How Japan's Auto Industry Became Two Factions To Survive The EV War
InsideEVs
AUGUST 2, 2024
Plus, Chrysler CEO faces an uphill battle to make the storied brand survive and another fatal crash allegedly caused due to Tesla’s Autopilot.
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InsideEVs
AUGUST 2, 2024
Plus, Chrysler CEO faces an uphill battle to make the storied brand survive and another fatal crash allegedly caused due to Tesla’s Autopilot.
My Electric Car
JANUARY 12, 2023
The Japanese auto industry is facing a potential demise due to its slow adoption of electric cars. However, the Japanese auto industry has been slow to adopt this technology, and has not been able to keep up with the competition from other countries. Add to that the huge debt burden already carried by the likes of Toyota.
InsideEVs
SEPTEMBER 6, 2024
Also on Critical Materials: More on the German auto industry's "multiple challenges," and South Korea forces EV makers to name names.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 7, 2016
Established automotive industry companies—not Silicon Valley—are leading the development of autonomous driving technology, according to a new report from the Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters. However, the truth is that the techies are far from leading the self-driving pack. Source: Thomson Reuters.
CleanTechnica EVs
APRIL 12, 2023
The Japanese auto industry dictates the African vehicle market, especially in east and southern Africa, where 90% of the vehicles imported into this region are vehicles from Japan. Most of these vehicles are imported as used vehicles. Japanese brands rule in Africa and Toyota is King.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 8, 2012
Antonio Tajani, Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Industry and Entrepreneurship, introduced the EC’s CARS 2020 Action Plan aimed at reinforcing the European automotive industry’s competitiveness and sustainability heading towards 2020. social impacts of restructuring. of around 16% of GDP to as much as 20% by 2020.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 3, 2021
While the hydrogen combustion engine technology is still in the early stages of conceptual development and experimentation (which started in 2017 and is not yet ready for commercialisation), Toyota’s experimental hydrogen-powered Corolla Sport is already delivering high performance at motorsport events in Japan with almost zero tailpipe emissions.
Teslarati
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Ahead of an appearance at the Japan Mobility Show later this month, Nissan has unveiled its second vehicle concept it plans to digitally display at the expo. Nissan also said it plans to make further announcements regarding its upcoming EV lineup on October 17 and 19, and the Japan Mobility Show is set for October 25.
CleanTechnica EVs
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
The entire Japanese auto industry, and especially Toyota, appears to be in denial about the global ascendency of electric drivetrains. (Certification chatGTP was not used in the writing of this article.) Recent conservations with my mate, retired economics professor Dr Paul Wildman, have led to this article. To EV or […]
Green Car Reports
JUNE 3, 2022
Toyota gets in the home energy storage business—albeit only in Japan, for now. And Ford’s CEO sees EVs as the spark for a big industry consolidation. Is the auto industry headed for a big shakeout, and a price war over EVs? Mercedes puts a price on its EQB electric SUV. In a financial.
Electrek
JULY 14, 2023
Japanese automaker’s reluctance to go all-electric is already taking a toll on the nation’s auto industry. more… The post Japan’s EV reluctance claims first casualty: Mitsubishi suspends business in China appeared first on Electrek.
Baua Electric
MAY 30, 2024
Many auto industry officials and analysts expect solid-state batteries will determine the competitiveness of the next-generation EVs. Japan’s Toyota Motor, a laggard in EV development, has said it plans to launch vehicles powered by solid-state batteries in a couple of years.
Baua Electric
MARCH 22, 2024
Two and three-wheeler major Bajaj Auto is looking to take its engineering skills training programme to Tier 2 and 3 cities, in order to fill the critical skill gaps faced by the automotive industry. This announcement comes amid concerns about India’s industrial competitiveness.
Baua Electric
MARCH 23, 2024
The auto industry is electrifying, and all new cars will be electric in the relatively near future. And yet, the auto industry – which is responsible for more pollution than any other sector, at least in rich countries – still lobbies to worsen emissions reduction targets, even when those targets were already pushed back to begin with.
