Business Mar 4, 2021
Honda to start offering world's first level-3 autonomous car on Friday
Honda plans to offer 100 units domestically for a suggested retail price of ¥11 million ($103,000) that will only be available on a three-year lease.
Commentary / World Feb 22, 2021
Bankers love their Porsche 911s. So let them buy shares.
by Chris Bryant
While Porsche’s margins aren’t quite as stellar as Ferrari’s, in 2019 it supplied the VW group with a more than ample 4.2 billion euros of operating profit.
Commentary / World Nov 11, 2020
A Ferrari may be less polluting than you think
by Chris Bryant
Ferrari's boss has taken issue with European environmental regulations that aim to cut emissions by penalizing the sale of vehicles with particularly thirsty engines.
Business / Corporate Dec 6, 2019
Ford letting people bring dogs to work in bid to lure tech talent
by Keith Naughton
This year when Ford Motor Co. went outside the company for the first time in 70 years to hire a chief financial officer, he came with an impressive pedigree — a resume that included top jobs at Amazon Inc. and Snap Inc. He also came ...
Business Jul 26, 2019
California and four automakers defy Trump, agreeing to tighten emissions rules
Four major automakers said Thursday they had reached an agreement with California on fuel efficiency rules, bypassing a Trump administration effort to strip the state of the right to fight climate change by setting its own standards. California and other states had vowed to enforce ...
Business / Corporate Jun 10, 2019
Tesla Inc's rankings at two high-profile job websites have declined, suggesting that job dissatisfaction at the electric car company is intensifying amid layoffs, strategy shifts and executive turnover. Tesla placed 16th on LinkedIn's annual "Top Companies 2019" list published in April, compiled from billions of ...
Business / Corporate Apr 3, 2019
Toyota to allow free access to 24,000 hybrid and electric vehicle tech patents to boost market
It remains uncertain whether the use of Toyota patents will be as widespread as the carmaker hopes, observers said.
Business Jan 10, 2019
Federation of Japan auto labor unions won't seek unified base pay hike
A group of Japanese automobile workers' unions decided Thursday that each union should set a specific monthly payment target for the annual labor-management wage talks this spring, instead of seeking a unified base pay rise as it has done in recent years. The decision by ...
Business Oct 12, 2018
Honda's N-Box and other minicars prove to be a hit with Japan's elderly drivers
by Naomi Tajitsu
When Honda Motor Co. launched the latest version of its N-Box a year ago, it promoted features on the pint-sized minicar such as error-detecting pedals, automatic emergency braking and moveable seats, part of a push to market the vehicle to young families. But a drastically ...
Business / Corporate Aug 11, 2018
Lawsuits accuse Tesla's Elon Musk of fraud over tweets indicating the firm may go private
Tesla Inc. and its chief executive, Elon Musk, were sued twice on Friday by investors who said they fraudulently engineered a scheme to squeeze short-sellers, including through Musk's proposal to take the electric-car company private. The lawsuits were filed three days after Musk stunned investors ...
Business / Corporate Aug 9, 2018
Suzuki, Mazda and Yamaha Motor join Japan's growing list of data-faking firms
The firms conducted improper tests on vehicles, the transport ministry said, adding to a growing list of data falsifications that have tarnished the image of Japan’s manufacturing industry.
Business Jul 24, 2018
Japan aims to have all new passenger cars be electric by 2050: panel report
By 2050 the central government aims to have all new cars sold in Japan be electric or hybrid vehicles, an economy ministry panel said Tuesday, amid intensifying competition in the global shift to green cars. The panel, which included chiefs of major automakers such as ...