U.S. stock markets ended mixed in a volatile session on Thursday as oil prices eased and encouraging job data helped the market to stabilize in the final hours.
Toyota is recalling another 2.17 million vehicles due to troubles with floor mats interfering with the functions of accelerator pedals.
Researchers have developed an advanced lithium-ion battery, having high energy content and rate capacity, to make electric vehicles a more realistic alternative to gas-powered automobiles.
Asian stock markets ended lower on Tuesday as continued political unrest in the Middle East weighed on the sentiment.
German automaker BMW launched a new sub-brand BMW i that is expected to unveil two vehicles in 2013.
Toyota Motors will introduce home battery chargers for electric and plug-in hybrid cars next year, the Nikkei business daily reported.
General Motors Co (GM.N) will launch a new system to stream online radio from Pandora in upcoming Chevrolets starting with the Volt and Equinox. The new partnership comes as the top U.S. automaker looks to make up for lost ground against Ford Motor Co (F.N) in the increasingly competitive market for digital entertainment systems in vehicles.
Honda Civic GX has been named the greenest vehicle of 2011, while Chevrolet Volt slipped to the last spot, according to Washington-based American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy.
Criticism of China's exchange-rate policy continues throughout the US. This column argues that the US is in fact the exchange rate manipulator, due to its ongoing quantitative easing. What the US needs to do for a sustainable turnaround is to learn from other successful economies like China and Germany - not de-rail them.
Lexus, the luxury car division of Toyota Motor Corporation, is working hard to create a trendy new image and appeal to the younger generation by performing a new publicity stunt with Dutch supermodel Rianne Ten Haken.
A graduate of the prestigious University of Tokyo's economics department, Keishiro Kurabayashi could have joined a blue-chip firm and begun climbing the corporate ladder. Instead, he interned at DeNA, then a fledgling start-up and now a successful social networking and mobile gaming firm.
GM plans introduce more than 20 new and upgraded models over the next two years in China, saying the country plays an important role in the automaker's global strategy.
Volkswagen AG (VOWG.DE), PSA Peugeot-Citroen (PEUP.PA) and other automakers will invest more than 10 billion yuan ($1.52 billion) in manufacturing capacity in China's Guangdong province this year, Chinese state media reported on Sunday.
Toyota vehicles didn't have any electronic flaws that were earlier blamed to have caused sudden acceleration in its vehicles, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Automaker Toyota Motor Corp. reported a 39 percent fall in its third quarter profit, hurt by slower domestic sales and a strong yen.
Toyota Motor Co (7203.T) said on Tuesday that it had offered buyout packages in a bid to reduce the management staff at its U.S. sales headquarters in Torrance, California.
American car owners gave a confidence boost to auto manufacturers, as General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and Toyota posted double digit gains in January US auto sales.
The British motor industry is on line to receive a 7-billion-pound boost from electric cars between 2011 and 2014, according to a survey by GfK Automotive.
Diesel-engine vehicles are a better value compared to vehicles with gasoline engines because of their lower operating costs and higher resale value over time, according to a new study released by Carnegie Mellon University.
Among the millions crowding China's railways stations and airports in the annual Lunar New Year trek home are many workers who won't be coming back to their jobs in the workshop of the world.
Among the millions crowding China's railways stations and airports in the annual Lunar New Year trek home are many workers who won't be coming back to their jobs in the workshop of the world.
Toyota has issued a recall of 1.7 million cars, its largest ever, mainly in its Lexus brand
