vehicles such as PHV (Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles), hybrid cars and alternative fuel vehicles that meet “partial zero-emission vehicles requirements” to be granted partial qualification as EV (Electronic Vehicles) or FC (Fuel Cells). Toyota’s battery-powered RAV4 EV compact sport-utility vehicle and the Toyota FCHV qualify as zero-emission vehicles. The 2004 model Prius, which underwent a model change in 2003, and the 2007 Camry Hybrid qualify as partial zero-emission vehicles under the zero-emission vehicles requirement adopted by the CARB. Toyota intends to continue to develop additional advanced technologies and alternative fuel technologies that will allow other vehicles using such technologies to qualify as zero-emission vehicles or partial-zero-emission vehicles.

In July 2002, the California legislature passed legislation that required the CARB to develop and adopt, by the end of 2004, regulations that achieved the maximum feasible reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. In September 2004, the CARB adopted regulations that required a 20 to 30 percent reduction of

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greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles, light trucks and other noncommercial vehicles to be phased in between the 2009 and 2016 model years. However, in December 2007 EPA denied California’s request for a waiver under the Clean Air Act that would have allowed the state to enforce these regulations to control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. EPA indicated that its denial of California’s request was part of an effort to focus on implementing the stricter CAFE standards, which are discussed below. In January 2008, California and 15 other states brought a lawsuit challenging EPA’s decision to block implementation of the California greenhouse gas emission regulations. In April 2008, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an EPA motion to dismiss this suit. The EPA is currently reconsidering its decision of December 2007, in response to a direction issued by U.S. President in January 2009.

Other States

The states of New York, Massachusetts, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington have either adopted, or plan to adopt, regulations substantially similar to California’s zero-emission vehicles requirement and greenhouse gas emissions regulations. These states are intervening in the lawsuit filed by California challenging EPA’s denial of California’s waiver request.

Canadian and Mexican Standards

Canada has established vehicle emission standards equivalent to the federal standards in the United States, including the heightened requirements that will be applicable to passenger cars and light trucks in model years 2004 and beyond. Mexico’s emission control standards are similar to those applicable in the United States after the 1994 model year, however, emission regulations have become tighter for model years 2007 and beyond. Further regulations on emission are scheduled to match the improved fuel property.

European Standards

The European Union adopted a directive that establishes increasingly stringent emissions standards for passenger vehicles and light commercial vehicles in October 1998. Under this directive, the standards adopted beginning with year 2000 require manufacturers to recall any vehicles which fail to meet the standards for five years or 80,000 kilometers, whichever occurs first. Toyota introduced vehicles complying with this directive in 1999. Under further standards adopted in 2005, manufacturers are obligated to meet the more stringent standards for five years or 100,000 kilometers, whichever occurs first. In 2007, the European Parliament adopted more stringent emission standards for passenger vehicles and light commercial vehicles. The effective dates for phasing in these stricter standards are September 1, 2009 (Euro 5) and September 1, 2014 (Euro 6). Euro 5 provides for lower emission levels for gasoline and diesel powered vehicles and also extends the manufacturers’ responsibility for emission performance to 160,000 kilometers. The primary focus of Euro 6 is to limit further emissions of diesel powered vehicles and bring them down to a level equivalent to gasoline powered vehicles.

Compliance with new emission control standards will present significant technological challenges to automobile manufacturers and will likely require significant expenditures. Examples of these challenges include the development of advanced technologies, such as high performance batteries and catalytic converters, as well as the development of alternative fuel technologies. Manufacturers that are unable to develop commercially viable technologies within the time frames set by the new standards will lose their market share and will be forced to decrease the number of types of vehicles and engines in their principal markets.

Vehicle Emissions

Japanese Standards

The Air Pollution Law of Japan and the Road Transportation Vehicle Law and the Act Concerning Special Measures for Total Emission Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides and Particulate Matter from Automobiles in Specified Areas regulate vehicle emissions in Japan. In addition, both the Noise Regulation Law and the Road Transportation Vehicle Law provide for noise reduction standards on automobiles in Japan. Toyota’s vehicles manufactured for sale in Japan comply with all Japanese exhaust emission and noise level standards. In addition, pursuant to the Act Concerning the Rational Use of Energy, Toyota is progressing with efforts to attain certification as “ultra low emission vehicles” for the majority of its automobile models under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism’s Low Emission Vehicle Approval Standard.

