Nissan Motor Co.'s latest revelation that improper quality checks performed by unauthorized staff continued at its factories after initial claims it had resolved the issue shows that the car manufacturer has a long way to go to clear up its compliance problems. Nissan President Hiroto ...
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. plans to boost annual global sales and revenues by more than 30 percent over three years and introduce 11 new models, aiming to restore public trust after a fuel-efficiency data manipulation scandal. Under its midterm business plan through fiscal 2019, the automaker ...
Tesla Inc.'s former director of battery technology has joined Plenty Inc. to lead the vertical farming startup's plan to build indoor growing rooms around the world. Kurt Kelty, who joined Tesla in 2006 and left earlier this year, was one of the longest-serving executives at ...
Driving sleepy? Hungry? Toyota will be highlighting an array of experimental technologies aimed at improving safety and anticipating drivers' desires at the Tokyo Motor Show later this month. Toyota Motor Corp. manager Makoto Okabe told reporters Monday that the use of artificial intelligence means cars ...
Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. are pressing for an incentive package of at least $1 billion from U.S. states trying to land their $1.6 billion joint car factory, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. Toyota and Mazda plan to brief their boards ...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would be open to doing a bilateral trade deal with Canada but not Mexico if talks between the three countries over the North American Free Trade Agreement fall apart. Asked by a reporter if he would make ...
Transport minister Keiichi Ishii said Friday he is considering revising regulations on how vehicles are registered after Nissan Motor Co. was revealed to have used uncertified inspectors to carry out safety checks at domestic factories for years. "We will be looking at whether (regulations) can ...
The infotainment technology that automakers are cramming into the dashboard of new vehicles is making drivers take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel for dangerously long periods of time, an AAA study says. The study released Thursday is the latest by ...
Sales of new imported foreign-brand cars, trucks and buses in Japan increased 1.7 percent in the first half of fiscal 2017 from a year earlier to 147,261 units, helped by the introduction of new models, industry data showed Thursday. Sales for the April-September period grew ...
Carlos Ghosn, one of the auto industry's most celebrated turnaround artists, saved Nissan Motor Co. by managing himself out of numerous tight spots. Now his hand-picked successor faces a big test of his own, just six-months into his tenure as Nissan's chief executive officer. In ...
Nissan Motor Co. said Tuesday it has resumed vehicle sales in Japan after they were halted earlier in the week when it was revealed that uncertified workers had conducted final-stage safety inspections at six domestic plants. The automaker began selling cars held in inventory at ...
Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it has terminated production at its Altona plant near Melbourne, capping 54 years of making cars in Australia amid deteriorating business conditions. The automaker began assembling cars in a Melbourne suburb in 1963. Production at the Altona factory started in ...
