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A self-driving Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle in San Francisco in 2017
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 17, 2023
With self-driving cars, it's the ethics we have to navigate
Do accidents involving self-driving cars today save lives tomorrow? When it comes to self-driving cars, the challenges aren't just technical, but ethical.
Tesla has combined a series of innovations to make a technological breakthrough that could transform the way it makes electric vehicles and help Elon Musk achieve his aim of halving production costs.
BUSINESS / Tech
Sep 15, 2023
Tesla reinvents carmaking with quiet breakthrough
The company pioneered the use of huge presses to mold the front and rear structures of its Model Y in a "gigacasting" process.
Employees work on the assembly line at an electric vehicle plant in Shanghai. Cutting salaries is illegal in China, but complex pay structures offer loopholes.
BUSINESS / Companies
Sep 5, 2023
China's auto workers bear brunt of price war as fallout widens
Cutting salaries is illegal in China, but complex pay structures offer ways around this.
Security personnel guard the BYD booth at the Auto Shanghai show in April 2023.
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 29, 2023
China's leading electric carmaker BYD triples half-year profit
This month the company became the first global manufacturer to pass the 5 million milestone in electric vehicle production.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk
BUSINESS
Aug 18, 2023
Elon Musk arrives in Japan for first visit in nine years
The purpose of his trip is not yet clear, but the space-loving billionaire has posted video clips of the teamLab Planets art installation in Tokyo.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hand with Tesla chief executive Elon Musk in New York on June 20, 2023.
BUSINESS
Aug 3, 2023
In India, it's advantage Tesla as Chinese automakers face heat
Tesla has had a red-carpet welcome from India for its proposal to invest in the country, while China has been stopped cold.
A truck transports new Tesla cars at its factory in Shanghai in May 2021.
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jul 28, 2023
Global automakers scramble to reset China strategies as sales slow
Some German brands and General Motors are betting on new electric vehicles, while Toyota and others have shifted to cost-cutting mode.
Nissan will adopt Tesla's electric-vehicle charging technology in the U.S. and Canada, becoming the first Japanese carmaker to take up the technology.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 20, 2023
Nissan to adopt Tesla EV-charging design from 2025 in U.S. and Canada
Starting in 2025, the firm will equip its electric vehicles with the Tesla-developed North American Charging Standard (NACS) port.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 12, 2023
Slow-selling EVs are the U.S. auto industry's new headache
More than 90 new EV models are expected to hit the U.S. market through 2026, according to AutoForecast Solutions. Many will struggle to reach profitable sales volumes, analysts said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 3, 2023
Tesla and BYD post record sales on demand for electric vehicles
Elon Musk’s vow to chase volume by cutting prices seems to have worked, but BYD still dominates the Chinese market with fresher lineup and increasingly global ambitions.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 17, 2023
Tesla's China expansion hits speed bump amid industry overcapacity
Tesla's ambitious plan to boost auto production in Shanghai, its most valuable plant globally, hinges on China's approvals to develop 70 hectares of former farmland.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 13, 2023
Tesla's shrewdest product is proving to be its charging network
Selling a car is one thing; selling consumers an EV fueling experience is another, and one that provides an ongoing revenue stream.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 7, 2023
For Musk and other foreign CEOs visiting China, silence is golden
Musk, known for his unreserved banter on Twitter, was uncharacteristically silent on a whirlwind trip last week.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
May 16, 2023
Tesla’s new car-making process stokes debate among industry experts
Musk believes the company needs to radically rethink conventional manufacturing methods in order to build more affordable — and profitable — electric vehicles in higher volumes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2023
China’s DriveGPT is here. Time to play catch-up.
Beijing’s regulations have put its autonomous-vehicle industry way ahead of competitors. Entry-level offerings won’t cut it any more.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 10, 2023
Tesla planning new Shanghai battery factory despite rising U.S.-China tensions
New manufacturing projects by the auto-maker and France’s Airbus give a boost to Chinese industry as other firms like Apple rethink production in the nation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 8, 2023
Tesla workers shared sensitive images recorded by customer cars
Some of the recordings caught Tesla customers in embarrassing situations — one ex-employee described a video of a man approaching a vehicle completely naked.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2023
As China, Europe and the U.S. power ahead with EVs, Japan clings to hybrids
Last year, 59,000 new EVs were sold in Japan — a record and a threefold annual increase, but still less than 2% of sales of all cars in the country in 2022.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 4, 2023
Tesla's legal troubles: What's next after $3 million race bias verdict?
The case is one of several involving working conditions at Tesla and other companies run by billionaire Elon Musk.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Tokyo prices rise most in two years, backing central bank's hike path
Consumer prices excluding fresh food in Tokyo gained 3.4% in April from a year earlier, as a mixture of impacts from last year’s school fee cuts and higher food and energy costs accelerated inflation, according to the internal affairs ministry.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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