Toyota Motor's surprise CEO switch comes as global automakers confront a tumultuous industry landscape — one that the Japanese automaker has been navigating more adeptly than most. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/07/companies/toyota-ceo-change-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #kentakon #kojisato
Japan’s SkyDrive hopes to have flying cars in service by 2028, with regulatory approval from the Japanese government key to achieving that goal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/06/economy/skydrive-test-fight/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #carmakers #tech #flyingcars #electricvehicles #startups #skydrive
Toyota President and CEO Koji Sato will step down effective April 1, with Chief Financial Officer Kenta Kon to succeed him. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/06/companies/toyota-ceo-kenta-kon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #kentakon #kojisato
Mitsubishi Motors has reported a group net loss for April-December 2025 mainly due to U.S. tariff policy while maintaining its profit estimate for the year ending next month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/06/companies/mitsubishi-motors-tariffs-loss/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #us #tariffs #mitsubishimotors #carmakers
Chinese automakers built nearly 1 in 10 passenger cars sold in Europe last month, a record share that caps a year of rapid growth led by brisk sales of hybrid and battery-powered vehicles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/30/economy/chinese-cars-europe-rapid-uptake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #china #europe #electricvehicles #carmakers #cars
Toyota Motor kept its title as the world’s biggest carmaker for a sixth year, widening its lead over Volkswagen by posting record sales despite trade turmoil and growing competition. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/29/companies/toyota-global-sales-2025-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #cars #carmakers #donaldtrump #tariffs
Carney rattles Canada auto firms in break with U.S. on Chinese EVs https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/18/economy/carney-canada-china-ev-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #canada #markcarney #us #donaldtrump #tech #electricvehicles #carmakers #china #byd
An exchange between Jensen Huang and Elon Musk regarding autonomous vehicles went viral because of their restraint, with the two acknowledging each other’s technical credibility while advancing different paths. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/12/tech/nvidia-tesla-self-driving-goals/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #nvidia #tesla #carmakers #selfdriving #cars #tech #mercedesbenz
With electric vehicles becoming a realistic option for Japanese consumers, battery recycling holds the key to the further spread of EVs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/10/battery-recycle-japan-ev/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #batteries #electricvehicles #cars #carmakers #recycling
Fujitsu showed off a foundational technology that uses artificial intelligence to develop programs for software defined vehicles, at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/09/companies/fujitsu-automotive-software-tech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #fujitsu #ai #lasvegas #robots #tech #carmakers
Toyota Motor’s bZ4X sport utility vehicle was the top-selling electric vehicle in Japan in October-December 2025, marking the first time that the automaker has topped the country’s quarterly EV sales rankings. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/09/companies/toyota-suv-ev-sales-top/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #electricvehicles #bz4x #honda #nissan
A joint venture between Sony Group and Honda Motor has unveiled a prototype of its second Afeela electric vehicle model in Las Vegas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/07/companies/sony-honda-ev/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #sony #honda #carmakers #electricvehicles
Autonomous driving technology is expected to dominate the CES trade show in Las Vegas as investors bet that artificial intelligence will invigorate an industry beset by challenges. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/06/tech/self-driving-tech-ai-ces-ev/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #tech #nvidia #electricvehicles #cars #carmakers #selfdriving #ai #ces
Tesla ceded the title of world’s top seller of electric cars to China’s BYD, squandering a lead the Elon Musk-led company built as it popularized plug-in vehicles over the past decade. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/03/companies/tesla-ev-china-byd-sales/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tesla #carmakers #electricvehicles #elonmusk #byd #china
The EV market is slowing in the U.S., but analysts expect hybrid sales to continue accelerating, with one platform predicting nearly one in six new cars next year will be a hybrid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/30/carmakers-electric-vehicles-hybrid-models/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #carmakers #hybrids #cars #electricvehicles
Retreating from EVs could be hazardous for Western carmakers
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Toyota’s sales and production fell in November, weighed down in large part by a sharp drop in China as the country discontinues subsidies meant to boost the sales of electric and fuel-efficient cars. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/25/companies/toyota-sales-drop-november/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #cars #carmakers #china
From buying glass breakers to opting for new cars, Tesla owners are having to go to great lengths to deal with a problem most had never imagined: being unable to open malfunctioning doors in the electric vehicle. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/24/companies/tesla-malfunctioning-door-handles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tesla #children #cars #electricvehicles #carmakers
Japan and the U.S. held a second consultation meeting on Japan’s $550 billion investment pledge, with both Economy Minister Ryosei Akazawa and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick attending. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/24/economy/550-billion-consultation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #ryoseiakazawa #tariffs #donaldtrump #trade #carmakers #us #japaneseeconomy #usjapanrelations
Elliott Investment Management has been approaching institutional investors in Japan to push Toyota group to sweeten its ¥4.7 trillion bid to take a key affiliate private. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/18/companies/elliott-approach-toyota-buyout/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #elliottinvestmentmanagement #toyotaindustries #toyota #acquisitions #manufacturing #realestate #carmakers