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After years of resistance, Toyota to add Android Auto software to vehicles
Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to add Android Auto to its vehicles, according to a person familiar with the matter, ending years of resistance to Google's infotainment software caused by safety and security concerns. For the first time, Toyota will allow Android Auto devices to ...
Japan's auto lobby says it hopes NAFTA will keep current framework
Japan's automakers' association said Thursday it hopes that the North American Free Trade Agreement will maintain its current framework as the United States, Canada and Mexico update the trade pact amid growing trade tensions between the U.S. and its trading partners. "Japanese automakers' businesses in ...
Toyota boosts 2018 global production and sales plans to record levels on solid China sales
Toyota Motor Corp. has raised its group-wide global production and sales projections for 2018 to record levels, driven by stronger-than-expected sales in China and benefits from lower auto tariffs there, a source close to the matter said Thursday. Japan's biggest automaker by volume lifted the ...
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 ...
Toyota to target tripling of China output to 3.5 million vehicles over next decade
Toyota Motor Corp. is aiming to triple car production in China by as soon as 2030 in a renewed push to make up lost ground in the world's biggest market, according to sources. Asia's largest automaker is targeting to manufacture 3.5 million vehicles annually in ...
Japanese government joins with private companies to develop flying cars
It might sound like pie in the sky, but the Japanese government is banking on a future with flying cars, launching an initiative Wednesday with the private sector to develop futuristic vehicles. The initiative aims to draw up a roadmap by the end of the ...
Toyota to invest $500 million in Uber for development of self-driving cars
Toyota Motor Corp. will invest $500 million in Uber to jointly work on developing self-driving cars, the companies said Monday, in a bid by both firms to catch up with rivals in the hotly competitive autonomous driving business. The investment values Uber at $72 billion, ...
Four Toyota units to form joint venture to develop self-driving technology
Four auto parts suppliers affiliated with Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday they are considering jointly developing autonomous driving technology amid intensifying cross-industry competition in the field. Denso Corp., Aisin Seiki Co. Ltd., Jtekt Corp. and Advics Co. Ltd., a subsidiary of Aisin, said they plan ...
Lexus: A driving force for the 'experiential' store?
Do creative projects, like 'experiential stores' really bring such intangible benefits as increasing brand awareness among the golden goose target of millennials?
Volvo owner Geely overtakes Nissan to snatch third spot in China's auto market
Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd. surpassed its top three Japanese rivals to become the third-largest carmaker in China, helped by models that appeal to the nation's young consumers. Reporting a 54 percent jump in net income for the six months through June, the carmaker said in ...
Foreign automakers oppose Trump NAFTA plan as U.S.-Mexico talks resume
Foreign-brand automakers with U.S. plants do not support Trump administration rules to raise the amount of local content in North American-made vehicles, a group representing companies including Toyota Motor Corp., Volkswagen AG and Hyundai Motor Co. has told key U.S. lawmakers. Talks between Mexican Economy ...
Toyota ordered to pay $242 million in damages over Texas Lexus accident
A Texas jury has ordered Toyota Motor Corp. to pay $242.1 million in damages to a Dallas-area couple over a rear-end collision that resulted in injuries to their two children, a law office working for the plaintiffs said. In the September 2016 accident, the front ...
