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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

Inflation weary Americans snapped up fuel-sipping hybrids made by Japanese and South Korean automakers this spring, contributing to a gas-electric sales bonanza for Toyota Motor and a sales decline for General Motors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/02/companies/toyota-us-hybrid-demand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #honda #hybrids #gm #cars #carmakers

Toyota is setting up a joint venture with air taxi-maker Joby Aviation to deepen manufacturing ties ahead of a planned additional investment of $250 million. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/07/01/companies/toyota-joint-venture-joby-aviation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #jobyaviation #us

Toyota has posted another drop in global sales, hit by Middle East disruptions and tough competition in China that pushed the world's top-selling automaker into a fourth straight month of declines. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/29/companies/toyota-sales-drop-may/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #middleeast #iran #honda #nissan #china

Stellantis and Nissan Motor are in talks to take over some of the assets of Marelli Holdings, the global auto-parts maker that's mired in a challenging reorganization in bankruptcy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/26/companies/stellantis-nissan-marelli/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #stellantis #nissan #carmakers #marelli #italy

Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn said calls by some shareholders for his return reflected deep anger over years of failed turnaround plans, accusing the automaker's leadership of losing direction since his ouster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/25/companies/ghosn-nissan-investors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #carlosghosn #nissan #cars #carmakers

General Motors is facing the uncomfortable reality of Toyota possibly taking the U.S. sales crown once again thanks to growing demand for its gasoline-electric hybrids. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/25/companies/toyota-gm-hybrid-sales-lead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #cars #carmakers #gm #hybrids #us

Renault, which rescued Nissan Motor from near-bankruptcy a generation ago and sent in Carlos Ghosn to run the Japanese carmaker, is reasserting its influence as top shareholder. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/24/companies/renault-clout-nissan-reminder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #renault #cars #carmakers

Renault's push against two of Nissan's appointments to the board effectively pits the Japanese carmaker's top shareholder against its biggest creditor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/22/companies/renault-pushback-on-nissan-board/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #renault #carmakers

The British government is in advanced talks with Japanese carmaker Nissan about providing it with financial support in return for a long-term commitment and investment in its Sunderland plant, sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/06/18/uk-nissan-sunderland-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #uk #nissan #cars #carmakers #manufacturing