U.S. Federal Standards

The federal Clean Air Act directs the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to establish and enforce air quality standards, including emission control standards on passenger cars, light trucks and heavy vehicles. The EPA decided in February 2000 to adopt more stringent vehicle emission and fuel economy standards applicable to passenger cars and light trucks produced in model years 2004 and beyond. In the standards adopted for model years 2004 and beyond, manufacturers must guarantee that their vehicles meet the requirements for ten years or 120,000 miles, whichever occurs first. Manufacturers are not permitted to sell vehicles in the United States that do not meet the standards. In April 2007, EPA regulations that further restrict emissions from passenger cars and light trucks operating at cold temperatures became effective. The new emissions standards set by these regulations will be phased in from 2010 to 2013. Similar standards that further restrict emissions from heavy vehicles operating at cold temperatures will be phased in from 2012 to 2015.

Furthermore, in April 2007 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that EPA has the authority to regulate automobile emissions of greenhouse gases. In response to this ruling, the U.S. President ordered EPA to initiate a greenhouse gases rulemaking process. In March 2008, EPA announced plans to begin this rulemaking process.

California Standards

Under the federal Clean Air Act, states are permitted to establish their own vehicle emission control standards if they receive a waiver from EPA. As a result, the California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) established the “Low Emission Vehicle Program” and set emission standards for certain regulated pollutants that were phased in beginning in the 2004 model year. Under these standards most light trucks and passenger cars are required to meet the same emissions standards, which were stricter than the federal standards. As part of the original Low Emission Vehicle Program, the CARB also required that a specified percentage of a manufacturer’s passenger cars and light trucks sold in California for all model years 1998 and after be “zero-emission vehicles” (vehicles producing no emissions of regulated pollutants). The CARB subsequently eliminated the zero-emission vehicles mandate for model years before 2005, and decided to adopt a zero-emission vehicles requirement for model years 2005 and beyond. This zero-emission vehicles requirement also permitted certain advanced technology vehicles such as PHV (Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles), hybrid cars and alternative fuel vehicles that meet “partial zero-emission vehicles requirements” to be granted partial qualification as EV (Electronic Vehicles) or FC (Fuel Cells). Toyota’s battery-powered RAV4 EV compact sport-utility vehicle and the Toyota FCHV qualify

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as zero-emission vehicles. The 2004 model Prius, which underwent a model change in 2003, and the 2007 Camry Hybrid qualify as partial zero-emission vehicles under the zero-emission vehicles requirement adopted by the CARB. Toyota intends to continue to develop additional advanced technologies and alternative fuel technologies that will allow other vehicles using such technologies to qualify as zero-emission vehicles or partial-zero-emission vehicles.

In July 2002, the California legislature passed legislation that required the CARB to develop and adopt, by the end of 2004, regulations that achieved the maximum feasible reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. In September 2004, the CARB adopted regulations that required a 20 to 30 percent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from passenger vehicles, light trucks and other noncommercial vehicles to be phased in between the 2009 and 2016 model years. However, in December 2007 EPA denied California’s request for a waiver under the Clean Air Act that would have allowed the state to enforce these regulations to control greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles. EPA indicated that its denial of California’s request was part of an effort to focus on implementing the stricter CAFE standards, which are discussed below. In January 2008, California and 15 other states brought a lawsuit challenging EPA’s decision to block implementation of the California greenhouse gas emission regulations. In April 2008, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an EPA motion to dismiss this suit. The case is pending.

Other States

The states of New York, Massachusetts, Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington have either adopted, or plan to adopt, regulations substantially similar to California’s greenhouse gas emissions regulations. These states are intervening in the lawsuit filed by California challenging EPA’s denial of California’s waiver request.

Canadian and Mexican Standards

Canada has established vehicle emission standards equivalent to the federal standards in the United States, including the heightened requirements that will be applicable to passenger cars and light trucks in model years 2004 and beyond. Mexico’s emission control standards are similar to those applicable in the United States after the 1994 model year, however, emission regulations have become tighter for model years 2007 and beyond. Further regulations on emission are scheduled to match the improved fuel property.

European Standards

The European Union adopted a directive that establishes increasingly stringent emissions standards for passenger vehicles and light commercial vehicles in October 1998. Under this directive, the standards adopted beginning with year 2000 require manufacturers to recall any vehicles which fail to meet the standards for five years or 80,000 kilometers, whichever occurs first. Toyota introduced vehicles complying with this directive in 1999. Under further standards adopted in 2005, manufacturers are obligated to meet the more stringent standards for five years or 100,000 kilometers, whichever occurs first. In 2007, the European Parliament adopted more stringent emission standards for passenger vehicles and light commercial vehicles. The effective dates for phasing in these stricter standards are September 1, 2009 (Euro 5) and September 1, 2014 (Euro 6). Euro 5 provides for lower emission levels for gasoline and diesel powered vehicles and also extends the manufacturers’ responsibility for emission performance to 160,000 kilometers. The primary focus of Euro 6 is to limit further emissions of diesel powered vehicles and bring them down to a level equivalent to gasoline powered vehicles.

