Higher car prices and a shortage of fuel-efficient vehicles likely threw a roadblock in the U.S. auto industry's recovery path in May, when the Japan crisis had its biggest impact on U.S. sales so far.
Higher car prices and a shortage of fuel-efficient vehicles likely threw a roadblock in the U.S. auto industry's recovery path in May, when the Japan crisis had its biggest impact on U.S. sales so far.
Friday morning Rihanna kicked off NBC's Today show Toyota Concert Series with a performance in New York City's Rockefeller Center.
Production at Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> and Honda Motor Co <7267.T> is likely to recover more quickly than initially feared after Japan's massive earthquake wreaked havoc with their supply chains and halved output in April.
Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> and Honda Motor Co <7267.T> saw their global production slump to around half of year-ago levels in April after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami wreaked havoc with their supply chains.
Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> denied media reports on Tuesday that its vehicle production in Japan would recover to 90 percent of pre-quake levels in June, higher than the 70 percent it had flagged on May 11.
Japan's Toyota Motor will join hands with salesforce.com Inc to build a private social networking for customers for Toyota cars.
Social networking is coming to your next automobile thanks to Toyota.
Toyota Motor Corp and cloud computing company Salesforce.com Inc will build a social network service that will enable owners to become friends with their cars and get friendly, tweet-like reminders for maintenance checks and other notices.
Toyota Motor Corp told its U.S. dealers this week that the company had 45 days of inventory and was working hard to get the word out that it was open for business.
Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd said that it will resume normal production from May 20, a fortnight ahead of schedule after the troubled car maker had decided to cut its production by 70 percent in the wake of parts shortage arising out of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the company said in a statement today.
Two of Japan's top automakers are trying to accelerate their efforts to resume full production, adding to hopes that a recovery from the country's biggest earthquake on record was well on its way as the supply bottleneck eases.
Two of Japan's top automakers are trying to accelerate their efforts to resume full production, but said normal output is unlikely to happen until after the summer due to persistent shortages of parts.
The recovery in the supply of parts to Honda Motor <7267.T> is gathering pace, the automaker said on Tuesday, as the firm looks to bring forward its return to normal production after a massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan disrupted supply chains.
Owners of Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> vehicles that were recalled over unintended acceleration may pursue claims against the automaker that the problem caused the value of their cars to fall, a federal judge ruled on Monday.
Mike Huckabee suggested on his Fox show Huckabee that Osama bin Laden is a hypocrite, for all his anti-Western and cave-dwelling public image.
The Hamaoka nuclear plant, located in the southwest of Tokyo, finally shut down all its reactors for about two years on Saturday to avoid any further mishap in the future due to natural calamities, a report said.
Nissan Motor Co reported a 7.2 percent rise in quarterly operating profit on Thursday and said global production disrupted by Japan's March 11 earthquake will return to normal at least a month earlier than predicted by bigger home rival, Toyota Motor Corp.
Nissan Motor Co <7201.T> posted a 7.2 percent rise in quarterly operating profit but offered no guidance for the new financial year on Thursday, citing uncertainties over the pace of recovery after the March 11 earthquake disrupted the industry's supply chain.
Nissan Motor Co posted a 7.2 percent rise in quarterly operating profit on Thursday and said global production disrupted by Japan's March 11 earthquake will return to normal a least a month earlier than predicted by bigger home rival, Toyota Motor Corp.
Search engine behemoth Google's self drive car is likely to hit street in Nevada if a pair of legislation get through the state legislature.
Japan's biggest earthquake on record hit Toyota Motor's quarterly profits harder than expected, prompting renewed calls for the government to do more to support Toyota's pledge to keep building large numbers of cars in Japan.
