Business Dec 15, 2020
Trucks in China are watching if drivers doze, speed or slack off
Beijing-based G7 aims to monitor all steps along a product’s logistics journey, from warehouse to delivery, remotely.
Business Dec 8, 2020
Toyota and convenience stores to test fuel-cell delivery trucks in Japan
Seven-Eleven Japan, FamilyMart and Lawson will use light-duty trucks with a maximum payload of 3 tons being developed by Toyota and its subsidiary Hino Motors.
Business / Corporate Nov 20, 2020
Nissan said to be in talks with U.S. startup to electrify pickup truck
by Gabrielle Coppola
Nissan has never fared well in the competitive U.S. full-size truck market, and demand for the Titan plunged 38% last year.
Business / Corporate Oct 6, 2020
Toyota adds to hydrogen bet with North American fuel cell truck
by Ed Ludlow
The automaker did not provide a timeline for beginning sales of the Class 8 truck but said it would debut a prototype in the first half of 2021.
Business Aug 23, 2020
Japan to develop more efficient electric trucks with swappable batteries
The plan calls for the batteries to be charged with electricity generated locally using renewable energy sources.
Business Aug 16, 2020
Expressway 'relay bases' proposed to ease burden on Japanese truck drivers
The idea is to let semitrucks swap trailers with trucks that can deliver the goods for them, shortening the distance traveled.
National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN May 23, 2020
Rats, bugs, crooks and trucks share media spotlight amid pandemic
by Mark Schreiber
With city dwellers around the world in lockdown, increasing reports have surfaced about wild animals infiltrating urban areas. Tokyo is no exception, although "wild" isn’t quite appropriate in this case. As a sanitation worker in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward relates to Shukan Gendai (May 16), "From ...
National Apr 30, 2020
Japan's essential workers risk health but face abuse in virus crisis
Supermarket employees, truck drivers and postal workers have remained at their posts while people in many other occupations have been asked to stay home.
Business / Corporate Jan 16, 2020
Honda and Isuzu agree to conduct joint research on fuel cell trucks
Honda Motor Co. and Isuzu Motors Ltd. said Wednesday they have agreed to conduct joint research on fuel cell-powered heavy-duty trucks, in another collaborative move in an auto industry that has seen fierce competition to produce eco-friendly vehicles. Honda R&D Co. and Isuzu signed the ...
Business / Corporate Dec 17, 2019
Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday its group plans to sell 10.77 million vehicles worldwide in 2020, slightly up from 10.72 million vehicles estimated for this year, nudging it closer to No. 1 automaker Volkswagen AG. The figure would mark an all-time high for the fourth ...
Business / Corporate Nov 19, 2019
Yamato Transport rolls out driver-friendly EVs for parcel delivery in Tokyo area
by Masumi Koizumi
Yamato Transport Co. unveiled on Tuesday what it says is a greener, compact, driver-friendly electric truck that may offer hope for coping with the acute labor shortage in Japan's door-to-door parcel delivery industry. The 2.85-ton truck measuring roughly 4.7 meters long, 1.8 meters wide and ...
Business Aug 30, 2019
Volvo unit's autonomous truck goes the distance in test as Hokkaido faces driver shortage
The Japanese unit of Sweden's AB Volvo demonstrated for journalists on Thursday a highly autonomous truck at a sugar factory in Hokkaido, where it moved for about 1.5 kilometers (1 mile) without the involvement of a human driver. UD Trucks Corp. said the test, which ...