So, now reports say Toyota will come out with two or three new models in the next two or three years in China that are based on a plug-in hybrid platform from BYD. The setup combines a 1.5L turbocharged engine with several different battery sizes that offer all the way up to 200 kilometers or 124 miles of range on the Chinese cycle as well as electric motors that drive both the front and rear wheels. Toyota already has an EV joint venture with BYD, so it was probably comfortable expanding its partnership into PHEVs as well. BYD CONSIDERS 2ND EUROPEAN PLANT Speaking of BYD, it's thinking about expanding even more into Europe and says it could be a leader there by the end of the decade. Late last year it announced it would build an EV plant in Hungary and now it says it's considering a second plant in Europe by 2025. It didn't say where it's looking to build it, but BYD will have a few interested countries. Both France and Italy have said they would welcome BYD.