Business / Corporate Jul 19, 2021
Toyota launches fuel-efficient Aqua hybrid with better acceleration
Toyota, which had received orders for about 15,000 new Aqua units as of last Thursday, is aiming to sell 9,800 units a month.
Business Apr 13, 2021
In Europe, once 'green' plug-in hybrid cars now look like dinosaurs
by Nick Carey and Kate Abnett
EU policy plans for plug-in hybrid vehicles could mean the "transition" technology has a shorter lifespan than envisaged by carmakers.
Commentary / World Dec 18, 2020
While we're waiting for electric cars to fully charge, how about hybrids?
by Anjani Trivedi
Investors have run up the stock prices of electric car companies and their valuations far higher than the businesses really warrant.
Business Dec 10, 2020
Can Japan shift gears fast enough to ban gas cars by 2035?
by Kazuaki Nagata
Any plan to phase out sales of new petrol-fueled vehicles by the mid 2030s will have a major effect on the nation's auto sector — the pillar of Japan's industrial might.
Business Dec 8, 2020
Many conventional automakers are mulling their options, trying to decide which technologies will reign in the decades between now and a full transition away from combustion engines.
Business Dec 5, 2020
Japan considering emissions trade system for carmakers as it eyes carbon neutrality
Under the system, an upper limit on emissions will be set for each automaker. If this exceeds the limit, the firm will be able to buy quotas off others.
Business / Corporate Aug 6, 2020
Toyota Motor Corp. has launched the Corolla Cross SUV in Vietnam, its first hybrid vehicle to be sold in the Southeast Asian country. Toyota Motor Vietnam Co., the automaker's local manufacturing and sales unit, said Wednesday it will import the latest SUV model from Thailand, ...
Business / Corporate Jun 8, 2020
Toyota Motor Corp. on Monday started selling its first plug-in hybrid SUV in Japan as it looks to commit more to the electric vehicle market. The new RAV4, loaded with a newly developed high-powered motor that provides a longer range and better acceleration than its ...
Business Mar 3, 2020
Tesla barely registers in Japan, the world's third-largest auto market
by Chester Dawson
For all of Elon Musk’s domination of the burgeoning electric vehicle business, Tesla Inc. is struggling to get traction in Japan, a market he put on a pedestal early in the automaker’s early days. The day after taking the electric carmaker public in June 2010, ...
Business Feb 6, 2020
U.K. carmakers press Boris Johnson to fund pledge to end gasoline era by 2035
Automakers in the U.K. are pressing for government funding to meet a new goal of killing off combustion cars by 2035, even as demand for electric models is surging. The U.K. will ban the sale of new gasoline, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035, five ...
Business / Corporate Dec 11, 2019
Japanese hybrids beating slump in China's car market
by Tian Ying
China's once-in-a-generation car slump is hobbling carmakers around the globe that placed their bets on what is the world's biggest auto market. But one group is weathering the slowdown unscathed: Japanese automakers. Iconic car companies like Toyota Motor Corp. and Honda Motor Co. are increasing ...