Toyota Motor Corporation‘s TM cutting-edge hydrogen fuel cell Hilux project has reached a crucial milestone, moving into the final demonstration phase. This represents significant progress in Toyota’s quest for a zero-carbon future. Since unveiling the initial prototype in September 2023, Toyota and its consortium partners, with support from UK Government funding, have transitioned into an […]
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Toyota’s Certification Crisis Extends Beyond Japan, Could Impact EU Operations
Toyota’s Certification Crisis Extends Beyond Japan, Could Impact EU Operations Toyota Motor Corp. (NYSE:TM) has been found to have discrepancies in its vehicle certifications that also conflict with United Nations standards, a key set of regulations adhered to by 62 countries and regions, including the European Union. The implications of these findings could potentially extend […]
Toyota’s global volumes fall in April, led by drops in China and Japan
TOKYO (Reuters) – Toyota Motor’s April global sales and production fell from a year earlier, hurt by an intense price war in China and a decline in Japan after a production stoppage of some models and a safety test scandal at its small car unit. Global sales fell 0.5% in April, as a 27% slump […]
Toyota’s bet on hybrids was mocked, then vindicated. Now it’s trying to repeat the trick with an unlikely bet on the combustion engine
While many automakers predicted a looming all-EV future, Toyota made gains by emphasizing hybrids over fully electric vehicles—a move that earned it derision before being vindicated over the past year as EV sales sputtered. Now it’s now doubling down with a new take on the traditional car engine. The world’s largest carmaker said Tuesday that […]
A Deep Look Inside the Twin-Turbo V6 That Replaced Toyota’s V8s
A Deep Look Inside the Twin-Turbo V6 That Replaced Toyota’s V8s photo You don’t have to be a car person to know that Toyota prizes quality, durability, and reliability in its vehicles. That said, if you are a car person, you’ll know those three attributes are the first items people question when Toyota does something […]
JAXA and Toyota’s ‘Lunar Cruiser’ moon rover is now a Transformers toy
It can now be revealed that Japan’s proposal for a future moon rover is “more than meets the eye.” As first announced last June but just now starting to ship, a new scale model of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA) Lunar Cruiser not only faithfully reproduces the details of the astronaut transport developed in […]
Ford sales jump in January, topping Toyota’s, but EV growth stalls
Ford (F) reported a strong start to the year in the US, with sales jumping in January and even topping those of Toyota (TM), last year’s sales king. However, electric vehicle sales suffered a setback. Ford reported January US sales climbed 4.3% to 152,617 vehicles, with the automaker’s US market share hitting 13.7%, up 0.3% […]
Toyota’s chairman doubles down on his electric car skepticism, forecasting that EV adoption will peak at just 30%
Akio Toyoda, Toyota Motor’s chairman, has never been a huge fan of battery electric vehicles. Last October, as global sales of EVs starting to slow down amid macroeconomic uncertainty, Toyoda crowed that people are “finally seeing reality” on EVs. Now, the auto executive is doubling-down on his bearish predictions, boldly predicting that just three in […]
Toyota’s bet on hybrid cars seems to be paying off as it rides consumer skepticism of an all-EV future to maintain its lead as the world’s top selling automaker
Hybrid or battery electric vehicles? That debate has been heating up within the auto industry for the past few years. Tesla CEO Elon Musk thinks hybrid vehicles are just a phase, while Toyota’s chairman and former CEO, Akio Toyoda, has long been skeptical of going all in on fully electric vehicles. And so far, it […]
Toyota’s small car unit Daihatsu will suspend all vehicle shipments over widespread safety cheating
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday its subsidiary Daihatsu will suspend shipments of all its vehicles in and outside Japan in a damaging safety scandal after an investigation found improper testing involving 64 models. The safety test irregularities earlier this year prompted an independent panel investigation, which found widespread and systematic problems. Toyota, […]
Toyota’s Daihatsu to halt all vehicle shipments
By Daniel Leussink TOKYO (Reuters) -Toyota Motor unit Daihatsu will halt shipments of all vehicles both overseas and in Japan, the Asahi newspaper and other Japanese media said on Wednesday, as it scrambles to respond to a widening scandal over the rigging of safety tests. Daihatsu is expected to report findings by an independent panel […]