Compliance with new emission control standards will present significant technological challenges to automobile manufacturers and will likely require significant expenditures. Examples of these challenges include the development of advanced technologies, such as high performance batteries and catalytic converters, as well as the development of alternative fuel technologies. Manufacturers that are unable to develop commercially viable technologies within the time frames set by the new standards will lose their market share and will be forced to decrease the number of types of vehicles and engines in their principal markets.

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Vehicle Emissions

Japanese Standards

The Air Pollution Law of Japan and the Road Transportation Vehicle Law regulate vehicle emissions in Japan. In addition, both the Noise Regulation Law and the Road Transportation Vehicle Law provide for noise reduction standards on automobiles in Japan. Toyota’s vehicles manufactured for sale in Japan comply with all Japanese exhaust emission and noise level standards. In addition, pursuant to the Act Concerning the Rational Use of Energy, Toyota is progressing with efforts to attain certification as “ultra low emission vehicles” for the majority of its automobile models under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s Low Emission Vehicle Approval Standard.

U.S. Federal Standards

The federal Clean Air Act directs the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to establish and enforce air quality standards, including emission control standards on passenger cars, light trucks and heavy vehicles. Under current standards applicable to passenger cars and light trucks produced in model years through 2003, manufacturers are obligated to recall vehicles that fail to meet these standards for ten years or 100,000 miles, whichever occurs first. Pursuant to the Clean Air Act, the EPA determined that it was necessary to tighten standards further and in February 2000 decided to adopt more stringent vehicle emission and fuel economy standards applicable to passenger cars and light trucks produced in model years 2004 and beyond. In the standards adopted for model years 2004 and beyond, manufacturers must guarantee that their vehicles meet the requirements for ten years or 120,000 miles, whichever occurs first. Manufacturers are not permitted to sell vehicles in the United States that do not meet the standards. In February 2007, the EPA adopted legislation that will further restrict emissions standards at low temperatures for vehicles produced in model years 2010 and beyond. Separate standards for heavy vehicles are also in effect, and are expected to become more stringent.

California Standards

Under the federal Clean Air Act, the State of California is permitted to establish its own, more stringent than the U.S. federal standards, emission control standards. As a result, the California Air Resources Board has established its own emission standards, known as the “Low Emission Vehicle Program” and set standards that must be phased in beginning in the 2004 model year. Under these standards most light trucks are treated the same as passenger cars and require both types of vehicles to meet the same emissions standards. As part of the original Low Emission Vehicle Program, the California Air Resources Board also required that a specified percentage of a manufacturer’s passenger cars and trucks sold in California for all model years 1998 and after be “zero-emission vehicles” (vehicles producing no emissions of regulated pollutants). The California Air Resources Board subsequently eliminated the zero-emission vehicles mandate for model years before 2005, and decided to

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adopt a zero-emission vehicles requirement for model years 2005 and beyond. This zero-emission vehicles requirement also sets forth certain requirements that advanced technology vehicles such as hybrid cars and alternative fuel vehicles must meet to be recognized as “partial zero-emission vehicles”. Toyota’s battery- powered RAV4 EV compact sport-utility vehicle qualifies as a zero-emission vehicle. The 2004 model Prius which underwent a model change in 2003 and the 2007 Camry Hybrid qualify as partial zero-emission vehicles under the new zero-emission vehicles requirement adopted by the California Air Resources Board. Toyota intends to continue to develop additional advanced technologies and alternative fuel technologies which will allow other vehicles using such technologies to qualify as zero-emission vehicles or partial-zero-emission vehicles. In July 2002, the California legislature passed legislation that requires the California Air Resources Board to develop and adopt, by the end of 2004, regulations that achieve the maximum feasible reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. In September 2004, the California Air Resources Board adopted regulations that would require the reduction of greenhouse gas released from passenger vehicles, light trucks and other noncommercial vehicles from the 2009 model year onward by 20 to 30 percent by the 2016 model year and reported to the California state legislature at the beginning of 2005 that it will adopt and promulgate the regulations. In December 2004, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, both of which Toyota Motor North America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toyota is a member, filed a lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board seeking injunction against the implementation of the regulation. The lawsuit contends that only the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and not states, including California, has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions and fuel economy standards.

