Commentary / World Oct 30, 2018
The electric vehicle future will run on two wheels
by Adam Minter
For much of the emerging world, the key to reducing pollution is making the transition to battery-powered motorcycles and scooters.
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Business / Corporate Sep 13, 2018
Toyota ready to share hybrid secrets with China to advance in world's largest auto market
Toyota Motor Corp. is preparing to divulge details of the hybrid-car engine technology it pioneered with the Prius to China in an attempt to catch up with rivals in the world's biggest auto market. Chinese officials asked Toyota to share its gasoline-electric technology to help ...
Business / Corporate Sep 10, 2018
Under visionary Shigenobu Nagamori, precision motor-maker Nidec sees EVs driving future profits
by Makiko Yamazaki
Since starting Nidec in 1973 in a tiny Kyoto shed with just three workers, Shigenobu Nagamori has built it into the world's top maker of precision motors and became one of Japan's most venerated business leaders. Nagamori guided Nidec past Nissan and Panasonic in market ...
Business Jul 24, 2018
Japan aims to have all new passenger cars be electric by 2050: panel report
By 2050 the central government aims to have all new cars sold in Japan be electric or hybrid vehicles, an economy ministry panel said Tuesday, amid intensifying competition in the global shift to green cars. The panel, which included chiefs of major automakers such as ...
Business / Corporate Jul 12, 2018
Toyota assists Indonesia in developing eco-friendly vehicles
Toyota Motor Corp. is cooperating with the Indonesian government to develop eco-friendly vehicles by lending Prius hybrid cars and other models to six major universities in the Southeast Asian country. Toyota says it is providing each school with a package of a Prius electric-gasoline hybrids, ...
Business / Corporate Jun 27, 2018
Mitsubishi Motors to provide plug-in hybrid technology to Renault
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will provide its plug-in hybrid technology to Renault SA as part of their three-way alliance with Nissan Motor Co., a source said Wednesday. Renault will install the technology in a new sport utility vehicle model to be launched in 2021, as it ...
Business May 26, 2018
Nissan Motor Co. aims to sell some 40,000 units of its Leaf electric vehicle in Japan in the year to March 2019, double the previous year's level, Jiji Press has learned. The cumulative domestic sales of the Leaf, launched in 2010, stood at 100,000 units ...
Business / Corporate May 11, 2018
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visits Toyota's EV parts factory in Hokkaido
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang visited Toyota Motor Corp.'s electric-vehicle parts factory in Hokkaido on Friday, as the government of the world's second-biggest economy looks to promote eco-friendly EVs to curb air pollution. Li was briefed by Toyota officials about the automaker's e-Palette autonomous driving EV ...
Business / Corporate Apr 24, 2018
Volvo Trucks to share electric battery technology across brands
Volvo Trucks plans to share battery technology across its brands to tame development and production costs for the crucial but expensive component. As automakers face growing costs to develop lower-emission vehicles and automated driving capabilities, Volvo Trucks, owned by Sweden's Volvo AB, said Monday it ...
Business / Corporate Apr 21, 2018
Nissan Motor Co. aims to have vehicles powered by electric motors account for half its sales by fiscal 2025. According to Nissan's midterm domestic business plan released Friday, the company will launch by fiscal 2022 three pure electric models and five hybrids that run on ...
Commentary / Japan Apr 9, 2018
Control of battery resources is key to EV leadership
by Yoichi Funabashi
The rush is on to discover the next generation technology to succeed the lithium-ion battery, and China is scrambling to take the lead.
Commentary / World Mar 9, 2018
The ongoing electric vehicle war