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Toyota is considering using hydrogen to power trucks that transport auto parts as alternative fuels gain favor as the Iran war pushes up gasoline prices and strains supplies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/04/companies/toyota-hydrogen-trucks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #kojisato #hydrogen #trucks #energy #middleeast

Toyota is considering using hydrogen to power trucks that transport auto parts as alternative fuels gain favor as the Iran war pushes up gasoline prices and strains supplies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/04/companies/toyota-hydrogen-trucks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #kojisato #hydrogen #trucks #energy #middleeast

Toyota is considering using hydrogen to power trucks that transport auto parts as alternative fuels gain favor as the Iran war pushes up gasoline prices and strains supplies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/04/companies/toyota-hydrogen-trucks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #kojisato #hydrogen #trucks #energy #middleeast

Toyota is considering using hydrogen to power trucks that transport auto parts as alternative fuels gain favor as the Iran war pushes up gasoline prices and strains supplies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/04/companies/toyota-hydrogen-trucks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #kojisato #hydrogen #trucks #energy #middleeast

Toyota is considering using hydrogen to power trucks that transport auto parts as alternative fuels gain favor as the Iran war pushes up gasoline prices and strains supplies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/04/companies/toyota-hydrogen-trucks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #kojisato #hydrogen #trucks #energy #middleeast

BYD, Geely, Xpeng: Germany’s vaunted auto industry is in dire straits amid a Chinese surge.

The number of Chinese cars on European roads is skyrocketing as carmakers from the People’s Republic rush to build factories in the EU.

Germany’s traditional brands are struggling to respond.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20260831-byd-geely-xpeng-germanys-vaunted-auto-industry-is-in-dire-straits-amid-a-chinese-surge?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Germany #Cars #Manufacturing #Industry #Carmakers #BYD #Geely #Xpeng #Xiaomi #Volkswagen #BMW #Porsche #Mercedes

Honda Motor and Nissan Motor say they have agreed to jointly develop and standardize operating systems and other core components for software-defined vehicles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/09/01/companies/honda-nissan-joint-development/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #honda #nissan #cars #carmakers #electricvehicles

Mexico unveiled the cargo version of their ultra light electric car that it will begin selling next year for about $10,000. The Mexican government has been leading the project development. EV sales in Mexico have been skyrocketing in recent months.

https://www.electrive.com/2026/08/25/mexico-unveils-olinia-carga-electric-light-truck/

#trucks #electricCars #electric #BEV #EV #transportation #mobility #transition #energyTransition #electricVehicles #carmakers #cars #electricity #Mexico

Toyota Motor's car sales fell for a sixth straight month as rising gasoline prices weighed on demand for non-electric vehicles in China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/28/companies/toyota-sales-july/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #middleeast #china

Honda Motor is considering building a new plant in the U.S. as it seeks to expand its lineup of gas-electric hybrids models from 2030, a senior executive at the Japanese carmaker said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/26/companies/honda-plant-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #honda #carmakers #electricvehicles #hybrids #cars #us #donaldtrump #tariffs #trade

From September 2031, Japan will require new cars to have driver monitoring systems installed to monitor drivers for signs of distraction or drowsiness amid an increasing number of accidents attributed to phone use. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/25/driver-monitoring-2031/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #carmakers #trafficaccidents

Tesla and eight other automakers in China are recalling about 4.3 million vehicles — the country's largest automotive recall — over concerns that doors may be difficult to open in an emergency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/24/companies/tesla-vehicle-recall-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tesla #electricvehicles #carmakers #china #geely #xpeng #xiaomi

Suzuki Motor unveiled online a prototype of its first electric vehicle with a reference range of 310 kilometers, among the longest for electric minivehicles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/24/companies/suzuki-electric-minivehicle/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #suzuki #carmakers #electricvehicles

BYD, the world's largest maker of electric vehicles, is looking to persuade car buyers in Japan to switch over from domestic brands with a tiny EV designed for the country's narrow roads. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/20/companies/byd-racco-minicar-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #byd #cars #carmakers #electricvehicles #china #wangchuanfu #toyota #honda #nissan #generalmotors #ford #hyundai

Hiroshi Okuda, Toyota's former president and chairman who pushed for the Prius gas-electric hybrid, has died. He was 93. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/12/companies/toyota-hiroshi-okada-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #hiroshiokuda #toyota #carmakers

Japan's carmakers are assuming that the yen will trade near current levels against the U.S. dollar in the coming months, based on forecasts they issued just as the U.S. and Japan intervened to bolster the currency. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/07/companies/japan-carmakers-yen-forecasts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #carmakers #yen #currencies

