Toyota global output hits new 1-year high on overseas demand

Toyota Motor Corp said Wednesday its global output from January to November reached 9.23 million vehicles, soaring to a new single-year record with still one month left in 2023, helped by robust demand in North America and Europe. The all-time high came as the automaker's worldwide production for November rose 11.2 percent from a year earlier to 926,573 cars, a single-month record. The previous high in a full year was 9.05 million units in 2019. An easing in the global chip shortage contributed to growth in production outside of Japan, with the figure for November increasing 7.9 percent to 611,656 vehicles, a record for the month…