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
Global automakers are scouring the globe for crucial rare earths ahead of looming Chinese export controls, with executives worried the curbs could lead to parts shortages and plant closures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/21/tech/carmakers-china-rare-earths-deadline/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #carmakers #rareearths #trade #electricvehicles
Batteries the focus of Japan's EV market, with domestic automakers adopting lighter, more efficient packs and technologies popular with Chinese manufacturers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/19/companies/ev-battery-race/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #electricvehicles #carmakers #batteries #suzuki #honda #nissan #china #byd
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
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
A planned management buyout of auto parts maker Pacific Industrial sparked a backlash from one of its investors, pressuring the Tokyo Stock Exchange to provide more protection for minority shareholders in such deals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/companies/toyota-mbo-backlash-investors/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #tse #pacificindustrial #stocks
Toyota Motor has amassed a growing after sales and service operation that keeps 150 million of its vehicles on roads around the planet, with the business poised to become the company’s biggest source of profit. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/08/companies/toyota-after-service-top/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #electricvehicles
Toyota Motor Chairperson Akio Toyoda’s proposal to buy out Toyota Industries for ¥4.7 trillion has been delayed because the approval process under antitrust laws in various countries is taking longer than anticipated. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/07/companies/toyota-industries-delay-buyout/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #akiotoyoda #toyota #carmakers #acquisitions #toyotaindustries
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that all medium- and heavy-duty trucks imported into the United States will face a 25% tariff rate starting Nov. 1. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/07/economy/large-truck-us-tariff/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #globaleconomy #trade #us #donaldtrump #tariffs #carmakers
Chinese automakers are already beating their Western rivals when it comes to winning over the country’s middle-class drivers. Now they’re coming for rich customers looking to add a little extra to their cars. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/06/companies/custom-model-buyers-china/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #china #us #trade #carmakers
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