The global push among carmakers to make ever lighter vehicles is leading some auto suppliers in Japan to turn to what seems like an unlikely substitute for steel — wood. Japanese researchers and auto component makers say a material made from wood pulp weighs just ...
Fear of falling behind as electric vehicles become more popular was apparently the impetus behind Toyota Motor Corp.’s capital tie-up with Mazda Motor Corp.
Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it plans to build pickup trucks and possibly SUVs at a new plant in Mexico, a move that follows threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to penalize the company if it builds small cars south of the border. Toyota initially ...
Workers at a Nissan assembly plant in Mississippi have voted against forming a union, adding to decades of futility by United Auto Workers organizers at foreign-owned auto plants in the American South. Representatives of Nissan Motor Co. and the UAW said late Friday voters at ...
Improved sales and cost cuts helped automaker Honda Motor Co. shrug off lingering troubles from the Takata air bag recalls to log a nearly 19 percent improvement in its fiscal first-quarter profit. Tokyo-based Honda, which makes the Fit subcompact, Accord sedan and Asimo robot, on ...
The campaign to convince consumers that the combustion era is ending and electric is taking over is working about as well as anti-smoking campaigns did before cigarettes were banned in most public spaces and became prohibitively expensive for many smokers.
A New Mexico startup is betting on automakers to develop hydrogen cars and wants to provide material for them as nations and companies scramble to bring pollution-free vehicles to drivers. The Albuquerque-based Pajarito Powder is developing material for hydrogen fuel cells that CEO Tom Stephenson ...
For Tesla, everything is riding on the Model 3. The electric car company's newest vehicle was delivered to its first 30 customers — all Tesla employees — Friday evening. Its $35,000 starting price — half the cost of Tesla's previous models — and range of ...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. is considering ending sales of its Chrysler brand cars in Japan, possibly by the end of this year, according to sources. Sales in Japan of Chrysler 300S sedans, the only brand model sold in the country, reached 283 vehicles in 2016, ...
Volvo, long at the forefront of automobile innovation, demonstrates this once again by saying it's going fully electric.
Demand for profitable light trucks gave Ford Motor Co. and top Japanese automakers better sales than analysts had estimated for June, following a five-month streak of industry declines. Toyota Motor Corp.'s deliveries climbed 2.1 percent in June, while Honda Motor Co. sales rose 0.8 percent ...
Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. raised domestic output in May while Toyota Motor Corp., the nation's largest automaker by volume, reduced output, year-on-year data showed Thursday. Toyota produced 224,855 vehicles at home, down 7.1 percent from a year before, but saw domestic sales ...