Baua Electric
APRIL 9, 2024
Naoya Nishimura as CEO for India, Africa region New Delhi: Musashi Auto Parts India Pvt Ltd (Musashi), a 100% owned subsidiary of Musashi Seimitsu Industries, Japan, and a manufacturer of two-wheeler and four-wheeler transmission components in India, has appointed Naoya Nishimura as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Baua Electric
JULY 10, 2024
He admitted that while the auto industry might be the hardest to succeed, the nascent EV industry is even more difficult. But he is personally “excited about doing great work in this industry and bringing new innovative EVs to the world”. The EV maker was once seen as a rival to Tesla and others.
Baua Electric
AUGUST 1, 2024
Mitsubishi’s CEO Takao Kato explained, “Collaboration with partners is essential in today’s auto industry,” with EVs and other tech rapidly developing. The Nissan, Honda, and Mitsubishi partnership comes as Tesla and Chinese EV makers like BYD continue expanding in key global markets, including Japan, taking market share.
Green Car Congress
JULY 23, 2010
An editorial in Japan’s Nikkei argues that Japanese automakers need to respond aggressively to compete in the rapidly changing global market for electric vehicles.both Toyota and Honda had until recently thought that the era of hybrids would continue for a while before electric vehicles began to gain popularity.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 22, 2014
The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) is maintaining its stance on B5 (5% biodiesel, i.e., fatty acid methyl ester, blends) as the maximum until further findings and market observations on the use of B7 are reported. Biodiesel Fuels Japan Policy' Source: JATOP.Click to enlarge. —JAMA.
Green Car Reports
MARCH 14, 2018
While electric cars were launched simultaneously in Japan and the United States, Europe lagged somewhat behind. Now, however, Germany—home to the largest piece of Europe's auto industry—appears to be.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 15, 2016
Japan’s Council for a Strategy for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells, which includes experts from industry, academia, and government, recently issued a revised version of the Strategic Roadmap for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells. Toyota Motor has said it plans to achieve annual global sales of more than 30,000 Mirai fuel cell vehicles by 2020.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 29, 2021
million in 2020, followed by 450,000 in the US and about 110,000 each in Japan and South Korea. Great promotional events and bold aspirational statements by the domestic auto industry can’t mask the facts. Continuing on this path would hurt the domestic US auto industry’s prospects for decades. —Nic Lutsey.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Nissan’s latest approach to engine development has raised the bar to world-leading levels, accelerating past the current auto industry average range of 40% thermal efficiency, making it possible to even further reduce vehicle CO 2 emissions. e-POWER was first introduced in Japan in 2016 with the Nissan Note.
Teslarati
APRIL 25, 2023
Honda appears ready to go full electric and dive into the increasing competition in the EV industry. With the popularity of electric vehicles continuously rising, legacy automakers like Honda are reevaluating their place in the general auto industry. The e:N SUV xù concept model was unveiled at Auto Shanghai this month.
Green Car Congress
MAY 16, 2009
Pre-orders in Japan for the 2010 Prius have topped 75,000 and are expected to surpass 80,000 by Sunday. The third-generation Prius debuts in Japan on Monday. The pre-release order total is the highest-ever for the auto industry there. The third-generation Prius starts at 2.05
Baua Electric
MAY 10, 2024
By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 10 May 2024, 13:15 PM The small car segment, which includes the hatchbacks, once ruled the Indian auto industry with nearly half the market share. From the 1990s, small cars led by Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai Motor, were the backbone of the Indian auto industry.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 28, 2010
The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc (JAMA), a nonprofit industry association comprising fourteen manufacturers of passenger cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles in Japan, recently issued position statements on and recommended specifications for bioethanol and biodiesel (fatty acid methyl ester, FAME).
Green Car Congress
JULY 18, 2018
Booking Holdings has invested US$500 million in DiDi, recognizing DiDi as a leader in the mobile transportation industry. DiDi offers a full range of app-based transportation services for over 550 million users, and continues to innovate in shared mobility and smart transportation across China, South America, Australia and Japan markets.
