Business / Corporate Jul 21, 2020
Toyota's August domestic output to meet pre-pandemic targets
The carmaker has resumed operations at almost all of its plants around the world following suspension due to the outbreak.
Business / Corporate Jul 20, 2020
Wired for profit: How an obscure Japanese auto supplier is riding out the pandemic
by Shiho Takezawa and Tsuyoshi Inajima
If the motor is the heart of an EV, then coils in turn are the heart of the electric motor.
Business / Corporate Jul 20, 2020
Ex-Nissan boss Ghosn says Renault-Nissan financial results 'pathetic'
The low stock prices of the alliance partners are more a reflection of poor leadership than the COVID-19 pandemic, the fugitive ex-boss says.
Business / Corporate Jul 20, 2020
Tesla boom supercharges stock of world’s biggest EV battery firm
This Asian company has a $124 billion order backlog and a valuation of more than $30 billion.
Business / Corporate Jul 18, 2020
Carlos Ghosn probe finds daughter met accused escape accomplice
by David Yaffe-Bellany
Carlos Ghosn insists his wife and four adult children played no part in his dramatic escape from Japan in a crate that was smuggled aboard a private plane. "I alone arranged for my departure,” the former Nissan Motor Co. chairman said in January. "My family ...
Business Jul 16, 2020
Mercedes-Benz Japan reported to the transport ministry Thursday that it will recall a total of 58,021 cars from 65 models, including the E 350 sedan, for free repairs over concerns of glass panels of sliding sunroofs falling off. The vehicles were imported to Japan between ...
Business / Corporate Jul 15, 2020
Nissan seeks to repair tattered image with new electric crossover vehicle
The Ariya is set to go on sale in Japan by the middle of next year, and in Europe, North America and China by the end of 2021.
Business / Corporate Jul 14, 2020
Toray to supply carbon fiber materials for German flying-car maker
The deal with Lilium is spurred by expectations that flying cars could help reduce traffic congestion as well as noise and air pollution in major cities.
Business / Corporate Jul 13, 2020
Toyota Motor Corp. will delay the restart of its factory operations in Venezuela following a four-month suspension, as the country has extended measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, an official said Monday. Venezuela is the last country where Toyota's output has remained ...
Business / Corporate Jul 12, 2020
Toyota to fully resume global output for first time since February
Toyota Motor Corp. will resume automobile production in all of its manufacturing bases around the world for the first time since February, a source with knowledge of the matter said Sunday. Toyota's factory in Venezuela, the last where output had remained suspended due to the ...
Business / Corporate Jul 12, 2020
Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn says he is helping everyone who stood by him
Former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn is helping everyone who stood by him, he said in an interview broadcast on Saturday, though he declined to comment on cases of people accused of helping him flee to Lebanon from Japan. Ghosn, the ex-chairman of an ...
Business / Corporate Jul 11, 2020
Toyota says staffers shown mocking George Floyd's death no longer employed
Two employees, including a supervisor, were fired over a video showing the supervisor kneeling on a file binder and saying "that will keep them down.”