Other States

Other states may adopt California’s regulations, including its zero-emission vehicle mandates, by meeting the requirements under the federal Clean Air Act.

The states of Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and Maine have adopted California’s Low Emission Vehicle Program, effective with model year 2001 or before. The states of Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and New Jersey have also decided to adopt California’s zero-emission vehicle requirement in the future. The trend of adopting California’s standards is spreading to other states as well.

Canadian and Mexican Standards

Canada has established vehicle emission standards equivalent to the federal standards in the United States, including the heightened requirements that will be applicable to passenger cars and light trucks in model years 2004 and beyond. Mexico’s emission control standards are similar to those applicable in the United States after the 1994 model year.

European Standards

The European Union adopted a directive that establishes increasingly stringent emissions standards for passenger vehicles and light commercial vehicles in October 1998. Under this directive, the standards adopted beginning with year 2000 require manufacturers to recall any vehicles which fail to meet the standards for five years or 80,000 kilometers, whichever occurs first. Toyota introduced vehicles complying with this directive in 1999. Under the standards to be adopted beginning with model year 2005, manufacturers will be obligated to meet the more stringent standards for five years or 100,000 kilometers, whichever occurs first. In December 2005, a proposal was submitted by the European Commission to further tighten standards. Debates regarding this proposal is still ongoing in the European Parliament. Standards for heavy commercial vehicles have been adopted by the European Council and the European Parliament for model years 2005 and thereafter and for model years 2008 and thereafter.

Compliance with new emission control standards will present significant technological challenges to automobile manufacturers and will likely require significant expenditures. Examples of these challenges include the development of advanced technologies, such as high performance batteries and catalytic converters, as well

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as the development of alternative fuel technologies. Manufacturers that are unable to develop commercially viable technologies within the time frames set by the new standards will lose their market share and will be forced to decrease the number of types of vehicles and engines in their principal markets.

Vehicle Emissions

Japanese Standards

The Air Pollution Law of Japan and the Road Transportation Vehicle Law regulate vehicle emissions in Japan. In addition, both the Noise Regulation Law and the Road Transportation Vehicle Law provide for noise reduction standards on automobiles in Japan. Toyota’s vehicles manufactured for sale in Japan comply with all Japanese exhaust emission and noise level standards. In addition, Toyota is progressing with efforts to attain certification as “ultra low emission vehicles” for the majority of its automobile models under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s Low Emission Vehicle Approval Standard. Under this standard, ultra low emission vehicles must achieve over 50% emission reduction against standards implemented in October 2005 by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

U.S. Federal Standards

The federal Clean Air Act directs the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to establish and enforce air quality standards, including emission control standards on passenger cars, light-duty trucks and heavy-duty vehicles. Under current standards applicable to passenger cars and light-duty trucks produced in model years through 2003, manufacturers are obligated to recall vehicles that fail to meet these standards for ten years or 100,000 miles, whichever occurs first. Pursuant to the Clean Air Act, the EPA determined that it was necessary to tighten standards further and in February 2000 decided to adopt more stringent vehicle emission and fuel economy standards applicable to passenger cars and light-duty trucks produced in model years 2004 and beyond. In the standards adopted for model years 2004 and beyond, manufacturers must guarantee that their vehicles meet the requirements for ten years or 120,000 miles, whichever occurs first. Manufacturers will not be permitted to sell vehicles in the United States that do not meet the new standards. In March 2006, the EPA proposed legislation that will further restrict emissions standards at low temperatures for vehicles produced in model years 2010 and beyond. Separate standards for heavy-duty vehicles are also in effect, and are expected to become more stringent.

