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Firms must play bigger role in tackling climate change, experts and business leaders tell Tokyo forum

Business Oct 19, 2018

Firms must play bigger role in tackling climate change, experts and business leaders tell Tokyo forum

by Kazuaki Nagata

As climate change threatens to transform the world as we know it, the business sector needs to increase its efforts to deal with the threat by boosting investment in environmentally friendly firms and developing green technologies, business leaders and experts said at a recent ...

Toyota's solid-state battery to power future as automaker readies 'game-changer' for mass market

Business / Tech Nov 1, 2017

Toyota's solid-state battery to power future as automaker readies 'game-changer' for mass market

by Norihiko Shirouzu

Toyota Motor Corp. is scrambling to solve outstanding issues as it races to commercialize a battery breakthrough during the first half of the 2020s with the potential to cut the cost of making electric cars. The all solid-state battery is a next-generation, high-capacity energy storage ...

Toyota chairman says fuel cell cars need more time to catch on

Business / Corporate Jan 20, 2017

Toyota chairman says fuel cell cars need more time to catch on

Toyota Motor Corp. Chairman Takeshi Uchiyamada, known as the "father of the Prius" for his work on the world's best-selling hybrid car, said fuel cell vehicles will take longer than gasoline-electric autos to become popular because of the need to build infrastructure. "The hybrid sold ...

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