Nexperia notified its Japanese automotive customers that it may no longer be able to guarantee supply, triggering renewed concern about upheaval at the Dutch chipmaker snarling global supply chains. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/23/companies/chipmaker-short-supply-japan-auto-parts/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nexperia #cars #carmakers #chipmakers
Nissan will showcase a prototype electric minivehicle that can be charged using an onboard solar power generation system at this year's Japan Mobility Show. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/22/companies/nissan-solar-powered-electric-vehicle/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #electricvehicles #solar #cars
Even with granular rules in place, driver’s license conversion is anything but straightforward — and Japan Times readers had plenty to say about it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/10/22/issues/drivers-license-conversion-horror-stories/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #expats #cars #driving #nationalpoliceagency #npa #japanesepolice
This may be the swoopiest automotive photo I have ever taken, a Jaguar XK120.
October 18, 2025. Livonia, Michigan.
#car #cars #ClassicCars #Jaguar #photography #michigan #WeirdCarMastodon
This may be the swoopiest automotive photo I have ever taken, a Jaguar XK120.
October 18, 2025. Livonia, Michigan.
#car #cars #ClassicCars #Jaguar #photography #michigan #WeirdCarMastodon
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed orders expanding credits for U.S. auto and engine production and setting new 25% tariffs on imported medium- and heavy-duty trucks and parts starting Nov. 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/18/trump-truck-duties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #cars #carmakers
Marubeni is in talks to acquire Carlyle-backed TiAuto Investments, a South African retailer of auto parts, according to people with knowledge of the matter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/companies/marubeni-tiauto-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tiauto #southafrica #cars #carmakers #marubeni #acquisitions
🚨 ADORABLE CAR ALERT 🚨
1959 Goggomobil T400. 13,000 miles indicated, true mileage unknown. Current bid: US$2,800.
Automakers are bracing for more potential chip disruption, with China’s retaliatory export controls on an obscure Dutch supplier threatening to set off a chain reaction that could halt production lines. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/carmakers-chips-china-trade/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #china #cars #trade #europe #chipmakers
🚨 ADORABLE CAR ALERT 🚨
1959 Goggomobil T400. 13,000 miles indicated, true mileage unknown. Current bid: US$2,800.
🚨 ADORABLE CAR ALERT 🚨
1959 Goggomobil T400. 13,000 miles indicated, true mileage unknown. Current bid: US$2,800.
CPH Daily Bulletin 10/15/2025
Newsom vetoes car dealers’ bill to hike fees on buyers
https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/10/california-car-dealer-fees-veto/
CPH Daily Bulletin 10/15/2025
Newsom vetoes car dealers’ bill to hike fees on buyers
https://calmatters.org/politics/2025/10/california-car-dealer-fees-veto/
Bridgestone's CEO says the company expects a tougher second half of the year as its U.S. business faces a sharp drop in truck tire demand, tariffs take a toll and it deals with the fallout from a cyberattack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/14/companies/bridgestone-ceo-sees-us-slowdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #bridgestone #cars #shuichiishibashi #tariffs
Oh look, #enshittification
Nobody wants this. Not even #Tesla owners.
“Tesla pushes Tron: Ares ad inside its cars, upsetting owners”
https://electrek.co/2025/10/10/tesla-pushes-tron-ares-ad-inside-cars-upsetting-owners/
Oh look, #enshittification
Nobody wants this. Not even #Tesla owners.
“Tesla pushes Tron: Ares ad inside its cars, upsetting owners”
https://electrek.co/2025/10/10/tesla-pushes-tron-ares-ad-inside-cars-upsetting-owners/
Japan is reportedly considering the purchase of Ford F-150 pickup trucks for use as government vehicles in an effort to fulfill pledges made during trade negotiations with the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/10/economy/f150-import-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #cars #carmakers #trucks #tariffs #donaldtrump #us #usjapanrelations #manufacturing
The excellent @pluralistic highlighted this Wired article from 2015 regarding car “accidents”. The author’s story mirrors our own loss of our three year old daughter playing in front of our house in 2012. There needs to be greater accountability for people using automobiles.
https://www.wired.com/2015/10/stop-calling-daughters-death-car-accident/