The Japanese car maker again previewed its S-FR concept, first introduced on October last year. The new model has seen some changes and improvements compared to last year's. It is believed that the production will start this year and the affordable sports car would be available in the global markets.
The 24 Hours of Nürburgring will see Toyota breaking away from its conventional ways, to enter three models in this year's Toyota Gazoo Racing. Among which, one is a cross-over machine and Toyota's next production venture.
Toyota Mirai has been represented with a flat antenna at this week’s North American International Auto Show in Detroit on Tuesday. The flat antenna technology is capable of widening the coverage area and shares the same communication standard across national borders. The Mirai trial still appears in the early testing stages and Toyota commits to install data communication modules in a wider range of vehicles.
How Takata Corp. handled their air bag crisis is the very reason why they lost one of their biggest investors, Sawakami Asset Management. In a statement published from Bloomberg News, Sawakami's fund manager, Takahiro Kusakari, said they could not help but feel Takata's management is not trustworthy.
Toyota decides to drop Takata as their airbag supplier last week. Previously, other automakers have ditched Takata as their airbag suppliers as well. This gives a devastating blow to Takata, whose shares drop 25% after series of incidents related to airbags defect.
US consumers can now buy or lease the Mirai, Toyota's first fuel cell car that runs by combining hydrogen and oxygen to produce electricity. Since it runs on water, its only output is also water, which is clean enough to drink.
Before new Toyota vehicles can be sold and affected cars driven again by customers, it must be examined and fixed first for any defects. The Japanese automaker made this initiative move to avoid fines and charges as well as accidents.
Since October 21, 2015 is the day that Marty McFly and Doc Brown arrived in the future in 1989 hit sequel movie "Back to the Future: Part II," ride-hailing service Lyft offers New Yorkers a ride in a DeLorean, the time-machine car used in the franchise.
German automaker Volkswagen Group is under scrutiny after it was found by the U.S Clean Air Group that some of its cars did not pass the standard emission test. The test conducted by Peter Mock and John German revealed another scandal - the use of "defeat device" software in its cars.
Toyota announces that the company is venturing into creating more intelligent car industry. According to the announcement, the Japanese car manufacturer is investing $50 million for research purposes in collaboration with Stanford University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Newscred announced that it had successfully raised $42 million in additional funds. The company was established in 2008, which acted as a system for readers to rate an online story or publication's credibility.
Nokia bids goodbye to its digital maps business as it sells its HERE maps unit to German carmaker consortium among BMW, Audi, and Mercedes-Benz's owner Daimler, to focus on making mobile-phone network equipment.
BMW seem to be emerging as a leader in tackling the challenges of meeting the ever-increasing demands for alternative auto fuel sources. The German automobile giant at the recently held Innovation Days 2015 in France unveiled its all new and enhanced BMW Hydrogen-Powered 5 Series GT which was co-developed with Toyota.
General Motors Co (GM.N) is recalling about 375,000 heavy duty pickup trucks equipped with passenger-side air bag inflators made by Takata Corp (7312.T), the U.S. automaker said.
Honda Motor Co (7267.T) on Thursday recalled close to 5 million vehicles fitted with potentially faulty Takata Corp (7312.T) air bag inflators, as investigations showed the problem behind one of the biggest auto safety crises may be more widespread than thought.
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