Isuzu Motors is building a vehicle plant in South Carolina, its first independent factory in the United States that is expected to start producing trucks in 2027. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/02/companies/isuzu-first-us-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #isuzu #cars #carmakers #trucks #tariffs #donaldtrump

Nissan will revive its Xterra sport utility vehicle as a hybrid model and halt plans to make an electric vehicle in the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/01/companies/nissan-production-plan-change-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #carmakers #electricvehicle #hybrids #us #tariffs

Toyota Motor plans to install 500 more high-speed chargers for electric cars at dealerships in Japan — a goal that falls short of a pledge it made to install 10 times that number. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/30/companies/toyota-more-ev-chargers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #electricvehicles #cars #carmakers

South Korea's auto shipments to the U.S. have declined since U.S. President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs, but its global car exports have risen, supported by record-high second-hand vehicle sales. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/30/economy/south-korea-used-car-us-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #carmakers #southkorea #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs

Toyota’s record sales run, including steady growth in China and North America, has lost steam after a sharp drop back home in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/29/toyota-global-sales-slow/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #toyota #cars #carmakers

More than two years after BYD’s high-profile foray into the Japanese market, the Chinese electric vehicle maker is still struggling to win over drivers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/29/companies/byd-evs-japan-struggle/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #cars #carmakers #electricvehicles #byd

Amid a global motorsports boom, the World Endurance Championship on Sunday celebrated its 100th race at Shizuoka Prefecture’s Fuji Speedway. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/28/more-sports/wec-momentum/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #worldendurancechampionship #shizuoka #cars #carmakers #toyota #bmw #tech

Japan might be spared U.S. President Donald Trump's 100% tariffs on pharmaceuticals as it has a most-favored-nation agreement with the U.S. that should cover these products. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/26/economy/japan-trump-tariffs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations

Toyota has opened the doors to the first phase of Woven City, its experimental town meant to act as an incubator for technologies from autonomous driving to artificial intelligence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/26/companies/toyota-opens-woven-city/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #wovencity #carmakers #electricvehicles #shizuoka #tech

Honda says it has ended production of the Acura ZDX luxury electric vehicle, developed jointly with U.S. auto giant General Motors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/25/companies/honda-zdx-production-end/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #honda #electricvehicles #carmakers

Nissan is preparing to launch the newest generation of its ProPilot driver-assistance system that it says will be on par with Tesla's technology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/22/companies/nissan-propilot-driver-assist-tech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #carmakers #cars #selfdriving #ai #propilot

Vietnamese electric motorbike maker Dat Bike obtained $22 million in fresh funding as it takes on established players such as Honda Motor and Yamaha in one of the world’s fastest-growing two-wheel EV markets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/18/tech/vietnam-startup-ev-motorbike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #vietnam #carmakers #electricvehicles

China is sending its world-beating auto industry into a tailspin as symptoms of a vastly oversupplied market emerge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/18/markets/china-auto-industry-tailspin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #electricvehicles #carmakers #china #byd #faw #xiaomi #geely #chinaassociationofautomobilemanufacturers

Nissan will close its design centers in California and Sao Paulo and scale back operations in London and Japan as part of a realignment of its global design organization, the company has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/17/companies/nissan-downsizing-in-us-brazil-uk/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #carmakers #us #europe

U.S. tariffs on Japanese autos formally cut to 15% from 27.5% in long-awaited implementation of July 22 agreement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/16/markets/15-percent-auto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations

Russian companies seeking to outfox Western sanctions are turning to old-fashioned barter, swap wheat for Chinese cars and flax seeds for building materials. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/world/politics/china-russia-barter-sanctions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #china #wheat #carmakers #trade #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #us

When Audi executives first saw the Zeekr 001 in 2021 it was a wake-up call for the premium German auto brand — if it wanted to compete with the Chinese, it needed their technology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/14/tech/chinese-electric-vehicle-tech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #electricvehicles #cars #carmakers #china #saic #audi #catl #xpeng

As Mexico slaps steep tariffs on Asian imports, South Korea’s lack of a free trade deal with the Latin American country puts it at a disadvantage to Japanese rival carmakers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/11/mexico-tariff-japan-korea-carmakers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #mexicojapanrelations #southkorea #carmakers

Nissan’s aging lineup is next on the fix-it schedule as the Japanese carmaker attempts a makeover designed to save it from its worst financial crisis in a quarter century. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/11/companies/nissan-ceo-new-car/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nissan #ivanespinosa #carmakers #us #china

Toyota Motor has introduced a five-stage internal qualification system for maintaining quality at vehicle certification test sites and developing related human resources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/10/companies/toyota-qualification-fraud/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #mlit #toyota #carmakers #fraud