California Standards

Under the federal Clean Air Act, the State of California is permitted to establish its own, more stringent, emission control standards. As a result, the California Air Resources Board has established its own emission standards, known as the “Low Emission Vehicle Program”. In late 1998, the California Air Resources Board adopted additional vehicle emissions standards that must be phased in beginning in the 2004 model year. These new standards treat most light trucks the same as passenger cars and require both types of vehicles to meet the new emissions standards of the Low Emission Vehicle Program. As part of the original Low Emission Vehicle Program, the California Air Resources Board also required that a specified percentage of a manufacturer’s passenger cars and trucks sold in California for all model years 1998 and after be “zero-emission vehicles” (vehicles producing no emissions of regulated pollutants). The California Air Resources Board subsequently eliminated the zero-emission vehicles mandate for model years before 2005, and adopted a zero-emission vehicles requirement for model years 2005 and beyond. This zero-emission vehicles requirement also sets forth certain requirements that advanced technology vehicles such as hybrid cars and alternative fuel vehicles must meet to be recognized as “partial zero-emission vehicles”. Toyota’s battery- powered RAV4 EV compact sport-utility vehicle qualifies as a zero-emission vehicle and the new 2004 model Prius released in 2003 qualifies as a partial zero-emission vehicle under the new zero-emission vehicles requirement adopted by the California Air Resources Board. Toyota intends to continue to develop additional advanced technologies and alternative fuel technologies which will allow other vehicles using such technologies to qualify as zero-emission vehicles or partial-zero-emission vehicles. In July 2002, the California legislature passed new legislation that requires the California Air Resources Board to develop and adopt, by the end of 2004, regulations that achieve the maximum feasible reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. In September 2004, the California Air Resources Board adopted regulations that would require the reduction of greenhouse gas released from passenger vehicles, light trucks and other noncommercial vehicles from the 2009 model year onward by 20 to 30 percent by the 2016 model year and reported to the California state legislature at the beginning of 2005 that it will adopt and promulgate the regulations. In December 2004, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of International

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Automobile Manufacturers, both of which Toyota Motor North America, Inc., a subsidiary of Toyota is a member, filed a lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board seeking injunction against the implementation of the regulation. The lawsuit contends that only the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and not states, including California, has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions and fuel economy standards.

Other States

Other states may adopt California’s regulations, including its zero-emission vehicle mandates, by meeting the requirements under the federal Clean Air Act.

The states of Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and Maine have adopted California’s Low Emission Vehicle Program, effective with model year 2001 or before. The states of Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and New Jersey have also made decisions to adopt California’s zero-emission vehicle requirement in the future. The trend of adopting California’s standards is spreading to other states as well.

Canadian and Mexican Standards

Canada has established vehicle emission standards equivalent to the federal standards in the United States, including the heightened requirements that will be applicable to passenger cars and light trucks in model years 2004 and beyond. Mexico’s emission control standards are similar to those applicable in the United States after the 1994 model year.

European Standards

The European Union adopted a directive that establishes increasingly stringent emissions standards for passenger vehicles and light commercial vehicles in October 1998. Under this directive, the standards adopted beginning with year 2000 require manufacturers to recall any vehicles which fail to meet the standards for five years or 80,000 kilometers, whichever occurs first. Toyota introduced vehicles complying with this directive in 1999. Under the standards to be adopted beginning with model year 2005, manufacturers will be obligated to meet the more stringent standards for five years or 100,000 kilometers, whichever occurs first. In December 2005, a proposal was submitted by the European Commission to further tighten standards. Debates regarding this proposal have been commenced in the European Parliament. Standards for heavy commercial vehicles have been adopted by the European Council and the European Parliament for model years 2005 and thereafter and for model years 2008 and thereafter.

Compliance with new emission control standards will present significant technological challenges to vehicle manufacturers and will likely require significant expenditures. Examples of these challenges include the development of advanced technologies, such as high performance batteries and catalytic converters, as well as the development of alternative fuel technologies. Manufacturers that are unable to develop commercially viable technologies within the time frames established by the new standards will be limited in the number and types of vehicles and engines they are able to sell in their principal markets.

Vehicle Emissions

Japanese Standards

The Air Pollution Law of Japan and the Road Transportation Vehicle Law regulate vehicle emissions in Japan. In addition, both the Noise Regulation Law and the Road Transportation Vehicle Law provide for noise reduction standards on automobiles in Japan. Toyota’s vehicles manufactured for sale in Japan comply with all

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Japanese exhaust emission and noise level standards. In addition, Toyota is progressing with efforts to attain certification as “ultra low emission vehicles” for the majority of its automobile models under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport’s Low Emission Vehicle Approval Standard. Under this standard, ultra low emission vehicles must achieve 75% emission reduction against standards implemented in October 2005 by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.

