Toyota News
Toyota is one of the largest global automakers, while Mazda is one of the smallest. This morning, the two Japanese makers announced a capital-investment deal under which Toyota would take a petite shareholding in Mazda, the smaller maker would invest in Toyota as well, and the two would set up a. read more
Toyota calmly unloaded the rest of its Tesla shares near the end of last year. In the process, the Japanese automaker confirmed its partnership to develop electrical vehicles. read more June 7, two thousand seventeen by Sean Szymkowski
Earlier this year in Europe, thirteen companies joined coerces to create the Hydrogen Council, a global initiative to discuss and promote the use of hydrogen as a renewable source. read more May 26, two thousand seventeen by John Voelcker
The challenge of reducing the energy used by traditional heating systems in battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars is one automakers still grapple with today. Diminished. read more May 24, two thousand seventeen by Sean Szymkowski
Every automaker is now working on one or many electrical cars, but some are at the head of the pack and others lag behind. General Motors already sells the 238-mile Chevrolet. read more May Legal, two thousand seventeen by John Voelcker
Toyota’s staunch, unswerving support for hydrogen fuel cells has astonished and aggravated many in the electrified vehicle community. For some of them, the technology is at best. read more April 24, two thousand seventeen by Matthew Klippenstein
Large auto companies are likely aircraft carriers: it takes a long time for them to switch direction, and far longer yet to get them aligned on a fresh course. To various. read more April 20, two thousand seventeen by John Voelcker
It hasn’t been the greatest of years for the Toyota Prius hybrid, the Japanese carmaker’s flagship product. The fourth generation hybrid hatchback debuted as a two thousand sixteen model. read more April 14, two thousand seventeen by John Voelcker
If green cars can reduce emissions, why shouldn’t their advertising do the same? That’s the theory behind a series of billboards in relevant California markets that advertise. read more March 28, two thousand seventeen by Stephen Edelstein
Sport-utility vehicles began out as truck offshoots, essentially tall wagon figures on truck underpinnings. Think of the very first Chevy Suburban in 1935, which remained a. read more March 20, two thousand seventeen by John Voelcker
For better or worse, many Toyota models ultimately donate their underpinnings to the Japanese automaker’s Lexus luxury brand. That may not give certain Lexus models the. read more March 17, two thousand seventeen by Stephen Edelstein
Toyota has reached yet another significant milestone in global hybrid sales. The Japanese automaking giant has surpassed ten million hybrid sales globally since the launch of. read more February 22, two thousand seventeen by Stephen Edelstein
Every Toyota Mirai hydrogen fuel-cell car sold anywhere in the world will soon be recalled to address an issue with its onboard electronics. The problem lies with the output. read more February 21, two thousand seventeen by Stephen Edelstein
Toyota has been by far the most reluctant of latest converts to the idea that battery-electric vehicles might be practical and desirable. Only within the last year has the. read more February 16, two thousand seventeen by John Voelcker
As is the norm these days, the ads running during Super Cup LI this past weekend drew almost as much attention as the game itself. Automakers are among the myriad companies. read more February 7, two thousand seventeen by Stephen Edelstein
In addition to automakers and policymakers, battery-electric cars can count on support from a diversity of advocacy groups. But grassroots support for hydrogen fuel-cell cars. read more January 31, two thousand seventeen by Stephen Edelstein