Toyoda, staying on as chairman, believes the time has come for younger blood to take the helm at Toyota in order to transform it into a...
Promoting decarbonization and enhanced car safety was the focus of exhibits by Japanese manufacturers like Panasonic and Sharp at the recent CES trade show.
A Sony-Honda venture is developing software-focused luxury EVs, including metaverse connection, automation, and increased personalization.
A student-run venture expands its fleet of electric tuk-tuks for rental at tourist sites. But first, a Sankei Shimbun reporter takes one out for a test...
Switching from resisting to endorsing the move to electric vehicles, Nissan and Toyota plan a full year of new models and EV strategies to bolster market...
The COVID-19 pandemic is the biggest cause of inflation now, but “greenflation” in the shift toward carbon neutral is also a clear factor.
Our goal is carbon neutrality (lowering greenhouse gas emissions to virtually zero), and there is more than one path towards this. ーToyota President Akio Toyoda.
With sports cars and other models targeting a wide range of people, Japan’s car makers must also respond to the global acceleration toward decarbonization.
The German automotive industry association calls the European Commission’s proposal “hostile to technological innovation and hardly feasible for many suppliers.”
Now that Honda has brought to market the luxury Legend with self-drive technology, focus moves to the next major challenge: electrification.
Any surge in demand for rare metals could result in China, which controls production, expanding its global influence. Development of alternatives is a must for Japan...
The Japanese government will move in March to bolster the nation’s reserves of rare earth elements and other rare metals, The Sankei Shimbun learned on March...