U.S. Federal Standards

The federal Clean Air Act directs the Environmental Protection Agency to establish and enforce air quality standards, including emission control standards on passenger cars, light-duty trucks and heavy-duty vehicles. Under current standards applicable to passenger cars and light-duty trucks produced in model years through 2003, manufacturers are obligated to recall vehicles that fail to meet these standards for ten years or 100,000 miles, whichever occurs first. Pursuant to the Clean Air Act, the Environmental Protection Agency determined that it was necessary to tighten standards further and in February 2000 decided to adopt more stringent vehicle emission and fuel economy standards applicable to passenger cars and light-duty trucks produced in model years 2004 and beyond. In the standards adopted for model years 2004 and beyond, manufacturers must guarantee that their vehicles meet the requirements for ten years or 120,000 miles, whichever occurs first. Manufacturers will not be permitted to sell vehicles in the United States that do not meet the new standards. Separate standards for heavy-duty vehicles are also in effect, and are expected to become more stringent.

California Standards

Under the federal Clean Air Act, the State of California is permitted to establish its own, more stringent, emission control standards. As a result, the California Air Resources Board has established its own emission standards, known as the “Low Emission Vehicle Program”. In late 1998, the California Air Resources Board adopted additional vehicle emissions standards that must be phased in beginning in the 2004 model year. These new standards treat most light trucks the same as passenger cars and require both types of vehicles to meet the new emissions standards of the Low Emission Vehicle Program. As part of the original Low Emission Vehicle Program, the California Air Resources Board also required that a specified percentage of a manufacturer’s passenger cars and trucks sold in California for all model years 1998 and after be “zero-emission vehicles” (vehicles producing no emissions of regulated pollutants). The California Air Resources Board subsequently eliminated the zero-emission vehicles mandate for model years before 2005, and adopted a zero-emission vehicles requirement for model years 2005 and after. This zero-emission vehicles requirement also sets forth certain requirements that advanced technology vehicles such as hybrid cars and alternative fuel vehicles must meet to be recognized as “partial zero-emission vehicles”. Toyota’s battery- powered RAV4 EV compact sport-utility vehicle qualifies as a zero-emission vehicle and the new 2004 model Prius released in 2003 qualifies as a partial zero-emission vehicle under the new zero-emission vehicles requirement adopted by the California Air Resources Board. Toyota intends to continue to develop additional advanced technologies and alternative fuel technologies which will allow other vehicles using such technologies to qualify as zero-emission vehicles or partial-zero-emission vehicles. In July 2002, the California legislature passed new legislation that requires the California Air Resources Board to develop and adopt, by the end of 2004, regulations that achieve the maximum feasible reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. In September 2004, the California Air Resources Board adopted regulations that would require the reduction of greenhouse gas released from passenger vehicles, light trucks and other noncommercial vehicles from the 2009 model year onward by 20 to 30 percent by the 2016 model year and reported to the California state legislature at the beginning of 2005 that it will adopt and promulgate the regulations. In December 2004, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, both of which Toyota is a member, filed a lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board seeking injunction against the implementation of the regulation. The lawsuit contends that only the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and not states, including California, has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions and fuel economy standards.

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Other States

Other states may adopt California’s regulations, including its zero-emission vehicle mandates, by meeting the requirements under the federal Clean Air Act.

The states of Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and Maine have adopted California’s Low Emission Vehicle Program, effective with model year 2001 or before. The states of Massachusetts, New York, Vermont and New Jersey have also made decisions to adopt California’s zero-emission vehicle requirement in the future.

Canadian and Mexican Standards

Canada has established vehicle emission standards equivalent to the federal standards in the United States, including the heightened requirements that will be applicable to passenger cars and light trucks in model years 2004 and after. Mexico’s emission control standards are similar to those applicable in the United States after the 1994 model year.

European Standards

Current vehicle emission control standards applicable in the European Union are generally no more restrictive than U.S. standards. However, the European Council and the European Parliament have adopted a directive that establishes increasingly stringent emissions standards for passenger vehicles and light commercial vehicles. Under this directive, the standards adopted beginning with year 2000 require manufacturers to recall any vehicles which fail to meet the standards for five years or 80,000 kilometers, whichever occurs first. Toyota introduced vehicles complying with this directive in 1999. Under the standards to be adopted beginning with model year 2005, manufacturers will be obligated to meet the more stringent standards for five years or 100,000 kilometers, whichever occurs first. The Prius complies with this directive. Standards for heavy commercial vehicles have been adopted by the European Council and the European Parliament for model years 2005 and thereafter and for model years 2008 and thereafter.

Compliance with new emission control standards will present significant technological challenges to vehicle manufacturers and will likely require significant expenditures. Examples of these challenges include the development of advanced technologies, such as high performance batteries and catalytic converters, as well as the development of alternative fuel technologies. Manufacturers that are unable to develop commercially viable technologies within the time frames established by the new standards will be limited in the number and types of vehicles and engines they are able to sell in their principal markets.