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Subaru blames high workloads as it finds more cases of improper vehicle inspections
Subaru Corp. blamed inspectors' excessive workloads as it revealed fresh cases of improper vehicle inspections in a final report on its data falsifications. The automaker has newly found that inspectors failed to properly check brakes and speedometers during final inspections. The number of affected vehicles ...
Plowing millions into Uber, Toyota prepares for a future with fewer privately owned cars
Toyota Motor Corp., Asia's biggest carmaker, is preparing for a potential future where people don't buy cars. That's behind the hefty investments the company has made in ride-hailing providers, most prominently the $1 billion it poured into Southeast Asian leader Grab. Toyota sees the partnership ...
Ford is looking at speeding up plans to build more Lincoln models in Chinese plants amid the growing trade war with the United States that has made U.S. exports less attractive, a senior executive said Monday. Joseph Hinrichs, Ford's executive vice president for global operations, ...
After years of resistance, Toyota to add Android Auto software to vehicles
Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to add Android Auto to its vehicles, according to a person familiar with the matter, ending years of resistance to Google's infotainment software caused by safety and security concerns. For the first time, Toyota will allow Android Auto devices to ...
Fearing auto tariffs, Japan to cave on Trump's demands for bilateral trade talks
Auto exports are crucial to Japan’s economy, but the Abe administration views a reduction to its main ally as inevitable, though it still wants the U.S. in the TPP.
Honda Vietnam sees 98% year-on-year increase in car sales in first eight months
Honda Motor Co. is upbeat about its automobile sales in Vietnam after resuming imports that had been suspended following the country's introduction of nontariff barriers this year aimed at encouraging domestic production. Honda Vietnam Co., its manufacturing and sales arm in the Southeast Asian country, ...
Japan's auto lobby says it hopes NAFTA will keep current framework
Japan's automakers' association said Thursday it hopes that the North American Free Trade Agreement will maintain its current framework as the United States, Canada and Mexico update the trade pact amid growing trade tensions between the U.S. and its trading partners. "Japanese automakers' businesses in ...
When electric vehicles' day comes, it will be suddenly
Californians will soon be presented with compelling, cost-competitive electric vehicles of many different types. Those factors will probably drive sales up significantly.
Japan is making a push to develop flying cars, enlisting companies including Uber and Airbus to join a public-private panel tasked with making airborne vehicles a reality in the next decade.
Toyota to target tripling of China output to 3.5 million vehicles over next decade
Toyota Motor Corp. is aiming to triple car production in China by as soon as 2030 in a renewed push to make up lost ground in the world's biggest market, according to sources. Asia's largest automaker is targeting to manufacture 3.5 million vehicles annually in ...
Mexico-U.S. deal includes Mexican auto export cap that could hurt Japanese automakers
A proposed U.S.-Mexico trade deal would allow U.S. President Donald Trump to impose punitive tariffs of up to 25 percent on imports of Mexican-made cars, sport utility vehicles and auto parts above certain volumes, auto executives and sources said Tuesday, in a move that ...
The government asks 20 companies to staff a panel that will brainstorm ideas to help Japan catch up to its rivals in the new aviation race.
