Category: Toyota

Toyota Aims to Run Cars on Hydrogen as Other Automakers Turn to EVs

Toyota Motor Corp.’s experimental hydrogen car claims to preserve millions of auto jobs, Reuters reports, as claimed in a U.N. climate conference. A converted GR Yaris engine running on hydrogen powers the colorful Toyota Corolla Sport. The viability of such a powerplant commercially could keep internal combustion engines running in a carbon-free world. By 2025,…


Toyota to Develop Alternative Fuels With Other Japanese Vehicle Makers

OKAYAMA, Japan—Toyota Motor Corp said on Saturday it will partner with four other Japanese vehicle makers to explore the viability of alternative green fuels for internal combustion engine cars, including hydrogen and synthetic fuels derived from biomass. The companies, which in addition to Toyota include Mazda Motor Corp, Subaru Corp, Yamaha Motor and Kawasaki Heavy…


Japanese Carmakers’ Chinese Sales Tumble in October

BEIJING—Japanese automakers Honda Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co., and Toyota Motor Corp.’s sales in China tumbled again in October as a microchip shortage hit vehicle production in the world’s biggest car market. Honda said it sold 148,377 vehicles in China last month, down 18 percent from a year earlier, while Nissan said it sold 113,876…


Toyota Lifts Forecast Despite Pandemic’s Supply Chain Damage

TOKYO—Japan’s top automaker Toyota reported Thursday a 33 percent jump in second fiscal quarter profit, as it raised its full year forecast despite supply chain woes related to the coronavirus pandemic. Toyota Motor Corp. recorded a 626.65 billion yen ($5.5 billion) profit for the July-September period, up from 470.5 billion yen the previous year. Quarterly…


Toyota Eyes Cost Cuts, Scale With First of EV-Only bZ Series

TOKYO—Toyota Motor Corp. disclosed on Friday the driving range and other specifications of its bZ4X sport utility vehicle (SUV), the first in a series of EV-only models it plans to launch globally to catch up in the electric vehicle market. The world’s top-selling carmaker has said it will launch 15 battery electric vehicle (BEV) models…


Toyota Announces Plans for $1.3 Billion US Battery Plant, Expects to Employ 1,750 Workers

Toyota announced Monday it will invest $3.4 billion in automotive batteries in the United States, including nearly $1.3 billion in an unnamed battery plant that is expected to employ 1,750 new workers. The new production, expected to begin in 2025, will allow the automaker to develop its own lithium batteries for use in future hybrid…


Toyota Cuts November Output but Sticks to Full-Year Goal

TOKYO—Toyota Motor Corp. on Friday cut its planned global output for November by as much as 15 percent due to ongoing chip shortages, but indicated it would ramp up production from December by sticking to its latest full-year production target. Japan’s leading carmaker said in a press release it would produce between 100,000 and 150,000…


2022 Corolla Cross LE AWD

Since its inception, Toyota has sold over 50 million Corollas. The Corolla Cross will increase that number considerably, as a value-priced CUV packed with features not typically found in a small crossover. Expect to find the 2022 Corolla Cross to arrive in one of 1,900 US dealerships this October, with the base L grade starting…


Toyota Outsells GM in US for First Nine Months of 2021

WASHINGTON—Japanese automaker Toyota Motor Corp. outsold General Motors Co. in the United States for the first nine months of 2021 as the Detroit automaker grappled with production problems stemming from the semiconductor chip shortage. Toyota during the first nine months sold 1.86 million vehicles compared with GM’s 1.78 million, or just over 80,000 more vehicles,…


Toyota, Mazda’s US Joint Venture to Hire 1,700 Additional Employees

Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp.’s joint venture factory in the United States will hire 1,700 additional employees as it ramps up production, the companies said on Thursday. Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, which has started making the 2022 Toyota Corolla Cross model, expects to have 4,000 workers in total by next year, when production of…