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CARMAKERS

COMMENTARY / World
Mar 12, 2016
Sorry Tesla, but China wants golf carts
For a variety of reasons, ranging from affordability to size, low-speed electric vehicles are taking off in China.
BUSINESS
Mar 4, 2016
Four Japanese diesel vehicles flunk road nitrogen oxide emissions tests
A report by the land ministry showed Thursday that four diesel models of three domestic carmakers emitted two to 10 times more nitrogen oxide ( NOx) when they were running on roads than is allowed by the country's emissions standards.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2016
Margin-starved Japanese banks following carmakers to Mexico
In a quest to reduce their reliance on one of the world's least profitable banking markets, Japanese lenders are setting their sights on a much more lucrative one: Mexico.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 3, 2016
Toyota adds 331,200 more vehicles to recalls over Takata air bags
Toyota Motor Corp said Wednesday it is expanding by 331,200 cars worldwide its recall involving potentially defective Takata Corp. air bag parts.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 19, 2016
Mazda, MMC expand Takata-linked recalls by 2 million vehicles
Mazda Motor Corp. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. added more than 2 million vehicles to worldwide recalls linked to Takata Corp. air bags in response to the latest confirmed death caused by rupturing safety devices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Feb 13, 2016
Japan is losing its drive to get behind the wheel
Even domestic automakers seem to be concentrating on expanding overseas as the market at home looks bleak.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2016
Toyota seeks to sell Prius as stylish and sporty, starting with the Super Bowl
It is not easy being green, particularly when gas is cheap.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 6, 2016
Takata asks automakers to shoulder portion of air bag recall costs
Auto parts maker Takata Corp., which is at the center of a global recall crisis over faulty air bags, has asked Japanese automakers to shoulder a portion of the recall costs, sources familiar with the matter said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 3, 2016
Toyota to pay up to $22 million over car loans that discriminated against blacks, Asians
The California-based financial unit of Toyota Motor Corp. has agreed to pay up to $21.9 million in compensation over alleged discrimination against some ethnic groups taking out auto loans through car dealerships, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Feb 1, 2016
Toyota to halt Japan output next week after steel plant explosion
Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday it will suspend production at all assembly plants in Japan next week in the wake of a steel factory explosion, dealing a blow to the supply of crucial models including the new Prius hybrid.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 26, 2016
Kawasaki Heavy joins 'hydrogen economy' project
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. will join with partners to set up a hub for imported liquefied hydrogen in western Japan in a government pilot project to develop offloading and storage systems in anticipation of wider hydrogen use.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 26, 2016
Air bag maker Takata to meet with carmakers, gauge willingness for financial aid
Takata Corp., the air bag supplier behind the biggest-ever U.S. consumer safety recall, plans to detail its business outlook to major customers at a meeting this week so as to gauge how receptive they will be to extending financial aid, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2016
Takata air bag recalls expand after 10th death reported
Two additional recalls announced Friday cover 5 million cars with Takata Corp. air bag inflators and come after another death was linked to the devices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 15, 2016
Renault raided in emissions probe, says no emissions-dodging device found
French carmaker Renault said fraud investigators had inspected three of its sites to look into its vehicle emissions technology.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 10, 2016
Honda aims for China jackpot with Acura SUV
Honda Motor Co. will launch a new small crossover sport utility vehicle later this year in China to compete with BMW and Audi models.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 7, 2016
Mitsubishi Motors to close Illinois plant after failing to find buyer
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. has decided to close a plant in Illinois after giving up on finding a buyer for it, company sources said Thursday.
BUSINESS
Jan 4, 2016
New tax system won't ease burden for car owners, says head of automakers' lobby group
Car owners in Japan have been shouldering unfair levies and a new tax to replace the current car acquisition tax next year will not ease the burden, said Fumihiko Ike, chairman of the nation's biggest automakers' lobby group.
BUSINESS
Dec 22, 2015
Former Nissan President Yoshikazu Hanawa, led company's recovery, dies at 81
Former Nissan Motor Co. President Yoshikazu Hanawa, who steered a major turnaround for the automaker, died last Friday of a heart attack, the company said. He was 81.
BUSINESS
Dec 12, 2015
Nissan reaches deal with Renault to counter French government influence
Nissan Motor Co. said Friday that its French alliance partner Renault S.A. has agreed not to interfere in the Japanese automaker's governance.
BUSINESS
Dec 2, 2015
Toyota to supply hydrogen stations to dealers for sold-out Mirai
Toyota Motor Corp. will supply temporary hydrogen stations to California dealerships selling its Mirai fuel-cell sedan as some buyers put off taking delivery of their cars until refueling infrastructure is set up.

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