Toyota Motor Corp., whose Prius dominates the market for hybrid vehicles, said its next generation of batteries will be more efficient and improve mileage. Toyota’s future hybrids will have batteries with higher energy density and power, Satoshi Ogiso, chief engineer for the Prius line, ...

Toyota Motor Corp.’s RAV4 was an oddity when it went on sale in the mid-1990s: a tiny, low-priced alternative to hulking sport utility vehicles such as the carmaker’s own 4Runner and Ford Motor Co.’s Explorer. But it was a hit. Now it lags behind ...

Honda Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp.’s North American plants, stalled by parts shortages a year ago, are leading an industrywide assembly surge buoying cities from the Midwest to the Deep South amid a languid U.S. economy. In Tupelo, Mississippi, 30 km from Toyota’s ...

As Toyota’s recalls spread to at least 7.6 million cars across five continents, President Akio Toyoda’s only public comments on the matter have consisted of an impromptu, 75-second interview with NHK in Davos, Switzerland. More than a week after the world’s biggest carmaker said ...

Honda Motor Co. believes hydrogen will power the cars of the future, a stance at odds with the Obama administration’s decision to drop automotive fuel-cell technology in favor of battery-run vehicles. “Fuel-cell cars will become necessary,” said Takashi Moriya, head of Tokyo-based Honda’s group ...

Toyota Motor Corp.’s looming loss isn’t just a management challenge for Akio Toyoda, tapped to lead the carmaker his family founded. The global recession has cut the value of Toyota shares he and his father own by ¥42 billion and their dividend income may ...

Toyota Motor Corp. is poised to introduce its 2010 Prius, the world’s top-selling hybrid, to a shrinking U.S. auto market that now includes a cheaper, revamped competitor from Honda Motor Co. With a pledge to “build to demand,” the goal of selling 180,000 units ...

Toyota Motor Corp., rocked by a sales slump that led it to project the biggest annual earnings drop in at least 18 years, may win market share with its ability to fund car loans as cash-strapped U.S. competitors seek government aid. Asia’s largest carmaker, ...

Idled Toyota Motor Corp. assembly-line workers in San Antonio are spending two weeks cleaning city parks, removing graffiti, painting benches and fixing fences instead of building pickup trucks. Japan’s largest automaker, which counts on the United States to absorb 29 percent of vehicle production, ...