Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday its newly developed smartphone car-sharing application will become available in Honolulu by the end of this year. The application will support a car-sharing business in identifying and authenticating drivers, as well as taking payment and managing the fleet. Also, customers ...
Toyota Motor Corp. has unveiled its first environmentally friendly sedan model to be sold in Thailand, part of a bid to boost its green vehicle sales on the back of growing demand for eco-cars in the local market. The automaker hopes the Yaris ATIV subcompact ...
Fear of falling behind as electric vehicles become more popular was apparently the impetus behind Toyota Motor Corp.’s capital tie-up with Mazda Motor Corp.
Toyota Motor Corp. said Friday it plans to build pickup trucks and possibly SUVs at a new plant in Mexico, a move that follows threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to penalize the company if it builds small cars south of the border. Toyota initially ...
A New Mexico startup is betting on automakers to develop hydrogen cars and wants to provide material for them as nations and companies scramble to bring pollution-free vehicles to drivers. The Albuquerque-based Pajarito Powder is developing material for hydrogen fuel cells that CEO Tom Stephenson ...
Toyota Motor Corp. is considering developing an electric vehicle for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games in a bid to showcase its eco-friendly technology, sources close to the move said. Toyota, one of the top-tier sponsors of the games, plans to introduce the EVs ...
Demand for profitable light trucks gave Ford Motor Co. and top Japanese automakers better sales than analysts had estimated for June, following a five-month streak of industry declines. Toyota Motor Corp.'s deliveries climbed 2.1 percent in June, while Honda Motor Co. sales rose 0.8 percent ...
Nissan Motor Co. and Honda Motor Co. raised domestic output in May while Toyota Motor Corp., the nation's largest automaker by volume, reduced output, year-on-year data showed Thursday. Toyota produced 224,855 vehicles at home, down 7.1 percent from a year before, but saw domestic sales ...
Toyota Motor Corp.'s Lexus line has slipped below the industry average in a closely watched study of new-car quality, while South Korean automakers that only recently supplanted Japanese and German brands gained more momentum. Lexus — long considered a stalwart of quality — ranked 15th ...
Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda met with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday, officials said. As the automaker's biggest factory in Europe is in France, Toyoda is thought to have briefed Macron on the company's contribution to the French economy and employment ...
Kamui Kobayashi clocked the fastest-ever qualifying lap as he drove his Toyota into overall pole position for the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Thursday. Kobayashi and his co-drivers Mike Conway and Stephane Sarrazin will be joined on the front row of the weekend's race ...
Sales in China of Japanese cars rose sharply over the three months through May as sales of Korean cars plummeted, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Sunday, citing the diplomatic row over installation of a U.S. anti-missile system in the country as a major ...
