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Toyota is being squeezed out of the world’s largest auto market as the shift to EVs heats up

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Toyota is losing out as the world’s largest auto market accelerates its shift to EVs. The Japanese automaker informed dealers that it plans to cut production in China with one of its joint ventures.

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Survey Shows Auto Dealers Still Annoyed With Biden EV Strategy

The Truth About Cars

According to the 2024 Dealer Outlook Survey, 83 percent of respondents said the government was pushing the transition toward EVs too quickly and mucking up the auto market. As for dealers, there’s some amount of disagreement as to what’s holding EVs back. EVs are definitely not a want of our guests today.

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Toyota Fortuner gets Leader edition with added styling elements. Check details

Baua Electric

By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 22 Apr 2024, 13:23 PM Toyota Kirloskar Motor has introduced the Fortuner Leader edition. Interior upgrades feature dual-tone seats, a wireless charger, TPMS, and auto-folding mirrors. --> Toyota Kirloskar Motor has introduced the Fortuner Leader edition. lakh units, up from 1.77

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News: 2025 Toyota Crown SUV

Clean Fleet Report

News: 2025 Toyota Crown SUV The Crown Lifted-Sedan Gets a Stablemate The Crown SUV roofline When Toyota introduced the 2023 Crown, we were curious why the company would reintroduce the Crown name with a sedan in a market dominated by SUVs. Story by John Faulkner and Michael Coates Photos by Toyota. offerings will be.

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Deez Nuts: Toyota Recalls 381,000 Tacoma Trucks

The Truth About Cars

The hackneyed old joke of a ‘loose nut behind the wheel’ causing a crash may be even more worn out than your author’s favorite Cole Haan loafers, but a manufacturing issue involving potential loose nuts on the axles of certain Toyota Tacoma pickup trucks is a very real problem which has led to a large recall. You don’t say.

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Dealers Finally Have EV Inventory But Now Lack Buyers

The Truth About Cars

We’ve been hearing about the rise of electric vehicles for years, but while they are growing rapidly in number, there’s still a disconnect between an auto industry hell-bent on electrification and the desires of the people they rely on to buy new cars. Though EV sales seem to be dragging, hybrids and plug-in hybrids are hot commodities.

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You can lease a Toyota bZ4X for next to nothing right now

Baua Electric

Toyota is now leasing its one all-electric car, the bZ4X, for just $129/mo and $2k down. Toyota has been dipping its toe into the EV water, mostly focusing on hybrids rather than electric cars. Last quarter, Toyota only sold 1,897 copies of the bZ4X in the US, a 9% increase over the previous year but only accounting for.4%

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