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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 22, 2022
The Earth wants Biden to keep gas prices high
Thereu2019s one bold move President Biden could make to curb climate change: Find a way to put a $5-a-gallon floor on gasoline prices.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2022
Tesla may be driving itself out of the running
The British bicycle bubble of the 1800s should signal caution for Teslau2019s stock as rival car companies catch up with EV technology.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2021
Speed limit on the autobahn? It’d be great for the planet
For libertarians and petrol-heads, not to mention the German engineers who spent decades building ever more powerful combustion engines, limiting speeds would be hugely disappointing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2020
While we're waiting for electric cars to fully charge, how about hybrids?
Investors have run up the stock prices of electric car companies and their valuations far higher than the businesses really warrant.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 29, 2020
Batteries are key to a greener and more electric future
The race to improve battery technology is proceeding on several fronts, the most visible of which is that for electric vehicles.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 25, 2019
After 40-year losing streak, Canadian fuel cell maker's shares are soaring
Canadian hydrogen fuel cell pioneer Ballard Power Systems Inc. has hung on for four decades without posting a profit, waging a battle far head of its time against the combustion engine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 13, 2019
Renault seeks greater role in Nissan governance reform
Renault SA Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard said Wednesday he was unhappy with a part of Nissan Motor Co.'s plans to bolster corporate governance following the arrest of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies / FOCUS
Jun 7, 2019
How the Fiat-Renault merger plan fell apart
Shortly after 9 p.m., as the sun began to set on the rotund glass facade housing Renault SA's headquarters on the outskirts of Paris, the board called a break. The group had gathered for the second time in as many days to sign off on a proposed merger with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV. As the talks dragged on, Martin Vial, a delegate for the state, asked to liaise with Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, who was having dinner back in town at his hulking ministry that protrudes into the River Seine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
May 24, 2019
Japan, U.S. trade chiefs to meet in Tokyo ahead of Abe-Trump summit
The top trade negotiators of Japan and the United States will meet in Tokyo on Saturday to hold talks on a bilateral deal, the Japanese government said Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 30, 2019
Forget robots — the breakthrough technology will be in your car
Innovation tends to come in products and services that are already in wide use.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 23, 2019
Tepco unit to tie up with JXTG on hydrogen production for fuel-cell vehicles
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.'s thermal power generation unit will team up with a subsidiary of JXTG Holdings Inc. to start producing hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles in 2020.
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2018
VW official says diesel scandal cleanup will cost it €5.5 billion this year and €2 billion in 2019
Volkswagen's cleanup of a diesel cheating scandal will cost it €5.5 billion ($6.25 billion) in 2018 and around €2 billion in 2019, Chief Financial Officer Frank Witter told German weekly Boersen-Zeitung.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 18, 2018
More people means more cars and more deaths
Traffic accidents are the leading killer of younger people worldwide, but there are signs that making our roads safer isn't impossible.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 8, 2018
Japan doesn't treat U.S. fairly on trade, Trump says
President Donald Trump accused Japan on Wednesday of treating the United States unfairly on trade, claiming that Japan exports cars with low tariffs but does not take American cars.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 25, 2018
As tariff deadlines loom, world watches U.S. and China to see who blinks first
The U.S. and China's high-stakes game of economic "chicken" is set to reach a critical juncture in the next two weeks, as the world's largest trading partners approach deadlines on tariffs and other barriers that may determine who blinks first.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 9, 2018
Porsche picks Taycan as name of brand's first electric vehicle
Porsche AG named its first car to directly compete with electric leader Tesla Inc. the Taycan, as the German manufacturer gears up for what will arguably be its most ambitious and potentially risky vehicle project ever.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2018
The ongoing electric vehicle war
The battle for industry supremacy has just begun.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 16, 2017
A world without exhaust pipes
The growing popularity of electric vehicles is set to curb one of the largest sources of global pollution, but consumption bias continues to impede many buyers' embrace of the technology.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 16, 2017
Do automakers dream of electric cars?
The automotive industry is precariously poised between a glamorous past and an opaque road ahead.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 28, 2017
Unnamed country will build or expand five U.S. auto plants: Trump
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday an unnamed foreign leader told him at the United Nations last week that the country would soon announce plans to build or expand five automobile industry factories in the United States.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world