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Delhi pollution reminds me of Beijing: Toyota India MD Masakazu Yoshimura

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Toyota India MD Masakazu Yoshimura
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Toyota India MD Masakazu Yoshimura at the launch of Camry Hybrid electric vehicle in New Delhi on Friday. Photo: PTI

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Masakazu Yoshimura, the new managing director at Toyota’s India operations, on Friday said, “The pollution of India, particularly this morning (in Delhi), reminded me of Beijing… exactly the same. We should do something about this, we should be responsible.”
 
Yoshimura, who took charge of India operations in January, has worked in China for Toyota in the past. “I was playing golf in Beijing once, and I lost the ball in the air because of the fog,” he said. Toyota is offering self-charging hybrid vehicles that could minimise the emission by 48 per cent, and carbondioxide by 28 per cent,