Japanese automotive giant Toyota may shelve its plan to promote its luxury Lexus brand in China, thanks to slowdown in the country’s automobile sector coupled with a weaker yen. With China's automobile market registering a growth ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), and SPARX Group (SPARX Group) have signed a memorandum of understanding to consider the establishment of a new investment fund aiming to encourage innovation and ...
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Japanese automotive giant Toyota's US arm has issued a callback of around 109,000 Prius v hybrid vehicles on grounds of software glitches. The recall covers those vehicles that were manufactured between 2012 and 2014. The software snag ...
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The Auckland Council in New Zealand is switching on to electric vehicles (EVs), substituting 10 of its petrol vehicles with two all-electric Nissan Leafs and eight Toyota Prius hybrids. If everything works as planned, the civic body will ...
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Lexus, the luxury vehicle arm of Japanese automotive major Toyota, has revved up its luxury hybrid model 2016 ES 300h that flaunts a 2.5-liter four-cylinder Atkinson cycle engine fitted with an electric motor generating 200hp. Capable of ...
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Changs Ascending Enterprise Co., Ltd. (CAEC), a supplier of lithium-iron phosphate oxide (LiFexMyPOz) cathode materials, and a Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE)-listed firm, recently claimed that it will copy its successful Japanese market ...
Tags: Cathode-material, CAEC, lithium-iron phosphate, machinary equipments
Japanese automobile major Toyota has developed Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle, charting out future course for mobility with an Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)-estimated rating of 312 miles driving range on a single fill of ...
Japanese automobile major Toyota has added a new muscle model, capable of profiling changes in posture pre-collision of vehicle occupants, to its Total Human Model for Safety (Thums) Version 5 software application for virtual crash ...
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More car exports to Oceanic country look unlikely in near future Chinese carmakers look unlikely to take advantage of the free trade agreement between China and Australia signed this month due to their lack of competitiveness in the ...
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Lexus, the luxury arm of Japanese automobile major Toyota, has teamed up with experts across the world for designing state-of-the-art Hoverboards, riding high on super conductive technology. Making it clear that the Lexus Hoverboard is ...
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MAHLE is opening two new manufacturing plants this week in Ramos Arizpe and Celaya, Mexico, to support automotive customers with assembly operations in the central and northeastern regions of the country. Grand opening ceremonies for a ...
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Japanese automobile maker Toyota is looking into ways to adopt SmartDeviceLink (SDL), the open-source version of Ford AppLink, for its utilization in a sector wide solution towards integrating smartphone application with vehicles. Ford ...
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Automobile manufacturers will make a new recall history in the US, repairing defective airbags across 34 million cars after regulators pulled up Japanese supplier Takata on safety issues. With the historic recall expected to span over ...
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Great news is coming these days, especially for caregivers. We all know that May is National Mobility Awareness month. This year's campaign will focus on caregivers and their demand in regards to handicap minivans, helping them find optimal ...
Automobile maker Honda has recalled additional 4.89 million vehicles over safety crisis brought on by faulty airbags made by its Japanese supplier Takata. The latest recall includes those in Japan and other countries. The cars sold in ...
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