EV Central
DECEMBER 9, 2023
But in a recent report industry super funds warned the transition risked falling behind without increased investment. We tend as a motor industry to focus on the charging infrastructure, but we need bigger solutions. The federal government target is to have 82 per cent of Australia running on renewable energy by 2030.
Teslarati
NOVEMBER 11, 2023
On Friday, the auto industry X account CarDealershipGuy posted that Tesla had “quietly started listing *new* vehicles” on Cars.com , noting that the automaker hadn’t before sold vehicles beyond its own website. Tesla advertisements spotted in an airport in Japan What are your thoughts?
Teslarati
DECEMBER 22, 2022
Haenam, Korea Pocheon, Korea Ganghwa Island, Korea Seodaemoon, Korea Iida, Japan. The Supercharger network is a key pillar in Tesla’s ultimate goal for a sustainable future, especially in the auto industry. Bolzano, Italy Dresden, Germany Rostock, Germany Pecs, Hungary Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
Baua Electric
AUGUST 16, 2024
Despite new tariffs on Chinese EV imports in the US and Europe, BYD is widening its lead in key auto markets like Southeast Asia and South America. It’s even cracking into Japan’s auto industry, a market dominated by Toyota. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.
Baua Electric
MARCH 15, 2024
Toshihiro Mibe, Honda’s CEO, said the company will see if combining tech and knowledge “will enable us to become industry leaders by creating new value.” The new partnership comes as both automakers (and the Japanese auto industry) quickly fell behind EV leaders like Tesla and BYD.
Baua Electric
JANUARY 5, 2024
At a time when global automakers are looking beyond China towards India for a reliable and best cost base, the Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal said the Indian auto industry should target to increase their share of exports to at least 50 percent. lakh worth of components in 2022-2023.
Teslarati
JUNE 16, 2023
Toyota Motor Company is expected to receive an $853 million subsidy from Japan’s industry ministry to expand its electric vehicle (EV) battery production. Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry officially designated storage batteries as crucial to the country’s economic security.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 7, 2011
A123 Systems has expanded its business development partnership with IHI Corporation, one of the largest industrial equipment manufacturers in Japan. A123 will license its battery system technology to IHI, which will develop solutions for passenger and commercial electric vehicles in Japan using A123 battery cells.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
In Japan, Nissan announced a new, comprehensive strategy to transform its customer aftersales experience through innovative technology and enhanced services. Connected cars will be available as a dealer option starting in Japan and India and expanding to other countries by 2020. The ultimate goal is hyper-personalization.”
Teslarati
OCTOBER 30, 2023
He also alluded to the fact that the company may be looking beyond the auto industry for additional customers. These older batteries, according to Umeda, are still in use in Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles. “We are talking with many other [potential domestic] customers,” Umeda said.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
The auto industry is also battling an awareness issue with the new technology. Key findings of the study: Roughly half of new car buyers have some familiarity with autonomous mode; Familiarity highest in China and Japan. Another big worry for consumers is the security of the vehicle’s data.
Teslarati
JUNE 13, 2022
There was a time when Toyota was one of the world’s greenest auto manufacturers. In its home country of Japan, Toyota is on the same page, with CEO Akio Toyota previously questioning the government’s decision to ban new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035. . AkademikerPension CIO Anders Schelde expressed his thoughts in a statement.
Teslarati
MAY 6, 2021
Because of the "brake incident" at the Shanghai Auto Show, the Shanghai factory has upgraded security measures, and today's flight was stopped by factory security personnel, and the aerial footage was requested to be deleted, sorry!
EV Central
SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
On-sale in Japan since late 2021, an arrival in Australia in 2023 isn’t even confirmed. It’s a challenge that faces much of the car industry. That’s reflected in the position of the over-arching auto industry lobby group, the FCAI. The Nissan Ariya could be in Australia in 2023 … or not.
Baua Electric
MAY 12, 2023
billion from LGES and undercover contributions from federal and provincial governments, as the biggest ever within the Canadian auto sector. A spokesperson for Champagne stated on Friday that the “auto industry is crucial to the Canadian economy and to the hundreds of thousands of Canadian workers.”
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