Honda has outsourced development of a new vehicle program to Tata Technologies, the first time the automaker is entrusting an Indian engineering services firm with building an end-to-end platform to help cut costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/06/honda-vehicle-program-tata-technologies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #cars #carmakers #honda

Toyota revised up its full-year net profit forecast from ¥3 trillion to ¥3.25 trillion, reflecting the yen's further weakening, as well as progress in securing alternative export routes to the Middle East. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/04/toyota-forecast-raise/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #toyota #carmakers #cars

Toyota Motor has unveiled a ¥1 trillion share buyback and lifted its profit outlook as resilient hybrid demand and a weak yen helped make up for rising costs, tariffs and supply disruptions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/04/companies/toyota-profit-outlook-up/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #cars #carmakers #yen #hybrids

Nissan's quarterly profit rose as the carmaker sought to build on progress from the early stages of its restructuring plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/04/nissan-outlook-turnaround-effort/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #nissan #ivanespinosa #carmakers

Automakers are prolonging plant suspensions following last week's major earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, with the impact spreading beyond the Kyushu region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/08/03/companies/kumamoto-quake-auto-plant-halt-prolong/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #2026kumamotoearthquake #cars #carmakers

Toyota Motor's global sales fell slightly after turmoil in the Middle East and a slump in China led the world's biggest carmaker to record a drop for the fifth month in a row. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/30/companies/toyota-sales-fall-june/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #iran #middleeast #electricvehicles #hybrids #cars #us #china

Daisuke Toyoda, the 38-year-old great-grandson of Toyota's founder, will be appointed to the company's hallowed Motomachi factory, putting him on a path that may lead him to the top of the world's largest carmaker. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/30/companies/toyota-crown-prince/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #cars #carmakers

China's BYD is adding a tiny electric vehicle to its lineup in Japan, in a challenge to domestic brands in the country's most important vehicle segment. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/28/companies/byd-mini-ev-japan-launch/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #byd #cars #carmakers #electricvehicles

Honda Motor and Nissan Motor, which have been discussing areas of cooperation, are considering jointly developing an operating system for software-defined vehicles, sources have said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/27/companies/honda-nissan-sdv/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #honda #nissan #carmakers #cars

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/23/carmakers-lobbied-uk-revoke-ban-petrol-diesel-cars-2035; https://www.fastcharge.email/p/revealed-carmakers-lobby-to-end-ice. "Major #carmakers privately lobbied the #UK #Government to revoke a #ban on new #petrol & #diesel #cars after 2035, according to #documents that reveal for the first time the efforts to overturn a key #decarbonisation #policy."

Toyota President Kenta Kon said he will advance collaboration with business partners to reinforce the leading Japanese automaker's earning power through cost reductions and other measures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/21/companies/toyota-kenta-kon-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #kentakon #selfdriving #cars #us

A high tariff policy introduced by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump continues to cripple Japanese automakers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/20/trump-tariffs-japan-automakers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #cars #carmakers #tariffs

For some 40 years, Suzuki cars dominated India's roads. But as Indians got richer, they gravitated to bigger and flashier rides — and the automaker's emphasis on affordability started to become a drag. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/20/companies/suzuki-cars-india-market/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #suzuki #india #carmakers

China's new generation of supersized electric vehicles — some more than 5 meters long and weighing three tons — is straining the nation's roads while starving the government of fuel taxes to maintain them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/17/china-giant-cars-road-damage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #china #cars #carmakers #electricvehicles #cities

Honda is ending sales of its electric vehicles (EVs) in the U.S., marking the latest pullback by a major automaker in response to tepid demand in the market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/17/companies/honda-ev-sales-halt-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #honda #electricvehicles #us #carmakers

Toyota Motor is moving production of its popular Tacoma midsize truck from a plant in Mexico to San Antonio as part of a $3.6 billion investment in the Texas facility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/07/companies/toyota-truck-production-shift-texas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #cars #carmakers #trucks #mexico #us #texas

On the heels of Nissan Motor losing a board member after alliance partner and top shareholder Renault withdrew its support, the Japanese automaker has a message to send: All is well. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/02/nissan-ceo-renault-alliance-good/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #nissan #renault #cars #carmakers

Nissan fully accepted the labor union's pay increase demand during this year's spring wage negotiations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/03/11/nissan-wage-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #nissan #wages #shunto #carmakers

Toyota is safeguarding its nearly $1 billion investment pledge to air taxi maker Joby Aviation by troubleshooting production processes and mulling a deeper manufacturing role. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/15/toyota-bigger-role-air-taxi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #toyota #joby #carmakers #flyingcars #tech